Typical Flutter Ablation:A Comparison of 4 mm Versus 2 mm Irrigated cathéters

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• Conditions: Typical Atrial Flutter; Radiofrequency Ablation; Irrigated Catheters
• Interventions: Procedure: Radiofrequency ablation for atrial flutter by catheters

• Registration Number: NCT00750711
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of 4 mm irrigated catheters with 2 mm irrigated catheters for ablation of typical flutter.It's a prospective randomised multicenter study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-03
• Status Verified: 2008-09
• Study First Submitted: 2008-09-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-09-09
• Study First Posted: 2008-09-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-09-15
• Last Update Posted: 2008-09-16
• Primary Completion: 2010-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients above the age 18 years undergoing a first catheter ablation for typical atrial flutter

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy
• Hemodynamic instability
• A recurrence of previous ablated typical atrial flutter

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
KT,2	Radiofrequency ablation for atrial flutter by catheters	There are two arms in this study: KT2 arm and KT4 arm. Patients in KT2 arm will be ablated with the 2 mm irrigated catheter and patients in KT4 mm will be ablated with the 4 mm irrigated catheter.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Procedural success rate, procedure duration, number of RF applications, delivered power, impedance, complication rate, recurrence at six months	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital of Geneva; 🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland