Active clinical trials for "Acute Coronary Syndrome"

To date, no studies have evaluated the safety or efficiency (improvement of maximal oxygen uptake [VO2peak]) of a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program in post-acute coronary syndrome (post-ACS) patients. Heart rate variability (HRV) and recovery (HRR), QT dispersion (QTd) and ventricular arrhythmias are all indices associated with an increased risk of cardiac death. HIIT has been shown to improve these risk markers and be safe in coronary heart disease patients but not yet in post-ACS patients which are considered more at risks. The aim of this study was to compare a HIIT program to a moderate-intensity continuous exercise training (MICET) program on HRV, HRR, QTd parameters and occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in post-ACS patients.

Despite substantial evidence supporting the use of dual anti-platelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome, there remains major uncertainty regarding the optimal duration of therapy. Recent evidence suggests that shorter durations of dual anti-platelet therapy are superior because the avoidance of atherothrombotic events is counterbalanced by the greater risks of excess major bleeding with apparent increases in all-cause mortality with longer durations. We here propose an international randomised controlled trial of 18,318 patients with type 1 myocardial infarction allocated to differing durations of dual anti-platelet therapy. We will use electronic health record linkage to track duration of therapy and clinical outcomes in a real-world, real-time, efficient and highly cost-effective trial. This has the potential to define treatment duration, settle a major outstanding international controversy, and influence modern cardiology practice across the world.

Randomized clinical trial to assess the influence of treatment with ticagrelor or clopidogrel in the number of CECs (Circulating Endothelial Cells) and EPCs (Endothelial Progenitor Cells) in patients with ACS (Acute Coronary Syndrome), from baseline levels to chronic levels (1 month).

The purpose of the study is to determine whether scoring balloon (SCB) plus paclitaxel-coated balloon (PCB) is superior to PCB alone for the treatment of restenosis within "limus"-eluting stents (LES)

To test the vasoactive and anti-inflammatory effects of prasugrel in patients with acute coronary syndrome endothelial function -as a surrogate parameter of NO bioavailability- and different markers of inflammation, oxidative stress and platelet activation will be assessed in patients with unstable angina.

Our research will examine a chest pain care strategy, called the HEART pathway, which is designed to correctly identify Emergency Department patients at high-risk for cardiovascular events, likely to benefit from further testing, and patients at very-low-risk for cardiovascular events, who may be safely discharged home. By using an individual's risk assessment to determining testing, we hope to improve the quality and efficiency of the care delivered to Emergency Department patients with chest pain. Our study will determine if the HEART pathway, which combines a clinical decision rule, the HEART score, and two serial troponin measurements, will reduce stress testing and cardiovascular imaging, decrease hospital length of stay, and reduce cost compared to usual care, while maintaining safety.

It is designed to test the hypothesis that high loading dose(360mg) ticagrelor versus conventional loading dose(180mg) will result in a higher inhibition of platelet aggregation(IPA) without increasing the bleeding events.

Recently, two new oral P2Y12 antagonists have been approved for clinical use: prasugrel, a third generation thienopyridine, and ticagrelor, a first in class cyclopentyltriazolopyrimidine (CPTP). These agents have been shown to be associated with more potent platelet inhibitory effects compared with clopidogrel. In addition, both agents have shown to be superior to clopidogrel in preventing recurrent ischemic events in the setting of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Understanding how to switch patients from prasugrel to ticagrelor is an unmet need of clinical interest. The proposed PD investigation will have a prospective, randomized, parallel design aimed to show that switching patients from prasugrel to ticagrelor provides similar levels of platelet inhibition.

The purpose of this research study is to find out whether PICSO (Pressure Controlled Coronary Sinus Occlusion), given concomitant to (NSTEMI) or following (STEMI) primary PCI and stenting, can improve final infarct size and myocardial function. ACS patients, NSTEMI and STEMI, with a culprit lesion in the LAD will be treated according to standard treatment, PCI followed by stent placement, with or without PICSO therapy. In NSTEMI patients, PICSO therapy will be given during PCI and stenting for a minimum of 30 minutes or the duration of the PCI and stent procedure. In STEMI patients PICSO therapy will be given after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention of a left anterior descending coronary artery culprit lesion. PICSO therapy is initiated prior to stent deployment and continued during stenting. The functional efficacy measures, related to the PICSO duration and coronary sinus pressures, will be stored on the PICSO Impulse console and analysed offline. The clinical efficacy measures, cardiac enzyme release during 24 hour following PCI, cardiac function, infarct size and level of microvascular obstruction will be assessed by cMRI. Patients will be followed for a maximum of 4 months after the primary PCI procedure

This study is a clinical trial monocentric, open, randomized ENOXA ® versus LOVENOX ®, conducted on two parallel groups of patients admitted in emergency for acute coronary syndrome.