One procedure to fix rhythm and block clots: new study tests dual approach for AFib
NCT ID NCT07523620
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests doing two procedures at once for people with atrial fibrillation (AFib): a catheter ablation to restore normal heart rhythm and a device implant to close off a part of the heart where clots form. The goal is to see if this combined approach is safe and effective at controlling AFib and reducing stroke risk. About 240 adults with AFib and a high stroke risk will take part, and they will stop blood thinners about 3 months after the procedure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 240 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Subject must provide written informed consent prior to any clinical investigation-related procedure. * 18 years of age or older, or the age of legal consent * CHA2DS2-VASc score of ≥ 3 for women and ≥ 2 for men * Able to stop anticoagulation by 90 days post index procedure * Able to adhere to the protocol defined post-concomitant procedure pharmacologic regimen of OAC for at least 60 days followed by SAPT * Plans to undergo a catheter ablation procedure including PVI due to symptomatic, recurrent, drug-refractory PAF or PersAF * Documented symptomatic PAF or PersAF. Documentation requirements are as follows: Paroxysmal: * Physician's note indicating recurrent self-terminating AF with ≥ 2 episodes of PAF within the 12 months prior to enrollment AND * One electrocardiographically documented PAF episode within 12 months prior to enrollment. Persistent: Continuous AF sustained beyond 7 days and less than 1 year that is documented by * Physician's note, AND either * 24-hour Holter within 180 days prior to enrollment, showing continuous AF, OR * Two electrocardiograms (from any form of rhythm monitoring) showing continuous AF: * That are taken at least 7 days apart but less than 12 months apart * If electrograms are more than 12 months apart, there must be one or more Sinus Rhythm recordings in between or within 12 months prior to consent/enrollment * The most recent electrocardiogram must be within 180 days of enrollment. NOTE: Documented evidence of the AF episode must either be continuous AF on a 12-lead ECG or include at least 30 seconds of continuous AF from another ECG device. Exclusion Criteria: * Known contraindication or allergy to NOACs or aspirin, preventing use of the drugs post-procedure * Required to take P2Y12 platelet inhibitor after the study procedure (e.g., due to percutaneous coronary intervention) * Patients with heart prosthetic valves * Patient implanted with an inferior vena cava filter * Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤30% * Patients with NYHA Class IV heart failure * Patients who have undergone any invasive intervention or surgery within 30 days prior to the index procedure (diagnostic catheterization is not within scope, however, percutaneous coronary intervention is within scope) * Patients who have experienced stroke or transient ischemic attack within 90 days prior to study procedure * Patients who have had previous attempt at LAA surgical or epicardial intervention (e.g., stapling, suturing, ligation, epicardial LAA management device) * Patients previously diagnosed long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (Continuous AF greater than 1 year in duration) * Patients with arrhythmia due to reversible causes including thyroid disorders, acute alcohol intoxication, electrolyte imbalance, severe untreated sleep apnea, and other major surgical procedures within 90 days prior to the study procedure * Patients unable to receive heparin or an acceptable alternative to achieve adequate intra-procedural anticoagulation * Patients with a stent, constriction, or stenosis in a pulmonary vein * Patients with severe mitral regurgitation (regurgitant volume ≥ 60 mL/beat, regurgitant fraction ≥ 50%, and/or effective regurgitant orifice area ≥ 0.40cm2) * Patients with severe renal failure (estimated glomerular filtration rate \<30 ml/min/1.73m2) or on chronic dialysis * Patients with severe pulmonary disease (e.g., restrictive pulmonary disease, constrictive or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or any other disease or malfunction of the lungs or respiratory system that produces severe chronic symptoms * Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (maximal LV wall thickness ≥ 15 mm in the absence of abnormal loading conditions such as hypertension or aortic stenosis)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
16 sites in 10 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombard, 20162, Italy
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Cardioangiologisches Centrum am Bethanien Krankenhaus
RECRUITINGFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60389, Germany
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Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Uniwersytetu
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLodz, Poland
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Centro Cardiologico Monzino
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy, 20138, Italy
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Clinica Universidad de Navarra
RECRUITINGPamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain
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Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charite
RECRUITINGBerlin, State of Berlin, 13353, Germany
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Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Catalon, 08025, Spain
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John Radcliffe Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGOxford, United Kingdom
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Mater Private Hospital
RECRUITINGDublin, Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland
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Motol and Homolka University Hospital
RECRUITINGPrague, Czech Republic, 1500, Czechia
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Rigshospitalet
RECRUITINGCopenhagen, Copenha, 2100, Denmark
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Royal Sussex County Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBrighton, United Kingdom
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Slaskie Centrum Chorob Serca
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGZabrze, Silesian Voivodeship, 41-800, Poland
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UZ Brussel
RECRUITINGBrussels, B CAP R, 1090, Belgium
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Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck
RECRUITINGLübeck, Schlesw, 23538, Germany
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Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos
RECRUITINGVilnius, Dzukija, 08406, Lithuania
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