Nerve block calms deadly heart storms in small trial
NCT ID NCT07375264
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a procedure that blocks certain nerves to the heart in 18 people with life-threatening, uncontrollable heart rhythm problems (called electrical storm). The goal was to see if it could reduce dangerous heart episodes and the need for defibrillator shocks. The approach is a treatment to control the condition, not a cure.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
18 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Apr 2023
- Finished
-
Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
-
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.
Who is studied
After approval of the study by Principality of Asturias Drug Research Ethics Committee (CEImPA), Spain and obtaining informed consent from the participants, all consecutive patients who underwent SGB followed by BCSD as part of the treatment for refractory electrical storm were included.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * patients over 18 years of age. * arrhythmic storm refractory to conventional treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * patients younger than 18 years of age. * previous history of heart transplantation. * history of previous surgical cardiac sympathetic denervation. * patients with neck anatomy considered unsuitable for the procedure (including previous neck surgery, burns, the presence of extensive scars, or large goiters with significant displacement of adjacent structures). * contraindications to the interventional technique (such as infection at the puncture site, or refusal to provide consent).
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Electrical storm are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
FINBA
Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, 33001, Spain
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can imaging and monitoring unlock the hidden dangers of mitral valve prolapse?
- Can a neck nerve block calm the Body's inflammatory storm after heart surgery?
- Could a neck nerve block cut heart surgery complications?
- Can a gentle electric field fix a racing heart?
- Ultrasound reveals how a neck nerve block may impact the diaphragm
- Nerve block may boost brain recovery after hemorrhagic stroke