
Stress Reduction Intervention for Women With Ischemic Heart Disease
Ischemic Heart DiseaseThis is a single center, randomized controlled trial which will include women with ischemic heart disease to receive either a self-directed stress reduction program delivered through a smart-phone application or activity tracking only for the first month ("early SR intervention" and "delayed SR intervention", respectively). Patients will be monitored for 1 month for application use and step counts via telephone or email interview and/or collection of screen-captured data. Baseline questionnaires will be repeated at the end of one month to assess for all primary and secondary measures, at which time the control group (activity tracking only) will be introduced to the intervention program. The early SR intervention group will not receive a new intervention but will be encouraged to continue using the app. Data will be collected for an additional 2 months with all participants in both groups. After the three-month study period, the study will close with the collection of final questionnaire data.

Effect of Fimasartan for Modification of Atheroma Vulnerability in DEFERred Coronary Disease (FIMA-DEFER)...
Coronary Artery DiseaseFimasartan will be more beneficial in stabilizing the plaque vulnerability compared to control group in deferred coronary lesions. Fimasartan will be more beneficial in reducing total plaque volume compared to control group in deferred coronary lesions. Fimasartan will be more beneficial in reducing functional impairment of stenotic lesions (assessed by FFR:Fractional Flow Reserve) in deferred coronary lesions.

Evaluation of the GTX™ 5126 DES Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of Patients With a Lesion...
Coronary Artery DiseaseThe GTX™ Drug Eluting Coronary Stent System is intended for the treatment of patients with a lesion in the coronary artery.

Colchicine in Belgium in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention...
Coronary Artery DiseaseThe main aim of this trial is to determine whether there are fewer cardiovascular events when patients with coronary artery disease take a low dose of colchicine of 0.5 mg daily on top of optimal standard treatment after treatment with PCI, compared with placebo in combination with optimal standard treatment. More specifically, we aim to investigate the benefits of a daily low dose of colchicine in patients with coronary artery disease after treatment with PCI, to confirm that a daily low dose of colchicine helps prevent additional incidents in coronary artery disease, and to identify a subgroup of patients with CAD who are at increased risk for cardiovascular events and could benefit most from colchicine.

Identifying Vulnerable CoronAry PLaqUes With Artificial IntElligence-assisted CT Angiography
Coronary Artery DiseasePlaque1 moreThe goal of this observational study is to develop an automatic whole-process AI model to detect, quantify, and characterize plaques using coronary CT angiography in coronary artery disease patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: Whether the AI model enables to detect and quantify coronary plaques compared with intravascular ultrasound or expert readers; Whether the AI model enables to identify vulnerable plaques using intravascular ultrasound or optical coherence tomography as the reference standard. Whether the AI model enables to predict future adverse cardiac events in a large cohort of 10,000 patients with non-obstructive CAD.

The ROB-OSTIAL Study
Coronary Artery DiseaseThe purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the CorPath GRX® System, versus standard PCI when treating ostial lesions. CorPath GRX System (the Device) is a robotic-like device that is cleared for the remote delivery and control of heart catheterization devices. It helps doctors insert and move heart catheters (a thin, flexible tube) and similar types of devices inside patients blood vessels to treat the blockage in their heart. The results will help to evaluate whether procedures using the CorPath GRX result in more accurate stenting (placing of a tube to keep heart vessel open) compared to standard PCI.

CANARY: Coronary Assessment by Near-infrared of Atherosclerotic Rupture-prone Yellow
Coronary AtherosclerosisMyocardial Infarction1 moreThe CANARY (Coronary Assessment by Near-infrared of Atherosclerotic Rupture-prone Yellow) Study is a pivotal trial to evaluate criteria for defining a Lipid Core Plaque (LCP) that is at high risk of rupturing during standard of care therapy and causing intra-procedural complications. If plaques that require treatment are at higher than normal risk of causing intra-procedural complications, some life threatening, the treating physician is better informed and may opt to take precautionary measures to mitigate the risk or result of a complication. The CANARY Study is also designed to evaluate the feasibility of using a distal embolization protection device (EPD) as a means to prevent heart attacks triggered by the embolization of plaque during standard care therapy. It is thought that the EPD will prevent plaque from going downstream during treatment and obstructing other heart vessels. These obstructions could cause heart attacks by preventing blood from reaching heart muscle tissue.

The Treatment of Coronary Artery Lesions Using the PRO-Kinetic Energy Cobalt-Chromium, Bare-Metal...
Coronary Artery DiseaseThe purpose of this study is to the assess the clinical performance of the BIOTRONIK PRO-Kinetic Energy stent in subjects with atherosclerotic disease of native coronary arteries.

Ezetimibe in Patients Hypo-responsive to Statins
High CholesterolCoronary Artery DiseaseResponse to statin therapy for elevated low density lipoprotein is variable and may be influenced by cholesterol absorption. This study will evaluate whether combination therapy with atorvastatin/ezetimibe will be superior to atorvastatin alone in subjects who have less than 25% LDL reduction on starting dose statin (eg, atorvastatin 10 mg daily or simvastatin 20 mg daily).

Coronary Artery Revascularization in Diabetes
Coronary Artery DiseaseThis is a randomized, multi-site, clinical trial comparing percutaneous coronary stenting (PCI) with drug eluding stents to coronary bypass for angiographically significant coronary artery disease in diabetes. The hypothesis being tested is that a strategy of surgical revascularization is superior to percutaneous intervention in preventing death or myocardial infarction in diabetics with severe ischemic heart disease.