Active clinical trials for "Coronary Disease"

This is a prospective, observational, cohort study to evaluate the relative efficacy and safety of Resolute Integrity stent compared to other (drug eluting stents) DES.

The primary objective is to establish the safety of the CO-rebreathing method for measuring total blood and plasma volume in CAD patients. The working hypothesis is that the CO-rebreathing method is safe in use with coronary artery disease patients and that it does not cause myocardial ischemia or cardiovascular damage.

The objective of this study is a comparative evaluation of BuMA stent and of EXCEL stent in terms of the extent of neointima formation at 3 months after implantation using OCT. This is a prospective, single center, randomized, open-label, non-inferiority study, which will enroll a total of 70 patients in Fuwai Hospital.All patients will be randomly assigned undergoing implantation of BuMA stent or EXCEL stent (in a 1:1 ratio). If non-inferiority was met, superiority test will be planned.

This is an observational registry, sponsored by Saint Luke's Hospital. This study is to be conducted according to DHHS Guidelines, applicable state regulations, and local IRB policies and procedures. The overall objective is to address current gaps in knowledge regarding CTO-PCI, as a prospective, multi-center, single-arm study of 1,000 participants.

Objectives To explore the impact of a clinical pharmacist-led 12 month lasting follow-up program for patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) discharged from the North Norway University Hospital. Methods A total of 102 patients aged 18-82 years were enrolled in a non-blinded, randomized controlled trial. The intervention comprised medication reconciliation, medication review and patient education during three meetings; at discharge, after three months and after twelve months. The control group received standard care from their general practitioner. Primary outcomes were adherence to clinical guideline recommendations concerning prescription, therapy goal achievement and lifestyle education defined in the medication assessment tool for secondary prevention of CHD (MAT-CHDSP). Secondary outcomes included changes in the biomedical risk factors cholesterol, blood pressure and blood glucose. Key findings Ninety-four patients completed the trial, 48 intervention group patients and 46 controls. Appropriate prescribing was high, but therapy goal achievement was low in both study groups throughout the study. Overall adherence to MAT-CHDSP criteria increased in both groups and was significantly higher in the intervention group at study end compared to the control group, 78.1% vs. 61.4%, P < 0.001. The difference was mainly due to an increased documentation of lifestyle advices in intervention group patients. No significant improvements in biomedical risk factors were observed in favor of the intervention group, possible due to an underpowered study. Conclusion The clinical pharmacist-led follow-up program significantly increased documented lifestyle advices defined in the MAT-CHDSP for the intervention group, but did not lead to significant improvements in biomedical risk factor measures in favor of the intervention group. Even if prescribing was high, therapy goal achievement was low in both study groups. Changes to the follow-up program are warranted, in addition to a larger, adequately powered study, before implementation in standard patient care can be recommended.

Aspirin is very effective in protecting patients with coronary artery disease against adverse cardiac events, because it is a potent "antiplatelet agent". Some patients may develop a history of hypersensitivity to aspirin and treatment cannot usually be resumed in these patients. We have developed a rapid procedure to induce tolerance in these patients (SILBERMAN et al, Am J CARDIOL 2005;95:509-10) and wish to test whether aspirin is as effective as antiplatelet agent in patients with a history of allergy to aspirin and who undergo desensitization as it is in patients without history of hypersensitivity

The simple knowledge that practices healthy lifestyle are important to reduce or prevent the progression of cardiovascular diseases it is not enough for effective changes accordingly. To nutritional education be successful, needs to promote changes in eating habits and not just transmit information. This is a behavioral intervention study in 200 consecutive patients submitted to percutaneous transluminary coronary angioplasty. The participants were randomized in two groups: intervention and control. The intervention was a dialogic nutritional counseling and the control arm was a traditional nutritional counseling. All participants will undergo long-term follow-up for cardiovascular events.

This study is being performed to evaluate what variants of lipid-lowering therapy are used in Russian clinical practice in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients with hypercholesterolemia in whom the initial statin therapy did not achieve low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) goals. Additionally, the efficacy and safety of all variants of modified lipid-lowering therapy are to be evaluated.

XIENCE V® India is a prospective, open-label, multi-center, observational, single-arm study to evaluate XIENCE V® EECSS continued safety and effectiveness during commercial use in real world settings.

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