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Present When One of the Following Occurred: Sudden Cardiac Death, Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia, or Implantable Cardioverter - Defibrillator (ICD) Activation', 'timeFrame': 'From stratification completion (i.e. allocation to one of three risk level groups) until either occurrence of primary endpoint or study completion (mean 32months) - study stopped early due to emergence of clearly defined high risk subgroup', 'description': 'The number of patients from each risk level group meeting the primary endpoint will be used to assess diagnostic accuracy (positive/negative predictive value, sensitivity and specificity) of the proposed two-stage, PVS-inclusive, risk stratification approach for the allocation of an ICD'}], 'secondaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Total Mortality', 'timeFrame': 'From completion of risk stratification to study completion or outcome occurrence (mean 32 months)', 'description': 'All-cause mortality'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'oversightHasDmc': True}, 'conditionsModule': {'keywords': ['Myocardial infarction', 'Risk stratification', 'Sudden cardiac death', 'Preserved ejection fraction', 'Programmed ventricular stimulation'], 'conditions': ['Myocardial Infarction']}, 'referencesModule': {'references': [{'pmid': '31049557', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Gatzoulis KA, Tsiachris D, Arsenos P, Antoniou CK, Dilaveris P, Sideris S, Kanoupakis E, Simantirakis E, Korantzopoulos P, Goudevenos I, Flevari P, Iliodromitis E, Sideris A, Vassilikos V, Fragakis N, Trachanas K, Vernardos M, Konstantinou I, Tsimos K, Xenogiannis I, Vlachos K, Saplaouras A, Triantafyllou K, Kallikazaros I, Tousoulis D. Arrhythmic risk stratification in post-myocardial infarction patients with preserved ejection fraction: the PRESERVE EF study. Eur Heart J. 2019 Sep 14;40(35):2940-2949. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz260.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'The purpose of the study is to assess the prevalence and the prognostic value of non-invasive indexes and programmed ventricular stimulation for sudden cardiac death in post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)\\>40%.', 'detailedDescription': '1000 asymptomatic post-MI patients\\>40%, at least 40 days post-MI, revascularized or without needing further revascularization (in any case without any evidence of ischemia) will be enrolled.\n\nThe patients will be divided into two categories:\n\n1. Asymptomatic patients with revascularized ST-elevation MI (STEMI) (remaining stenoses in non culprit vessels \\<70%) at 40 days post-MI (when LVEF\\>40% will be re-assessed)\n2. Asymptomatic patients late (at any time after 40 days) after MI (initially STEMI-NSTEMI at discharge Q-non Q) with LVEF\\>40% right after a negative stress test or right after a negative for stenoses control coronary catheterization All patients will undergo non-invasive evaluation (ECG, Holter monitoring and 45-min high resolution recording). In case they fulfill at least one out of seven pre-specified criteria they will undergo programmed ventricular stimulation and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation (if inducible) All patients will be followed-up for 3 years for sudden cardiac death and its surrogate (appropriate ICD activation)'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '80 Years', 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'samplingMethod': 'PROBABILITY_SAMPLE', 'studyPopulation': '1000 asymptomatic post-MI patients\\>40%, at least 40 days post-MI, revascularized or without needing further revascularization (in any case without any evidence of ischemia)\n\nThe patients will be divided into two categories:\n\n1. Asymptomatic patients with revascularized STEMI (remaining stenoses in non culprit vessels \\<70%) at 40 days post-MI (when LVEF\\>40% will be re-assessed)\n2. Asymptomatic patients late after MI (initially STEMI-NSTEMI at discharge Q-non Q) with LVEF\\>40% right after a negative stress test or right after a negative for stenoses control coronary catheterization', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Asymptomatic patients with revascularized STEMI (remaining stenoses in non culprit vessels \\<70%) at 40 days post-MI (when LVEF\\>40% will be re-assessed)\n* Asymptomatic patients late after MI (initially STEMI-NSTEMI at discharge Q-non Q) with LVEF\\>40% right after a negative stress test or right after a negative for stenoses control coronary catheterization\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Episodes of sustained VT or aborted sudden cardiac death (SCD) 48 hours after the acute MI phase.\n* Episodes of syncope within the last 6 months\n* Cancer, liver failure (cirrhosis), end-stage renal disease\n* Use of anti-arrhythmic drugs other than b-blockers'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT02124018', 'acronym': 'PRESERVE-EF', 'briefTitle': 'Risk Stratification in Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'University of Athens'}, 'officialTitle': 'Post Myocardial Infarction Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction: PRESERVE-EF', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': 'UOA-PRESERVE1'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'label': 'Post-MI patients', 'description': 'Asymptomatic post-MI patients late after MI or 40 days after STEMI-NSTEMI with preserved ejection fraction and absence of active ischemia Programmed ventricular stimulation (PVS) will be performed in high-risk patients based on non-invasive evaluation.\n\nICD implantation will be performed in patients with induced ventricular tachycardia (VT) upon PVS', 'interventionNames': ['Procedure: Programmed ventricular stimulation', 'Device: ICD implantation']}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'Programmed ventricular stimulation', 'type': 'PROCEDURE', 'description': 'Programmed ventricular stimulation in high-risk patients based on non-invasive evaluation', 'armGroupLabels': ['Post-MI patients']}, {'name': 'ICD implantation', 'type': 'DEVICE', 'description': 'ICD implantation in patients with induced VT in programmed ventricular stimulation', 'armGroupLabels': ['Post-MI patients']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'zip': '11527', 'city': 'Athens', 'country': 'Greece', 'facility': 'First Cardiology Clinic, Hippokration Hospital', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 37.98376, 'lon': 23.72784}}], 'overallOfficials': [{'name': 'Konstantinos Gatzoulis, MD, PhD', 'role': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'affiliation': 'University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital'}]}, 'ipdSharingStatementModule': {'ipdSharing': 'UNDECIDED'}, 'sponsorCollaboratorsModule': {'leadSponsor': {'name': 'University of Athens', 'class': 'OTHER'}, 'collaborators': [{'name': 'Medtronic', 'class': 'INDUSTRY'}, {'name': 'General Electric', 'class': 'INDUSTRY'}], 'responsibleParty': {'type': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'investigatorTitle': 'Assoc. Professor of Cardiology', 'investigatorFullName': 'Kostantinos A. Gatzoulis', 'investigatorAffiliation': 'University of Athens'}}}}