KONVERT-AF - Relevance of Point in Time for Conversion of Acute Atrial Fibrillation

NCT00369330 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2012-09-03

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Summary

To investigate if in acute symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) the early (\>2 hrs but within 12 hrs of the beginning of the arrhythmia) electrical cardioversion leads to a longer recurrence-free interval than the delayed cardioversion (\> 36 hrs but \< 48 hrs after the beginning of the arrhythmia) within the first 3 months after cardioversion.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

external electrical cardioversion

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • Atrial Fibrillation Network

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thorsten Lewalter, MD · Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II - Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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