Canadian Registry of ICD Implant Testing Procedures

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00848341

Enrollment

261

Registered

2009-02-20

Start date

2006-01-31

Completion date

2008-11-30

Last updated

2009-02-20

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Conditions

Ventricular Fibrillation

Brief summary

To document practices in Canadian ICD implant centres around defibrillation therapy efficacy testing.

Detailed description

To document types of defibrillation testing (DFT) procedures are in current use in Canada, rates of use an dno use of DFT testing, medical indications for non use of DFT testing, rate of successful testing of first lead configuration, rates and types of complications from DFT testing, costs of implant procedures and the costs associated with DFT testing, short term outcomes of patients with different types of implant procedures.

Interventions

DEVICEGUIDANT ICD SYSTEM

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Receiving a Guidant ICD system, including replacements

Exclusion criteria

* New epicardial lead(s) implanted, included in another cardiovascular trial (may be in the ELECTION Study)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
to systematically collect and quanitfy characteristics of ICD implant procedures in Canadian Hospitals	3 years

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026