New electric zapper targets heart flutter during surgery
NCT ID NCT06355063
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new device that uses short electrical pulses to treat atrial fibrillation (an irregular heartbeat) during heart surgery. About 30 adults aged 18 to 85 who need heart surgery and have a history of atrial fibrillation will take part. The device aims to create scar tissue around the heart's veins to block faulty signals and restore a normal rhythm. Researchers will check if the procedure is safe and works well in the short and long term.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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.
- Ages
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18 to 85 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: * Subject must be between 18 and 85 years of age * Subject is willing and capable of providing Informed Consent to undergo study procedures which includes surgical AF ablation and completing follow-up visits as specified in the clinical study protocol * Subject has history of documented atrial fibrillation within one year prior to enrollment. Documentation may include ECG, transtelephonic monitor (TTM), holter monitor or telemetry strip * Subject is scheduled to undergo non-emergent cardiac surgical procedure(s) to be performed on cardiopulmonary bypass including open-heart surgery for one or more of the following: Mitral valve repair or replacement, Aortic valve repair or replacement, Ascending aortic aneurysms, or Coronary artery bypass procedures * Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 30% (determined by echocardiography or cardiac catheterization performed within 60 days of enrollment as documented in patient medical history) * Subject has a life expectancy of at least 5 years Exclusion Criteria: * Subject has an implantable electronic medical device. (i.e., pacemaker, ICD or CRT) or left atrial appendage device * Subject has a prosthetic heart valve * Stand-alone AF without indication(s) for concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) and/or valve surgery * Previous surgical Maze procedure * Prior cardiac surgery (Redo) * Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome or other Supra-Ventricular arrhythmia, Atrioventricular (AV) nodal reentry * Subjects requiring surgery other than CABG and/or cardiac valve surgery and/or atrial septal defect repair. * Prior history of medical procedure involving instrumentation of the left atrium (e.g., previous ablation) * Class IV New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart failure symptoms * Prior history of cerebrovascular accident or TIA within 6 months or at any time if there is residual neurological deficit * Documented ST-segment elevation Myocardial Infarction (MI) within the 6 weeks prior to study enrollment * Need for emergent cardiac surgery (i.e., cardiogenic shock) * Known carotid artery stenosis greater than 80% * Current diagnosis of active systemic infection * Severe peripheral arterial occlusive disease defined as claudication with minimal exertion * Renal failure requiring dialysis or hepatic failure * A known drug and/or alcohol addiction * Mental impairment or other conditions which may not allow the subject to understand the nature, significance and scope of the study * Pregnancy or desire to get pregnant within 12-months of the study treatment * Preoperative need for an intra-aortic balloon pump or intravenous inotropes * Subjects who have been treated with thoracic radiation * Subjects in current chemotherapy * Subjects on long term treatment with oral or injected steroids (not including intermittent use of inhaled steroids for respiratory diseases) * Subjects with known hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy * Subjects with known cold agglutinin * History of abnormal bleeding and/or clotting disorder * Contraindication to anticoagulation (i.e., Heparin, Dabigatran, Apixaban, Vitamin K Antagonists such as warfarin) * Solid organ or hematologic transplant, or currently being evaluated for an organ transplant * Body mass index \> 40 kg/m2 * Use of any other investigational drug, therapy, or device within 30 days prior to enrollment or concurrent participation in another research study
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Academic Medical Center
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGAmsterdam, Netherlands
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Catharina Hospital
RECRUITINGEindhoven, Netherlands
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Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+)
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGMaastricht, Netherlands
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Medical University of Vienna
RECRUITINGVienna, Austria
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St. Antonius Hospital
RECRUITINGNieuwegein, Netherlands
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State Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior Affairs and Administration
RECRUITINGWarsaw, Poland
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