New project aims to speed up treatment for heart device infections
NCT ID NCT05471973
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This project works to improve how doctors diagnose and treat infections in people with heart devices like pacemakers. It brings together teams of specialists to follow best-practice guidelines. The goal is to identify infections faster and start the right treatment sooner. About 200 adults with suspected device infections will take part.
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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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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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 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: * Age ≥18 years * Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) in place * Presumed CIED infection, as defined by: 1. Positive blood culture (two or more positive blood cultures for typical skin organisms (coagulase-negative staphylococci, Corynebacterium species, Propionobacterium species), or one positive blood culture for all other microorganisms), with no other source identified to explain the bacteremia 2. Cases with definite evidence of pocket infection (defined as localized erythema, swelling, pain, tenderness, warmth, erosion, or drainage), if treated with antibiotics before culture, even with negative culture, will be considered device infection Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are inappropriate for device extraction, for example those who are DNAR and not using therapy to prolong survival because any procedure is considered inappropriate and/or it is unlikely that extraction would change overall prognosis * Death within one week of definitive CIED systemic infection diagnosis or positive blood culture. Cases of bacteremia originating from a source other than the CIED that resolve without any evidence of CIED involvement should not be considered as CIED infection * Patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs)
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atrium Health
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCharlotte, North Carolina, 28203, United States
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Moses Cone
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGreensboro, North Carolina, 27401, United States
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Northwestern
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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