Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:43 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:43 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03856632
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Male and female, age 18 or older
* Persistent AF defined as continuous AF sustained beyond 7 days (or AF with the decision to cardiovert before 7 days of enrollment or Paroxysmal AF defined as recurrent AF (≥2 episodes) that terminates spontaneously within 7 days
* BMI ≥27 kg/m2
* Patient wishes to undergo a catheter ablation procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation
* Receiving follow-up care at the University of Miami
Exclusion Criteria:
* Inability to sign an informed consent
* Patients with longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation of more than 3 years
* Prior ablation for atrial fibrillation
* Patients not appropriate candidates for catheter ablation such as those with AF due to acute or chronic precipitating medical conditions, for example, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, significant pulmonary disease, pulmonary embolism, left atrial thrombus, class IV heart failure)
* Patients with a life expectancy \<1 year
* Patients with a serious medical condition (for example, recent cancer with chemotherapy or radiation therapy within 4 weeks before entering the study) who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
* Known contraindications to Liraglutide, such as the previous history of pancreatitis or medullary thyroid carcinoma
* Personal or family history of multiple endocrine neoplasias
* Known serious hypersensitivity reaction to Liraglutide
* Patients using, glitazones, sodium-glucose transporters 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), other GLP-1 analogs, or DPP4 inhibitors
* Type 1 diabetes, defined by American Diabetes Association criteria, history of diabetic ketoacidosis, pancreas or beta-cell transplantation, or diabetes due to pancreatitis or pancreatectomy
* Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes with HbA1c \> 10%
* Pregnant women
* Women who are breast-feeding or intend to become pregnant
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03856632
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03856632