Safety of Sports for Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Completed

Conditions studied: Heart Arrhythmias

In brief

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

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00637754

Run by

Yale University

People needed

400

Starts

2006-09-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-11

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• individuals between the ages of 10 and 60
• has a defibrillator
• plays a competitive/organized sport more vigorous than golf or bowling or participates in a dangerous sport

You may not qualify if…

• children under 10 years (as they engage in primarily recreational sports)
• individuals over the age of 60 years (maintain a homogenous population)
• inability to give informed consent

Where it is running

• University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Heart Clinic Arkansas — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiovascular Therapy — Los Angeles, California, United States
• University of Southern California — Los Angeles, California, United States
• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Arrhythmia Center of Connecticut — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• George Washington University — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Johns Hopkins University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• Cypress Heart — Wichita, Kansas, United States
• Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates, PA — Towson, Maryland, United States
• Tufts-New England Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Michigan Heart, PC — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Park Nicollet — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota — Roseville, Minnesota, United States
• Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• The Ohio State University Research Foundation — Columbus, Ohio, United States
• Arizona Pediatric Cardiology Consultants — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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