# Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Versus Thoracoscopic Ablation Using Patient Activated Implantable Loop Recorders: The ACTUAL Study

> **NCT01503268** · PHASE4 · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Eastbourne General Hospital**

## Conditions studied

- Atrial Fibrillation

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Implantation of implantable loop recorder
- **PROCEDURE:** Percutaneous ablation of atrial fibrillation
- **PROCEDURE:** Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01503268
- **Lead sponsor:** Eastbourne General Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2012-11
- **Primary completion:** 2014-11
- **Final completion:** 2014-11
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Study methodology redesigned
- **Last updated:** 2013-06-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01503268

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01503268, "Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Versus Thoracoscopic Ablation Using Patient Activated Implantable Loop Recorders: The ACTUAL Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01503268. Licensed CC0.

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