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RecruitingNCT03294278Updated Sep 29, 2023

Epicardial Ablation in Brugada Syndrome to Prevent Sudden Death

An interventional study of ablation plus ICD in Ventricular Arrhythmias and Cardiac Arrest, sponsored by IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato. Recruiting at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-09-29.

Sponsored by IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
150
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A total of 150 patients will be randomized to perform catheter ablation or not in a 2:1 fashion in selected patients with Brugada-related symptoms (Ablation+ICD arm 105 patients vs ICD only 45 patients).

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The main purpose of this trial is to develop evidence-based curative treatment with optimal net benefit for patients with Brugada syndrome. As recent non-randomized pilot studies and scarce case reports documented the potential benefit of epicardial ablation, patients in this trial will be randomized to epicardial catheter ablation of the regions exhibiting abnormally prolonged and fragmented electrograms in the right ventricular outflow tract plus continued implanted cardioverter defibrillator therapy (ablation arm) or continued implanted cardioverter defibrillator therapy (control arm).

Survival from any ventricular arrhythmia (VA) recurrence will be considered as primary endpoint.

A projected 150 patients will be enrolled and randomized to receive ablation or not in a 2:1 fashion (Ablation+ICD arm 105 patients vs ICD only 45 patients).

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Conditions studied

  • Ventricular Arrhythmias and Cardiac Arrest

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients affected by Brugada Syndrome diagnosed according to 2013 HRS/EHRA/APHRS
  • Consensus document criteria
  • The patient received at least 1 appropriate ICD shock.
  • Documentation of any previous ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in the form of VT, non-sustained VT, non-sustained VF, RVOT PVC with a daily burden >10000;
  • Age ≥ 18;
  • Willingness to attend follow-up examinations;
  • Written informed consent for participation in the trial.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A patient who does not meet inclusion criteria;
  • Pregnancy or breast-feeding (which would exclude an ablation procedure);
  • Contraindications to general anesthesia or epicardial ablation;
  • Life expectancy \< 12 months
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
150 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Ablation plus ICD

    Epicardial ablation by radio-frequency

    Other: ablation plus ICD

  • Active comparator
    ICD alone

    Implantation of ICD

    Other: ablation plus ICD

Interventions

  • Otherablation plus ICD

    Defibrillator, radio-frequency catheter ablation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Survival from any VA recurrence will be considered as primary endpoint

    NO ventricular arrhythmia recurrence

    Time frame: 2 years after ablation

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato
    San Donato Milanese, Milano 20097, Italy
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03294278
Lead sponsor
IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato
Responsible party
Carlo Pappone (Chief of Arrhythmology Department, IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 27, 2017
Start date
Sep 10, 2017
Primary completion
Sep 28, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 30, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 29, 2023

Study contacts

Carlo Pappone, MD
Contact
carlo.pappone@af-ablation.org
+39 02 52774260
Carlo Pappone, MD
principal investigator · IRCCS Policlinico San Donato Milan, Italy

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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