Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Assessment of Flecainide to Lower the Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Risk of Atrial Arrhythmia or Tachycardia

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fonds de Dotation ACTION

Conditions:

Patent Foramen Ovale

Atrial Arrhythmia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

About 30% of ischemic strokes are cryptogenic. Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) is present in about 25% of the general population. In cryptogenic strokes, PFO has been shown to be overrepresented and recent...

Detailed Description

AFLOAT is a national, multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label superiority study with a blind evaluation of all the endpoints (PROBE design). The interventional phase is followed by an observa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ≥ 18 years of age
  • They are candidates for a procedure of PFO closure, whatever the indication (secondary prevention of stroke, platypnoea, decompression illness…). The indication must have been confirmed by a multidisciplinary team as recommended by the Haute Autorité de Santé.
  • They are affiliated to Social Security
  • They have provided a signed written consent form ICM implantation and randomization will occur only in patients with successful PFO closure without any major complications

Exclusion

  • History of atrial arrhythmia (paroxysmal, persistent or permanent)
  • Electrocardiographic of ventricular pre-excitation or bundle-branch block (QRS \>120ms)
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • A history of heart failure, severe valvular heart disease, left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction \<50 percent)
  • A long QT interval or Brugada syndrome
  • The bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome (resting heart rate, ≤50 beats per minute, or repetitive sinoatrial blocks during waking hours)
  • Documentation of previous episodes of second or third-degree atrioventricular block
  • High heart rate at baseline \> 100 bmp
  • Renal insufficiency (Glomerular filtration rate estimated by the Cockroft and Gault formula \<30ml/min/m2),
  • Previous hypokalemia (potassium level \<3 mmol per liter)
  • Suspected or known pregnancy (woman of childbearing potential must undergo a pregnancy test)
  • A known hypersensibility to flecainide or its excipients
  • Contemporaneous enrollment in an interventional clinical trial
  • Intended use of a prohibited medication

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 23 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

186 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05213104

Start Date

March 23 2022

End Date

July 1 2026

Last Update

April 5 2024

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Hopital Pitié Salpetrière

Paris, IDF, France, 75013