The SACRED Study Version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Septal vs. Apical vs. Cardiac Resynchronisation therpy pacing in patients following atrioventricular node ablation: Long-term Outcomes
IRAS ID
200663
Contact name
William Eysenck
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Eastbourne District General Hospital Research and Development Department
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
researchregistry2889, http://www.researchregistry.com
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 1 months, 1 days
Research summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term outcomes of patients who have pacemakers with leads placed in different sites. A good way to do this is to assess patients who are using their pacemaker nearly all the time. This is the case in those patients who have a pacemaker and who have additionally undergone a procedure called an atrioventricular node (AVN) ablation. This is a procedure which involves placing a catheter into the heart via a vein in the leg. The catheter is used to making tiny burns in the conduction tissue through which abnormal pulses can travel. By doing this the patient will have a steady, normal heartbeat because their pacemaker will be controlling their heartbeat.
We plan to assess patients who have had a pacemaker and an AVN ablation any time from 1996 through to 2015. It is believed that different pacemaker sites can affect heart function. We plan to assess hospital admissions for the patients over time to determine whether different pacemaker sites are associated with either more or less hospital admissions. In addition, we will look at how the heart is functioning for each pacemaker site. We will do this by obtaining data from ultrasound readings of the heart. These are known as echocardiograms. Finally, we will assessing how well the pacemaker is functioning by collecting data from the pacemaker interogations the patients have had. All patients have pacemaker checks and we aim to see whether one pacemaker site is associated with better pacemaker functioning than the other.REC name
West of Scotland REC 3
REC reference
16/WS/0061
Date of REC Opinion
17 Mar 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion