REMAP-AF 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Randomised ELR Monitoring Against permanent Pacemaker in Atrial Fibrillation
IRAS ID
187340
Contact name
Neil Sulke
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 26 days
Research summary
Atrial fibrillation is the commonest cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice. Atrial fibrillation has shown to affect quality of life significantly and also has an associated risk of stroke. Hence the detection of atrial fibrillation is important to guide physicians in offering therapies to improve quality of life and morbidity. The current gold standard mode for detection of atrial fibrillation is implantable dual chamber permanent pacemakers. However it is not appropriate in implanting permanent pacemakers for the sole purpose of detection of atrial fibrillation due to the associated risks. External loop recorders and event recorder are an alternative, safe and effective means of detection of atrial fibrillation.The R-test is the most commonly used device in most institutions for detection of atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias. However in recent times there are several loop recorder and event recorder devices that have been developed and available for this purpose. The purpose of the study is to compare these devices with the R-test in the detection of atrial fibrillation in patients with existing dual chamber pacemakers.
REC name
London - Brighton & Sussex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/1599
Date of REC Opinion
18 Dec 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion