Active clinical trials for "Atherosclerosis"

The nitinol stent has proven superior primary patency than balloon angioplasty in superficial femoral artery lesions. Recent stent design improvements focus on decreasing stent fracture rates which can negatively impact patency rates by rearranging strut alignment. In the literature, however, prospective, randomized, controlled, clinical trial for comparison of stent fracture and primary patency between different nitinol stents has never been performed except one study; SMART versus Luminexx stent named SuperSL trial. LifeStent is similar to S.M.A.R.T. stent in the design consisted of the peak-to-valley connected with S-shaped bridge but is different in lesser bridge (4 bridge vs. 6 bridge), large cell size on stent ends, and larger cell size than S.M.A.R.T. On the other hand, Recent meta-analysis has shown that the efficaty of cilostazol in the atherosclerotic femoropopliteal lesion was proven. However, still specific data regarding a variety of antiplatelet regimen in implanted femoropopliteal lesion are limited. Upto date, in the literature, never has never been performed the clinical trial for optimal duration of cilostazol use in the patient undergone stent implantation for femoropopliteal lesion. Thus, The purpose of our study is to examine and compare Primary patency and stent fracture between different two-nitinol stents (S.M.A.R.T. CONTROL versus Lifestent) in femoropopliteal arterial lesion and to examine and compare the optimal duration of cilostazol use.

Until now, no specific atherosclerosis-targeting agent labeled with positron emitter is not yet available. Investigators developed neomannosyl human serum albumin(MSA) for the terminal mannose residues of MSA binding with the mannose receptors of macrophages in atherosclerosis, and investigators investigate whether 68Ga-MSA can be a novel agent for non-invasive molecular imaging of carotid atherosclerotic lesion in PET.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the anti-atherosclerotic and anti-climacteric action of natural drug Karinat based on phytoestrogen-rich botanicals in perimenopausal women.

In stent restenosis and myocardial infarction are have been linked the balance between injury and healing of the endothelium These processes can be measured respectively using the number of circulating endothelial cells and endothelial progenitor cells. We therefore aimed to evaluate the relationship between the balance of injury and healing of the endothelium at the time of PCI and major adverse cardiovascular events including death, myocardial infarction and target lesion revascularization at 6 and 12 months follow-up.

1) Research questions: 1a. Can non-sonographer health care professionals in a community medical office practice setting be trained to detect and evaluate subclinical atherosclerosis? 1b. Can carotid ultrasound performed in community office practices improve physician use of evidence-based, risk-reducing interventions and patient motivation to adhere to therapeutic recommendations?

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and clinical predictors of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis and to validate the usefulness of coronary CT angiography as a screening tool in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the rate of SYNERGY 48 mm stent strut coverage and assess neointimal progression via OCT measurement in patients who underwent PCI.

Background-White matter hyperintensities (WMH), patchy areas of hyperintense signal on T2-weighted or Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery sequences on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are believed to reflect cerebral burden of ischemic damage and are associated to incident stroke, dementia and eventually mortality in otherwise healthy subjects. Also brain atrophy has been related with presence of carotid atherosclerosis and vascular cognitive impairment. Carotid atherosclerosis may contribute to the genesis of WMH. A recent meta-analysis by our group comprising 5306 subjects was able to demonstrate an association between the presence of carotid atherosclerosis and WMH (odds ratio, OR, 1.42, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.22-1.66). Objective-To evaluate the relation between carotid artery plaque characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors and brain atrophy/WMH burden analyzed quantitatively as number and volume of lesions and as brain volumes, and progression over 18 months of follow up in subjects asymptomatic for cerebrovascular disease with a carotid artery stenosis <70%.

A total of 210 coronary atherosclerosis patients without indications for stent implantation are included. The baseline values of platelet aggregation rate, plasmaThromboxaneB2 and urinary 11-dh ThromboxaneB2 are measured by Light Transmittance Aggregometry method and ELISA after aspirin 100 mg /d ≥5d. Then the patients are randomly divided into 7 groups: Group1: aspirin 100 mg/d; Group2: aspirin 100 mg /2d; Groups3: aspirin 100 mg / 3d; Groups4: morning 50mg evening 50mg; Group5: aspirin 75mg / d; Group6: aspirin 50mg / d; Group7: indobufen100mg bid. One month later,arachidonic acid-induced platelet aggregation rate , plasma TXB2 and urine 11-dh TXB2 are analyzed again. All patients are followed-up for 1 year. The stomach Intestinal reactions, small bleeding events are recorded.

The study will be performed 120 patients at about 6 to 8 study centers. Only patients with clinical conditions requiring assessment of patency of the treated BTK lesions at 6 months post procedure by MRA as part of standard care to prevent amputations as consequence of non-detected re-stenosis/occlusions will be included in the study. The sequence in which the individual patients will be treated will be randomized with the Chocolate PTA balloon and the uncoated conventional PTA balloon at each center. 60 patients will be randomized to uncoated conventional PTA balloon treatment and 60 patients to treatment with the Chocolate PTA balloon. All lesions in each patient (lesions that fulfill the inclusion/exclusion criteria) should be treated as the patient is randomized. In patients with long lesions more than one balloon may be used. Overlapping of balloons (at least 10mm) is mandatory to avoid untreated gaps between sequential treatments. Follow up will be performed at 1 and 6 months.