What this phase means
This study does not use the classic phase 1–4 drug ladder. It may be a device, a behavior program, a surgery timing study, or an early feasibility test.
Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.
What the registry says happens
If you join, the listed intervention(s) are Local Anesthesia With Conscious Sedation, General Anesthesia, or VARIPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This prospective, multicenter, randomly assigned, controlled, noninferiority trial will compare local anesthesia with conscious sedation and general anesthesia in patients undergoing pulsed field ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
They plan to enroll about 390 people at Beijing. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill), using or being fitted with a device, a procedure as part of the study plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
Efficacy and Safety of Local Anesthesia With Conscious Sedation Versus General Anesthesia for Pulsed Field Ablation in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Noninferiority Trial
Interventions: Local Anesthesia With Conscious Sedation, General Anesthesia, VARIPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System, Compound methoxyphenamine capsules, Salbutamol, Budesonide, Lidocaine, Fentanyl, Midazolam, Tropisetron hydrochloride, Dexamethasone, Atropine
Primary outcome (registry wording): Percentage of Participants With Recurrence of Atrial Tachyarrhythmia After the Blanking Period