Comparison of Pulmonary Vein Ablation With or Without Left Atrial Posterior Wall Ablation for Persistent AF (PIVoTAL)
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Official title
Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation in Conjunction With Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (PIVoTAL) Trial
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03057548
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- Arash Aryana, MD
- Other
- Enrollment
- 110 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Cryo or RF Ablation of Pulmonary Veins plus Ablation of the PLAW Procedure
- Cryo or Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation only of Pulmonary Veins Procedure
Procedure
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
- Feb 23, 2017
- Primary completion
- May 12, 2020
- Completion
- May 30, 2020
- Last update posted
- Nov 4, 2025
2017 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy General Hospital and Dignity Health Heart and Vascular Institute | Sacramento | California | 95819 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Nov 4, 2025 · Synced May 17, 2026
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