Active clinical trials for "Atherosclerosis"

In order to assessment the safety and efficacy of debulking atherectomy versus stent angioplasty for limb ischaemia of diabetic lower limb atherosclerosis-occlusive disease, we intend to conduct a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled, non-inferiority trial. The main surgical methods included stent angioplasty group (Nickel-titanium self-expanding bare stent) and debulking atherectomy group (Excimer laser atherectomy combined with drug-coated balloon angioplasty). The sample size was 244 patients, and the patients were followed up at 30 days, 180 days, and 365 days after operation.

This study intends to explore the therapeutic effect of PCSK9i Evolocumab on atherosclerotic plaques in cerebral arteries (including carotid and vertebral arteries) compared with intensive statin treatment, and monitor the pathological properties of carotid/vertebral artery plaques with OCT technology. At the same time, three-dimensional ultrasound and high-resolution magnetic resonance are used to explore the new mechanism of pathological changes of cerebral atherosclerotic plaques in a multidimensional manner.

Multinational, patient-level randomised, multi-phase standard-of-care control arm, parallel group, implementation study. Patients will be recruited during hospitalisation and be randomised to a multifaceted intervention to be delivered either 'early' (baseline) or 'late' (6 months), in a 1:1 fashion.

A double-blind randomized-controlled clinical trial is conducted in order to evaluate the impact of non-surgical periodontal treatment on endothelial dysfunction parameters in subjects with peri-implantitis/peri-implant mucositis and without any cardiovascular disease.

REDUCING INFLAMMATION IN ISCHEMIC STROKE WITH COLCHICINE, AND TICAGRELOR IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS-EXTENDED TREATMENT IN ISCHEMIC STROKE.

Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor monoclonal antibodies (anti-PCSK9) significantly reduce the serum LDL-C level, leading to a regression of the coronary epicardial plaque demonstrated by intracoronary ultrasonography (IVUS), as well as cardiovascular events (CV) in patients with atherosclerotic CV disease treated with statin. The impact of PCSK9 inhibition on coronary microcirculation has never been assessed. However, microvascular coronary dysfunction (CMVD) is a powerful prognostic marker, irrespective of conventional CV risk factors, but also of the severity of the epicardial coronary involvement detected during coronary angiography. The investigators hypothesized that anti-PCSK9 would decrease CMVD, measured by the microcirculatory resistance index (MRI) during coronary angioplasty (Percutaneous coronary intervention, PCI) in patients with myocardial ischemia proved in myocardial scintigraphy.

A double-blind randomized-controlled clinical trial is conducted in order to evaluate the impact of non-surgical periodontal treatment on endothelial dysfunction parameters in subjects with periodontitis and without any cardiovascular disease.

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether there is a change in carotid intima media thickness with the application of guide-based exercise programs in individuals with prediabetes, and to evaluate whether there is a difference between the group in which exercise programs were applied and those who received only lifestyle change and metformin.

The vanguard phase of the Low dose ColchicinE in pAtients with peripheral Artery DiseasE to address residual vascular Risk (LEADER-PAD) trial will evaluate the feasibility of conducting a full randomized trial to determine if anti-inflammatory therapy with colchicine will reduce vascular events in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease.

The purpose of this clinical study is to compare how well two different devices for achieving hemostasis perform in patients undergoing transfemoral procedures with 6 French Access. Both devices are approved by the FDA for this use, and have already been used by clinicians on patients undergoing transfemoral procedures. It is believed that the use of both devices in combination compared to the Perclose alone will shorten the time that it takes to 'seal' the artery, resulting in a shorter period of time that patients would need to lay flat.