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Impact of optimized pacing strategies on clinical and hemodynamic outcomes in heart failure patients with pacemaker

Clinical and Hemodynamic Outcomes of OPTimized PACing StratEgies in Heart Failure Patients with Pacing Indications: Randomized-Controlled Trial (OPTPACE-HF)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0010987
Enrollment
106
Registered
2025-09-08
Start date
2025-09-29
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others(Medical intervention (modification of the pacing rate in a permanent pacemaker)) : Optimized Pacing Strategy • Definition of Optimal Heart Rate: After permanent pacemaker implantation, hemodyn

Sponsors

Samsung Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age = 19 years. 2. Patients with symptomatic bradycardia who meet the indication for permanent pacemaker implantation and fulfill one of the following conditions: A. Sick sinus syndrome with or without impaired atrioventricular conduction B. Persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation with slow ventricular response C. Chronotropic incompetence 3. Patients diagnosed with heart failure, defined as meeting one of the following criteria: A. Left ventricular ejection fraction < 50% confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography B. Left ventricular ejection fraction = 50% on transthoracic echocardiography with at least one of the following: • H2FPEF score = 6 or HFA-PEFF score = 5 • N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide = 300 pg/mL (sinus rhythm) or = 600 pg/mL (atrial fibrillation) • Prior hospitalization for heart failure or documented use of loop diuretics for heart failure symptoms

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients expected to have a ventricular pacing burden = 20% without sufficient capture of cardiac physiologic pacing, which includes biventricular pacing, His bundle pacing, and left bundle branch area pacing. • Sufficient cardiac physiologic pacing is defined as a paced QRS duration = 140 ms. 2. Patients not expected to achieve sufficient pacing dependency, defined as: • In sinus rhythm: baseline atrial rate > 60 bpm on Holter monitoring or inpatient ECG monitoring • In atrial fibrillation/flutter: baseline ventricular rate > 60 bpm on Holter monitoring or inpatient ECG monitoring 3. Patients with contraindications to permanent pacemaker implantation (e.g., life expectancy < 1 year). 4. Patients with moderate or greater valvular stenosis or regurgitation. 5. Patients with dyspnea not attributable to heart failure, due to uncontrolled comorbid conditions (e.g., uncontrolled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, asthma, etc.). 6. Pregnant or breastfeeding women. 7. Patients who have refused active treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Heart failure symptom (KCCQ score)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NTproBNP;Functional status;Distance in 6-minute walk test;Hospitalization due to heart failure;Occurrence of AF or burden of AF;Invasive hemodynamics parameters in right heart catheterization;all-cause mortality;Echocardiographic parameters;Battery longevity;Re-hospitalization due to any cause;ECG parameters;Average heart rate;Heart rate distribution

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJuwon Kim

Samsung Medical Center

abcd186a@naver.com+82-2-3410-2578

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026