Active clinical trials for "Coronary Artery Disease"

The purpose of this study is to determine whether online peer support will increase adherence to an internet-based pedometer walking program.

Autologous stem cells may improve myocardial regeneration after intracoronary administration in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The primary hypothesis of this prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial is that the increase of ejection fraction determined by magnetic resonance imaging between baseline and 6 months follow-up is superior in active treated patients compared to patients receiving placebo. The study includes an integrated pilot phase of 40 patients for evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction determined by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Based on the data of this analysis the final sample size will be calculated. The primary endpoint is the improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction with an assumed 2.5% higher improvement in the cell treated population compared to the placebo treated group.

The aim of this study is to investigate wether intracoronary use of bolus Abciximab is superior to intravenous bolus in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

To demonstrate the equivalency in in-segment late lumen loss at 8 months between the Endeavor Drug Eluting Coronary Stent System coated with ABT-578 (10 micrograms/mm) and the Cypher Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of single de novo lesions in native coronary arteries 2.5-3.5 mm in diameter.

The main objective of this study is to compare the performance of the Cypher sirolimus-eluting and the Taxus paclitaxel-eluting stent systems in a prospective, multi-center, randomized clinical study.

Conventional open vein harvesting from the legs during coronary artery bypass surgery result in wound complications among 30% of the patients. Endoscopic harvesting decrease the complication rate, but it remains to be shown whether this is also a fact among patient in whom only short segments of veingraft material is needed from the leg. We hypothesise that the rate of wound complications will be reduced and the patient satisfaction will be increased also among patients in whom only short vein segments are endoscopically harvested compared to conventional open vein harvesting.

This is a single center, non-randomized study. Patients will be treated with the sirolimus coated Bx VELOCITY Balloon-Expandable Stent mounted on the Raptor OTW SDS. Patients will have a repeat angiography at four months and will be followed for twelve months post-procedure.

Prospective, randomized, active-control, single blind, parallel two-arm multi-center clinical trial comparing XIENCE V® Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System to the approved commercially available active control TAXUS™ EXPRESS2™ Paclitaxel Eluting Coronary Stent System. TAXUS™ EXPRESS2™ Paclitaxel Eluting Coronary Stent System is manufactured by Boston Scientific.

This proposal puts forward a research plan to initiate a genetic databank, henceforth referred to as The Genebank at Scripps Clinic Registry. This database will usher in genomic research at Scripps as we strive to stay at the forefront of cardiovascular research in the new century. Human subject donation allows for the creation of the proposed genebank.

Percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation is limited on the one hand by restenosis due to smooth muscle cell proliferation and on the other hand by stent thrombosis due to incomplete or not sufficient enough endothelialization of stent struts. The Genous stent implantation allows a rapid layer over the stent struts with endothelial progenitor cells allowing a fast endothelialization and probably reducing the risk of stent thrombosis. Local therapy with drug-eluting balloons administering paclitaxel has been shown to reduce restenosis in in-stent restenosis and de-novo lesions in vessels with small reference diameter. The combination of a paclitaxel-eluting balloon and Genous stent implantation may summarized both advantages: a rapid endothelialization limiting the number of stent thrombosis and on the other hand a reduction of smooth muscle cell proliferation minimizing the risk of restenosis with the subsequent need for revascularization.