EMI and CIED: Is High Power Charging of Battery Electric Car Safe?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pacemaker; ICD
• Interventions: Other: Electromagnetic Field Exposure

• Registration Number: NCT05361681
• Lead Sponsor: Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen

Brief Summary

It is not known if the use of high power charging systems for electric vehicles may interfere with the functionality of implanted pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators.

Detailed Description

The use of electric cars for public and private transport is increasing all over the world. Moreover the charging technique is improving and enables very fast charging with the use of high power. It is not known if the use of high volume charging systems interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices. The study evaluates different types of high volume charging systems connected to different full electric vehicles with regard to electromagnetic interference with implanted pacemakers or cardioverter-defibrillators.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-01
• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-02
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-05
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-05
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-01
• Study Completion: 2022-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• implanted cardiac implantable electronic device with regular function

Exclusion Criteria

• implanted cardiac implantable electronic device with irregular function

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
interventional arm	Electromagnetic Field Exposure	Participants were charging full electric cars, using high power charging systems

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Electromagnetic interference	during the intervention, i.e. when participants are exposed to the electromagnetic field of the high power charging column	Occurence of electromagnetic interference during an exposure time of up to 5 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Electromagnetic fields	during the intervention	Measuring the electromagnetic fields while super-charging along the charging cable, the column and the car connector

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Deutsches Herzzentrum München; 🇩🇪 Munich, Bayern, Germany