The MagnaSafe Registry: Determining the Risks of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the Presence of Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)



Status:Completed
Conditions:Cardiology
Therapuetic Areas:Cardiology / Vascular Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:4/21/2016
Start Date:April 2009
End Date:June 2014

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The MagnaSafe Registry: Determining the Risks of MRI in the Presence of Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

This study will create a registry of patients with pacemakers and implantable ICDs who will
undergo clinically indicated MRI and will document the incidence of any adverse events or
changes in device parameters that might be associated with the procedure.

The MagnaSafe Registry is an investigator initiated study designed to determine the risks of
performing MRI for patients with pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
(ICDs). We hope that the results of the registry will provide physicians the risk-assessment
data needed to assess the use of MRI as a diagnostic tool when no alternative diagnostic
imaging technology is appropriate.

The number of patients living with permanent pacemakers or ICD devices in the United States
is increasing dramatically as a result of expanded indications. Between 1990 and 2005, an
estimated 2.8 million pacemakers and 690,000 ICDs were implanted in the United States. The
number of implanted devices continues to increase without an apparent plateau.

Magnetic resonance is the imaging modality of choice for the diagnosis of many diseases of
the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system. For some disease states, no acceptable
alternative diagnostic imaging method is available. As the number of implanted cardiac
devices is increasing, the clinical indications for MRI are expanding as well. Marketing
research estimates that approximately 27.5 million MRI procedures were completed in 2007
(The Medical Information Division of IMV, LTD). It is predicted that there is a 50-75%
probability that a patient with a pacemaker or ICD will have the need for an MRI over the
lifetime of the device.

Most physicians consider the presence of a pacemaker or ICD to be an absolute
contraindication to an MRI study. Patients are denied the examination, even when MR is
clearly the superior diagnostic modality or when there is no acceptable alternative imaging
test available. To provide optimal care to the increasing number of patients with an
implanted cardiac device, health care professionals must have the capability to perform MR
imaging with minimal risk and full knowledge of the possible complications.

The present study will create a registry of patients with pacemakers and ICDs who will
undergo clinically indicated MRI and will document any adverse event or change in device
parameters that may be associated with the imaging procedure. The results of this registry
will provide the medical community with an accurate documentation of risk to patients and
will establish a protocol of patient screening and device reprogramming for the purpose of
maximizing the safe performance of MRI as a diagnostic tool in patients with implantable
cardiac devices when indicated.

This is a physician-initiated study that will be coordinated by Scripps Clinic, Green
Hospital. It is being performed under an IDE from the FDA. Funding for the MagnaSafe
Registry comes from multiple sources including competitive grants, institutional grants,
foundation fellowship support, unrestricted educational grants from industry, and
philanthropy.

Scripps Clinic/Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA, has performed more than 125 MRIs on patients
with implanted cardiac devices. Results of retrospective clinical observations at Scripps
Clinic were presented at the American Heart Association 2008 Scientific and American College
of Cardiology 2009 Scientific Sessions.

Up to 35 sites will be recruited to participate in the registry. The registry uses a
protocol designed to minimize potential risk to the patient and device. MRI compatible
equipment will be required to monitor vital signs (non-invasive blood pressure monitoring,
pulse oximeter, and single lead cardiac rhythm monitor) while performing scans on patients
with implanted devices. Recommendations from the American Heart Association for performance
of MR examination in patients with pacemakers or ICDs will be followed.

The MRI procedures will be conducted for clinical purposes at the discretion of the ordering
physician. MR examination of patients with permanent implanted cardiac devices will only be
performed if there are highly compelling circumstances and when the benefits clearly
outweigh the risks in the opinion of the ordering physician. The decision to have an MRI
must be based on clinical indication, and is not part of the research protocol.

Those wishing to participate in the registry as an investigational site will be required to
obtain approval of the FDA-authorized protocol from their reviewing IRB, and complete a
written investigator agreement.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female 18 years or older

- Able to provide informed consent

- Permanent implanted pacemaker or ICD

- Strong clinical indication for MRI; in the clinical setting where MRI is the
diagnostic modality of choice for a specific disease state without acceptable
alternative imaging technology as determined by the ordering physician.

- Patient is scheduled for non-thoracic MRI (joint, extremity, brain, pelvis, cervical,
and lumbar or sacral spine)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Metallic objects that represent a contraindication to MR imaging, including:
intra-orbital or intra-ocular retained metal fragments, and intracranial vascular
clips and coils

- Claustrophobia unresponsive to pre-procedure sedatives

- Morbid obesity (abdominal diameter >60 cm)

- ICD or pacemaker generator placement prior to 2002

- ICD and pacing dependent

- Pregnancy

- Device generator battery voltage at elective replacement index (ERI)

- Presence of active implantable medical device (other than pacemaker or ICD)

- Presence of abandoned leads (with the exception of post CABG temporary epicardial
pacing wires)

- Presence of implanted cardiac device in the abdominal position

- Pacemaker or ICD that is labeled as MRI-Conditional (approved by the FDA for exposure
to MRI).
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2900 W Oklahoma Ave
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333 Cedar St
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320 E North Ave
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