Study Type
Interventional - Device
completed
Patients surviving ventricular fibrillation (VF) or sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) are at a high risk of death due to a recurrence of arrhythmia.
The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) terminates VT or VF, but it was not known whether this device prolongs life in these patients compared with medical therapy with amiodarone.
The objective of the CIDS study was to evaluate the implantable cardioverter defibrillator against Amiodarone.
Primary outcome:
All-cause mortality
Secondary outcome:
Arrhythmic death.
Study Design
Randomized
NO. of Countries
3
NO. of Sites
24
NO. of Participants
659
Study Period
1990 - 1997
Sponsor
PHRI
Stuart Connolly
Stuart Connolly
Stuart Connolly is a Professor of Medicine at McMaster University and a cardiac electrophysiologist at Hamilton Health Sciences. He became a faculty member at McMaster University in 1983 and was awarded a full professorship in 1994. He was also appointed as the inaugural holder of the Salim Yusuf Chair in Cardiology at McMaster University.
He has published more than 270 scientific articles in the field, and is currently a member of the editorial boards for a number of prominent cardiology journals, including Heart, the American Heart Journal and the Journal of Pacing and Electrophysiology. His main research interests are focused on the evaluation of treatments for heart rhythm disorders. His academic career has been largely devoted to the design and execution of controlled clinical trials in this area.
He holds a Masters degree from Fordham University, New York, and an MD from McGill University in Montreal. He received his specialist training in cardiology at the University of Toronto and at Stanford University.
Ellison Themeles
Associate Program Manager
Ellison Themeles
Associate Program Manager
Ellison Themeles’ experience includes more than 20 years in the conduct, execution and management of large, international clinical trials involving both medical devices and pharmaceutical agents in the area of cardiovascular disease and arrhythmias.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Gerontology and Sociology, and a Master of Science Degree in Health Research Methodology, from McMaster University.
