Status:

RECRUITING

Prevention Atrial Fibrillation by BOTulinum Toxin Injections (BOTAF)

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Collaborating Sponsors:

Merz Pharmaceuticals

Ministry of Health, France

Conditions:

Cardiac Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Over the past few years, research has focused on the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery, but highly effective interventions are still missing. Postoperative AF remains the mo...

Detailed Description

Botulinium toxin use has been developed with success in wide-ranging fields (neurology, otorhinolaryngology, gynaecology, urology, plastic surgery, pain therapy), but not in cardiology. In the cardio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Indication for cardiac surgery (CABG, aortic valve repair or aortic valve replacement excluding the sutureless valve, ascending aorta surgery), according to the European Heart Association guidelines.
  • Patients in hemodynamically stable condition.
  • Sinus rhythm at moment of randomisation (ECG).
  • Age: ≥18 to ≤80 years old.
  • Negative serum or urinary β-hCG for women of child-bearing potential.
  • Patients able to attend several consultations at the centre.
  • Informed consent signed.
  • Affiliation to French social security regime.

Exclusion

  • Previous cardiac surgery.
  • Persistent AF or atrial tachycardia.
  • Planned maze procedure or pulmonary vein (PV) isolation.
  • Use of class I or III antiarrhythmic drugs within 5 elimination half-life of the drug (for amiodarone: one year).
  • Mitral or tricuspid valve surgery.
  • Congenital cardiomyopathy.
  • Neuro-muscular disease (including disorders of pre-operative swallowing).
  • Protected populations e.g. minor patient, breastfeeding women, patients under legal guardianship, curatorship or legal protection. .
  • Participation in another interventional trial.
  • Unwillingness to participate.
  • Contraindications to botulinum toxin under investigation or to the excipients: known hypersensitivity.
  • Patient with active endocarditis Minimal invasive surgery (ministernotomy)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 30 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 30 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

220 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04075981

Start Date

September 30 2019

End Date

September 30 2026

Last Update

May 16 2025

Active Locations (9)

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1

Corentin Celton

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, France

2

Hôpital Marie Lannelongue

Le Plessis-Robinson, France, France

3

CHU Limoges

Limoges, France, France

4

Hôpital Saint-Joseph

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, France, 13008