Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Infarction"

Our goal is to examine sub lingual versus traditional oral administration of ticagrelor in ACS/non ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) patients on platelet reactivity.

The Rapid Trial is a randomized-controlled trial proposed to test the hypothesis that using a single guiding catheter for left and right coronary angiography and intervention in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) can reduce procedure time, fluoroscopy time and Cath Lab door to balloon(C2B) time when compared with traditional approach which first underwent coronary angiography with diagnostic catheter followed by guiding catheter selection for intervention.

The aim of the RAPID study is to evaluate the superiority rapid onset of action of Ticagrelor 360 mg LD versus Prasugrel 60 mg LD, in 50 patients with STEMI (ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) undergoing PPCI with bivalirudin monotherapy. Secondary study aim is to found out clinical predictors of high residual platelet reactivity in the first hour after a novel oral antiplatelet agent LD.

Recent studies suggest important gender differences in the pathophysiology and prognosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This is the first prospective controlled study to assess gender differences in the mechanism of plaque rupture/erosion and thrombus formation in patients presenting with STEMI treated with primary angioplasty. Gender-related mechanisms of plaque rupture or erosion will be investigated using a combination of Quantitative Coronary Angiography, high resolution Optical Coherence Tomography of the culprit vessel and histopathologic analyses of thrombus aspirates of the infarct related lesion, performed by independent core laboratories, blinded to group (male or female) and clinical variables.

The introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) in the treatment of coronary artery disease has led to a significant reduction in morbidity but there are further demands on DES performance. Such demands are an optimized performance in very challenging coronary lesions; third generation DES were developed in an effort to further improve DES performance in such challenging lesions. Two CE-certified third generation DES (Resolute Integrity and Promus Element stents) are currently available; there are no data that indicate an advantage of one of these DES over the other.

This study will evaluate change in heart muscle function from baseline to three months and twelve months in participants who present with a heart attack and a completely occluded coronary artery. These subjects will be randomized to receive standard Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)/Stenting to open the artery or routine PTCA/Stenting plus post conditioning. Post conditioning commences immediately upon reperfusion using four cycles of thirty second inflations with a standard angioplasty balloon followed by a thirty seconds of reperfusion. The investigators hypothesize that Postconditioning reduces the size of the heart attack when utilized with successful primary Angioplasty/stent.

This is a single-center, prospective, randomized, single-blind, investigator initiated, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic study of parallel design.Patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (symptom onset<12 hours), undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, who are P2Y12 inhibitor naïve, will be randomized after informed consent, immediately after diagnostic coronary angiography, in a 1:1 ratio to either: Ticagrelor 180mg loading dose, in the form of 2 whole tablets administered per os in the supine position (standard administration) Ticagrelor 180mg loading dose, in the form of 2 tablets crushed and dispersed in purified water and administered per os with 1-minute-stay in a 60-70 degrees semi-upright sitting position Platelet reactivity assessment will be performed at randomization (Hour 0) and at 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours after randomization, using the VerifyNow assay, in platelet reactivity units (PRU). The cutoff >208 PRU will be used for definition of high platelet reactivity (HPR). All platelet reactivity assessments will be performed by a physician blind to the actual treatment given. Additional blood samples will be collected at the same time points for pharmacokinetic analysis. These samples will be collected in vacuum tubes with lithium heparin and will be kept in ice until centrifugation (3000 rpm at 4°C for 10 min, within 30 min of sampling). The resultant plasma will be transferred into a plain polypropylene tube (screw cap) and stored at or below -20°C until analysed.

In this trial we test the hypothesis that PCI and bivalirudin is superior to heparin alone (according to local protocol) in reducing death, MI, and major bleeding in patients with NSTEMI or STEMI at 180 days (primary end point), treated with ticagrelor or prasugrel.

The purpose this study is to assess whether a tirofiban regimen of a high-dose bolus plus a shortened infusion duration compared to label-dosing eptifibatide in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with a non-inferior composite rate of death, PCI-related myocardial infarction, urgent target vessel revascularization or in-hospital major bleeding within 48 hours following PCI or hospital discharge, whichever comes first.

The purpose of this research project is to improve how we treat heart attacks. The study will assess whether it might not be better to wait a few hours before implanting the coronary stent into the coronary artery rather than implanting it immediately, in order to allow the drugs to completely dissolve the clot. This might help to reduce the risks of the clot migrating and damaging the heart. By delaying coronary stent implantation, we hope to be able to reduce the size of the infarction and reduce the risk of suffering from heart failure following a heart attack.