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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00035451
Date of registration: 03/05/2002
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Forest Laboratories
Public title: Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Azimilide or Sotalol vs Placebo for Treatment of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
Scientific title: Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Azimilide or Sotalol vs Placebo for Treatment of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
Date of first enrolment: February 2001
Target sample size: 658
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00035451
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Belgium France Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Poland Russian Federation
Spain
Contacts
Name:     Paloma Cuenca, MD
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Affiliation:  Procter and Gamble
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:

- Documented (12-lead ECG) history of symptomatic atrial fibrillation occurring between
48 hours and 6 months before screening

- Require the procedure of cardioversion (electric shock to correct abnormal rhythm)

- In the investigator's opinion, is likely to maintain sinus rhythm after
cardioversion.

- Be anticoagulated according to the recommendations of the Study Group on Atrial
Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology guidelines.

Exclusion criteria:

- Previously unsuccessful electrical cardioversions

- Failed to respond to any Class III antiarrhythmic drugs

- Qualifying arrhythmia due to acute reversible illness, acute myocardial infarction,
and/or cardiac or thoracic surgery within one month prior to randomization



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Atrial Fibrillation
Intervention(s)
Drug: Sotalol
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Azimilide Dihydrochloride
Primary Outcome(s)
To prolong the time to first symptomatic or asymptomatic AFIB, etc event [Time Frame: 6 month]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
1999105
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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