Safety of Sports for Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators - NCT00637754-Montreal


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Safety of Sports for Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators - NCT00637754-Montreal - 001 (Clinical Trial 209549)
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City:

Montreal

Country:

Canada

Conditions:

Patients With ICD's Who Are Participating in Sports.

Purpose:

The registry will obtain information to determine the safety of sports participation for patients with defibrillators (ICDs).

Study summary:

Patients who are participating in sports who have defibrillators will be invited to participate in a prospective registry to determine the rate of adverse events occurring during sporting activities. Patients will be followed for two years and adverse events quantified. Yale is the coordinating center for this multicenter registry.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria: - individuals between the ages of 10 and 60 years - has a defibrillator - plays a competitive/organized sport more vigorous than golf or bowling or participates in a dangerous sport Exclusion Criteria: - children under 10 years (as they engage in primarily recreational sports) - Adults over the age of 60 (to maintain a more homogeneous population) - inability to give informed consent

Study is available at:

Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal
Montreal
Canada

Primary Contact:
Cheryl L Barth, BS
Email: icdsports.registry@yale.edu
Phone: 866-207-9813

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Date Processed:		March 15, 2010
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