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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN98608799
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Cardiac pacing for the prevention of falls in carotid sinus hypersensitivity
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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PG/97098
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Study hypothesis
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To determine:
1. The prevalence of unexplained or recurrent falls in cognitively normal adult accident and emergency attendees
2. The prevalence of carotid sinus hypersensitivity in those who fall
3. Whether cardiac pacing reduces the frequency of falls in a prospective series of patients with cardioinhibitory carotid sinus hypersensitivity
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Carotid sinus syndrome
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Patients with a history of unexplained falls with reproducible cardio-inhibitory or mixed carotid sinus hypersensitivity
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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01/10/1998
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Anticipated end date
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01/10/1999
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Status of trial
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Completed
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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Not provided at time of registration
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Interventions
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Cardiac pacemaker versus Thera rate drop responsive Medtronic Inc dual chamber pacemaker.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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British Heart Foundation (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Protocol/Initial results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=11220545
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Contact name
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Professor
RA
Kenny
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Address
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Cardiovascular Investigation Unit
Ward 15 Offices
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Queen Victoria Road
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City/town
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Zip/Postcode
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NE14 4AH
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)191 2225316
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Fax
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+44 (0)191 222 5638
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Email
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R.A.Kenny@ncl.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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British Heart Foundation (UK)
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Address
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14 Fitzhardinge Street
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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W1H 6DH
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7935 0185
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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7486 5820
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Email
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research@bhf.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.bhf.org.uk/
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Date applied
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31/01/2002
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Last edited
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28/09/2007
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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31/01/2002
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