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Completed Phase 3 Interventional

Effect of Empirical Left Atrial Appendage Isolation on Long-term Procedure Outcome in Patients With Persistent or Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Catheter Ablation

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01362738

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Brief summary

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The purpose of this prospective randomized study is to assess whether empirical Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) isolation along with the standard approach of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and ablation of extra-pulmonary triggers is superior to the standard approach alone in enhancing the long-term success rate of catheter ablation in persistent or long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) patients.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01362738
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
156 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Nov 2010 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jun 2014 (Actual)
Completion
Nov 2016 (Actual)
Last update posted
Apr 26, 2017

2010 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
2
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
St. David's Medical Center Austin Texas 78705 —
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation Austin Texas 78705 —

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