Blood test may help Fine-Tune heart drug dosing
NCT ID NCT07487714
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether measuring amiodarone levels in the blood helps doctors choose the right dose for people with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (a type of irregular heartbeat). About 80 adults will receive different daily doses (100, 200, or 400 mg) and be monitored for three months. The goal is to see if this approach reduces the return of atrial fibrillation episodes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Amiodarone
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adjusting amiodarone dose based on blood levels improves control of atrial fibrillation with fewer side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study (80 participants) and may not prove that blood monitoring is better than standard care. Amiodarone also has known risks like thyroid and lung problems.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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 to 80 years
- 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: 1. The patient must have a documented electrocardiogram (ECG) or 24-hour ECG monitoring for paroxysmal AF. 2. Patient age \>18 years. 3. Signed informed consent for participation in the study. 4. Indications for amiodarone. Exclusion criteria for the study 1. Contraindications to the administration of amiodarone according to the drug's instructions for use 2. Patients with coronary artery disease with confirmed ischemia based on stress tests and the need for revascularization based on coronary angiography and multispiral computed tomography coronary angiography. 3. Patients with resistant arterial hypertension. 4. Planned catheter treatment of atrial fibrillation during the follow up period or early within 3 months postoperative period for catheter treatment of atrial fibrillation. 5. Thrombosis of the heart cavities. 6. Concomitant therapy with psychotropic drugs, antiarrhythmics of class IA and III, antibiotics, antifungal drugs, antimalarial and antiprotozoal drugs, antitumor, antiemetic drugs and drugs affecting gastrointestinal motility, antihistamines; 7. Patients incapacitated due to psychoneurological conditions; 8. Pregnant women or women of childbearing age planning pregnancy during the study.
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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
1 site. 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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Kievskaya street 111a Cardiology research institute
Tomsk, 634012, Russia
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