# Efficacy and Safety in Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation Via Cephalic Versus Axillary Vein Access (CEPHAX)

> **NCT03860090** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Castilla-La Mancha Health Service** · enrollment: 240 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pacemakers
- Defibrillators
- Complication
- Pacemaker Electrode Lead Fracture

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Pacemaker implant
- **DEVICE:** Defibrillator implant
- **PROCEDURE:** AXILLARY VEIN ACCESS
- **PROCEDURE:** CEPHALIC VEIN ACCESS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03860090
- **Lead sponsor:** Castilla-La Mancha Health Service
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2017-10-01
- **Primary completion:** 2019-02-20
- **Final completion:** 2022-10
- **Target enrollment:** 240 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-03-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03860090

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03860090, "Efficacy and Safety in Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation Via Cephalic Versus Axillary Vein Access (CEPHAX)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03860090. Licensed CC0.

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