AV Block, Physiological Pacing, Right Ventricular Pacing, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Conditions
Keywords
TAVI, Physiological Pacing, AV Block
Brief summary
Single-center randomized trial in patients with pacing indication (AV block) after TAVI (transfemoral aortic valve implantation) and LVEF\> 50%, that aims to study the percentage of patients who improve at 12 months in a combined clinical endpoint.
Detailed description
There is currently no evidence of the best mode of definitive pacing after TAVI in patients with preserved systolic ventricular function and AV block. Through this study, investigators intend to elucidate the best post TAVI pacing strategy, comparing the effect of right apical pacing vs. physiological pacing on the evolution of both echocardiographic and clinical parameters. Investigators will include 24 patients without ventricular dysfunction (LVEF\> 50%) and with AV block pacing indication after TAVI. Patients will be randomized to 2 types of pacing (parallel randomized trial): physiological or right ventricular pacing (conventional). PHYS-TAVI trial will analyze the following parameters in the 2 groups: survival; NYHA class; distance in the 6-minute walking test; hospital admissions; left ventricular function; echocardiographic asynchrony (strain and flash septal); NTproBNP; and quality of life/symptoms with the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire test (KCCQ-12) Clinical, and echocardiographic follow-up will be performed for 1 year.
Interventions
Pacing of the his bundle or the left bundle branch
Conventional pacing; right ventricular pacing
Sponsors
Study design
Masking description
The patient will be explained to be randomized to either of the two branches. The type of therapy applied will not be communicated to the patient. The follow-up will be the same in the two branches. During the visits, it will not be said which therapy has been applied. The echocardiographer and the follow-up by the Hemodynamic Team will be blind.
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Successful implantation of TAVI according to VARC-2 criteria. * Indication of cardiac pacing due to AV block according to ESC Guidelines. * LVEF\> 50%. * The patient must indicate their acceptance to participate in the study by signing an informed consent document.
Exclusion criteria
* Ventricular dysfunction: LVEF \<50%. * Transapical TAVI. * Participating currently in a clinical investigation that includes an active treatment. * Patients with left bundle branch block but without indication of pacing (AV block). * Life expectancy \<12 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical combined endpoint: survival; and improvement > 1 point in NYHA class or > 25% increase in the distance covered in the 6-minute walking test. | 12 months | Determine the percentage of patients who improve at 12 months on a clinical combined endpoint: survival; and improvement \> 1 point in NYHA class or \> 25% increase in the distance covered in the 6-minute walking test. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Correction of echocardiographic asynchrony: septal flash expressed in mm. | 30 days; 12 months | Correction of septal flash determined with echocardiography (M mode). |
| Distance covered in the 6-minute walking test. | 30 days; 12 months | Distance in meters walked in 6 minutes. |
| Change in NYHA functional class. | 30 days; 12 months | NYHA functional class I, II, III, IV. |
| Change in degree of mitral regurgitation. | 12 months | Mitral regurgitation measured with echocardiography. |
| Change in left ventricular ejection fraction. | 12 months | Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF %) measured with Simpson method with echocardiography (Delta left ventricular ejection fraction: 12 months LVEF - baseline LVEF). |
| Hospitalization due to heart failure. | 12 months | Hospitalization: patient hospitalization (yes/no). |
| QRS duration | Implant; 12 months | QRS duration (milliseconds) measured with a 12-lead ECG (in the electrophysiology lab polygraph) |
| Score on quality of life/symptoms Questionnaire (KCCQ-12 Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire ) | 30 days; 12 months | Score in KCCQ-12: higher=better. |
| Correction of global longitudinal strain | 30 days; 12 months | Global longitudinal strain assessed with two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography |
| Change in NTproBNP. | 30 days; 12 months | NTproBNP blood levels. |
Countries
Spain