NCT04337567

Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Balloon Cryoablation in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

A Prospective Randomized Trial for the Comparison of Procedural Characteristics and Long-term Effects of Radiofrequency Ablation and Balloon Cryoablation in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study compares the procedural characteristics and effectivity of radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation in patients with atrial fibrillation that are 75 years or older.

Detailed description

Radiofrequency and cryoballon ablation have been shown to be comparable to each other in terms of safety and effectivity in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, elderly patients have been underrepresented in the previous studies. The number of older patients with atrial fibrillation is high and the number of who undergo an ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation increases steadily. This prospective randomized trial compares the effectivity (recurrency of atrial arrhythmias) and periprocedural characteristics of the two established ablation methods in patients who are 75 years or older.

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	radiofrequency ablation	ablative treatment as allocated to radiofrequency ablation
PROCEDURE	ballon cryoablation	ablative treatment as allocated to ballon cryoablation

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-01
• Primary completion: 2022-01-31
• Completion: 2024-01-31
• First posted: 2020-04-07
• Last updated: 2020-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany