Active clinical trials for "Coronary Disease"

This study is designed as a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind analysis of atorvastatin 80 mg versus placebo administered on average 4 hours prior to percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] (at least 2 hours) in patients presenting with unstable angina. Only patients with negative cardiac biomarkers, measured on 2 separate occasions a few hours apart will be eligible for inclusion. Furthermore, patients already on high-dose statin therapy; patients taking any statin within 24 hours prior to the PCI; and patients with contraindications to statins will be excluded from the study. The primary endpoint is a quantitative troponin level at 18-24 hours after PCI. At an enrollment of a total of 150 patients (75 per group), the study is powered to detect a 30% difference in troponin level. Secondary endpoints include elevation of creatine kinase (CK) and CK-MB above the upper limit of normal, change in C-reactive protein (CRP) levels from baseline and thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) myocardial perfusion grade. All patients will be started on statin therapy the day after the procedure, as deemed appropriate by their treating physicians.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether raising "good cholesterol" with a drug based on the vitamin niacin, while lowering "bad cholesterol" with a statin drug, can prevent more heart disease than the statin alone.

The purpose of this study is to investigate additional cholesterol lowering effects in patients with coronary heart disease by giving an investigational drug with a patient's current approved cholesterol lowering medication.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of 3 different drug-eluting-stent platforms to reduce coronary artery reblockage after stent implantation

Data from VA-funded studies and the broader literature indicate that chronic stable angina (CSA) is prevalent, under recognized, under treated and associated with reduced quality of life. There are substantial opportunities for improving care of patients with this debilitating and potentially fatal problem. Because primary care providers manage most patients with CSA, efforts to improve care must necessarily involve the primary care delivery system. C3P is composed of a set of interventions employing a Collaborative Care Team model, which has been shown to be effective in managing other chronic illnesses in the primary care setting.

The primary focus of this study is to explore the safety of a range of doses of rNAPc2 in subjects who are managed in hospitals that most typically practice an early invasive strategy (catheterization during the index admission). After completion of the ascending dose-ranging part of the trial and review of these data by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), the maximum tolerated dose of rNAPc2 will be studied in single-arm, open-label panels (approximately 25 subjects each) of rNAPc2 with descending doses of unfractionated heparin (UFH).

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of nonpolymer-based rapamycin-eluting stent compared to standard polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stent to reduce reblockage of coronary arteries.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is any additional benefit from abciximab administration during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes after pre-treatment with 600mg of clopidogrel.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of supplemental magnesium on the neurocognitive function of individuals undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

The ABSORB EXTEND trial is to continue the assessment of the safety and performance of the ABSORB Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) System ABSORB BVS is currently in development at Abbott Vascular.