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Terminated Phase 4 Interventional Results available

Early Ablation Therapy for the Treatment of Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01557842

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Brief summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine if early ablation (i.e., ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with infrequent VT episodes) is more effective than medical therapy alone for the treatment of ischemic ventricular tachycardia in patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) who continue to have episodes of ventricular tachycardia despite drug therapy.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01557842
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Lead sponsor
Biosense Webster, Inc.
Industry
Enrollment
15 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug · Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jun 1, 2012 (Actual)
Primary completion
Mar 19, 2014 (Actual)
Completion
Mar 19, 2014 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jun 8, 2017

2012 – 2014

United States locations

U.S. sites
23
U.S. states
15
U.S. cities
17
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095 —
California Pacific Medical Center San Francisco California 94115 —
San Francisco VA Medical Center San Francisco California 94121 —
University of California, San Francisco San Francisco California 94143 —
University of Colorado, Denver Aurora Colorado 80045 —
Florida Hospital Orlando Florida 32803 —
Loyola University Chicago Maywood Illinois 60153 —
Central Baptist Hospital Lexington Kentucky 40503 —
University of Maryland Baltimore Maryland 21201 —
Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Maryland 21287 —
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02115 —
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02199 —
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02215 —
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 —
Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 55902 —
Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York New York 10029 —
Columbia University- New York Presbyterian Hospital New York New York 10032 —
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland Ohio 44195 —
Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 43210 —
University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73104 —
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 —
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation Austin Texas 78705 —
St. Luke's Medical Center Milwaukee Wisconsin 53215 —

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