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Last refreshed on: 8 February 2021
Main ID:  NCT02519868
Date of registration: 07/08/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Eric Albrecht
Public title: Chemical Block and Electrical Stimulation of the Carotid Body to Treat Refractory Hypertension
Scientific title: Chemical Block and Electrical Stimulation of the Carotid Body to Treat Refractory Hypertension
Date of first enrolment: August 2015
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02519868
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Eric Albrecht, PD Dr
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Affiliation:  CHUV
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18-70 years of age, inclusive;

- blood pressure not controlled despite 3 different anti-hypertensive drugs;

- minimal body weight of 70 kg.

Exclusion Criteria:

- history of neck surgery or radiotherapy;

- secondary hypertension;

- contraindications to regional anesthesia (e.g., allergy to local anesthetics,
coagulopathy, bleeding diathesis, malignancy or infection in the area);

- pregnancy;

- severe respiratory disease;

- inability to understand the informed consent and demands of the study;

- patient refusal.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Device: Electrical block
Device: Chemical block
Primary Outcome(s)
Blood pressure [Time Frame: 15 minutes after electrical block and 15 minutes after chemical block]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Presence of dyspnea [Time Frame: During the procedure]
Presence of hoarseness [Time Frame: During the procedure]
Heart rate [Time Frame: 15 minutes after each intervention]
Presence of paraesthesia [Time Frame: During the procedure]
Presence of hematoma [Time Frame: During the procedure]
Presence of Claude-Bernard-Horner Syndrome [Time Frame: During the procedure]
Secondary ID(s)
CER 227-15
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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