Effect of dronedarone on Cardiac patients with permenant atrial fibrilation (i.e.irregular heart beat)
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Permanent Atrial fibriLLAtionHealth Condition 2: I489- Unspecified atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2011/06/001844
- Lead Sponsor
- SanofiSynthelabo India Limited
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other (Terminated)
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10800
1. Patients in permanent atrial fibrillation with additional risk
factors
2. Patients in permanent atrial fibrillation defined by the
presence of all of the following criteria:
1. Availability of one 12-lead ECG not more than 14
days prior to randomization, showing that the patient
is in atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
2. Availability of documentation (including either rhythm
strips or medical report of the rhythm) showing that
the patient was in atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter at
least 6 months prior to randomization
3. No evidence of sinus rhythm in the period between
these two documentations of atrial fibrillation
4. Patient and physician decision to allow atrial
fibrillation to continue without further efforts to restore
sinus rhythm
5.Patients aged 65 years or older with at least one of the
following risk factors or combination of risk factors:
1.Coronary artery disease
2. Prior stroke or TIA
3. Symptomatic heart failure
4. Left ventricular ejection fraction less than or equal to
0.40
5. Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
6. Aged 75 years or older with both hypertension and
diabetes mellitus
Exclusion Criteria (selection)
E 01. Patients in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
E 02. Patients in persistent atrial fibrillation without a decision to
allow atrial fibrillation to continue without further efforts to
restore sinus rhythm
E 11. Patients with heart failure of NYHA class IV or recent
unstable NYHA class III
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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