Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Kansas City Heart Rhythm Research Foundation

Code:

NCT04476524

Conditions

Cardiac Arrhythmia

Atrial Fibrillation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Quality improvement

Study Details

Brief summary:

Investigators developed a multidimensional protocol for the management of AF in the emergency department. Investigators aimed to assess if this new ER AF management protocol would result in better outcomes compared to routine care.

Conditions

Cardiac Arrhythmia

Atrial Fibrillation

Study ID

NCT04476524

Start date

Aug 15, 2020

Status verified date

Feb, 2021

Completion date

Dec, 2021

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov, 2021

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Consecutive patients > 18 years of age who comes to the ER with AF as the primary diagnosis and is treated according to study protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with established cardiology or electrophysiology care.

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Study Arm

Patients who present with AF as the primary diagnosis to the ER will have their chart reviewed

Historical Cohort

Historical control arm will be selected from chart review of emergency department prior to the commencement of this study after propensity matching with age and sex.

Interventions

Quality improvement

All patients with AF as primary problem treated with study protocol would be compared with historical cohort of AF patients who were treated with routine care in the ER. Patients will be followed up and outcomes will be compared between two groups at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months.

Primary outcome measure

  • Cumulative resource utilization in dollars [ Time Frame: 15 months ]
  • Time to definitive therapy (AAD and or Ablation) [ Time Frame: 15 months ]
  • Number of Hospital/clinic visits [ Time Frame: 15 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Donita Atkins

816-651-1969datkins@kchrf.com

Locations

Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute

Recruiting

Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66211

Contacts

Donita Atkins

816-651-1969datkins@kchrf.com

More Information

Sponsor

Kansas City Heart Rhythm Research Foundation

Last update posted

Feb 4, 2021

Last verified

Feb, 2021

Keywords

  • Clinical and Economical impact
  • Treatment pathway
  • Emergency Room
  • Atrial Fibrillation

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kansas City Heart Rhythm Research Foundation on 2021-02-04.