AI may speed up heart procedure for dangerous rhythm disorder
NCT ID NCT06138873
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using an AI tool (Ablation Index) during heart ablation can shorten the procedure for patients with ventricular tachycardia caused by prior heart attacks. About 100 adults with ischemic cardiomyopathy and scar-related VT will be randomly assigned to standard ablation or AI-guided ablation. The main goal is to see if AI guidance reduces the time radiofrequency energy is applied.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ablation-index guided radiofrequency catheter ablation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make heart ablation procedures faster and more efficient for patients with scar-related ventricular tachycardia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (100 participants) testing a procedural technique, not a new drug. The benefit may be modest or not translate to better long-term outcomes.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient ≥ 18 y.o. * Structural Heart Disease: Ischemic Cardiomyopathy * Sustained Scar-related Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia documented by ECG or CIED interrogation Exclusion Criteria: * If clinical ventricular arrhythmia is predominantly PVCs, supraventricular tachycardia, or ventricular fibrillation * Myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery within 6 months * Severe mitral regurgitation * Stroke or TIA within 6 months * Prior VT substrate ablation in the previous 6 months * NYHA functional class IV * Non-ischemic VT substrate
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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
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mass General Brigham and Women's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Mayo Clinic
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Medical University of Michigan
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCharleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Rush University Medical Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60614, United States
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