Novel ICD Programming and Inappropriate ICD Therapy in CRT-D Versus ICD Patients: A MADIT-RIT Sub-Study

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Reduce Inappropriate therapy (MADIT-RIT) trial showed a significant reduction in inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy in patients programmed to high-rate cut-off (Arm B) or delayed ventricular tachycardia therapy (Arm C), compared with conventional programming (Arm A). There is limited data on the effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy with a cardioverter defibrillator (CRT-D) on the effect of ICD programming. We aimed to elucidate the effect of CRT-D on ICD programming to reduce inappropriate ICD therapy in patients implanted with CRT-D or an ICD, enrolled in MADIT-RIT.

METHODS AND RESULTS: The primary end point of this study was the first inappropriate ICD therapy. Secondary end points were inappropriate anti-tachycardia pacing and inappropriate ICD shock. The study enrolled 742 (49%) patients with an ICD and 757 (51%) patients with a CRT-D. Patients implanted with a CRT-D had 62% lower risk of inappropriate ICD therapy than those with an ICD only (hazard ratio [HR] =0.38, 95% confidence interval: 0.25-0.57; P

CONCLUSIONS: Patients implanted with a CRT-D have lower risk of inappropriate ICD therapy than those with an ICD. Innovative ICD programming significantly reduces the risk of inappropriate ICD therapy in both ICD and CRT-D patients.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: http://clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT00947310.

Medical Subject Headings

Aged; Canada; Defibrillators, Implantable; Electric Countershock; Equipment Failure; Europe; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Japan; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Survival Rate; Tachycardia, Supraventricular; Tachycardia, Ventricular; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; United States

PubMed ID

26743237

Volume

9

Issue

1

First Page

001965

Last Page

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