Can we predict sudden cardiac arrest? new study seeks answers
NCT ID NCT07444931
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is observing 1,500 people with coronary artery disease to find better ways to predict who is at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Researchers are looking at genetic, electrical, and biological markers, as well as psychological factors. The goal is to identify high-risk patients who might benefit from implantable defibrillators to prevent sudden death.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors identify which coronary artery disease patients are at highest risk of sudden cardiac arrest, enabling targeted use of implantable defibrillators to prevent deaths.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only collects data and does not test any intervention, so it cannot directly improve outcomes. Results may take years to influence clinical practice.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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.
Who is studied
All consecutive patients with coronary artery disease meeting the inclusion criteria during the recruitment period will be invited to participate
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- 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 old * Ability to give informed consent * Imaging confirmed diagnosis within the past 12 months (coronary artery angiography or contrast enhanced coronary computed tomography) •\>50% of stenosis and/or fractional flow-reserve \<0.8 verified by selective coronary angiography or by contrast enhanced coronary computed tomography (CT) or type I MI with atherosclerotic origin (despite stenosis percentage) * Patients may be recruited during index event visit (out-patient clinic visit, invasive procedure, hospitalization) (or if logistically possible recall patients previously diagnosed within 12 months) Exclusion Criteria: * Age \> 75 years of age * Clinically significant previously treated valvular heart disease or requiring operative (surgical or endovascular) treatment within following three months * Diagnosed severe neurodegenerative disease (ALS, myositis, multiple sclerosis, or Parkinson's disease) or known impaired cognitive function (MMSE \<23) * Known developmental disability impairing legal ability to give written consent * Serious/active malignancy with possibly reduced life expectancy of \<1 year (estimated by a physician) * Inability to give written consent for some other reason * Other significant cardiac condition severely linked to the risk of fatal ventricular arrhythmia (for example ARVCD, non-ischemic DCM, HCM or genetic long or short QT syndrome) * Other cardiac disease with \<1 years of life expectancy * Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) order made due to any reason * Previously done or planned cardiac, renal, or liver transplant * Participation in another clinical trial where the active treatment
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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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
3 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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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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Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
RECRUITINGBucharest, Romania
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Instituția Medico-Sanitară Publică "Institutul de Cardiologie"
RECRUITINGChisinau, Moldova
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The Medical Research Foundation for the Development of Infrastructure and Health Services near Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
RECRUITINGHadera, Israel
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