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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT00418314
Date of registration: 03/01/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Abbott Medical Devices
Public title: FREEDOM - A Frequent Optimization Study Using the QuickOpt Method
Scientific title: FREEDOM - A Frequent Optimization Study Using the QuickOpt Method
Date of first enrolment: October 2006
Target sample size: 1647
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00418314
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Daniel Gras, MD
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Affiliation:  Nouvelles Cliniques Nantaises, Nantes, France
Name:     William Abraham, MD
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Affiliation:  Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient meets current CRT-D indications and be implanted with a St. Jude Medical (SJM)
CRT¬D device with VV timing and a compatible lead system.

- Patient has the ability to complete a 6-minute hall walk with the only limiting factor
to be fatigue or shortness of breath.

- Patient has the ability to independently comprehend and complete a QOL questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient has an epicardial ventricular lead system.

- Patient has the ability to walk = 450 meters in 6 minutes

- Patient has limited intrinsic atrial activity (= 40 bpm).

- Patient has persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation (AF).

- Patient has a 2° or 3° heart block.

- Patient's life expectancy is less than 1 year.

- Patient is pregnant.

- Patient is on IV inotropic agents.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Heart Failure
Intervention(s)
Device: Control
Device: QuickOpt
Primary Outcome(s)
Heart Failure Clinical Composite Score [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
All-cause, Cardiovascular and Heart Failure Mortality; [Time Frame: 12 months]
All Cause, Cardiovascular and Heart Failure Hospitalization [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
CRD378
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 04/02/2016
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00418314
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