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RCT of Implantable Defibrillators in Patients With Non Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Scar and Severe Systolic Heart Failure

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Heart Failure
Interventions
Device: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) or Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Defibrillator (CRTD)
Registration Number
NCT05568069
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Brief Summary

BRITISH is a UK multicentre trial of patients who have been diagnosed with heart failure due to Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (NICM, or heart failure that is not caused by blocked heart arteries. Participants will be randomised into two groups. Half the participants will receive an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) and the other half will not. The aim of the study will be to compare all-cause mortality (death from any cause) between these two groups at 36 months, and longer-term to 10 years. The study has the potential to change international heart failure treatment guidelines and to improve how patients with this condition are managed.

Detailed Description

Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (NICM) have a higher risk of experiencing serious abnormal heart rhythms that might be life-threatening. Current guidelines recommend fitting a device that can correct these serious heart rhythms (Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)). However, research studies have shown that 90% of patients who have an ICD will never use it because they won't experience any serious heart rhythms. A recent large trial (DANISH) of over one thousand patients with severe Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy has called the current guidelines into question. The trial concluded that for patients who received an ICD, there was no difference in the likelihood of dying when compared to patients that didn't have an ICD fitted. As a result, many doctors are choosing not to implant an ICD in patients with this type of heart failure, as they believe there is no overall survival benefit. However, there are clues that some patients with NICM may still benefit from an ICD, even though the headline results suggest they are not necessary. It's likely that it's the patients who are at increased risk of having a serious abnormal heart rhythm that stand to benefit from ICDs. But having an ICD fitted carries with it a significant risk of problems developing e.g. bleeding, infection, lead problems, and inappropriate shocks. These risks may not outweigh the benefits and it is this question which BRITISH will address. The study will randomly assign (like the toss of a coin), half the study participants to receive an ICD and the other half to no ICD.

Both groups will be followed up to decide whether having an ICD fitted reduces the chances of dying.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2504
Inclusion Criteria
  1. A diagnosis of NICM on contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
  2. LV scar on routine CMR (patient without scar can enter the registry)
  3. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Heart Failure (HF) functional class I-III and severely impaired left ventricular function (LVEF ≤ 35% on any imaging modality) after a minimum of 3 months of treatment with optimal medical therapy (OMT) as recommended by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
  4. Able and willing to provide informed consent
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Exclusion Criteria
  1. New York Heart Association (NYHA) HF functional class IV after 3 months of optimal medical therapy (OMT)
  2. Acute decompensated heart failure
  3. Previous implantable device in situ (PPM, Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) or ICD)
  4. Ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) is defined as segmental wall motion abnormalities or wall thinning in a particular coronary territory with subendocardial or transmural late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). Patients with an LVEF ≤35% and a small amount of ischemic LGE (i.e. an infarct out of keeping with the amount of LV dysfunction) will not be excluded (so-called dual pathology patients)
  5. Known diagnosis of amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (diseases in which there are specific guidelines regarding defibrillator therapy)
  6. Known Lamin gene mutation or a positive family history of a Lamin gene mutation
  7. Valve disease is considered likely to require surgery during the 3 years follow-up period
  8. Complex congenital heart disease
  9. Any secondary prevention ICD indication
  10. Heart transplant recipient or admitted for cardiac transplantation/ left ventricular assist device
  11. Clinically apparent myocardial ischemia which requires revascularization
  12. Intracardiac mass which requires surgery
  13. Active endocarditis
  14. Active Septicaemia
  15. Pregnancy
  16. Life expectancy <2 years secondary to any other cause (i.e. malignancy)
  17. Active treatment with chemotherapy
  18. Severe renal failure (GFR <30)
  19. Actively participating in another study without prior agreement between both Chief Investigators
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
InterventionImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) or Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Defibrillator (CRTD)ICD or CRTD fitted
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of patients alive3 years

All-cause mortality

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in health-related quality of life measured using KCCQ-123 years

Short questionnaire including questions related to heart failure symptoms and how they affect daily activities

Change in health-related quality of life measured using EQ-5D-5L3 years

Questionnaire consisting of 5 questions to evaluate a patients quality of life

Cardiovascular Death3 years

Percentage of patients that have cardiovascular death

Sudden cardiac death3 years

Percentage of patients that have sudden cardiac death

Aborted sudden cardiac death3 years

Percentage of patients that have aborted sudden cardiac death

Appropriate ICD Therapy3 years

Percentage of patients that have appropriate ICD therapy

Inappropriate ICD Therapy3 years

Percentage of patients that have inappropriate ICD therapy

Significant ventricular arrhythmias3 years

Percentage of patients that have significant ventricular arrhythmias

NYHA Status3 years

Percentage of patients in each category

Heart failure hospitalisations3 years

Number of events

Cardiac hospitalisations3 years

Number of events

Procedures related to implanted device3 years

Number of events

Percentage of patients aliveAt 5 and 10 years

Mortality

Trial Locations

Locations (37)

Essex Cardiothoracic Centre

🇬🇧

Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom

Wycombe Hospital

🇬🇧

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Newcastle Freeman Hospital

🇬🇧

Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

The James Cook University Hospital

🇬🇧

Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Kent & Canterbury Hospital

🇬🇧

Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Darlington, Durham, United Kingdom

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

🇬🇧

Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

James Paget University Hospitals NHS FT

🇬🇧

Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

Blackpool Victoria Hospiatal

🇬🇧

Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom

St George's Hospital

🇬🇧

Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Scarborough Hospital

🇬🇧

Scarborough, Nortrh Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Wansbeck General Hospital

🇬🇧

Ashington, Northumbria, United Kingdom

Northern General Hospital

🇬🇧

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

New Cross Hospital

🇬🇧

Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

🇬🇧

Exeter, United Kingdom

Leeds General Infirmary

🇬🇧

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Pinderfields Hospital

🇬🇧

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

St Bartholomew's Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

King's College Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Morriston Hospital

🇬🇧

Swansea, United Kingdom

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Southampton Clinical Trials Unit

🇬🇧

Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

The John Radcliffe Hospital

🇬🇧

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Derriford Hospital

🇬🇧

Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Liverpool Heart & Chest

🇬🇧

Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Glenfield Hospital

🇬🇧

Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Nottingham City Hospital

🇬🇧

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

🇬🇧

Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Musgrove Park Hospital

🇬🇧

Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom

University Hospital of North Tees

🇬🇧

Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom

Frimley Park Hospital

🇬🇧

Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

🇬🇧

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

🇬🇧

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Guy's Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Royal Brompton Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

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