# Efficacy and Safety of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation in the Elderly

> **NCT02121158** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 167 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Myocardial Infarction

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- **OTHER:** Optimal Medical Therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02121158
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2015-08-07
- **Primary completion:** 2020-11-06
- **Final completion:** 2020-11-06
- **Target enrollment:** 167 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Results of the pilot were not enough to justify the extension of the pilot. Results presented are from pilot.
- **Last updated:** 2024-07-31


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02121158

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02121158, "Efficacy and Safety of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation in the Elderly". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02121158. Licensed CC0.

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