NCT04088071Recruiting
Real-world Experience of Catheter Ablation for the Treatment of Arrhythmias
Real-world Experience of Catheter Ablation for the Treatment of Arrhythmias Symptomatic Using Novel CARTO Technologies: REAL Registry
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The primary purpose of this Registry is to assess procedural safety and long-term effectiveness of catheter ablations in the treatment of subjects with PAF, PsAF, and VA. The Registry will utilize real world clinical data obtained from the use of commercially available CARTO™ technologies under the authority of a health care practitioner within a legitimate practitioner-subject relationship. Data from the registry will be used to assess clinical outcomes, including procedural efficiency, safety, and long-term effectiveness of catheter ablation with novel technologies for arrhythmia patients.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 20000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 26 Aug 2019
- Start date
- 1 Jan 2018
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Heart Rhythm Clinical and Research Solutions, LLC
- Diseases
- Atrial fibrillation
- NCT number
- NCT04088071
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 20000
- From 1 Jan 2018 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2028
- 75 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Enrolled in an investigational drug or device clinical trial, or any trial that dictates the treatment plan
- Enrolled in an investigational drug or device clinical trial, or any trial that dictates the treatment plan.
Other
- Long-standing persistent AF (AF greater than one year)
- In the opinion of the investigator, any known contraindication to an ablation procedure
- CORE VA Cohort
- In the opinion of the investigator, any known contraindication to an ablation procedure.
Who the study is looking for
- Symptomatic PAF (AF episode terminate spontaneously within 7 days) or PsAF (AF sustained beyond 7 days, but less than 365 days) subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, are candidates for catheter ablation.
- \>18 years of age.
- Will be treated with Biosense Webster Inc. ablation technologies
- All AF ablations performed with BWI catheters are included. This includes repeat ablations where the index procedure was performed with a non-BWI catheter.
- Able and willing to participate in baseline and follow up evaluations
- Willing and able to provide informed consent, if applicable.
- Documented ventricular arrhythmia appropriate for catheter ablation.
- \>18 years of age.
- Will be treated with Biosense Webster Inc. ablation technologies
- Able and willing to participate in baseline and follow up evaluations
- Willing and able to provide informed consent, if applicable.
Criteria the registry did not label
- REAL AF Cohort
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (75)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Recruiting |
| Waterloo Wellington Cardiovascular Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kitchener | Canada | Recruiting |
| Montreal Heart Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Recruiting |
| Southlake Regional Health Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Newmarket | Canada | Recruiting |
| Lovelace Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Albuquerque | United States | Recruiting |
| Mission Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Asheville | United States | Recruiting |
| Piedmont Healthcare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Recruiting |
| The Medical Center of Aurora Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Recruiting |
| Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Recruiting |
| Grandview Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Recruiting |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| Valley Heart Rhythm Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chandler | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Cincinnati Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Recruiting |
| The Christ Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Missouri Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbia | United States | Recruiting |
| Mount Carmel Columbus Cardiology Consultants Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Recruiting |
| Baylor Scott & White Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Recruiting |
| Medical City Dallas Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Recruiting |
| Henry Ford Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Recruiting |
| Northshore University Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Evanston | United States | Recruiting |
| Colorado Heart and Vascular Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Golden | United States | Recruiting |
| Upstate Cardiology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greenville | United States | Recruiting |
| Cardiovascular Associates of the Delaware Valley Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haddon Heights | United States | Recruiting |
| The Queen's Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Honolulu | United States | Completed |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Iowa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Iowa City | United States | Recruiting |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jackson | United States | Recruiting |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jackson | United States | Recruiting |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Recruiting |
| Mercyhealth Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Janesville | United States | Recruiting |
| Arrhythmia Research Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jonesboro | United States | Recruiting |
| Lancaster General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lancaster | United States | Recruiting |
| Capitol CArdiology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lanham | United States | Recruiting |
| McLaren-Greater Lansing Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lansing | United States | Active, not recruiting |
| Sparrow Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lansing | United States | Recruiting |
| South Denver Cardiology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Littleton | United States | Recruiting |
| Keck School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
| Norton Heart Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Louisville | United States | Recruiting |
| Centra Health, Inc. dba Stroobants Cardiovascular Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lynchburg | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Wisconsin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madison | United States | Recruiting |
| HCA Florida Mercy Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Recruiting |
| Bon Secours St. Marys Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Midlothian | United States | Recruiting |
| Cardiology Associates of Mobile Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mobile | United States | Recruiting |
| Midwest Cardiovascular Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naperville | United States | Recruiting |
| Naples Community Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | United States | Recruiting |
| Columbia University Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (CUMC/NYPH) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oklahoma City | United States | Recruiting |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pensacola | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Pennsylvania/Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Recruiting |
| Allegheny Health Network Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Recruiting |
| Maine Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Recruiting |
| Nuvance Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poughkeepsie | United States | Recruiting |
| CJW Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Recruiting |
| Carolina Cardiology Associates and OnSite Clinical Solutions Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rock Hill | United States | Terminated |
| William Beaumont Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Royal Oak | United States | Recruiting |
| Baptist Health Louisville Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint Matthews | United States | Recruiting |
| St. Mark's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Recruiting |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Barbara | United States | Terminated |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sarasota | United States | Recruiting |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Savannah | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Washington-Seattle Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Recruiting |
| CoxHealth Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Springfield | United States | Recruiting |
| Prairie Education and Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Springfield | United States | Recruiting |
| Crouse Health System and Crouse Medical Practice Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Syracuse | United States | Recruiting |
| MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tacoma | United States | Recruiting |
| Baycare Health Tampa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Recruiting |
| PIMA Heart and Vascular Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tucson | United States | Recruiting |
| Community Memorial Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ventura | United States | Recruiting |
| University HealthCare Alliance Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Walnut Creek | United States | Completed |
| Valley Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winchester | United States | Recruiting |
| Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winston-Salem | United States | Recruiting |
| Baycare Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winterhaven | United States | Recruiting |
| WellSpan Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | York | United States | Recruiting |
| Michigan Heart Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ypsilanti | United States | Recruiting |
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