NCT07627685Not yet recruiting
Prospective Study on the Effectiveness and Safety of Bi-polar Pulse-field Tip-catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in China（POTENTIAL-AF）
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
POTENTIAL-AF is a prospective, multicentre, observational registry study evaluating the real-world effectiveness and safety of bi-polar pulse-field tip-catheter ablation (PFA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) in China. The study will enrol 30,000 adult patients with symptomatic paroxysmal or persistent AF who have failed at least one antiarrhythmic drug (Class I or III) and are planned to undergo PFA using the Jinjiang LEAD-PFA system with PulsedFA catheter at participating centres across China. All procedural decisions, including energy settings, ablation targets, and peri-procedural management, are made by the treating physician per routine clinical practice. The study prospectively collects baseline clinical characteristics, intraoperative ablation parameters, and follow-up outcomes at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and every 6 months thereafter, for up to 10 years. The primary endpoint is all-cause mortality at 10 years. Secondary endpoints (observed over 5 years) include ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke, transient ischaemic attack (TIA), cardiovascular death, cardiovascular hospitalisation, systemic embolism, thromboembolic death, major bleeding, and clinically relevant non-major bleeding (CRNMB). By capturing large-scale, standardised, long-term data across diverse Chinese centres, POTENTIAL-AF aims to describe real-world procedural practice patterns, identify predictors of clinical outcomes, and provide evidence to support the safe and effective application of the Jinjiang bi-polar tip PFA catheter in Chinese AF patients.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 30000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 31 May 2026
- Start date
- Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2036
- Lead sponsor
- Beijing Anzhen Hospital
- Diseases
- Atrial fibrillation
- NCT number
- NCT07627685
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 30000
- From Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, Sept 2036
- 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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Prior treatment
- Concomitant condition with expected survival \< 1 year (e.g., advanced malignancy)
Other illness
- AF attributable to a reversible cause (e.g., hyperthyroidism, peri-operative or cardiac/thoracic surgery-related AF)
Who the study is looking for
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Symptomatic paroxysmal AF or persistent AF:
- Paroxysmal AF: self-terminating within ≤ 7 days; ≥ 2 symptomatic episodes in the 6 months prior to enrolment; ≥ 1 ECG or Holter-documented AF episode in the 12 months prior to enrolment
- Persistent AF: duration \> 7 days and \< 1 year; ≥ 1 symptomatic episode in the 6 months prior; documented by Holter or 2 ECGs ≥ 7 days apart within 12 months prior
- Failure of AAD therapy: inadequate efficacy and/or intolerance to ≥ 1 Class I or Class III antiarrhythmic drug
- Planned PFA catheter ablation for AF
- Voluntary participation with written informed consent Willing and able to comply with study procedures and follow-up (including in-hospital assessment, 30-day and 90-day follow-up)
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Anzhen Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
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