New heart mapping tech tested for AFib treatment
NCT ID NCT06175234
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new mapping feature (FARAVIEW™) used with a pulsed field ablation catheter (FARAWAVE NAV™) to treat atrial fibrillation. Fifty patients with symptomatic AFib that didn't respond to medication were included. The goal was to see how well doctors could isolate the pulmonary veins and how they rated the technology. The study is complete and focused on procedure success and user feedback.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- FARAWAVE NAV pulsed field ablation catheter and FARAVIEW™ mapping technology
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could improve how doctors treat atrial fibrillation by making ablation procedures more precise and easier to perform.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study focused on user experience, not long-term patient outcomes. The technology may not work better than existing methods, and there are standard risks like bleeding or heart damage from 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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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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 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: 1. Age: ≥ 18 years of age, or older if required by local law 2. Symptomatic, documented, drug-resistant, Atrial Fibrillation 1. Documented: at a minimum a physician's note confirming the arrhythmia symptoms and durations AND within 180 days of the Enrollment Date one (1) ECG from any regulatory cleared rhythm monitoring device showing AF 2. Drug-resistant: effectiveness failure of, intolerance to, or specific contraindication to at least one (1) AAD (Class I, II, III or IV) 1 3. Informed consent: willing and capable of providing informed consent 4. Full participation: willing and capable of participating in all follow-up assessments and testing associated with this clinical investigation at an approved clinical investigational center Exclusion Criteria: 1. Atrial exclusions - Any of the following atrial conditions: 1. Prior atrial ablation: any prior atrial endocardial, epicardial or surgical ablation procedure for arrhythmia other than ablation for right sided SVT or cavotricuspid isthmus ablation 2. Atrial myxoma: current atrial myxoma 3. Pulmonary veins: any PV abnormality, stenosis, or stenting (common and middle PVs are admissible) 4. Atrial thrombus: current left atrial thrombus 5. Long standing persistent AF: continuous AF lasting longer than 12 months 2. Cardiovascular exclusions - Any of the following CV conditions: 1. Ventricular arrhythmia: history of sustained ventricular tachycardia or any ventricular fibrillation 2. Secondary AF: AF that is secondary to electrolyte imbalance, thyroid disease, alcohol, or other reversible / non-cardiac causes 3. Cardiac devices and implants: current or anticipated pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, interatrial baffle, closure device, patch, or patent foramen ovale or ASD occluder, LA appendage closure, device or occlusion. 4. Clinically significant valvular disease: valvular disease that is any of the following: i. Symptomatic ii. Causing or exacerbating congestive heart failure iii. Associated with abnormal LV function or hemodynamic measurements e. Cardiomyopathy i. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ii. Cardiac amyloidosis f. Valve prostheses: any prosthetic heart valve, ring or repair including balloon aortic valvuloplasty g. Access issues: any IVC filter, known inability to obtain vascular access or other contraindication to femoral access h. Rheumatic disease: rheumatic heart disease i. Anticipated cardiac surgery: awaiting cardiac transplantation or other cardiac surgery within the next 12 months 3. Any of the following conditions at baseline (Section 10.4): 1. Heart failure NYHA Heart failure associated with NYHA IV 2. Ejection fraction: LVEF \< 40% 4. Any of the following events within 90 Days of the Consent Date: 1. Coronary disease: myocardial infarction (MI), unstable or coronary intervention 2. Cardiac surgery: any cardiac surgery 3. Heart failure hospitalization: heart failure hospitalization 4. Pericardium: pericarditis or symptomatic pericardial effusion 5. GI bleeding: gastrointestinal bleeding 6. Neurovascular event: stroke, TIA, or intracranial bleeding 7. Thromboembolism: any non-neurologic thromboembolic event 8. Carotid intervention: carotid stenting or endarterectomy 5. Bleeding diathesis: thrombocytosis, thrombocytopenia, disorder of blood clotting or bleeding diathesis 6. Contraindication to anticoagulation: contraindication to, or unwillingness to use, systemic anticoagulation 7. Pregnancy: women of childbearing potential who are pregnant, lactating, not using medical birth control or who are planning to become pregnant during the anticipated study period 8. Health conditions that in the investigator's medical opinion would prevent participation in the study, interfere with assessment or therapy, significantly raise the risk of study participation, or modify outcome data or its interpretation, including but not limited to: 1. Obesity: Body Mass Index (BMI) \> 45.0 2. Transplantation: solid organ or hematologic transplant, or currently being evaluated for a transplant 3. Diaphragmatic abnormality: any prior history or current evidence of hemi-diaphragmatic paralysis or paresis 4. Pulmonary: severe lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, or any lung disease involving abnormal blood gases or requiring supplemental oxygen 5. Renal: renal insufficiency if an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is \< 30 mL / min / 1.73 m2, or with any history of renal dialysis or renal transplant 6. Malignancy: active malignancy (other than cutaneous basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma) 7. Gastrointestinal: clinically significant gastrointestinal problems involving the esophagus or stomach including severe or erosive esophagitis, uncontrolled gastric reflux, gastroparesis, esophageal candidiasis or active gastroduodenal ulceration 8. Infections: active systemic infection 9. COVID-19 disease: known positive test for COVID-19 and disease not clinically resolved 9. Life expectancy: predicted life expectancy less than one (1) year 10. Participation in another trial: subjects who are currently enrolled in another investigational study or registry that would directly interfere with the current study, except when the subject is participating in a mandatory governmental registry, or a purely observational registry with no associated treatments; each instance must be brought to the attention of the Sponsor to determine eligibility 11. Congenital heart disease: congenital heart disease with any clinically significant residual anatomic or conduction abnormality
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain
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Mater Private Hospital
Dublin, 7 D07 RD8P, Ireland
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Na Homolce Hospital
Prague, 15030, Czechia
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