Contact Force Sensing Use in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

The Role of Contact Force Sensing in Electrical Pulmonary Vein Isolation When Conducting Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01630330

Enrollment

Registered

2012-06-28

Start date

2012-05-31

Completion date

2013-12-31

Last updated

2012-06-28

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Conditions

Atrial Fibrillation

Brief summary

There are multiple important factors which need to be monitored when conducting ablation for atrial fibrillation. The contact between the catheter tip and the inside of the heart wall is now measurable and may improve the effectiveness of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation patients.

Detailed description

This study compares patients who have this procedure where this contact information is known (unblinded) versus those where the contact information is not known (blinded). The outcome is the rate of acute reconnection at 1 hour after achieving pulmonary vein isolation.

Interventions

PROCEDUREAblation

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with SmartTouch catheter

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with symptomatic AF

Exclusion criteria

* Recent CVA * Contraindication to warfarin therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rate of Acute Pulmonary Vein Reconnection	1 hour post procedure

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Primary ContactShouvik Haldar, MRCP

s.haldar@rbht.nhs.uk0207 351 8121

Outcome results

None listed

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