Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)

NCT00000609 | Completed Phase 3

• 2 other identifiers: 112U01HL055766
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To compare conventional treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) with two experimental interventions: amiodarone and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).

Conditions

Arrhythmia; Cardiovascular Diseases; Death, Sudden, Cardiac; Heart Diseases; Heart Failure, Congestive; Heart Failure

Interventions

amiodarone DRUG

defibrillators, implantable DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

Patients with New York Heart Association class II or class III heart failure and ejection fraction less than or equal to 35%.

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): lead

Related Publications (11)

• Bardy GH, Lee KL, Mark DB, Poole JE, Packer DL, Boineau R, Domanski M, Troutman C, Anderson J, Johnson G, McNulty SE, Clapp-Channing N, Davidson-Ray LD, Fraulo ES, Fishbein DP, Luceri RM, Ip JH; Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) Investigators. Amiodarone or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for congestive heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jan 20;352(3):225-37. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa043399.

  PMID: 15659722 BACKGROUND

• Kadish A. Prophylactic defibrillator implantation--toward an evidence-based approach. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jan 20;352(3):285-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe048351. No abstract available.

  PMID: 15659729 BACKGROUND

• Reeder HT, Shen C, Buxton AE, Haneuse SJ, Kramer DB. Joint Shock/Death Risk Prediction Model for Patients Considering Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Aug;12(8):e005675. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.005675. Epub 2019 Aug 15.

  PMID: 31412732 DERIVED

• Upshaw JN, Konstam MA, Klaveren Dv, Noubary F, Huggins GS, Kent DM. Multistate Model to Predict Heart Failure Hospitalizations and All-Cause Mortality in Outpatients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Model Derivation and External Validation. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Aug;9(8):e003146. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003146.

  PMID: 27514751 DERIVED

• Fishbein DP, Hellkamp AS, Mark DB, Walsh MN, Poole JE, Anderson J, Johnson G, Lee KL, Bardy GH; SCD-HeFT Investigators. Use of the 6-min walk distance to identify variations in treatment benefits from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and amiodarone: results from the SCD-HeFT (Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Jun 17;63(23):2560-2568. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.602. Epub 2014 Apr 9.

  PMID: 24727258 DERIVED

• Chen J, Johnson G, Hellkamp AS, Anderson J, Mark DB, Lee KL, Bardy GH, Poole JE. Rapid-rate nonsustained ventricular tachycardia found on implantable cardioverter-defibrillator interrogation: relationship to outcomes in the SCD-HeFT (Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 May 28;61(21):2161-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.046. Epub 2013 Mar 26.

  PMID: 23541974 DERIVED

• Al-Khatib SM, Hellkamp A, Bardy GH, Hammill S, Hall WJ, Mark DB, Anstrom KJ, Curtis J, Al-Khalidi H, Curtis LH, Heidenreich P, Peterson ED, Sanders G, Clapp-Channing N, Lee KL, Moss AJ. Survival of patients receiving a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in clinical practice vs clinical trials. JAMA. 2013 Jan 2;309(1):55-62. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.157182.

  PMID: 23280225 DERIVED

• Strauss DG, Poole JE, Wagner GS, Selvester RH, Miller JM, Anderson J, Johnson G, McNulty SE, Mark DB, Lee KL, Bardy GH, Wu KC. An ECG index of myocardial scar enhances prediction of defibrillator shocks: an analysis of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial. Heart Rhythm. 2011 Jan;8(1):38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.09.071. Epub 2010 Sep 25.

  PMID: 20884379 DERIVED

• Packer DL, Prutkin JM, Hellkamp AS, Mitchell LB, Bernstein RC, Wood F, Boehmer JP, Carlson MD, Frantz RP, McNulty SE, Rogers JG, Anderson J, Johnson GW, Walsh MN, Poole JE, Mark DB, Lee KL, Bardy GH. Impact of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, amiodarone, and placebo on the mode of death in stable patients with heart failure: analysis from the sudden cardiac death in heart failure trial. Circulation. 2009 Dec 1;120(22):2170-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.853689. Epub 2009 Nov 16.

  PMID: 19917887 DERIVED

• Levy WC, Lee KL, Hellkamp AS, Poole JE, Mozaffarian D, Linker DT, Maggioni AP, Anand I, Poole-Wilson PA, Fishbein DP, Johnson G, Anderson J, Mark DB, Bardy GH. Maximizing survival benefit with primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in a heart failure population. Circulation. 2009 Sep 8;120(10):835-42. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.816884. Epub 2009 Aug 24.

  PMID: 19704100 DERIVED

• Olshansky B, Poole JE, Johnson G, Anderson J, Hellkamp AS, Packer D, Mark DB, Lee KL, Bardy GH; SCD-HeFT Investigators. Syncope predicts the outcome of cardiomyopathy patients: analysis of the SCD-HeFT study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 1;51(13):1277-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.11.065.

  PMID: 18371559 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Cardiovascular Diseases; Death, Sudden, Cardiac; Heart Diseases; Heart Failure

Interventions

Amiodarone; Defibrillators, Implantable

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Heart Arrest; Death, Sudden; Death

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Benzofurans; Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Defibrillators; Electrodes; Electrical Equipment and Supplies; Equipment and Supplies; Electrodes, Implanted; Prostheses and Implants

Study Officials

• Kerry Lee

  Duke University

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Sponsor Type: NIH

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 27, 1999
• First Posted: October 28, 1999
• Study Start: May 1, 1997
• Study Completion: April 1, 2005
• Last Updated: May 13, 2016

Record last verified: 2005-11