Heart fix without X-Ray: new study tests safer ablation for AFib
NCT ID NCT06719921
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study compares two ways of doing a heart procedure called catheter ablation for people with atrial fibrillation (an irregular heartbeat). One method uses X-rays to guide the doctor, and the other does not. The goal is to see if the no-X-ray method works just as well and is as safe. About 724 adults aged 18 to 80 with AFib will take part, and the main focus is on whether their heart rhythm stays normal for a year after the procedure.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 724 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age: ≥18 years 2. Patients diagnosed with paroxysmal AF or persistent AF with a duration of 1 years or less, who are referred for catheter ablation. 3. Patients referred for catheter ablation as a first-time intervention (no prior catheter ablation or surgical procedures for AF). 4. The patient is able and willing to provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with contraindication to anticoagulation 2. Patients with contraindication to right or left sided cardiac catheterization 3. X-ray fluoroscopy is required in the procedure, such as ablation combined with VOM ethanol ablation, epicardial ablation, LAAO, CAG, etc. 4. Serious known concomitant disease with a life expectancy of \< 1 year 5. MI, CABG, or PCI within the preceding 3 months 6. Left atrial diameter \>55 mm 7. LVEF\<30% 8. NYHA class III or IV 9. Awaiting cardiac transplantation or other cardiac surgery within 12 months. 10. History of a documented thromboembolic event within the past 6 weeks. 11. Heart or vascular malformation that impedes catheter access or vascular puncture. 12. Current enrollment in an investigational study evaluating another device or drug. 13. Acute illness, active systemic infection, or sepsis. 14. Significant congenital anomaly or a medical problem that in the opinion of the investigator would preclude enrollment in this trial.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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