This study is a multi-center, prospective and randomized trial. The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate that the use of the BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring system (HM) can safely reduce the number of regularly scheduled office follow-up visits, compared to the conventional method of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) follow-up.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,450
Home Monitoring programmed on. In-office and Home Monitoring evaluation at 3 and 15 months post ICD implant. Home Monitoring evaluation only at 6, 9, and 12 months post ICD implant.
Home Monitoring programmed off. In-office evaluations at 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 months post ICD implant.
Home Monitoring Effectiveness
Average number of office-based implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) follow-up visits in the Home Monitoring arm vs the Conventional (calendar-based) follow-up arm.
Time frame: 12 months
Percent of Participants Experiencing Death, Incidence of Stroke, or Event Requiring Surgical Intervention.
Percentage of participants experiencing death, incidence of stroke, or event(s) requiring surgical intervention. Outcome measure time frame is 12 months.
Time frame: 12 months
Early Detection of Cardiac Events
Detection time relative to onset of cardiac events (atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation).
Time frame: 12 months
Patient Initiated Follow-up
Percentage of total patient initiated inqueries that result in ER or office follow-up visits.
Time frame: 12 months
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