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Clinical trialNCT02121158TerminatedInterventional

Efficacy and Safety of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation in the Elderly

SponsorVA Office of Research and DevelopmentEnrollment167CardiomyopathyCongestive Heart FailureCoronary Artery DiseaseMyocardial Infarction
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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

The overall aim of this trial is to study the safety and efficacy of ICD implantation as a primary prevention strategy of sudden cardiac death in patients 70 years and older. This study will assess the many competing factors involved with ICD implantation including 1) the impact on mortality, especially in the context of a declining rate of sudden death with advanced age, 2) the tolerability of the powerful therapeutic action of the device, and 3) the impact on quality of life.
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Investigators

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Sites

5 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Washington Dc Va Medical Center, Washington, Dc

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

  • North Florida/south Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, Fl

    Gainesville, Florida, United States

  • Minneapolis Va Health Care System, Minneapolis, Mn

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

  • Va Portland Health Care System, Portland, Or

    Portland, Oregon, United States

  • Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville Campus, Nashville, Tn

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study — it may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
7 Aug 2015
Primary completion
6 Nov 2020
Completion
6 Nov 2020
Last update posted
31 Jul 2024
Registered enrollment
167
Registry id
NCT02121158
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.