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The Adjunctive Ventricular Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (AVAST) Pilot

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Arrhythmia
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT01480336
Lead Sponsor
Hartford Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn if combination therapy with amiodarone and ranolazine (an approved drug for chest pain) can help prevent arrhythmias.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
19
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with an ICD who were on a stable dose of amiodarone for the past 60 days
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with a life expectancy of less than 6 months
  • Patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Classes B or C) or requiring hemodialysis.
  • Pregnancy or lactation.
  • Treatment with potent CYP3A inhibitors, including ketoconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, nefazodone, nelfinavir, indinavir, and saquinavir
  • Treatment with CYP3A inducers, including rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamazepine, and St. John's wort.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Amiodarone with PlaceboAmiodarone with Placebo-
Amiodarone with RanolazineAmiodarone Plus Ranolazine-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pharmacokinetic Parameter Estimates12 hours

Absorption, Peak concentration, time to peak concentration, clearance, area under the curve

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Electrocardiogram (ECG)12 hours

The QT/QTc interval and other ECG parameters

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hartford Hospital

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Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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