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NCT Number: NCT03303612

Clinical Monitoring Strategy Versus Electrophysiology-guided Algorithmic Approach With a New LBBB After TAVI

The primary hypothesis of the proposed study is that an electrophysiology-based algorithmic approach is superior to standard clinical follow-up with 30-day monitoring in reducing the combined endpoint of syncope, hospitalization, and death in patients in patients with new of left bundle branch block following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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About this study

The study population consists of pacemaker-free patients that are 18 years or older undergoing a TAVI with new onset left bundle branch block. Patient consent is required.

Patients meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of the following two groups:

Group 1: electrophysiology-based algorithmic approach

Group 2: standard clinical follow-up with transcutaneous cardiac monitoring.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Informed consent to participate
  • Persistent new-onset LBBB after TAVI implantation (i.e. present at day 2)

Exclusion criteria

  • Prior pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
  • Pre-existing right bundle branch block (RBBB) or LBBB (i.e., prior to TAVI)
  • Class I or IIA indication for PPM implantation according to management guidelines

Treatment and study plan

Pacemaker implant

Device

Patient will be in the electrophysiology laboratory. The doctor will freeze the groin area and a medication may be given to help the patient relax. A catheter will be inserted into the groin up to the heart and the heart's electrical system will be recorded.

Transcutaneous cardiac monitor

Device

Transcutaneous cardiac patches will allow continuous electrocardiographic monitoring for a 30-day period. For the first randomized patients at the Montreal Heart Institute, Icentia was used and then was changed to a m-Health® device which allows continuous cardiac monitoring. The PocketECG from m-Health® is attached to 3 electrodes on the chest and contains a SIM card that transmits to a server located in Burlington, Ontario .The COME-TAVI coordinating center and the associated site will be informed rapidly of any events that occur . These events include:

Ventricular fibrillation; Sustained ventricular tachycardia Any RR interval >5 sec; Third-degree AV block or Mobitz 2 AV block;

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of patients with cardiovascular hospitalization, and/or syncope, and/or death after TAVI.

    Time frame: 12 months

    This is the number of participants who experienced cardiovascular hospitalizations, and/or syncope, and/or death after TAVI.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of participants with cardiovascular hospitalizations.

    Time frame: 12 months

    This is the number of participants who were hospitalized for cardiovascular reasons within one-year post-TAVI.

  2. Number of participants with hospitalisations (Total)

    Time frame: 12 months

    This is the number of participants who were hospitalized one-year post-TAVI.

  3. Number of participants with emergency visits.

    Time frame: 12 months

    This is the number of participants who had emergency visits after TAVI.

  4. Number of participants experiencing syncope

    Time frame: 12 months

    This is the number of participants who experienced syncope after TAVI.

  5. Cost-effectiveness of EP-guided procedure compared to cardiac monitoring [incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER)].

    Time frame: 12 months

    This is the incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) for one strategy compared to the other.

  6. Number of procedural complications in the group of EP-guided procedure compared to the group of cardiac monitoring.

    Time frame: 30 days

    This is the number of procedural complications in the group of EP-guided approach compared to cardiac monitoring within 30 days.

  7. Number of atrio-ventricular blocks in the group of EP-guided procedure compared to the group of transcutaneous cardiac monitoring.

    Time frame: 12 months

    This is the number of atrio-ventricular blocks in the EP-guided procedure group compared to the transcutaneous cardiac monitoring group within 12 months of TAVI

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Caroline Girard, EP Prof.

CONTACT

[email protected]

514-376-3330 ext. 2905

Léna Rivard, MD, MSc

CONTACT

[email protected]

514-376-3330 ext. 2120

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Montreal Heart Institute

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of a Clinical Monitoring Strategy Versus Electrophysiology-guided Algorithmic Approach in Patients With a New Left Bundle Branch Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) a Bayesian Randomized Trial (COME-TAVI)

Acronym: COME-TAVI

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Oct 6, 2017
Registry last updated
May 8, 2025

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