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NCT06404021Completed

Electronic Device Implantation Through Remote Guidance

Randomized Open-label Single-center Trial on Remote Assistance Implementing Certified Specialized Engineers During Interventional Cardiology Procedures

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Jul 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) implants are limited by availability and costs of field clinical specialist (FCS) bioengineers. This study explores feasibility of remotely supported implantations through an internet based platform, aiming at enhancing efficiency and overcoming geographical or pandemic related barriers. The first phase of the study included programming and phantom assessments in 20 cases followed by 10 remote guided CRT-D and ICD implantations in additional heart failure patients, compared to 20 procedures with FCS on site. Data analysis revealed no significant differences in acute outcomes or electronic parameters at one year follow-up compared to on-site FCS. Finally, this study demonstrates the safety after testing at one year of follow-up.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (actual)
First submitted
26 Apr 2024
Start date
1 Jun 2022
Primary completion date
30 Sept 2023
Lead sponsor
University of Calabria
NCT number
NCT06404021

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 30
  • From 1 Jun 2022 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2023
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • Pacemaker dependent patients
  • Patients who underwent generator replacement procedures

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients over 18 years
  • Patients under 85 years
  • Patients already implanted with defibrillator and admitted to cardiology division for others invasive procedures
  • Patients undergoing defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation
  • Patients who signed written informed consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
"Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro
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CatanzaroItalyUnknown status

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