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Applications of body surface mapping in cardiac resynchronisation therapy and ventricular tachycardia
Source of recordUK Clinical Trials Gateway
ISRCTNISRCTN35782567
Date ISRCTN assigned30/07/2007
Local reference number(s)RGHT000233
Public titleApplications of body surface mapping in cardiac resynchronisation therapy and ventricular tachycardia
Scientific title
AcronymN/A
Disease/condition/study domainLeft ventricular dysfunction
Study hypothesis1. Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI) using potentials derived from the body surface can be used to identify electrical dyssynchrony within the Left Ventricle (LV), along with activation patterns and regions of slow conduction. It could therefore be used to predict response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy, and ultimately to guide placement of the LV pacing lead to the optimal site.
2. ECGI using body surface potentials acquired noninvasively is of comparable accuracy to endocardial data acquired invasively in determining sites of pacing of the LV endocardium and patterns of activation.
3. ECGI is comparable to endocardial data acquired invasively in locating the origin of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) substrates and may provide useful information over and above endocardial data to aid radiofrequency ablation of this tachyarrhythmia.
Design/methodologyNon randomised controlled trial.
Research ethics reviewThe Office for Research Ethics Committees in Northern Ireland (ORECNI), approved on 16/09/2005 (ref: 05/NIR01/139)
Countries of trialUnited Kingdom
Participants - inclusion criteriaCardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) study:
1. Poor LV function with ejection fraction on echocardiogram (ECHO) <35%
2. Symptomatic with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 2-4
3. Dilated LV (>55 mm)
4. Any QRS duration (representing the duration of ventricular depolarisation)
LV dysfunction can be of any aetiology. All patients must be able and willing to give writted informed consent.

ECGI validation study:
Patients must require EPS/ablation of tachyarrhythmias requiring LV access e.g. VT ablation/EPS, Brugada EPS, left sided pathways. All must be willing and able to give written informed consent.

VT study:
All patients must require EPS for induction of LV tachyarrhythmias or ablation of VT. Again all must give written informed consent.
Participants - exclusion criteriaCRT study:
1. Ejection fraction on ECHO >35%
2. Unable or unwilling to come back for 6 month follow-up
3. Unable or unwilling to give written informed consent

ECGI validation and VT studies:
1. Procedures not requiring access to the LV
2. Bleeding conditions
3. Clotting disorders
4. Unwilling to give written informed consent
5. Age <18 years
Patient information material
Anticipated start date01/10/2005
Anticipated end date31/07/2007
Status of trialCompleted
Target number of participants70 (CRT study, 50; ECGI validation study, 10; VT study, 10)
Interventions1. CRT study
This is a pilot study during which 50 consecutive patients undergoing CRT implantation will be identified and worked up appropriately (there is no control group in this study and all participants will be given the same intervenions). All participants will undergo baseline assessment to include echocardiography, 6 minute walk testing, cardiopulmonary stress testing, quality of life assessment (questionnaire) and N-terminal Pro-BNP measurement. Body Surface Mapping (BSM) will be performed at baseline and the day following device implantation during different pacing modalities. They will then be followed up with a single visit at 6 months, at which time all of these tests will be repeated.

2. ECGI validation study:
A qualitative study comparing ECGI with data acquired invasively using noncontact endocardial mapping as gold standard. 10 patients undergoing invasive ElectroPhysiological Studies (EPS) requiring access to the left ventricle will be recruited. All patients will have an ECHO at baseline and undergo simultaneous body surface mapping and invasive endocardial mapping during muti-site pacing of the LV endocardium. BSM utilises a plastic 80-electrode mapping harness applied to the anterior and posterior torso. Noncontact endocardial mapping uses the previously validated EnSite 3000 system. This study will enable a qualitative comparison of both imaging modalities for localisation of pacing sites as well as activation sequences. There will be no follow-up for the patients in this sub-study.

3. VT study:
10 patients requiring VT ablation or simply EPS for induction of ventricular arrhythmias will be studied using both invasive and noninvasive modalities. This is a purely qualitative study.
Primary outcome measure(s)CRT study:
Response to CRT (assessed clinically using echo, 6 minute walk distance, cardiopulmonary stress testing, and functionally using quality of life questionnaire and NYHA symptom class). This can be assessed in conjunction with pacing site localisation using ECGI in relation to regions of slow conduction/scar tissue.

ECGI validation and VT studies: These are qualitative studies whereby ECGI data and data acquired invasively are compared directly. Therefore there is no discrete end-point.
Secondary outcome measure(s)None
PublicationsShannon HJ, Navarro CO, Smith B, McClelland, AJ, Lau EW, Roberts MJD, Anderson JM, Adgey AAJ. Activation Patterns during Selective Pacing of the Left Ventricle can be Characterised using Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging (in press) Journal of Electrocardiology, 2007
Sources of fundingFrances and Augustus Newman Foundation (UK)
Sponsor nameRoyal Victoria Hospital (UK)
Sponsor detailsc/o Professor Ian Young
Royal Research Office
Royal Victoria Hospital
Grosvenor Road
Belfast
United Kingdom
BT12 6BA
Contact nameProf Jennifer Adgey
Contact detailsRegional Medical Cardiology Centre
1st Floor West Wing
Royal Victoria Hospital
Belfast
United Kingdom
BT12 6BA
More informationFor more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below.
Link to record in ISRCTN RegisterISRCTN35782567
Date last extracted from ISRCTN register17/04/2008
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