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Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Clinical Studies and Outcomes

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MADIT

Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT)

An overview of the MADIT1-3 trial is included below.

Primary Prevention Trial – Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) vs. Antiarrhythmic Drug Treatment in Post-MI Patients

Protocol

MADIT Trial – Protocol

MADIT Trial – Protocol

Hypothesis

To study whether, in patients with a previous MI and LV dysfunction, prophylactic therapy with an ICD can improve survival versus treatment with conventional medical therapy (eg, amiodarone, beta-blockers/sotalol and class I antiarrhythmics).

Primary Endpoint

  • Total mortality

Secondary Endpoints

  • Arrhythmic mortality
  • Costs and cost effectiveness

Results

In post-MI patients at a high risk for VT, prophylactic therapy with an ICD reduced overall mortality by 54% and arrhythmic mortality by 75% compared with conventional medical therapy after a mean follow-up of 27 months.

References

1

Moss AJ. Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT): design and clinical protocol. PACE, 1991;14:920-927.

2

Moss AJ, Jackson Hall W, Cannom DS, et al., for the MADIT investigators. Improved survival with an implanted defibrillator in patients with coronary disease at high risk for ventricular arrhythmia. N Engl J Med. 1996;335:1933-1940.

3

Mushlin A, Jackson Hall W, Zwanziger J, et al., for the MADIT investigators. The cost-effectiveness of automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators: results from MADIT. Circulation. 1998;97:2129-2135.

MUSTT

MADIT II

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