- ICH GCP
- Amerikanska kliniska prövningsregistret
- Klinisk prövning NCT04632680
ECG-I Targeted Ablation for Persistent AF (TARGET-AF)
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an irregular heart rhythm associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Catheter ablation is an established treatment where catheters are inserted through a vein in the leg into the left atrium of the heart to deliver lines of scar to disrupt the tissue causing and maintaining AF.
The ECG-I is a system which involves wearing a jacket with many ECG electrodes to record electrical activity from the surface of the body. A CT scan then shows where these electrodes are relative to the atria, and computer modelling is used to reconstruct the movements of electricity on the surface of the heart and therefore identifying where the drivers (tissue causing and maintaining AF) are located.
Success rates for persistent atrial fibrillation lie in the region of 30-60% due to the location of drivers (tissue causing and maintaining AF) varying per patient. Locating and treating these drivers is very challenging.
We intend to enrol 40 patients with persistent AF and perform atrial mapping using the ECG-I system. We will perform pulmonary vein isolation and perform atrial mapping to identify the location of these drivers and then to ablate them. We will study the effects of performing ablation upon these drivers using the ECG-I.
Studieöversikt
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Intervention / Behandling
Detaljerad beskrivning
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the commonest heart rhythm disturbance and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Catheter ablation (CA) is a procedure where catheters (leads) are passed into the heart and energy is used to disrupt and isolate (by freezing or cauterising) heart tissue causing AF. CA is an established therapy for AF. Success rates for CA for paroxysmal AF lies in the region of 70% or better. However, success rates for persistent AF is much lower and estimates lie in the region of 30-60%.
Current CA protocols for AF centre on isolating the pulmonary veins (the pulmonary veins drain into the left atrium) which have been proven to trigger AF. Pulmonary Vein Isolation (PVI) ablation alone seems sufficient to remove the trigger for the vast majority of patients with paroxysmal AF. However, in patients with persistent AF it is common for AF to continue after the pulmonary veins have been electrically isolated.
The difference in success rates between the paroxysmal and persistent form of AF is thought to be due to changes within the heart atria after AF has been established for some time. In persistent AF the atria dilate and remodel structurally and electrically, and therefore the maintenance of persistent AF differs from paroxysmal AF.
Persistent AF is thought to be maintained by focal sources, whether rotors or sites of radial activation. Currently, targeting other sites within the atria in addition to PVI such as fractionated electrograms (areas of electrical activity) are thought to be imprecise and require extensive ablation. Often AF will persist despite targeting additional sites within the atria.
Currently clinical characteristics of patients or structural imaging have limited accuracy in selecting patients likely to benefit from CA. Mapping studies have shown that patients with persistent AF who have higher frequency signals near the pulmonary veins than being distributed in the left atrial body are more likely to terminate to sinus rhythm (normal heart rhythm) with PVI alone and to maintain sinus rhythm.
Studies have suggested that patients undergoing standard PVI ablation procedures for persistent AF who have coincidental interruption of drivers have a far better long term outcome. This suggests that the characteristics of atrial heart tissue and electrical activation patterns maintaining AF are likely to determine the response to ablation therefore it may be possible to determine more directly and accurately the likelihood of success by performing non-invasive mapping of the atria using the ECG-I.
ECG-I is able to localise the drivers of AF and one of the objectives is to study the electrical characteristics of the tissue. ECG-I is currently being used in research into AF. A recently published a study using ECG-I to identify targets of ablation in 103 patients. They suggested that using ECG-I may improve CA success rates and reduces the procedure time and amount of ablation. The prospective multicentre AFACART study had similar findings.
We intend to enrol 40 patients who will undergo Atrial Mapping with ECG-I during catheter ablation. After isolation of the pulmonary veins patients drivers will be targeted guided by the system.
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London, Storbritannien, EC1A 7BE
- Barts Heart Centre
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Beskrivning
Inclusion Criteria:
- Persistent AF (i.e. episodes of AF that are continuous for > 1 week)
- Willing for ablation.
- Age between 18 to 80.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Duration of continuous persistent AF > 2 years
- Left atrial diameter > 5 cm
- Severe left ventricular impairment (EF < 40%)
- New York Heart Association class 3 or 4 heart failure
- Known hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac sarcoid or Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
- Known inherited arrhythmia such as Brugada or long QT syndromes
- Valvular disease that is more than moderate
- History of valve replacement (metallic or tissue)
- History of congenital heart disease (other than patent foramen ovale)
- Previous left atrial ablation (percutaneous or surgical)
- Cardiac surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention within the last 3 months.
- Myocardial infarction or unstable angina within the last 3 months.
- Unwillingness for ablation
- Unwillingness to be involved in study
- Suspected reversible cause of AF
- Any other contraindication to catheter ablation
- Age < 18 yrs or > 80 years
- Pregnancy
- Morbid obesity (defined as body mass index >40)
- Any other medical problem likely to cause death within the next 18 months
Studieplan
Hur är studien utformad?
Designdetaljer
- Primärt syfte: Behandling
- Tilldelning: N/A
- Interventionsmodell: Enskild gruppuppgift
- Maskning: Ingen (Open Label)
Vapen och interventioner
Deltagargrupp / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Experimentell: PVI followed by targeting of drivers
Patients will undergo intra-procedural mapping using the ECG-I.
The pulmonary veins will be isolated.
Drivers will then be targeted as guided by the ECG-I system aiming for termination of AF.
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Patients will undergo intraprocedural ECG-I mapping.
The pulmonary veins will be isolated followed by targeting of drivers aiming to terminate AF.
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Vad mäter studien?
Primära resultatmått
Resultatmått |
Åtgärdsbeskrivning |
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Number of participants free from atrial arrhythmia (including AF and atrial tachycardia) at 12 months
Tidsram: 12 months
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Number of participants free from atrial arrhythmia (including AF and atrial tachycardia) at 12 months
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12 months
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Sekundära resultatmått
Resultatmått |
Åtgärdsbeskrivning |
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Number of participants free from Atrial Fibrillation at 12 months
Tidsram: 12 months
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Number of participants free from Atrial Fibrillation at 12 months.
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12 months
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Termination of AF with PVI followed by ECGI guided driver ablation
Tidsram: During Catheter Ablation Procedure
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Rates of termination of AF intra-procedurally during ablation
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During Catheter Ablation Procedure
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Composite end point including rates of AF termination and cycle length slowing with PVI followed by ECGI guided driver ablation
Tidsram: During Catheter Ablation Procedure
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Rates of reaching composite end point (either termination of AF or cycle length slowing) intra-procedurally during ablation
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During Catheter Ablation Procedure
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Utredare
- Huvudutredare: Ross Hunter, Barts Heart Centre
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