Status:

UNKNOWN

Feasibility and Safety of IV Sotalol Administered as a Loading Dose to Initiate Oral Sotalol Therapy

Lead Sponsor:

Kansas City Heart Rhythm Research Foundation

Collaborating Sponsors:

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation

Munson Medical Center

Conditions:

Arrhythmias, Cardiac

Atrial Fibrillation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of the IV loading strategy in patients who are selected to receive sotalol.

Detailed Description

This is an open-label single arm study investigating the safety and feasibility of an intravenous loading regimen of sotalol to initiate patients on oral sotalol therapy. Informed Consent will be obta...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female between 18 - 85 years old
  • Recent (within 1 day) cardioversion for atrial fibrillation with scheduled sotalol therapy
  • History of highly symptomatic atrial fibrillation who are scheduled for sotalol therapy
  • Creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min
  • Subject has provided informed consent prior to initiation of any study-specific activities/procedures

Exclusion

  • Baseline bradycardia (\<50 bpm) off all antiarrhythmic drugs and or Atrioventricular nodal blocking drugs
  • Sick sinus syndrome, unless a functioning pacemaker is present.
  • Any known sensitivities to beta-blockers
  • Uncontrolled heart failure
  • Second-degree (Mobitz II, Wenckebach) or third-degree atrioventricular block
  • Recent (within 7 days) surgical or catheter ablation procedure
  • Severe electrolyte abnormalities (including serum K\<3.5)
  • Known use of other QTc prolonging drugs (See Appendix A)
  • Recent (within 7 days) sotalol use
  • Baseline QTc \>450 ms
  • Severe reactive airway disease - defined as difficulty breathing from bronchial tubes, swelling and overreaction to an irritant
  • History of Torsade de Pointes (TdP)
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 35%

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 2 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04473807

Start Date

January 2 2021

End Date

June 1 2022

Last Update

January 14 2022

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Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute

Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66211