Comparison of the PolarX and the Arctic Front cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (COMPARE CRYO) - Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Maurhofer, Jens; Kueffer, Thomas; Knecht, Sven; Madaffari, Antonio; Badertscher, Patrick; Seiler, Jens; Krisai, Philipp; Jufer, Corinne; Asatryan, Babken; Heg, Dik; Servatius, Helge; Tanner, Hildegard; Kühne, Michael; Roten, Laurent; Sticherling, Christian; Reichlin, Tobias (2023). Comparison of the PolarX and the Arctic Front cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (COMPARE CRYO) - Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary clinical trials, 134, p. 107341. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107341

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INTRODUCTION

Single-shot devices are increasingly used for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in atrial fibrillation (AF). The Arctic Front cryoballoon (Medtronic) is the most frequently used single-shot technology. A recently developed novel cryoballoon has been introduced (PolarX, Boston Scientific) with the aim to address limitations of the Arctic Front system.

METHODS

COMPARE CRYO is a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial with blinded endpoint adjudication by an independent clinical events committee. A total of 200 patients with paroxysmal AF undergoing their first PVI are randomized 1:1 between PolarX cryoballoon ablation and Arctic Front cryoballoon ablation. Continuous monitoring during follow-up is performed using an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) in all patients. The primary endpoint is time to first recurrence of any atrial tachyarrhythmia (AF, atrial flutter, and/or atrial tachycardia) ≥ 120 s between days 91 and 365 post ablation as detected on the (ICM). Procedural safety is assessed by a composite of cardiac tamponade, persistent phrenic nerve palsy >24 h, vascular complications requiring intervention, stroke/transient ischemic attack, atrioesophageal fistula or death occurring during or up to 30 days after the procedure. Key secondary endpoints include (Chung et al., 2020 (1)) procedure and fluoroscopy times, Wolf et al. (1991) (2) AF burden, Wang et al. (2003) (3) proportion of patients with recurrence in the blanking period, Benjamin et al. (1998) (4) proportion of patients undergoing repeat ablation, and (Chen et al., 2013 (5)) quality of life changes at 12 months compared to baseline.

CONCLUSION

COMPARE CRYO will compare the efficacy and safety of the novel PolarX cryoballoon and the standard-of-practice Arctic Front cryoballoon for first PVI performed in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF.

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(ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04704986).

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