Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
PG 02/81
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Not Applicable
Study hypothesis
Does catheter ablation of the tricuspid valve inferior vena cava (TA-IVC) isthmus help to reduce AF
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Atrial fibrillation
Intervention
Direct current cardioversion and isthmus catheter ablation
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/2003
Overall trial end date
01/09/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Any patient with atrial fibrillation suitable for direct current cardioversion and catheter ablation
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/2003
Recruitment end date
01/09/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Cardiology Department
London
EC1A 7BE
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
British Heart Foundation (UK)
Sponsor details
14 Fitzhardinge Street
London
W1H 6DH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7935 0185
research@bhf.org.uk
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
British Heart Foundation (UK)
Alternative name(s)
BHF
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
Trusts, charities, foundations (both publically funded and privately funded)
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17135218
Publication citations
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Results
Gupta D, Earley MJ, Haywood GA, Richmond L, Fitzgerald M, Kojodjojo P, Sporton SC, Peters NS, Broadhurst P, Schilling RJ, Can atrial fibrillation with a coarse electrocardiographic appearance be treated with catheter ablation of the tricuspid valve-inferior vena cava isthmus? Results of a multicentre randomised controlled trial., Heart, 2007, 93, 6, 688-693, doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.102061.