The HONEST Cohort Study
The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) was developed to reduce complications associated with transvenous leads while preserving efficacy in terminating malignant ventricular arrhythmias. However, current evidence supporting the S-ICD is primarily derived from industry-sponsored studies and highly specialized centers. This study aims to offer a comprehensive, nationwide, real-world assessment of all patients who underwent S-ICD implantation in France. The HONEST (coHOrte fraNcaise des dEfibrillateurs Sous cuTanés) cohort is a French nationwide, single-arm, observational ongoing study that enrolled all patients who underwent implantation of an S-ICD (EMBLEM, Boston Scientific) between October 2012 (the first implantation in France) and December 2019. Clinical endpoints are centrally adjudicated. Overall, 4,924 (77% males; 49.9 years) patients, representing 98.2% of all S-ICD implantations during the study period in France, were included. The HONEST study represents the first nationwide cohort evaluating S-ICD recipients to provide contemporary, real-world data. Its goal is to identify areas for improvement and refine strategies to prevent sudden cardiac death. (S-ICD French Cohort Study [HONEST]; NCT05302115)
Authors
- Philippe Poret
- Éloi Marijon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7227-3428)
- François Wiart
- Jérôme Horvilleur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6102-4709)
- Lila Khris
- Nicolas Luconi
- Y. Dagher Hayeck
- Guillaume Kabalu
- Lionel Ovart
- Raphael Castro Martins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2167-3645)
- Edouard Siméon
- C. Duplantier
- P. Le Franc
- Didier Scarlatti
- Guillaume Serzian
- P Gaillard
- Frederic Ortuno
- Nicolas Mignot
- Karine Bauley
- Isabelle Lecardonnel
- Nicolas Clémenty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-0787)
- V. Abdou
- Ardalan Sharifzadehgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3465-6724)
- A. Hebrard
- Raphael Sandras
- Claire Vanesson
- Sana Sioua
- Jérôme Lacotte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1888-9640)
- Géraldine Bertaux
- Yannick Saludas
- Sandrine Bellmont
- Karim Bel Hadj
- P. Houriez
- Christèle Cardin
- Philippe Jarnier
- Marion Pouche
- Audrey Lefoulon
- François Jourda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8171-0378)
- Jerome L. Schwartz
- W. Amara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8347-2550)
- Marc Poueymidanette
- Romain Sellier
- Arnaud Pellissier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9489-5711)
- Olivier Barthez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-1962)
- S Schiau
- Emilie Bastard
- Sophie Pynn
- Séverine Philibert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6587-5911)
- Mouna Ben Kilani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8827-2443)
- Florian Baptiste
- Émilie E. Varlet
- F. Tréguer
- Denis Raguin
- Xavier Copie
- Baptiste Maille (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2639-9593)
- Gilles Macaluso
- Adrien Carabelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-6160)
- Frédérique Mizon-Gérard
- Alexandre Schatz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-8329)
- Hugues Bader
- Lilian Marty
- Franck Halimi
- Gabriel Latcu
- J. Ollitrault
- Cyril Goujeau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2489-0653)
- Laurent Liprandi
- JEAN BAPTISTE GOURRAUD
- Philippe Durand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1306-9640)
- Stéphane Dennetière
- C. Giraudeau
- Georges Nadji
- Hugues Blangy
- Pierre Khattar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7446-7154)
- B. Godin
- F. Philippot
- Thibault Villemin
- Laurent Fauchier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9267-1658)
- Rodrigue Garcia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9350-2437)
- X Dreyfus
- F. Monsel
- Christine Virbel Alonso
- Dominique Pavin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2484-450X)
- Sandrine Venier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5089)
- Jonathan Lacaze Gadonneix
- M. Lerecouvreux
- Sylvain Bodi
- Sophie Le Page
- Adlane Zemmoura
- Thierry Zerah
- Samir Fareh
- Soraya Anys
- Laure Champ-Rigot
- Hugues Zimmermann
- Jérôme Thévenin
- Pénélope Pujadas
- Mathieu Courtheix
- I. Lagrenade
- Michel Voglimacci
- Andréas Müssigbrodt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-0302)
- Julien Rischard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-3298)
- Samuel Chauveau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-7493)
- Hugo Brahic
- Chrystelle Akret
- F. Elmkies
- Dominique Celse
- Baptiste Favoulet
- Antoine Andorin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6848-5452)
- Pierre Baudinaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0537-6221)
- Benoit Guy Moyat
- Laurent Fiorina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2502-3463)
- Christophe Juin
- Damien Minois (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6418-6540)
- Olivier Axler
- Henri Broustet
- Nawale Hajjaji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8500-2309)
- P Rumeau
- Jean-Baptiste Guichard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-7722)
- Denis Gaty
- Ahmed Bouharaoua
- Lara Dabiri
- Alain Lebon
- Aymeric Menet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4823-1556)
- Alaa Al Amoura
- Arnaud Bisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3449-1800)
- Vincent Mansourati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1654-6717)
- Dominique Bleinc
- Ronan Le Bouar
- R. Fouché
- Olivier Villejoubert
- G Cellarier
- Pascal Chavernac
- Pierre Lantelme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5259-1613)
- Edouard Gitenay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1472-0773)
- P Gallay
- Aude Zanutto
- Mohanad Mahfoud
- Rim El Bouazzaoui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-2888)
- Didier Irles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-3658)
- Sébastien Prévôt
- Thibault Hus
- Ziad Khoueiry
- Sorin Pripon
- Marie Fichot
- Pamela Damiano
- Sarah Traullé
- Bruno Ulmer
- M Merheb
- Stéphane Mourot
- Mohamed Belhameche
- Jean Faugier
- Folco Frattini
- Fabrice Demonière
- Olivier Garrier
- Raoul Bacquelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5365-2710)
- Aurélie Guiot
- Fawzi Kerkouri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7857-3576)
- Madeline Espinosa
- Arnaud Olivier
- A. Messali
- Arthur Vaksmann
- Sophie Gomes
- Thien-Tri Cung
- N. Auquier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1420-325X)
- F. Cransac
- Mathieu Amelot
- Marie Sadron Blaye-Felice
- Fiorella Salerno
- Mina Ait Saïd
- A. Doucy
- Pierre-Yves Zinzius
- Mohammed Benkaci Ali
- Inamo Jocelyn
- Frédéric Victor
- P Winum
- J S Hermida
- François Xavier Hager
- Stéphane Evain
- M. Chatel
- Thomas Chastre
- Benjamin Monteil
- Hervé Gorka
- Christophe Loose
- Laura Forelle
- Arnaud Savouré
- J P Chabert
- Cécile Romeyer-Bouchard
- Mickael Peyrol
- Christian Demasles
- Yves Guyomard
- Emilie Marcant
- Segolene Rouffiac-Noel
- Guillaume Galidie
- Khadidja Belkir
- Aziz Kneizeh
- Eric Ramiaramanana
- Sebastien Bufflerin
- Alexis Durand Dubief
- Raphael Gdalia
- Abdelhamid Benounane
- Bertrand PIERRE
- Mathieu Montoy
- Antoine Milhem
- Jean Claude Deharo
- Mathieu Garnier
- Antoine Roux
- Saida Cheggour
- Maxime De Guillebon
- Aurélien Miralles
- Nicolas Derval
- Jean Christophe Amirault
- Pierre Frey
- Frédéric Sacher
- Denis Amet
- Vincent Probst
- Frederic Anselme
- Clement Bars
- Michel Chauvin
- Damien Bonnet
- Daniel Beurrier
- Nicolas Hugues
- Eric Verbrugge
- Yamina Mouhoub
- Antoine Da Costa
- Jerome Bouet
- Alexandre Zhao
- Fanny Bouchinet
- Francis Bessiere
- Vincent Algalarrondo
- Olivier Brimont
- Julien Pineau
- Maciej Kubala
- Pierre Sultan
- Cyril Zakine
- Christophe Leclercq
- Arnaud Lazarus
- Vincent Galand
- Jean Luc Pasquié
- Raphaël Demoulin
- Gabriel Laurent
- Marc Mielczarek
- Charles Guenancia
- Laurentiu Dorian Nitu
- Philippe Couderc
- Fabrice Extramiana
- Olivier Billon
- Estelle Gandjbakhch
- Hassan Barake
- Bruno Maillier
- Victor Waldmann
- Julien Seitz
- Warda Aoudjeghout
- Essia Lakhal-Ben Larbi
- Nicolas Sadoul
- Géraldine Vedrenne
- Pierre Jorrot
- Cathy Bertrand
- Philippe Maury
- Christophe Laure
- Antoine Dompnier
- Pierre Ollitrault
- Nicolas Badenco
- Frederic Jean
- François Le Gal
- Olivier Piot
- Cyril Durand
- Akli Otmani
- Mathieu Becker
- Pauline Pinon
- Nicolas Lellouche
- Monteau Jacques
- Lucien Diene
- Xavier Jouven
- Didier Klug
- Philippe Lagrange
- Francois Lesaffre
- Salem Younsi
- Jérôme Hourdain
- Cyrus Moini
- Jérémie Barraud
- Pierre Bordachar
- Ghassan Moubarak
- Stéphane Combes
- Maxime Pons
- Pierre Mondoly
- Peggy Jacon
- Julien Laborderie
- Romain Eschalier
- Maria Moldovan
- Alexis Hermida
- Marc Badoz
- Arnaud Dulac
- Corentin Chaumont
- Julien Bertrand
- Isabelle Heurtebise
- Jean-Paul Albenque
- Guillaume Duthoit
- Nicolas Klotz
- Nathalie Behar
- Thomas Lavergne
- David Perrot
- Vladimir Manenti
- Fabien Squara
- Benjamin Gal
- Alexis Mechulan
- Cédric Nguyen
- Vincent Ahfat
- Sylvain Ploux
- Mathieu Steinbach
- Vincent Kanczuga
- Michael Attali
- Jean Litalien
- Tej Chalbia
- Charlotte Potelle
- Bruno Degand
- Jacques Levy
- Pascal Defaye
- Mikael Laredo
- Laurence Jesel-Morel
- Xavier Waintraub
- Jerome Taieb
- Romain Cassagneau
- Alice Maltret
- Antoine Leenhardt
- Anne Quentin
- Paul-Ursmar Milliez
- Radu Moisei
- Jean-Marc Dupuis
- Kevin Gardey
- Christian De Chillou
- Olivier Cesari
- Daniel Gras
- René Gabriel Huguet
- Philippe Chevalier
- Serge Boveda
- Eric Rendu
- Julien Roux
- Grégoire Massoullié
- Garret Gauthier
- Olivier Geoffroy
- Luc Petit
- Bogdan Enache
- Jacques Mansourati
- Guillaume Domain
- Olivier Thomas
- Abdeslam Bouzeman
- Christelle Marquié
- Hervé Poty
- Nicolas Combes
- Audrey Sagnard
- Sok-Sithikun Bun
- Philippe Ricard
- Luc Freysz
- Gael Clerici
- Paul Charles
- Nathalie Elbaz
- Popescu Elena
- Corina Moldovan
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes (FR)
- Université de Poitiers (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nancy (FR)
- Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers (FR)
- Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information de la Communication et de la Connaissance (FR)
- Paris Cardiovascular Research Center (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (FR)
- Interuniversity Institute for High Energies (BE)
- Clinique Pasteur (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes (FR)
- Hôpital de la Timone (FR)
- Université de Rouen Normandie (FR)
- Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Advances
- Published
- 2026-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102604
- Primary Topic
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00