A Prospective Single Arm Open Label Study of the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System in Subjects With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Completed · Not applicable · NCT05443594
Conditions: Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
At a glance
- Research payments reported, 2025
- $836,351
- U.S. investigators named
- 36
- Sites paid
- 37
- Planned or actual enrollment
- 669
About the trial
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Tested
- Phase 1: FARAPULSE Ablation System (device), Phase 2: FARAPULSE Ablation System (device)
- Dates
- Started 2023-02-28; completion 2025-02-11
- Results posted
- Yes
The objective of the ADVANTAGE AF Study is to establish the safety and effectiveness of the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System (FARAPULSE PFA System) for treatment of drug resistant, symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation (PersAF).
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Industry funding
Boston Scientific Corporation reported $836,351 in research payments for this study in 2025 (140 payments).
Products named: Clinical Trial Product
Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites to run a study, not to the investigators personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
U.S. investigators named on this study
- Anil Rajendra, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Birmingham, AL
- Devi G. Nair, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Jonesboro, AR
- Edward Gerstenfeld, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · San Francisco, CA
- Douglas N. Gibson, M.D, Cardiology · La Jolla, CA
- Michael Shehata, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · West Hollywood, CA
- Wilber W. Su, MD Cardiology · Stanford, CA
- David B. Delurgio, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Atlanta, GA
- Troy L. Hounshell, D.O. Cardiology · West Des Moines, IA
- Marcos Daccarett, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Boise, ID
- Ziad F. Issa, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Springfield, IL
- Albert C. Lin, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Chicago, IL
- Jeffrey A. Olson, DO Cardiac Electrophysiology · Indianapolis, IN
- Yeruva Veera Madhu M. Reddy, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Kansas City, KS
- Gery F. Tomassoni, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington, KY
- Bruce G. Hook, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Burlington, MA
- Moussa C. Mansour, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Boston, MA
- Hugh G. Calkins, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Baltimore, MD
- Sanjaya K. Gupta, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Kansas City, MO
- Suneet Mittal, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Paramus, NJ
- Jim W. Cheung, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · New York, NY
- Larry A. Chinitz, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · New York, NY
- Nicholas T. Skipitaris, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · New York, NY
- Mohit K. Turagam, M.D Cardiac Electrophysiology · New York, NY
- Anish K. Amin, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Columbus, OH
- Walid I. Saliba, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cleveland, OH
- Marshall W. Winner III, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cincinnati, OH
- John D. Harding, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Doylestown, PA
- Chinmay P. Patel, MD Cardiology · Lancaster, PA
- Frank A. Cuoco JR., MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Charleston, SC
- Christopher R. Ellis, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Nashville, TN
- Robert A. Pickett, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Nashville, TN
- Karan S. Bhalla, MD Cardiology · Pasadena, TX
- Andrea Natale, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Austin, TX
- Stanislav Weiner, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Longview, TX
- Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Richmond, VA
- Philip J. Gentlesk, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Norfolk, VA
Clinicians the company named as principal investigators in its Open Payments reports.
Sites paid to run it
- Nair Research LLC $97,161
- Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation $73,581
- Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center, IA $68,770
- Ohiohealth Research Institute $64,708
- Massachusetts General Hospital, MA $52,338
- HCA Research Institute LLC $48,436
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, VA $43,443
- Baptist Health Lexington, KY $35,062
- Johns Hopkins University $33,754
- Trinity Clinic $32,841
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA $30,287
- Pinnaclehealth Cardiovascular Institute $27,438
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $24,902
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN $23,441
- UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics, CA $19,218
- Virginia Commonwealth University $15,630
- Northwestern University $15,372
- Adventhealth Orlando, FL $14,594
- Saint Thomas Health $11,837
- Emory Univ. Student Health Services $11,625
- Trihealth Inc $10,927
- University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute Inc $10,059
- Weill Medical College of Cornell $10,033
- Doylestown Hospital $7,790
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation $7,575
- University of Arizona $7,370
- Orion Medical Research LLC $6,668
- St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City, MO $5,652
- The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research $4,692
- Cleveland Clinic, OH $4,100
- Scripps Mercy Hospital, CA $3,700
- Lahey Clinic Inc. $3,400
- Central Indiana Health System Cardiac Services Inc $3,097
- St Luke's Regional Medical Center, ID $2,922
- The Valley Hospital Inc $2,000
- New York University $1,000
- Grandview Medical Group Research LLC $928
Sources: CMS Open Payments research payments (program year 2025) and ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine.