EMI and CIED: Is High Power Charging of Battery Electric Car Safe? (eCarII)

German Heart Center Munich

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pacemaker; ICD

Treatments: Other: Electromagnetic Field Exposure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05361681

GER-EP-024

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is not known if the use of high power charging systems for electric vehicles may interfere with the functionality of implanted pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators.

Full description

The use of electric cars for public and private transport is increasing all over the world. Moreover the charging technique is improving and enables very fast charging with the use of high power. It is not known if the use of high volume charging systems interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices. The study evaluates different types of high volume charging systems connected to different full electric vehicles with regard to electromagnetic interference with implanted pacemakers or cardioverter-defibrillators.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• implanted cardiac implantable electronic device with regular function

Exclusion criteria

• implanted cardiac implantable electronic device with irregular function

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

interventional arm

Experimental group

Description:

Participants were charging full electric cars, using high power charging systems

Treatment:

Other: Electromagnetic Field Exposure