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Radiotherapy vs Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia in Structural Heart Disease

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Arrythmia
Cardiomyopathies
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Interventions
Radiation: SBRT
Procedure: CA
Registration Number
NCT06360939
Lead Sponsor
Western Sydney Local Health District
Brief Summary

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in treating ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with advanced structural heart disease. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* What is the efficacy of SBRT compared to catheter ablation (CA) in achieving a ≥ 75% reduction in VT burden at 6 months

* What is the comparable safety profile of SBRT vs CA Researchers will compare SBRT and CA (standard of care).

Detailed Description

Hypothesis

We hypothesise that in an open label randomised controlled trial of patients with advanced structural heart disease and ventricular tachycardia (VT) that stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) will be superior in reducing VT burden compared to standard care comprising of catheter ablation (CA) and routine medical care with acceptable safety and adverse events.

Aims

This is a trial to examine if in an open label randomised trial of 60 patients with structural heart disease and VT followed for 3 years with a minimum follow up of 1 year of SBRT compared CA results in:

1. An improvement in a primary outcome of proportion of patients with a ≥75% reduction in VT burden in the 6 months following intervention compared to the 6 months intervention

2. Comparable safety profile (serious adverse events \[SAE\] and adverse events of special interest \[AESI\] at 6 months;

3. reduction in secondary endpoints at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months of: any VT recurrence, absolute % reduction in VT burden compared to 6 months pre-treatment, number of anti-arrhythmic drugs (AADs) compared to pre-treatment, cardiovascular hospitalisation, all-cause mortality, cardiac transplantation, combined endpoint of cardiovascular hospitalisation/transplant/mortality, SAE and AESI from treatment, ventricular function abd change of quality of life (QOL) metrics (at 12 months).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Structural heart disease (including ischaemic cardiomyopathy , non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy or congenital heart disease and defined as any one of

    1. segmental or global decreased ventricular wall motion as defined by TTE, CT or cMRI
    2. myocardial hypertrophy
    3. myocardial scar (evidenced by late gadolinium enhancement on cMRI, wall thinning on cardiac CT, low voltage on electrophysiological study or abnormal intracardiac echocardiography)
  2. Recurrent monomorphic VT which can include

    1. at least one episode of VT treated by ICD and/or
    2. sustained VT (lasting >30s) and/or
    3. inducible sustained VT on invasive electrophysiological study (EPS) or non-invasive programmed stimulation (NIPS)
  3. PAINESD score of ≥9 points and/or at least moderate risk of VT recurrence or death as defined by the I-VT score. Both are validated tools used clinically to identify patient at high risk of VT recurrence and/or mortality after CA.

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Age < 18 years
  2. Life expectancy < 3 months
  3. Catheter ablation deemed futile or with prohibitive risk by cardiac electrophysiologist.
  4. Unwilling or unable to provide consent
  5. Known cardiac channelopathies (e.g. Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), long- or short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome)
  6. Contraindications to radiotherapy as deemed by referring physician and/or radiation oncologist
  7. Pregnancy or breast feeding

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Stereotactic body radiation therapySBRTSBRT within 6 weeks of randomisation guided by previous electrophysiology studies, electrocardiograms and cardiac imaging.
Catheter ablationCACA within 6 weeks of randomisation (constituting standard of care for patients with VT and structural heart disease)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
VT burden6 months

Change in proportion of patients with a ≥75% reduction in VT burden at 6 months (number of VT episodes in 6 months post treatment compared to the number of VT episodes in the 6 months prior to randomisation excluding a 6-week blanking period after treatment initiation)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ICD shocks6, 12, 24 and 36 months

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator shocks

Recurrent sustained VT6, 12, 24 and 36 months

Recurrent sustained VT ascertained by implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) (VT identified and treated by the ICD with anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) and/or internal ICD delivered shock or ≥30 seconds of VT if untreated by ICD

VT storm6, 12, 24 and 36 months

VT storm (three or more documented episodes of VT within 24 hours or incessant VT)

All cause mortality6,12, 24 and 36 months

All cause mortality

Cardiovascular Mortality6,12, 24 and 36 months

Cardiovascular mortality

Ventricular function6,12, 24 and 36 months

As determined by echocardiography (ejection fraction, speckle tracking echocardiography)

Quality of Life as per Short Form - 36 (SF-36) Score6,12, 24 and 36 months

Change in quality of life at 6 and 12 months (compared to pre-intervention) as measured by Short Form- 36 (SF-36) \[0-100 scale, 0 is equivalent to maximum disability and a score of 100 is equivalent to no disability\].

Quality of Life as per Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Concerns Questionnaire (ICDC) score6,12, 24 and 36 months

Change in quality of life at 6 and 12 months (compared to pre-intervention) as measured by Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Concerns Questionnaire (ICDC) score. \[0-100 scale, 100 equivalent to maximum concern\]

Absolute VT burden6, 12, 24 and 36 months

Absolute percentage reduction in VT burden compared to pre-ablation

Hospitalization6, 12, 24 and 36 months

Cardiovascular as well as specifically heart failure and arrhythmia

Composite outcome of VT recurrence/hospitalisation/death/ cardiac transplantation6,12, 24 and 36 months

Composite outcome as above

Serious Adverse Events (SAE) and Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI)At all time points up to 36 months

1. SAE and AESI related to effects of SBRT

2. SAE and AESI related to standard care e.g. medical anti-arrhythmic drug therapy or catheter ablation or heart transplantation

Number of AADs6,12, 24 and 36 months

Number of AADs at time points following randomization

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