Status:

COMPLETED

Vernakalant Versus Ibutilide In Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of Vienna

Conditions:

Atrial Fibrillation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is expected to affect about 30 million North Americans and Europeans by 2050. Atrial fibrillation is associated with increased cardiovascu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Symptoms of atrial fibrillation since no longer than 48 hours
  • Age 18 - 90 years

Exclusion

  • Need for immediate electrical cardioversion due to hemodynamic instability (hypotension: systolic blood pressure \< 100 mmHg, dyspnea, loss of consciousness, unstable angina)
  • Moderate to severe heart failure (NYHA III/IV) and patients with previously documented left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 35%
  • History or signs of acute coronary syndromes (acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina) within the last 30 days
  • Resting ventricular rate \< 80 beats per minute without pace maker back-up
  • QT interval of \> 440 milliseconds
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome
  • History of Torsade de pointes arrhythmias or other polymorphic ventricular tachycardias
  • Signs of thyreotoxicosis
  • Sick Sinus Syndrome or atrioventricular block greater than first degree
  • Severe valvular heart disease, clinically meaningful hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, or constrictive pericarditis
  • Serious disorders of the hepatic, renal (Creatinine \> 2.5mg/dl), pulmonary, gastrointestinal, hematologic or central nervous system and serious psychiatric disorders
  • Abnormal serum electrolytes despite adequate therapy (especially potassium \<3.5 mmol/l or \> 5.5 mmol/l)
  • Intravenous use of other Class I or III antiarrythmic drugs within 4 hours of study drug application
  • Pregnancy (a β-HCG test will be performed in all female subjects apart from women \> 50 years and with amenorrhea for at least 12 month (absence of other causes of amenorrhoea)
  • Known hypersensitivity to study medication

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

101 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01447862

Start Date

October 1 2011

End Date

May 1 2015

Last Update

May 13 2015

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Medical University of Vienna, Department of Emergency Medicine

Vienna, Vienna, Austria, A-1090