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The Comparative Efficacy of the Zio Patch vs Implantable Loop Recorder in Atrial Fibrillation
ALERT-AF
1 other identifier
interventional
N/A
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The aim of our study is to investigate if LTCM's are superior to implantable loop recorders in detecting atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation. This study will provide insights on a possible alternative for detection of arrhythmia.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
Started Nov 2016
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable atrial-fibrillation
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2016
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 3, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2018
CompletedMarch 27, 2017
March 1, 2017
1 year
November 1, 2016
March 22, 2017
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Agreement between the assessment of events between the two devices
10 days
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, Accuracy and Reliability
10 days
Signal quality
10 days
Study Arms (1)
ZIO/ILR
EXPERIMENTALTHe Zio ILR arm will already have an ILR implanted for standard of care and will receive the Zio patch
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Patients with a diagnosis of paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation documented on electrocardiography
- Patients must already have a Medtronic LINQ ILR as standard of care already implanted as standard of care
- Patients must be available for at least 7 but maximum of 14 days after patch application
- Patients must be greater than or equal to 18 years old.
You may not qualify if:
- Patients with a history of permanent atrial fibrillation
- Patients with an implanted pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- Patients with cognitive delay and or dementia
- Patients unable to give Consent.
- Patients with adhesive allergy
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, 32209, United States
Related Publications (12)
Fuster V, Ryden LE, Cannom DS, Crijns HJ, Curtis AB, Ellenbogen KA, Halperin JL, Le Heuzey JY, Kay GN, Lowe JE, Olsson SB, Prystowsky EN, Tamargo JL, Wann S, Smith SC Jr, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Antman EM, Halperin JL, Hunt SA, Nishimura R, Ornato JP, Page RL, Riegel B, Priori SG, Blanc JJ, Budaj A, Camm AJ, Dean V, Deckers JW, Despres C, Dickstein K, Lekakis J, McGregor K, Metra M, Morais J, Osterspey A, Tamargo JL, Zamorano JL; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines; European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines; European Heart Rhythm Association; Heart Rhythm Society. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation): developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. Circulation. 2006 Aug 15;114(7):e257-354. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.177292. No abstract available.
PMID: 16908781BACKGROUNDChugh SS, Blackshear JL, Shen WK, Hammill SC, Gersh BJ. Epidemiology and natural history of atrial fibrillation: clinical implications. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Feb;37(2):371-8. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)01107-4.
PMID: 11216949BACKGROUNDFlaker GC, Belew K, Beckman K, Vidaillet H, Kron J, Safford R, Mickel M, Barrell P; AFFIRM Investigators. Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation: demographic features and prognostic information from the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study. Am Heart J. 2005 Apr;149(4):657-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.06.032.
PMID: 15990749BACKGROUNDGlotzer TV, Hellkamp AS, Zimmerman J, Sweeney MO, Yee R, Marinchak R, Cook J, Paraschos A, Love J, Radoslovich G, Lee KL, Lamas GA; MOST Investigators. Atrial high rate episodes detected by pacemaker diagnostics predict death and stroke: report of the Atrial Diagnostics Ancillary Study of the MOde Selection Trial (MOST). Circulation. 2003 Apr 1;107(12):1614-9. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000057981.70380.45. Epub 2003 Mar 24.
PMID: 12668495BACKGROUNDCapucci A, Santini M, Padeletti L, Gulizia M, Botto G, Boriani G, Ricci R, Favale S, Zolezzi F, Di Belardino N, Molon G, Drago F, Villani GQ, Mazzini E, Vimercati M, Grammatico A; Italian AT500 Registry Investigators. Monitored atrial fibrillation duration predicts arterial embolic events in patients suffering from bradycardia and atrial fibrillation implanted with antitachycardia pacemakers. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Nov 15;46(10):1913-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.07.044. Epub 2005 Oct 24.
PMID: 16286180BACKGROUNDCalkins H, Brugada J, Packer DL, Cappato R, Chen SA, Crijns HJ, Damiano RJ Jr, Davies DW, Haines DE, Haissaguerre M, Iesaka Y, Jackman W, Jais P, Kottkamp H, Kuck KH, Lindsay BD, Marchlinski FE, McCarthy PM, Mont JL, Morady F, Nademanee K, Natale A, Pappone C, Prystowsky E, Raviele A, Ruskin JN, Shemin RJ; Heart Rhythm Society; European Heart Rhythm Association; European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society; American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association; Society of Thoracic Surgeons. HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for personnel, policy, procedures and follow-up. A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed and approved by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Heart Rhythm Society. Europace. 2007 Jun;9(6):335-79. doi: 10.1093/europace/eum120. No abstract available.
PMID: 17599941BACKGROUNDKirchhof P, Benussi S, Kotecha D, Ahlsson A, Atar D, Casadei B, Castella M, Diener HC, Heidbuchel H, Hendriks J, Hindricks G, Manolis AS, Oldgren J, Popescu BA, Schotten U, Van Putte B, Vardas P, Agewall S, Camm J, Baron Esquivias G, Budts W, Carerj S, Casselman F, Coca A, De Caterina R, Deftereos S, Dobrev D, Ferro JM, Filippatos G, Fitzsimons D, Gorenek B, Guenoun M, Hohnloser SH, Kolh P, Lip GY, Manolis A, McMurray J, Ponikowski P, Rosenhek R, Ruschitzka F, Savelieva I, Sharma S, Suwalski P, Tamargo JL, Taylor CJ, Van Gelder IC, Voors AA, Windecker S, Zamorano JL, Zeppenfeld K. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Nov;50(5):e1-e88. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw313. Epub 2016 Sep 23. No abstract available.
PMID: 27663299BACKGROUNDNoheria A, Kumar A, Wylie JV Jr, Josephson ME. Catheter ablation vs antiarrhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Mar 24;168(6):581-6. doi: 10.1001/archinte.168.6.581.
PMID: 18362249BACKGROUNDNair GM, Nery PB, Diwakaramenon S, Healey JS, Connolly SJ, Morillo CA. A systematic review of randomized trials comparing radiofrequency ablation with antiarrhythmic medications in patients with atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009 Feb;20(2):138-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01285.x. Epub 2008 Sep 3.
PMID: 18775040BACKGROUNDParkash R, Tang AS, Sapp JL, Wells G. Approach to the catheter ablation technique of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2011 Jul;22(7):729-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02010.x. Epub 2011 Feb 18.
PMID: 21332861BACKGROUNDPiccini JP, Lopes RD, Kong MH, Hasselblad V, Jackson K, Al-Khatib SM. Pulmonary vein isolation for the maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2009 Dec;2(6):626-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.856633.
PMID: 20009077BACKGROUNDKapa S, Epstein AE, Callans DJ, Garcia FC, Lin D, Bala R, Riley MP, Hutchinson MD, Gerstenfeld EP, Tzou W, Marchlinski FE, Frankel DS, Cooper JM, Supple G, Deo R, Verdino RJ, Patel VV, Dixit S. Assessing arrhythmia burden after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using an implantable loop recorder: the ABACUS study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2013 Aug;24(8):875-81. doi: 10.1111/jce.12141. Epub 2013 Apr 11.
PMID: 23577826BACKGROUND
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Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
John N Catanzaro, MD
University of Florida
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- DIAGNOSTIC
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 1, 2016
First Posted
November 3, 2016
Study Start
November 1, 2016
Primary Completion
November 1, 2017
Study Completion
June 1, 2018
Last Updated
March 27, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share