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Avoid Transvenous Leads in Appropriate Subjects

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Ventricular Arrhythmia
Interventions
Device: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Registration Number
NCT02881255
Lead Sponsor
Population Health Research Institute
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare standard, single chamber transvenous ICD to sub-cutaneous ICD in occurrence of perioperative and long term device related complications and failed appropriate clinical shocks and arrhythmic death.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
544
Inclusion Criteria

patient must satisfy any ONE of the following two criteria:

  1. Patient is ≥ 18 - 60 years old AND has a standard indication for ICD; OR

  2. Patient is ≥ 18 years old AND has any one of the following present:

    • An inherited arrhythmia syndrome (i.e. Long QT, Brugada, ARVC, hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy, early repolarization syndrome, idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, etc.)
    • Prior pacemaker or ICD removal for infection
    • Need for hemodialysis
    • Prior heart valve surgery (repair or replacement)
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (with FEV1 < 1.5 L)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Mechanical tricuspid valve
  • Fontan repair
  • Presence of an intra-cardiac shunt
  • Known lack of upper extremity venous access
  • Need for cardiac pacing for bradycardia indication
  • PR interval of > 240 msec
  • Patients with permanent pacemaker
  • Clinical indication for biventricular pacing
  • Patients unwilling to provide informed consent or comply with follow-up
  • Pregnant at time of enrollment and implant
  • Patients who currently have a ventricular assist device (i.e. LVAD)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Subcutaneous ICDImplantable Cardioverter DefibrillatorPatient will receive a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (Boston Scientific EMBLEM)
Transvenous ICDImplantable Cardioverter DefibrillatorPatient will receive a single-chamber, transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (from any manufacturer) which as the capability for remote monitoring.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Additional safety composite6 months post-ICD implantation

This composite includes:

Device-related infection requiring surgical revision; Significant wound hematoma (requiring evacuation or interruption of oral anticoagulation); Myocardial infarction; Stroke; Death;

Composite of lead-related perioperative complications6 months post-ICD implantation

This composite includes:

Hemothorax or pneumothorax; Cardiac perforation, tamponade, pericardial effusion or pericarditis; Lead dislodgement or loss of pacing/sensing requiring revision; New moderate-severe or severe tricuspid insufficiency (3+ or 4+); Ipsilateral upper extremity deep venous thrombosis.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Late device-related complicationsGreater than 6 months post-ICD implantation

The following complications will be measured by their presence or absence; they will be presented as individual complications and also as a composite of late device-related complications:

* Lead dislodgement or fracture; or loss of adequate sensing or pacing

* Device-related infection

* Pericarditis or pericardial effusion

* New severe tricuspid insufficiency

* Ipsilateral upper extremity deep venous thrombosis

* Need to revise dialysis access

* Need to revise ICD or lead for any reason

* Non-systemic embolism

* Pulmonary embolism

* Wound dehiscence or disjunction

* Allergic reaction to ICD

All-cause mortality6 months post-ICD implantation

Efficacy outcome

Total device-related complicationsGreater than 6 months post-ICD implantation

This is a composite of:

all components of the primary and secondary safety outcomes, and late device-related complications.

Occurrence of failed appropriate shock or arrhythmic death6 months post-ICD implantation

Efficacy outcome

Patient Health Survey as measured by Short Form Health Survey (SF36)Baseline and 6 months post-ICD implantation

Patient health will be assessed by a generic instrument, the Short Form Health Survey (SF36). This survey provides scores for each of the eight health domains and psychometrically-based physical component summary and mental component summary scores.

Any inappropriate ICD therapy shock6 months post-ICD implantation

Efficacy outcome

Provincial healthcare payer health economics analysis6 months post-ICD implantation

A formal health economics analysis will be completed as part of this study, using the perspective of a provincial healthcare payer. Procedural costs will be obtained from the Ontario schedule of benefits and the cost of device-implantation will be taken from existing, local case-costing data. The cost-effectiveness analysis will take into consideration any differences in survival, complication rates and resource utilization. Sensitivity analyses will be done, varying the price of the S-ICD, in order to generate cost-acceptability curves.

Hospital, emergency department or clinic visits for ICD therapy, device-related complications, arrhythmia or heart failure6 months post-ICD implantation

Efficacy outcome. Hospital, emergency department or clinic visits for ICD therapy (shocks or anti-tachycardia pacing, both appropriate and inappropriate), device-related complications, arrhythmia or heart failure

Patient Acceptance of ICD as measured by Florida Patient Acceptance Survey (FPAS)1 month and 6 month post-ICD implantation

Patient acceptance of ICD will be measured using the Florida Patient Acceptance Survey (FPAS).

Trial Locations

Locations (14)

Victoria Cardiac Arrhythmia Trials Inc.

🇨🇦

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

St. Paul's Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Southlake Regional Health Centre

🇨🇦

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

St. Michael's Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University of Calgary

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hamilton General Hospital

🇨🇦

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

IUCPQ-Universite Laval

🇨🇦

Laval, Quebec, Canada

McGill University Health Centre

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal Heart Institute

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS)

🇨🇦

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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