Can new computer software technology be used to help place the pacing lead on the left side of the heart in the most beneficial position when a participant has a cardiac resynchronisation therapy device (CRT-D) implant?
- Conditions
- Ischaemic cardiomyopathyCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN91522248
- Lead Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Suspended
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 218
1. >= 18 years of age
2. Standard indication for CRT-P or CRT-D according to ESC/EHRA guidelines
3. Stable on optimal medical therapy for at least 3 months
4. Ischaemic aetiology
5. Patients with atrial fibrillation can be included
1. Any contraindication to pacing/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implant
2. Requirement for endocardial pacing
3. Contraindication to magnetic resonance (MR) scanning
4. Claustrophobia
5. Significant renal impairment with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 30 ml/minute
6. Existing pacemaker or ICD system or extraction of a CRT system within the last 6 months
7. Be pregnant or plan to become pregnant over the next 7 months
8. Participation in other studies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method End systolic volume (ESV) in (ml) measured using a 2D echocardiogram at baseline and 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. End diastolic volume (ESV) in (ml) measured using a 2D echocardiogram at baseline and 6 months<br> 2. Ejection fraction (%) measured using a 2D echocardiogram at baseline and 6 months<br> 3. Quality of life measured using a Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire score at baseline and 6 months<br> 4. Efficacy of device implant measured using clinical composite score at 6 months<br> 5. Class of heart failure measured using NYHA class at baseline and 6 months<br>