Vest Prevention of Early Sudden Death Trial and VEST Registry

NCT01446965 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2348

Last updated 2021-01-20

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Summary

This study explores the hypothesis that wearable defibrillators can impact mortality by reducing sudden death during the first three months after a heart attack in persons with high risk for life-threatening arrhythmias.

Conditions

  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Ventricular Dysfunction
  • Sudden Death
  • Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Ventricular Fibrillation

Interventions

DEVICE

wearable defibrillator

LifeVest wearable defibrillator

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey E Olgin, MD · University of California, San Francisco

  • Byron K Lee, MD · University of California, San Francisco

  • Mark J Pletcher, MD, MPH · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2019-05-31
Completion
2019-05-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Germany
  • Poland

Study Locations

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Entities

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