Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Ischemia"

The goal of this single-site, parallel-group, double-blind, sham-controlled randomized control trial is to examine the effect of high-intensity inspiratory muscle strength training (IMST) on coronary blood flow assessed using positron emission tomography coronary perfusion imaging in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The main question it aims to answer are: • if high-intensity IMST will improve coronary blood flow in patients with CAD, which could be assessed using positron emission tomography coronary perfusion imaging. Participants will be asked to complete the 8-week high-intensity or low-intensity IMST. Researchers will compare high and low-intensity IMST groups to see if coronary blood flow increases after IMST.

Heart failure (HF) and acute myocardial infarction that often follows are among the main causes of disability and death worldwide. As such, new treatments and biological drugs are needed to protect the heart against the harmful effects of ischemia and also reperfusion injury (IRI), preserve cardiac function, reduce the zone of myocardial infarction (MI), and improve patient outcomes. In this regard, it has been shown that mitochondrial dysfunction has a key role in the pathogenesis of heart ischemia, cardiomyopathy, and reperfusion injury. in this study which includes 4 groups of intervention, we try to minimize the damage by transplantation of mitochondria and administration of MSC-derived exosomes. MSC-derived exosomes limit inflammatory damage while fresh autologous exosomes limit oxidative stress.

Extreme body weights (BW) or body mass index (BMI) affect the pharmacokinetics of antithrombotic drugs and consequently may affect cardiovascular risk during treatment. The goal of this clinical trial is to establish if clopidogrel treatment can be optimized in patients with a low or high BW compared to patients with a normal BW by adjusting the dosage of clopidogrel and evaluating platelet reactivity. Participants are stratified into three groups based on their BW (Low BW: BW <60kg; normal BW: 60-100kg; High BW: >100 kg) Clopidogrel dosage will then be adjusted to the BW, as follows: Low BW: >10 days clopidogrel 50mg 1dd1, followed by >10 days clopidogrel 25mg 1dd1. Normal BW: Clopidogrel 75mg 1dd1. High BW: >10 days clopidogrel 150mg 1dd1 followed by >10 days prasugrel 10mg 1dd1. The primary endpoint of the study is P2Y12 Reaction Units (PRU) and platelet inhibition measured using the VerifyNow measured before starting new treatment regimen (at the end of 10 days of treatment).

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the colchicine protective effect in patients undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). The main question it aims to answer is: does initiating colchicine before planned PCI will reduce post-procedural myocardial injury? Half of the participants will receive colchicine, while the other half will receive a placebo.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and neoplasms are the main causes of death in Brazilian women. Coronary artery disease (CAD) and stroke were responsible for approximately 54% of deaths from CVD in this population. In Brazil, cancers were the second cause of death and in 2017 were responsible for 58% of deaths in women. CVD and cancer share some risk factors, and control of these factors is associated with a significant reduction in cancer incidence. These two causes of death, although apparently disparate, share similar lifestyles and health risk factors, suggesting some common pathways and basic molecular networks. In women, the presence of estrogen has protective effects against atherosclerosis and, with the decline in hormone production at menopause, the incidence and prevalence of CAD increase substantially. Although the estrogen pathway is supposed to have a central effect on this increased risk, it is still debated whether other non-estrogenic mechanisms are related, since hormone replacement alone does not reduce cardiovascular events. Sirtuins and soluble advanced glycation product receptors (sRAGE) are associated with increased vascular protection, while the role of apoptosis inhibiting proteins, a pathway linked to increased cancer incidence, is still unclear in the context of atherosclerosis. Resveratrol is a key activator of sirtuins and potentially modulates these metabolic pathways, reducing cardiovascular risk. This randomized, double-blind, parallel, placebo-controlled clinical trial will be carried out in 80 postmenopausal women with CAD to analyze the effect of treatment with resveratrol on serum concentration and gene expression of sirtuins-1 -3, in the serum sRAGE concentration and in the gene expression of apoptosis inhibitory proteins.

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of BMS-986141 added on to aspirin or ticagrelor or the combination on thrombus formation in both healthy participants and participants with stable coronary artery disease.

COMPLETE-2 is a prospective, multi-centre, randomized controlled trial comparing a strategy of physiology-guided complete revascularization to angiography-guided complete revascularization in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) who have undergone successful culprit lesion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). COMPLETE-2 OCT is a large scale, prospective, multi-centre, observational, imaging study of patients with STEMI or NSTEMI and multivessel CAD in a subset of eligible COMPLETE-2 patients.

The purpose of this observational study is to compare the impact of rotational atherectomy to conventional stenting and to investigate how it may affect coronary microcirculation in patients with calcified coronary artery lesions and stable CAD. The study's objectives are to: investigate the impact of rotational atherectomy on the prevalence of post-percutaneuos coronary intervention coronay microvascular dysfunction; investigate the impact of conventional stenting on the prevalence of post-percutaneuos coronary intervention coronay microvascular dysfunction; and compare the impact of both percutaneuos coronary interventions on coronary microvascular dysfunction. Patients with calcified lesions will be enrolled prospectively and will have serial invasive and non-invasive microvascular testing prior to and after rotational atherectomy or conventional stenting.

In patients with coronary heart disease who were treated with PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab for intensive lipid-lowering therapy, the changes of retinal microvessels were measured with OCTA (Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography)before and after the treatment. The specific indicators included retinal microvessel diameter, macular area，optic disc vascular density and FAZ(Foveal Avascular Zone)area, etc., to clarify the effect of evolocumab on retinal microvessels after intensive lipid-lowering therapy.

Anxiety and depression are associated with work disability, lower participation rate in cardiac rehabilitation and unfavourable life style changes following a coronary heart disease (CHD) event. The prevalence of clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety in CHD patients has been estimated to 30-50%. Furthermore, depression and anxiety are associated with a significant increased risk of subsequent major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in CHD patients. Psychological interventions for anxiety and depression in CHD patients have demonstrated small and uncertain effects of symptoms, and no effect on cardiovascular outcomes. Therefore, testing the effectiveness of specific psychological interventions that may affect central mechanisms for cardiovascular outcomes, has been requested. The Attention training (ATT) Study is a randomized controlled trial comparing group-attention training to wait-list control in 64 patients who experience significant anxiety and depression after a CHD event. It will also be explored whether reduction in psychological symptoms is correlated with changes in biological markers with a potential link to cardiovascular outcomes.