NCT05464940

Impact of Intravenous Caffeine on Atrial Electrical Properties and Potential Arrythmia Induction

Impact of Intravenous Caffeine on Atrial Electrical Properties and Potential Arrythmia Induction in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: The COFFEE-AF Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kansas City Heart Rhythm Research Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This "How caffeine Induces Atrial Tachyarrhythmias" trial will be a multi-center, randomized, double-blinded trial of intravenous caffeine versus placebo among patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation procedures for Atrial Fibrillation(AF).

Detailed description

The mechanism by which caffeine might change cardiac electrophysiologic properties is largely unknown. Most of the prior studies conducted have evaluated the correlation based on the premise of oral consumption. One caveat among such study designs can be underreporting or overreporting the amount of caffeine ingested. To this date, no clinical trials exist that has studied the in vivo effects of caffeine to assess the atrial refractory period and conduction velocity and its potential to cause atrial or ventricular ectopy or sustained arrythmia induction including Atrial Tachycardia(AT)/Atrial Fibrillation(AF)/Ventricular Tachycardia(VT)/Ventricular Fibrillation(VF). As it is hypothesized that decreasing the atrial refractory period can render atria more prone to fibrillation. The pulmonary veins have proven integral to AF pathophysiology, the relationship between pulmonary vein electrophysiology and lifestyle factors in particular has not previously been assessed. It is also not clear if caffeine increases the risk of AF on those patients with known AF diagnosis. To bridge this gap, a randomized controlled trial is proposed to assess the effects of intravenous caffeine on atrial activity during AF ablation procedures.

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intravenous caffeine	Group assigned to receive caffeine will receive intravenous(IV) caffeine and sodium benzoate infusion starting at 250-500 mg. This method will use an automated algorithm that adjusts the flow of the infusion depending on the individual's sex and weight and then in a serial fashion in response to blood caffeine measurements. Serial blood caffeine measurements at pre-determined intervals according to the algorithm will be until a steady state is obtained.
OTHER	Masked Placebo	The patients assigned to the masked placebo will receive 5% dextrose in 0.45% saline using the same infusion protocol for a random length of time that was within 1 standard deviation(SD) of the mean time to achieve a steady state using the caffeine protocol (17+4 min). To maintain blinding, caffeine blood concentration measurements that will be randomly generated within 2 SDs of the predicted values calculated by the algorithm will be used and verbally communicated for placebo infusions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-09-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2022-07-19
• Last updated: 2025-08-28

Locations

9 sites across 1 country: United States