# Effect of Empirical Left Atrial Appendage Isolation on Long-term Procedure Outcome in Patients With Persistent or Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Catheter Ablation

> **NCT01362738** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation** · enrollment: 156 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** RFCA of PV and extra-PV triggers
- **PROCEDURE:** LAA isolation along with the conventional ablation strategy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01362738
- **Lead sponsor:** Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-11
- **Primary completion:** 2014-06
- **Final completion:** 2016-11
- **Target enrollment:** 156 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2017-04-26


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01362738

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01362738, "Effect of Empirical Left Atrial Appendage Isolation on Long-term Procedure Outcome in Patients With Persistent or Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Catheter Ablation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01362738. Licensed CC0.

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