Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Radiofrequency or Cryoablation?

A Comparison of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation With or Without Contact-force and Cryoablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03774550

Acronym

ARCFA

Enrollment

206

Registered

2018-12-13

Start date

2019-01-25

Completion date

2019-05-01

Last updated

2019-05-14

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Conditions

Atrial Fibrillation

Keywords

Atrial Fibrillation, Catheter ablation, Radiofrequency, Contact-force, Cryoablation

Brief summary

The study aims to compare 3 techniques routinely used for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation: radiofrequency catheter ablation without contact-force, radiofrequency catheter ablation with contact-force and cryoablation. The hypothesis is the non-inferiority between the 3 techniques in terms of free-from atrial fibrillation survival (primary criteria). It will also compare lenght of procedure, radioscopy time and immediate complications (secondary criteria).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who had an atrial fibrillation for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, refractory to antiarrhythmic drugs, between 01/01/2014 and 30/09/2017 in CHR Metz-Thionville

Exclusion criteria

* Patients not willing to participate via using their medical files

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Atrial Fibrillation survival	Day 1	Free from atrial fibrillation survival

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Immediate complications	Day 1	The number of immediate complications encountered
Radioscopy duration	Day 1	Radioscopy duration
Lenght of procedure	Day 1	Overall duration of the procedure

Countries

France

Outcome results