Mind over heart: expectation therapy boosts ablation recovery
NCT ID NCT05557526
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether helping patients have realistic expectations before a catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation can improve their quality of life in the first three months after the procedure. About 60 adults with symptomatic atrial fibrillation will take part. The goal is to see if this approach reduces how much the condition affects daily life.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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
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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: * symptomatic atrial fibrillation * indication for pulmonary vein isolation * sufficient command of the German language Exclusion Criteria: * age \<18 years * permanent atrial fibrillation * presence of psychiatric disorders which impair the study participitatin * presence of another medical condiction which influences quality of life stronger than the cardiac condition * atrial fibrillation induced by intoxication, medicamentation or infection * inability to grap the course of the study
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Evangelic Hospital Düsseldorf
RECRUITINGDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westfalia, 40217, Germany
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Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum
RECRUITINGEssen, Germany
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