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Optimizing Quality of Life by Improved Patient Expectation Following Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation
Led by Evangelical Hospital Düsseldorf · Updated on 2026-04-28
60
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
285 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
E
Evangelical Hospital Düsseldorf
Lead Sponsor
U
University Hospital, Essen
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim is to investigate whether optimizing patients' expectations towards the interventional treatment of atrial fibrillation (catheter ablation) leads to a lower disease-related impairment of the patients compared to the control group in the first three months after ablation (the so-called blanking period).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Optimizing Quality of Life by Improved Patient Expectation Following Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Symptomatic atrial fibrillation
- Indication for pulmonary vein isolation
- Sufficient command of the German language
You will not qualify if you...
- Age under 18 years
- Permanent atrial fibrillation
- Psychiatric disorders impairing study participation
- Other medical conditions that affect quality of life more than the cardiac condition
- Atrial fibrillation caused by intoxication, medication, or infection
- Inability to follow the course of the study
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Evangelic Hospital Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, 40217
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2
Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum
Essen, Germany
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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