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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01117025
Date of registration: 30/04/2010
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Meshalkin Research Institute of Pathology of Circulation
Public title: Combined Treatment of Resistant Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation
Scientific title: The Role of Renal Denervation in Improving Outcomes of Catheter Ablation in Patients With Refractory Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation and Resistant Hypertension
Date of first enrolment: April 2010
Target sample size: 26
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01117025
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Greece Russian Federation United States
Contacts
Name:     Evgeny A Pokushalov, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Symptomatic drug-refractory AF (with history of failure of =2 class I or III
antiarrhythmic drugs) in patients referred for catheter ablation of AF

- PAF with =1 monthly episodes or PersAF in patients who had already undergone =3
electrical cardioversions. PAF was defined as episodes lasting less than 7 days with
spontaneous termination. PersAF was defined as lasting more than 7 days before being
terminated pharmacologically or by electrical cardioversion.

- Office-based systolic blood pressure of =160 mm Hg, despite treatment with =3
antihypertensive drugs (including 1 diuretic)

- A glomerular filtration rate =45 mL/min/1ยท73 m2, with modification of diet using a
renal disease formula

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous atrial fibrillation ablation

- Type 1 of diabetes mellitus

- Structural heart disease

- Secondary cause of atrial hypertension

- Severe renal artery stenosis or renal arteries abnormalities

- Previous operations on renal arteries

- Pregnancy

- Previous heart, kidney, liver, or lung transplantation

- Unwillingness of participant



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Atrial Fibrillation
Hypertension, Resistant to Conventional Therapy
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Circumferential PV isolation
Procedure: Circumferential PVI+renal denervation
Primary Outcome(s)
Freedom of AF or other atrial arrhythmias [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Systolic blood pressure lowering [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary ID(s)
RU MC 001
RDAFA-029
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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