FAST Therapy Trial of Fetal Tachyarrhythmia



Status:Enrolling by invitation
Conditions:Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiology, Cardiology
Therapuetic Areas:Cardiology / Vascular Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:16 - 50
Updated:12/20/2017
Start Date:February 2016
End Date:June 30, 2021

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Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of Fetal Atrial Flutter & Supraventricular Tachycardia (FAST) Therapy

Few studies are specifically designed to address health concerns relevant during pregnancy.
The consequence is a lack of evidence on best clinical practice. This includes mothers and
their babies when pregnancy is complicated by an abnormally fast heart rate up to 300 beats
per minute due to supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (SVA) in the unborn baby (fetus). Although
fetal SVA, including atrial flutter (AF) and other forms of supraventricular tachycardia
(SVT), is the most common cause of intended in-utero fetal therapy, none of the medication
used to date has been evaluated for their effects on the mother and her baby in a randomized
controlled trial (RCT). As a consequence, physicians need to make decisions about the
management of such pregnancies without any evidence from controlled trials on drug efficacy
and safety and no consensus among specialists for the optimal management. The Fetal Atrial
Flutter and Supraventricular Tachycardia (FAST) Therapy Trial is a prospective multi-center
trial that addresses this knowledge gap to guide future fetal SVA therapy to the best of
care. Study components of FAST include three prospective sub-studies to determine the
efficacy and safety of commonly used transplacental drug regimens in suppressing fetal AF
without hydrops (RCT A), SVT without hydrops (RCT B), and SVT with hydrops (RCT C). All RCTs
are open label phase III trials of standard 1st line therapy, which either is started as
monotherapy (no hydrops) or as dual therapy (hydrops). The primary study aim is the
probability of a normal pregnancy outcome after treatment start with Digoxin or Sotalol (AF
without hydrops); Digoxin or Flecainide (SVT without hydrops); and Digoxin plus Sotalol or
Digoxin plus Flecainide (SVT with hydrops).


Inclusion Criteria:

1. Mother has provided written informed consent to participate

2. Either fetal AF without hydrops, SVT without hydrops or SVT with hydrops

3. Tachyarrhythmia that is significant enough to justify immediate transplacental
pharmacological treatment:

- Tachycardia ≥ 180 bpm during at least 10% of observation time of 30 minutes or
longer

- Tachycardia ≥ 170 bpm during +100% of time (≤ 30 0/7 weeks of gestation)

- Tachycardia ≥ 280 bpm (irrespective of SVA duration)

- SVT with fetal hydrops (irrespective of duration)

4. Gestational age > 12 0/7 weeks and <36 0/7 weeks at time of enrollment

5. Untreated tachycardia at time of enrollment

6. Singleton Pregnancy

7. Healthy mother with ± normal pre-treatment cardiovascular findings:

- ECG without significant abnormalities (sinus rhythm; QTc ≤ 0.47; PR ≤ 0.2 sec;
QRS: ≤ 0.12 sec; isolated PACs or PVCs or isolated complete right bundle branch
block allowed)

- Resting heart rate ≥ 50 bpm

- Systolic BP ≥ 85 bpm

Exclusion Criteria:

1. AF with hydrops (eligible for FAST Registry only)

2. Any maternal-fetal conditions associated with high odds of premature delivery or death
other than tachycardia (e.g. severe IUGR; premature rupture of membrane;
life-threatening maternal disease (incl. pre-eclampsia; HELLP syndrome); severe
congenital fetal abnormalities (T 13 or 18; surgery or death expected < 1 month)

3. History of significant maternal heart condition (open heart surgery; sick sinus
syndrome; channelopathy (long QT, Brugada syndrome); ventricular tachycardia; WPW
syndrome; high-degree heart block; cardiomyopathy)

4. Relevant preexisting maternal obstructive airway disease including asthma

5. Current therapy with the following medications:

- Antiarrhythmic drugs

- Pentamidine

6. Maternal serum potassium level <3.3 mmol/L / <3.3 mEq/L (at start of treatment)

7. Maternal ionized serum calcium level of <1 mmol/L / <4 mg/dL) or total serum calcium
level <2 mmol/L / <8mg/dL (at start of treatment)

8. Maternal serum creatinine level > 97.2 µmol/L (>1.1 mg/dl)
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