12,500 patients enrolled in massive heart device safety check
NCT ID NCT04823663
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This registry is a large-scale effort to monitor the safety and performance of Boston Scientific cardiac devices, including pacemakers and ablation tools, in 12,500 patients. It collects data from routine procedures and follow-ups to see how well the devices work and if any complications arise. No new treatment is being tested—this is about gathering real-world evidence to meet regulatory requirements.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 12,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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.
Who is studied
The subjects will be recruited from the general patient population of the participating centers who are * receiving diagnosis or treatment using a BSC product in scope of SOCRATES and * fulfilling all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subject is willing and capable of providing informed consent and/or to give approval to collect/store/process personal health information by the sponsor or such consent/approval is provided by a legally designated representative, if required by local law or regulation. 2. Subject is (one criterion must be fulfilled) a. prospectively scheduled for a procedure involving i. use of a BSC EP Ablation product or BSC Capital Equipment product or ii. a BSC CRM product implant or b. retrospectively enrolled no more than 10 days after the index procedure and all data necessary for appropriate reporting of all past visits is available and complete including i. the procedure where being diagnosed or treated with at least 3 separate BSC EP Ablation products/components or BSC Capital Equipment products/components or ii. the BSC CRM product implant. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subject is foreseen not to be followed at the enrolling center for at least 1 year after an implant procedure (CRM) or at least 1 month (EP). 2. Subject is receiving diagnosis or therapy by means of any product, that is not approved for commercial use at the time of implant/procedure.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
24 sites in 10 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Augusta Kranken Anstalt GmbH
COMPLETEDBochum, 44791, Germany
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CHG de Pau
RECRUITINGPau, France
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CHRU de Brest, Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche
RECRUITINGBrest, 29200, France
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CHRU de Clermont-Ferrand
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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CHU UCL Namur - Site Godinne
RECRUITINGYvoir, 5530, Belgium
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CHU de Saint-Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, 42055, France
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General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas"
COMPLETEDAthens, 11527, Greece
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Hopital Saint Philibert
RECRUITINGLomme, 59462, France
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Hospital Clinico San Carlos
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria
RECRUITINGSanta Cruz de Tenerife, 38010, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
RECRUITINGZaragoza, 50009, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Canarias
RECRUITINGSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, 38320, Spain
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Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec
RECRUITINGQuébec, Quebec, G1V 4G5, Canada
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Manchester Heart Center
RECRUITINGManchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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Mater Private Hospital
RECRUITINGDublin, D07 WKW8, Ireland
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Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
RECRUITINGAthens, 17674, Greece
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Ospedale S.G. Calibita Fatebenefratelli - Isola Tiberina
RECRUITINGRoma, 00186, Italy
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Policlinico Casilino
RECRUITINGRoma, 00169, Italy
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Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli
RECRUITINGRoma, 00168, Italy
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Policlinico di Modena
RECRUITINGModena, 41124, Italy
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Sheba Medical Center
RECRUITINGRamat Gan, 52621, Israel
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St. Bartholomew's Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom
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Tel Aviv Sourask Medical Center
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, 62431, Israel
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin Marzahn
RECRUITINGBerlin, 12687, Germany
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Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
RECRUITINGJette, 1090, Belgium
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