Cryoballoon Ablation for Early Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (Cryo4 Persistent AF)

February 11, 2025 updated by: Medtronic Cardiac Ablation Solutions

Cryoballoon Ablation for Early Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

The purpose of this clinical study is to assess the single procedure outcomes of using cryoballoon ablation without additional empirical lesions and/or complex fractionated electrogram (CFE) ablations for patients with early persistent atrial fibrillation (<1 year from first diagnosis of persistent AF).

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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130

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Créteil, France
        • Hopital Henri Mondor
      • Grenoble, France
        • CHU de GRENOBLE
      • Marseille Cedex, France
        • CHU de la Timone
      • Rouen Cedex, France
        • CHU - Hôpitaux de Rouen
      • Toulouse, France
        • Clinique Pasteur
  • Germany
      • Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
        • Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW
      • Berlin, Germany, 10117
        • Charite - Universitaetsmedizin
      • Frankfurt, Germany
        • Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien
      • Hamburg, Germany
        • Asklepios Klinik St. Georg
      • Köln, Germany
        • Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein
      • Köln, Germany
        • St. Vinzenz-Hospital
      • Nürnberg, Germany
        • Klinikum Nürnberg Süd
      • Ulm, Germany
        • Uniklinik Ulm
  • Greece
      • Athens, Greece, 11526
        • Henry Dunant Hospital Center

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 71 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with documented symptomatic persistent AF refractory or intolerant to at least 1 class I or III antiarrhythmic medication. Persistent AF defined as:

    • Episode lasting longer than 7 days, but less than 1 year documented by consecutive ECG recordings of 100% AF greater than 7 days apart OR
    • Episode requiring electrical or pharmacological cardioversion after 48 hours of AF documented by continuous recording
  • Date of first diagnosis of persistent AF within the last 12 months preceding the consent date
  • Age between 18 and 75 years
  • Willing to comply with study requirements and give informed consent (defined as legally effective, documented confirmation of a subject's (or their legally authorized representative or guardian) voluntary agreement to participate in a particular clinical study) to participate in this clinical study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Long-standing persistent AF (has lasted for ≥1 year)
  • Current diagnosis of paroxysmal AF
  • Anteroposterior LA diameter > 5.0 cm by TTE
  • Current intracardiac thrombus
  • Presence of one or more pulmonary vein stents
  • Presence of any pre-existing pulmonary vein stenosis
  • Primary pulmonary hypertension
  • NYHA class IV congestive heart failure and/or documented left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 40% measure by acceptable cardiac testing (e.g. TTE)
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Previous LA ablation or surgery
  • Unstable angina
  • Presence of any cardiac valve prosthesis
  • Thrombocytosis, thrombocytopenia
  • Any condition contraindicating chronic anticoagulation
  • Any cardiac surgery, myocardial infarction, PCI / PTCA or coronary artery stenting which occurred during the 3 month interval preceding the consent date
  • Any cerebral ischemic event (strokes or TIAs) which occurred during the 6 month interval preceding the consent date
  • Cryoglobulinemia
  • Presence or likely implant of a permanent pacemaker, biventricular pacemaker, loop recorder, or any type of implantable cardiac defibrillator (with or without biventricular pacing function) within 12 months
  • Uncontrolled hyperthyroidism
  • Any woman known to be pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Active systemic infection
  • Subject is employed by Medtronic or by the department of any of the investigators or is a close relative of any of the investigators
  • Life expectancy ≤ 1 year
  • Currently enrolled or plans to participate in a potentially confounding drug or device trial during the course of this study. Co-enrollment in concurrent studies is allowed when documented pre-approval is obtained from the Medtronic study manager
  • Exclusion criteria as per local laws (for France, this includes, but is not limited to: incompetent adults or patients that are not affiliated to the French social security system)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Other: Cryoballoon ablation
Subjects will wear holter monitors at baseline, 6 months and 12 months
Other: Holter monitoring
Subjects will wear holter monitors at baseline, 6 months and 12 months.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Single procedure success of cryoballoon ablation on patients with early persistent AF
Time Frame: 12 months
12 month success will be defined as absence of adjudicated AF/atrial flutter/atrial tachyarrhythmias >/= 30 seconds in duration from the end of the 90 day blanking period of the cryoballoon ablation procedure to at least 12 months after the cryoballoon ablation procedure. Only Arctic Front Advance catheters may be used to achieve the single procedure success and no additional empirical lesions and/or complex fractionated electrogram (CFE) ablations may be made. Additionally, subjects must not require any other intervention for AF following the index procedure. Right atrial flutter ablations and pharmacological and/or electrical cardioversion can be performed within the 90 day blanking period.
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Acute procedural success of cryoballoon ablation on patients with early persistent AF
Time Frame: Post-procedure

Acute procedural success is defined as:

  • Only Arctic Front Advance catheters used to achieve procedure success AND
  • All targeted pulmonary veins were isolated (minimally assessed for entrance block and, where assessable, exit block) AND
  • Sinus rhythm is restored at the end of the ablation procedure (with or without cardioversion)
Post-procedure
Success of cryoballoon ablation on patients with early persistent AF (allowing for multiple procedures)
Time Frame: 12 months
12 month success will be defined as absence of adjudicated AF/atrial flutter/atrial tachyarrhythmias >/= 30 seconds in duration from the end of the 90 day blanking period of the cryoballoon ablation procedure to at least 12 months after the cryoballoon ablation procedure. Only Arctic Front Advance catheters may be used to achieve multiple procedure success and no additional empirical lesions and/or complex fractionated electrogram (CFE) ablations may be made. Additionally, subjects must not require any other intervention for AF. Right atrial flutter ablations and pharmacological and/or electrical cardioversion can be performed within the 90 day blanking period.
12 months
Sinus rhythm restoration being followed by chronic prevention of AF recurrence
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
Use of class I and class III antiarrhythmic drugs
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
Changes in quality of life measurements between baseline, 6 months and 12 months after procedure
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months
Baseline, 6 months, 12 months
Adverse events required to be collected during the study
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Medtronic Cardiac Ablation Solutions

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Serge Boveda, M.D., Clinique Pasteur
  • Principal Investigator: Pascal Defaye, M.D., CHU Michallo, Unité de Rythmologie, Clinique de cardiologie, CHU de Grenoble site Nord - Hôpital Albert Michallon

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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December 8, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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June 22, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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September 12, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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July 31, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 7, 2014

First Posted (Estimated)

First Posted

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August 11, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 11, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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February 1, 2025

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  • Cryo4 Persistent AF

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