title: Rapid conversion of persistent atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm by intravenous AZD7009.
abstract: This randomized, double-blind trial compared cardioversion rates between AZD7009 infusion (15-minute 3.25 mg/min, 15-minute 4.4 mg/min, or 30-minute 3.25 mg/min) and placebo infusion (15 or 30 minutes) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) scheduled for DC cardioversion. One hundred sixty-eight patients were randomized, 167 received study treatment, and 159 were included in perprotocol analyses. The mean duration of current AF episode was 47 days (range, 0.8-92). In the AZD7009 30-minute 3.25 mg/min group, 21 of 42 patients converted within 90 minutes, compared with 7 of 39, 7 of 36, and 0 of 42 patients in the 15-minute 3.25 mg/min, 15-minute 4.4 mg/min, and combined placebo groups, respectively. Patients not converted within 90 minutes underwent DC cardioversion. In patients with AF episodes </=30 days, conversion rates with AZD7009 30-minute 3.25 mg/min and after placebo followed by DC cardioversion were 82% and 83%, respectively. AZD7009 was generally well tolerated. Mean QTc increased by 15% to 20% in the AZD7009 treatment groups. One patient experienced a ventricular tachyarrhythmia of 7 beats, with features of torsades de pointes. AZD7009 was associated with a 50% conversion rate in the best-dose group. In patients with AF episodes <or=30 days, the conversion rates after AZD1305 and placebo followed by DC cardioversion were observed to be similar.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Robert Koch Allee 9, 99437 Bad Berka, Germany.
authors.forename: J Christoph
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Egstrup
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kulakowski
authors.forename: Mårten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenqvist
authors.forename: Maria Aunes
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jansson
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berggren
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Edvardsson
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sager
authors.forename: Harry J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Crijns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: C514242:AZD 7009; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D009930:Organic Chemicals