Coronary and Structural Interventions Ulm - Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions
Coronary Artery DiseaseIschemic Heart Disease1 moreTo evaluate the long-term results after recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusions.
Phase IIb Study of STA-2 in Patients With Chronic Stable Angina
Chronic Stable AnginaThe objective of this study is to evaluate the dose-response of three different dose levels of STA-2 (900 mg daily, 1800 mg daily and 2700 mg daily for 42 days) versus placebo in patients with chronic stable angina.
Evaluation of Succinate Metoprolol on Heart Rate in the Stable Angina Patients
Angina PectorisThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Succinate Metoprolol(Betaloc ZOK®) (95 - 190 mg) on heart rate in the Stable angina patients.
Efficacy and Safety Study of Total Flavonoids of Propolis Dropping Pill to Treat Angina Pectoris...
Stable Angina PectorisThe purpose of this study is to confirm the efficacy and safety of total flavonoids of propolis dropping pill to treat angina pectoris, evaluated by total exercise time of treadmill exercise test.
Antiplatelet and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Statins and Ezetimibe
Stable AnginaAmong patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), it is not clear if the pleiotropic effects of cholesterol reduction differ between high-dose simvastatin alone and combined ezetimibe/simvastatin. The investigators sought to compare the anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet effects of ezetimibe 10 mg / simvastatin 20 mg (E10/S20) to simvastatin 80 mg (S80).
Distal vs. Forearm Radial Artery Access
Coronary Artery DiseaseAngina13 moreThe Distal Radial Access (DRA) to the coronaries has emerged recently. It's done via the distal radial artery in the radial fossa, which is known as the snuff-box. The rationale of conducting this research is to assess this new access advantages and disadvantages, in comparison with the standard conventional forearm radial access and examine if it's worthy to be a future alternative method for coronary angiography. It aims to randomly compare between the new distal radial access via the snuffbox and the conventional forearm radial access for percutaneous coronary angiography and angioplasty procedures. The objectives of comparing both procedures are to analyze the frequency of complications in terms of occlusion, arterial spasm, hematoma, and to weigh accesses effectiveness in terms of time and attempts to puncture, crossover rate, procedure duration, hemostasis time, and convenience of the patients and operators. Candidates for coronary angiography are being randomized into the interventional group to undergo the angiography through the distal radial artery as the access site, or the control group accessing through the radial artery in the forearm. Procedural and post procedural outcomes and complications are being reported while patients are in hospital. All patients undergo doppler ultrasonography within 24 hours after the procedure.
Intensive Statin Treatment in Chinese Coronary Artery Disease Patients Undergoing PCI
Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial InfarctionUnstable Angina Pectoris1 moreThis randomized, open label, controlled, parallel group study is designed to test whether 2-day high dose atorvastatin administration before PCI and 30-day continuous intensive atorvastatin treatment is superior to usual care, in terms of peri-PCI cardiovascular events, as well as 6-month prognosis. The goal is to set up an optimized protocol for peri-PCI statin treatment in Chinese CHD patients. Safety will also be observed.
A Randomized Multicentre Trial to Evaluate the Utilization of Revascularization or Optimal Medical...
Chronic Stable AnginaDyspnea1 moreCTOs are common among patients with angina, and are detected in around 20% of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Treatment of CTO has been found to constitute only 7% of PCI practice on average. One of the reasons for the under-presentation of CTOs in PCI target lesions is the lack of evidence-based medical data on treatment indications, and the continued low level of accepted evidence for the treatment of CTOs by PCI in PCI guidelines. Patients with a CTO represent patients with stable coronary artery disease. The COURAGE trial comparing PCI with optimal medical therapy in stable coronary disease did not show a difference in mortality or myocardial infarction between the two treatment options. However, CTOs were not included in the COURAGE trial. But that trial did confirm the superiority of PCI over OMT in controlling symptoms of angina, with a high cross-over rate to PCI. Whether PCI for CTO is superior to OMT in reducing MACE in those patients with a large ischaemic burden has never been tested in a randomized controlled trial. While there is compelling evidence from registry studies of a clinical and prognostic benefit following successful PCI of CTO compared with PCI failure, there has been no randomized controlled trial of contemporary PCI using drug-eluting stents versus optimal medical therapy. The COURAGE trial nuclear sub-study confirms both that prognosis is closely related to the extent of residual ischaemia and that PCI is more effective in reducing residual ischaemia than optimal medical therapy alone. This confirms earlier retrospective data suggesting that the benefit of PCI is greatest in patients with moderate (10-20%) or severe (>20%) ischaemia. Study hypothesis: PCI with Biolimus eluting stent implantation plus OMT will be superior to OMT alone in improving health status at 12-month follow-up, and will be noninferior with respect to the composite of all cause death/ non fatal MI at 36-month follow up, in patients with a CTO in an epicardial coronary artery >2.5 mm diameter and chronic stable angina with evidence of ischemia and viability in the territory subtended by the CTO
Effects of Ranolazine and Exercise on Daily Physical Activity Trial
Chronic Stable AnginaThe primary objective is to assess whether the increased angina threshold on ranolazine and subsequent higher training intensity will result in improved exercise tolerance and oxygen consumption; and greater than that observed with exercise training on placebo. The study team anticipates the chronic exercise improvements with ranolazine will be incrementally higher than the acute effects provided by ranolazine alone and demonstrated in previous trials. Key secondary objectives include the acute ranolazine and chronic exercise plus ranolazine effects on total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) and angina-related quality of life.
Acupoint Application in Patients With Stable Angina Pectoris (AASAP)
Stable Angina PectorisHypothesis: acupoint application is effective for managing chronic stable angina pectoris. Aim: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupoint application on the specific acupoints for chronic stable angina pectoris. Design: A Randomized, Controlled,Double Blind trial. 200 participants will be included. Four arms: herbal medicine application on acupoint group , placebo application on acupoint group , herbal medicine application on non-acupoint group and placebo application on non-acupoint group.