Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Ischemia"

Stenosis of the coronary arteries may be treated by balloon dilatation followed by the implantation of a metal stent. However, restenosis occurs in 10-20% of patients treated with bare metal stents (BMS). Restenosis and treatment of restenosis is associated with risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and death. Drug eluting stents (DES)release drugs to the vessel wall that delay or inhibit the process of restenosis. Some reports have found that DES are associated with risk of acute stent thrombosis, MI and death. The precise magnitude of this risk is not known. Current evidence is therefore insufficient to balance the long-term risk and benefit of BMS vs DES. The purpose of this trial is to compare the long-term effects on MI and total mortality of BMS vs DES. The trial will recruit 8000 patients from 8 Norwegian hospitals. The patients will be randomized to treatment with BMS or DES. Clinical events will be registered for 5 years after treatment. The study hypothesis is that there is no difference in the risk of death or myocardial infarction after treatment with BMS vs DES. The trial is initiated and run by university researchers and is sponsored by not-for-profit organizations.

The aim of the study is to assess the safety and efficacy of a Paclitaxel-eluting PTCA-balloon in combination with bare-metal stenting for treatment of chronic total occlusions in native coronary arteries with reference diameters between 2.5 mm and 4.0 mm.

The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of coadministration of ezetimibe 10 mg with atorvastatin 10 mg in untreated subjects with primary hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease for whom diet and exercise have failed. The primary variable is LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), and the secondary variable is total cholesterol (TC), HDL-C, and triglycerides (TG). The following variables were used to assess the safety and compliance of the drug: vital signs and laboratory values. Variables were measured before the first administration of the drug and at the last administration of the drug, after 6 weeks of treatment. Adverse events were also assessed.

Two consecutive cohorts of subjects were each treated with the CoStar stent loaded with a different paclitaxel dose regimen. The first 145 subjects (Arm I), enrolled between 20 January 2004 and 26 May 2004, were treated with 10 µg paclitaxel and the subsequent 137 subjects (Arm II), enrolled between 15 December 2004 and 9 March 2005, were treated with 30 µg paclitaxel. Both dose formulations eluted over 30 days (in-vitro). Subjects in both arms completed clinical follow-up at 1, 6 and 12 months post-index procedure, with angiographic follow-up at 6 months as outlined in the original study protocol. Based on results from previous studies and the initial EuroSTAR Trial results, Conor Medsystems decided to pursue the dosage used in Arm I, 10 μg/30 days, as the commercial dose formulation for the CoStar® stent. The EuroSTAR Trial addendum was proposed for the purpose of evaluating the long-term clinical outcomes of the CoStar stent.

Primary Objective The main objective of this study is to assess if a two-month regimen of irbesartan in patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation can reduce inflammation markers (ie hsCRP), in comparison to a similar regimen of enalapril. Secondary Objectives To compare both regimens on several other biological parameters which have demonstrated their relevance and their predictive clinical value (ie BNP, microalbuminuria, troponin I …) in this patient population. To compare on the above parameters the early initiation of treatment versus the initiation of treatment at hospital discharge.

Study of SB-681323 (a novel p38 MAPkinase inhibitor) in subjects with documented coronary heart disease (CHD) undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

This study is a prospective, single-center evaluation of the efficacy of clopidogrel dose adjustment in patients with insufficient platelet inhibition after elective coronary stent implantation.

This study is being conducted to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of ezetimibe 10 mg coadministered with atorvastatin 10 mg versus atorvastatin 10 mg in Indonesian population with primary hypercholesterolemia.

The possibility of using the new drug eluting stents (DES) technology has significantly changed the mid-term outcome of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in terms of reduced recurrence of angina. The way interventionalists accomplish their work is changing accordingly, with a strong trend to a wider use of DES and a consequent perceived patients' clinical benefit. Evidences supporting the superiority of DES in reducing ischemic recurrence after PCI compared to traditional stents (BMS) are available from randomized studies. A recent meta-analyses underlines that: DES are superior to BMS in reducing clinical recurrence of ischemia, DES and BMS offer identical results in terms of death and infarction, Rapamycin and paclitaxel DES offer similar results. The aim of our study is to perform a multicenter, randomized study to assess the clinical efficacy and safety of the oral prednisone therapy after PCI as a possible systemic alternative to currently available BMS and DES. Furthermore, the study aims at analyzing the clinical outcome of the commercially available DES in the context of an independent research and a cost-benefit comparison with BMS and oral steroids.

This 2 arm study will investigate the efficacy and safety of RO4607381 in patients with coronary heart disease, or CHD risk equivalent. After a pre-randomization phase of 5-12 weeks, patients will be randomized to receive either RO4607381 (900mg po) or placebo po daily for 24 weeks, with concomitant atorvastatin 10-80mg daily, and changes in cholesterol level and lipoprotein metabolism will be measured. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months, and the target sample size is 100-500 individuals.