Syncope Prediction Study (SPS)

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Syncope Prediction Study (SPS)

• IRAS ID

  157095

• Contact name

  Phang Boon Lim

• Contact email

  pblim@ic.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Medtronic

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  NCT02140567

• Research summary

  The purpose of this post-marketing observational study is to perform an evaluation of an algorithm, through software called Tilt Table Analyzer, which analyzes the data collected during the tilt table test usually performed to make the diagnosis of patients suffering syncope (fainting). The tilt table test is a diagnostic test used to investigate the origin of the syncope, putting patients in different tilt positions or standing for defined periods of time. The aim of the test is to provoke a syncope episode and record eventually changes in the heart rhythm and arterial blood pressure during all phases of the test.
  The purpose of Tilt Test Analyzer software is to find some heart rhythm and arterial blood pressure measurements that can predict the syncope recurrence before it occurs. If the study will find that the software works correctly, in the future the tilt table test could lead to a diagnosis before the fainting occurs; this is less stressful for the patient.

• REC name

  London - London Bridge Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/LO/1099

• Date of REC Opinion

  28 Jul 2014

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion