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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01687166




Registration number
NCT01687166
Ethics application status
Date submitted
29/08/2012
Date registered
18/09/2012
Date last updated
21/11/2018

Titles & IDs
Public title
Clinical Evaluation of the Blazer Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Scientific title
Clinical Evaluation of the Blazer Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CDM00048665
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
ZERO-AF
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (PAF) 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Other cardiovascular diseases

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Devices - Blazer Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter (Boston Scientific)
Treatment: Devices - FDA Approved Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter

Experimental: Blazer Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter - Blazer Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter and Ablation Catheter Cable used in conjunction with a compatible electroanatomic mapping system

Active Comparator: FDA Approved Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter - FDA approved Open-Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter system and compatible electroanatomic mapping system for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.


Treatment: Devices: Blazer Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter (Boston Scientific)


Treatment: Devices: FDA Approved Open-Irrigated Ablation Catheter
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Devices
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Procedure-related Complication Free Rate
Timepoint [1] 0 0
12 Months
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Chronic Success Rate
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Within 12 months of the index procedure
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Acute Success
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Acute- During Index Procedure, 20 minutes after confirmation of Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- History of recurrent symptomatic PAF with =2 episodes reported within the 365 days
prior to enrollment

o PAF is AF episodes that last =30 seconds in duration and terminate within 7 days.

- At least 1 episode of PAF documented by Holter monitor, rhythm strip, trans-telephonic
monitor (TTM), or 12-lead ECG in the 365 days prior to enrollment

- Refractory to at least one Beta Blocker, Calcium Channel Blocker, Class I OR Class III
anti-arrhythmic drug (AAD)

- Age 18 or above, or of legal age to give informed consent specific to state and
national law

- Competent and willing to provide written informed consent to participate in the study
and agree to comply with follow-up visits and evaluation
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Have any of the following heart conditions within 90 days prior to enrollment:

- New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV

- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <35%

- Left atrial (LA) diameter >5.5 cm

- Unstable angina or ongoing myocardial ischemia

- Transmural myocardial infarction (MI)

- Congenital structural heart disease that increases the risk of ablation or precludes
catheter placement

- Undergone any left atrial catheter or surgical ablation

- Have had a coronary intervention, cardiac surgery, or other cardiac ablation within 90
days prior to enrollment

- Had >1 AF episode lasting greater than 7 days, with no episodes having lasted greater
than 30 days, within the past year

- Subjects regularly prescribed amiodarone therapy during the 120 days prior to
enrollment

- Contraindication to anticoagulation therapy

- Creatinine >2.5mg/dl or creatinine clearance <30mL/min within 90 days (3 months) prior
to enrollment

- Prosthetic mitral or tricuspid heart valves

- Confirmed cardiac thrombus within 30 days (1 month) prior to enrollment

- Implanted pacemaker, ICD, or CRT leads within 180 days (6 months) prior to enrollment

- History of CVA, TIA or PE within 180 days (6 months) prior to enrollment

- Left atrial appendage closure device

- Any other significant uncontrolled or unstable medical condition (e.g. sepsis, acute
metabolic illness, end stage COPD)

- Enrolled in any concurrent clinical trial without documented pre-approval from BSC

- Women who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant within the course of their
participation in the investigation

- Life expectancy = 2 years (730 days) per physician opinion

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/10/2012
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/10/2016
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
398
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
QLD,SA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Heart Care Partners - Brisbane
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Royal Adelaide Hospital - Adelaide
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
QL 4120 QLD - Brisbane
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
SA 5000 - Adelaide
Recruitment outside Australia
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Alabama
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California
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Connecticut
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Florida
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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New Jersey
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New York
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
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South Carolina
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Texas
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Virginia
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Czechia
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Prague
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France
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Gironde
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Germany
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Berlin
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Germany
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Karlsruhe
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Portugal
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Carnaxide
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Spain
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Barcelona
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Spain
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Pamplona
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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United Kingdom
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Glasgow

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Boston Scientific Corporation
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to establish the safety and effectiveness of the Blazer
Open-Irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter for the treatment of drug refractory,
recurrent, symptomatic, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01687166
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Andrea Natale, M.D.
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Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01687166