Active clinical trials for "Coronary Artery Disease"

The objective of this prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label trial is to evaluate the completeness of stent expansion following a strategy of lesion preparation with either a Super High-Pressure NC PTCA Balloon (OPN NC) or a Scoring PTCA Balloon (NSE Alpha) after unsuccessful lesion preparation with conventional NC balloon angioplasty in an angiographically well-defined group of patients with severely calcified coronary lesions (grade 3) undergoing coronary stent implantation (SYNERGY everolimus-eluting stent (EES)).

The treatment of complex coronary disease causing limiting symptoms of angina with drug-eluting stent technology will prove superior to bare metal stent technology, with respect to a combined endpoint of mortality, MI, requirement for target vessel revascularisation and severe haemorrhage, in patients aged 80 or above.

To investigate different strategies of body positioning associated to early corporal mobilization and verify the impact int the time and quantification of thoracic and mediastinal drainage, pulmonary complications and time of intensive care units in hospitals stay. After first six hours post extubation in the first postoperative day and after evaluation and inclusion in the study, patients were randomized in three groups for receiving different strategies of body positioning associated to early mobilization with help of bed Hill Rom (Hill Rom Batesville@): Group 1: Control (GC n=33); Group 2: Continuous Lateral Rotation Group (TRCL n=34); Group 3:Positioning in sitting and Orthostatic (ORT n=34).

Patients with advanced coronary artery disease usually undergo incomplete myocardial revascularization due to the extension and diffuseness of the disease, with very poor distal arterial beds unsuitable for direct revascularization. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that direct, intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow cells may further improve myocardial perfusion in patients undergoing incomplete bypass surgery.

Diagnosis of relative contributions of large artery blockages and microvascular blockages is very much needed in the treatment of coronary artery disease. In order to achieve this, two novel parameters, pressure drop coefficient (CDP), which combines flow and pressure readings and Lesion flow coefficient (LFC), which combines anatomical details of the lesion with pressure and flow readings, are being investigated.

The purpose of this study is to compare pharmacokinetics between fixed-dose combination and separate combination of clopidogrel 75mg/aspirin 100mg.

The study is being performed to determine whether probiotics (GoodBelly) improves blood vessel function.Probiotics similar to yogurt are living micro-organisms (beneficial to its host) the lives in the intestine. Patients who have coronary artery disease will be enrolled in this study. The research results will be used to determine if the type of bacteria present in the intestines play a role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Patients with coronary artery disease will be enrolled for up to 12 weeks. Patients will take the probiotic for 6 weeks. Following the 6 week period there is a washout period of 4 weeks, and an optional antibiotic study called vancomycin. Patients will take the vancomycin for 10 days. Blood vessel function will be measured by ultrasound before and after the probiotic supplement and vancomycin antibiotic. Blood will also be taken before and after to evaluate for markers of inflammation.

Ticagrelor administration, whose molecule resembles to adenosine, led to reduction in overall mortality and thrombotic cardiovascular (CV) events when directly compared to clopidogrel in the PLATO trial, implicating possible pleiotropic actions for the drug. It has been shown that ticagrelor increases adenosine concentration, by interfering with its red blood cells' uptake and by inducing the release of ATP which is then converted to adenosine. Recent studies in healthy volunteers and patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have shown that ticagrelor increases the coronary blood flow in response to intravenous adenosine administration. Ticagrelor administration, in comparison with other P2Y12 inhibitors, may influence the endothelial function, as assessed by the Peripheral Arterial Tonometry method (EndoPAT 2000 system (Itamar Medical, Caesarea, Israel), which is a method for evaluating endothelial dysfunction and has been found to positively correlate with flow mediated dilatation (FMD). This is prospective, randomized study with a crossover design, which will be conducted in patients with CAD under prasugrel maintenance dose (MD) 10mg once a day for at least a 3-month period. At Day 0 (day of randomization) eligible patients will be assigned to either: Ticagrelor 90mg twice a day for the next 15 days or Prasugrel 10mg once a day for the next 15 days At Day 0 (before treatment onset)patients wiil be subjected to a baseline peripheral arterial tonometry measurement. Measurement will be repeated at Day 15 and then treatment crossover will be performed for the next 15 days (without an intervening washout period). At Day 30 patients will be subjected again to peripheral arterial tonometry assessment. Peripheral blood sample will be taken from the patients in Day 0 for genotyping control.

The study should enrol 50 patients with stable coronary artery disease scheduled for elective percutaneous coronary intervention of single, de novo lesion of native coronary artery. Patients will be randomized to orally given trimetazidine on top of standard medical therapy for stable coronary artery disease versus standard therapy only. The randomization will begin 48 hrs before intervention. Index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) will be measured by thermodilution method using coronary pressure and temperature wire before and after stent implantation. Echocardiography will be performed before intervention and within 30 minutes after intervention. Patients will be followed clinically for a period of one year.

The substitution of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for saturated fatty acids (SFA) is a cornerstone of worldwide dietary advice for coronary heart disease (CHD) risk reduction. However, clinical CHD benefits specific to the omega-6 PUFA linoleic acid (LA), and distinct from omega-3 PUFAs, have not been established. The Sydney Diet-Heart Study (SDHS; 1966-1973) was a randomized controlled secondary CHD prevention trial testing whether selectively increasing omega-6 LA from safflower oil in place of SFA reduced CHD and improved survival. A full analysis of mortality outcomes has not been published. The investigators recovered the original SDHS dataset, which included detailed longitudinal dietary, smoking and coded mortality data, permitting evaluation of smoking relapse rates, and all-cause, CVD and CHD mortality outcomes by nutrient intake and duration of diet exposure. Data recovery also permitted the first complete meta-analysis of LA intervention trials on mortality outcomes. Objectives are (1) to evaluate whether increasing dietary linoleic acid alters CVD and CHD mortality, and (2) to assess whether changes in smoking relapse rates contribute to observed mortality differences.