MAESTRIA Consortium Meeting took place on 8 & 9 of May at the Sorbonne University

Beiträge Aktuelles MAESTRIA Consortium Meeting took place on 8 & 9 of May at the Sorbonne University The leaders of the different work packages (WP1-WP8) presented their results from the respective sub-projects and defined further milestones. In addition to the work on AI analyses, Prof. Andreas Götte (WP4 leader) presented the successful implementation of the … Read more

Enrolment status update

Beiträge Aktuelles Enrolment status update Many thanks to the actively recruiting sites that enrolled patients in April and May: DE005 – Dr Meyer, EVK Düsseldorf, Germany = ES001 – Dr Filgueiras, Hospital Clinico San Carlos Madrid, Spain = DE022 – Prof Pott, Bonifatius Hospital Lingen, Germany = DE023 – Dr Rillig, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany = … Read more

Enrolment of permanent AF patients: screening tip

Beiträge Aktuelles Enrolment of permanent AF patients: screening tip The site in Brandenburg contacts its hospital’s internal controlling department, which has access to all hospital records. The controlling department compiles a monthly list of patients with the ICD code I48.2 which defines patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. All potential patients of this list are then … Read more

MAESTRIA-AFNET 10 – Collection of blood samples

Beiträge AKTUELLES Mo, 07.04.2025 MAESTRIA-AFNET 10 – Collection of blood samples Collection and procedure of blood samples within MAESTRIA-AFNET 10 Collection:A total of 26 tubes will be collected for one patient: Please find a detailed procedure for the collection of blood samples in the study protocol (see Appendix 7, page 47+48). Labelling:The samples collected will … Read more

MAESTRIA-AFNET 10 – 3rd Investigator Meeting

Beiträge AKTUELLES Mo, 07.04.2025 MAESTRIA-AFNET 10 – 3rd Investigator Meeting Prof. Goette emphasized that it is very important not only to recruit further permanent AF patients, but also to keep the patients in the study until 1-year follow up. This final data is essential to correlate it with the data from Baseline visit. All collected … Read more

EAST-STROKE Videointerview

Prof. Dr. med. Götz Thomalla (UKE) and Dr. med. Märit Jensen (UKE) have recorded a video on the new EAST-STROKE trial in layman’s terms.

The EAST-STROKE (‘Early treatment of Atrial fibrillation for Stroke prevention Trial in acute STROKE’) trial is led by scientist from the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and investigates whether early rhythm-control treatment can effectively and safely prevent strokes. The project is funded by the EU as part of ‘Horizon Europe’. AFNET is partner for dissemination and exploitation.