Combined Use of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring and Predefined Anticoagulation to Reduce Stroke Risk (IMPACT)
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Purpose
The IMPACT Study will investigate the potential clinical benefit of the combined use of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring (HM) technology and a predefined anticoagulation plan compared to conventional device evaluation and physician-directed anticoagulation in patients with implanted dual-chamber defibrillators or cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Flutter Stroke Embolism, Systemic Arterial Major Bleeding |
Drug: Home Monitoring Guided OAC Drug: Physician-Directed OAC |
Phase 4 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Investigator) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | The IMPACT of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring Guided Anticoagulation on Stroke Risk in Patients With ICD and CRT-D Devices |
- The study hypothesis states that early detection of AF/AFL based on BIOTRONIK HM technology combined with a predefined anticoagulation plan will reduce the rate of the composite endpoint of stroke, systemic embolism and major bleeding. [ Time Frame: 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Rates of all-cause mortality, stroke (ischemic and hemorrhagic, disabling and non-disabling, cardioembolic and non-cardioembolic), and major bleeding, as well as the AF burden, quality of life, and mean heart rate reduction. [ Time Frame: 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Enrollment: | 2718 |
| Study Start Date: | February 2008 |
| Study Completion Date: | June 2013 |
| Primary Completion Date: | June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Experimental: Home Monitoring Guided OAC
Home Monitoring is fully enabled and continuous remote surveillance data is available to investigators. Patients will be treated according to a predefined anticoagulation plan, which uses the total duration of AF/AFL combined with patients' CHADS2 score to determine the start, stop, and restart of OAC.
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Drug: Home Monitoring Guided OAC
Active monitoring for atrial episodes through the automatic HM notifications (email, fax, short message service) is required. If the total duration over 48 consecutive hours reaches the predefined anticoagulation condition, and AF/AFL diagnosis is confirmed using the IEGM online, the site instructs the patient by telephone to start OAC. Clinicians continue to monitor patients using HM, and if freedom from AF/AFL reaches the predefined interval, stop of OAC therapy is requested over the telephone. Following stop of anticoagulation, any recurrence of AF/AFL requires restart of OAC therapy. OAC drugs used: Dabigatran etexilate, Rivaroxaban, Warfarin, other approved VKA |
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Active Comparator: Physician-Directed OAC
In Control (Group 2), Home Monitoring is active for Safety Net alerts, but the remote AF/AFL data is not revealed to the patient or treating physician. These patients receive physician-directed OAC consistent with current standards of care. Safety Net data include:
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Drug: Physician-Directed OAC
Patients will receive physician-directed anticoagulation therapy based on conventional criteria. OAC drugs used: Dabigatran etexilate, Rivaroxaban, Warfarin, other approved VKA |
Detailed Description:
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) are common cardiac arrhythmias associated with an increased incidence of stroke in patients with additional risk factors. Oral Anticoagulation (OAC) reduces stroke risk, but because these arrhythmias are frequently intermittent and asymptomatic, start of OAC therapy is often delayed until electrocardiographic documentation is obtained.
Technological advances in implanted dual-chamber cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) devices allow early detection and real time verification of AF/AFL with intracardiac electrograms (IEGM) automatically transmitted to the clinicians. Such remote diagnostic capability might be particularly relevant in patients with asymptomatic AF by allowing timely treatment. Compared to conventional periodic, (e.g., quarterly) office device evaluation, daily remote monitoring may prove superior for diagnosis of AF and prophylactic treatment of thromboembolism.
The start, stop and restart of OAC based on a predefined atrial rhythm-guided strategy in conjunction with a standard risk-stratification scheme could lead to better clinical outcomes compared with conventional clinical care. The study is designed to demonstrate a risk reduction of both thromboembolism proximate to episodes of documented AF/AFL and bleeding potentiated by chronic OAC in the absence of AF. Verification of this premise would impact the clinical practice, providing evidence to physicians for the use of HM to guide OAC in patients with AF/AFL. The results of this study should demonstrate the clinical value of wireless remote surveillance of the cardiac rhythm and may define the critical threshold of AF/AFL burden warranting OAC or antiarrhythmic drug therapy in patients at risk of stroke
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Key Inclusion Criteria:
- Candidates for implantation of, or already implanted with, a BIOTRONIK Lumax HF-T or DR-T device
- Documented P wave mean amplitude ≥ 1.0 mV (sinus rhythm) or ≥ 0.5 mV (AF) at enrollment, if previously implanted
- CHADS2 risk score ≥ 1
- Able and willing to follow OAC therapy if the indication develops during the course of the trial
- Able to utilize the HM throughout the study
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- Permanent AF
- History of stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA) or systemic embolism and documented AF or AFL
- Currently requiring OAC therapy for any indication
- Patients who underwent successful AF ablation (sinus rhythm restored) and have not completed a minimum of 3 months of OAC therapy
- Known, current contraindication to use of eligible OAC
- Long QT or Brugada syndrome as the sole indication for device implantation
- Life expectancy less than the expected term of the study
Contacts and Locations
Show 80 Study Locations| Study Chair: | Jonathan L Halperin, M.D. | Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY |
| Study Chair: | John Ip, M.D. | Thoracic & Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation, Lansing, MI |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Biotronik, Inc. |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00559988 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | IMPACT |
| Study First Received: | November 15, 2007 |
| Last Updated: | June 12, 2013 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Biotronik, Inc.:
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Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator Home Monitoring Oral Anticoagulation |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Flutter Embolism Hemorrhage Stroke Cerebral Infarction Arrhythmias, Cardiac Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |
Pathologic Processes Embolism and Thrombosis Vascular Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Brain Infarction Brain Ischemia |
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