Active clinical trials for "Peripheral Vascular Diseases"

The investigators have developed an online program to help people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in their extremities to better self-manage their condition. Some earlier testing has been done and the investigators now wish to try this system with participants who have this blood vessel disease as well as high blood pressure. Investigators are hoping to help these participants to achieve healthier lifestyles and improve their quality of life through education, monitoring and continuing support. A similar online desk-top version with over 30 participants has been tested at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. The investigators propose to test this newer mobile system with 210 outpatient participants from Hamilton General Hospital. Data collected will be analyzed following the (12 months for each participant) study, along with data recorded during clinical visits at baseline and twelve months for each participant. The objective is to evaluate changes to participant health and determine whether the health self-management process has been successful in improving participant lifestyles and quality of life, when compared to usual care.

Antiplatelet therapies are important to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) through the prevention of thrombus formation. Aspirin (ASA) is a readily available and affordable antiplatelet medication that can help reduce adverse cardiovascular events by up to 25%. However, 25-60% of PAD patients are "ASA insensitive" having a lower than normal ability to inhibit platelet aggregation after standard aspirin dosing. In a previous study conducted by our lab, we were able to demonstrate a methodology for personalizing antiplatelet therapy using two platelet function tests, Platelet Function Analyzer-100 (PFA 100) and Light Transmission Aggregometry (LTA). To investigate this methodology further, we would like to conduct a pilot study on two cohorts of patients, one population continuing with their current medications (81mg ASA), and a second group who will get personalized antiplatelet therapy using our methodology (81-325mg ASA). In this study, 150 PAD patients taking 81mg Aspirin therapy presenting for clinical follow-up, or in-patient intervention, in vascular clinics or the emergency room, will be recruited to our study. 75 patients will be randomly assigned undergo platelet analysis using PFA-200 and LTA, and will have their antiplatelet therapy personalized. Patients will then be followed up in order to see if the patients with personalized therapy have better platelet inhibition. This study will allow us to help personalize antiplatelet therapy in PAD patients, allowing for better patient outcomes and decreased adverse cardiovascular events.

STARDUST is an open-label, two-arm randomized controlled trial, aimed at evaluating the effects of liraglutide on peripheral perfusion, as compared with the aggressive treatment of cardio-metabolic risk factors, in people with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease. The potential benefits for participants in the study include the possibility of improving peripheral perfusion with drugs that have been evaluated as effective in controlling diabetes and safe and protective for cardiovascular health. The primary outcome of the study is the change of peripheral transcutaneous oxygen tension between groups at three and six months. Participants in the study will be followed for 6 months in order to evaluate the effects of liraglutide and the change of other secondary outcomes.

Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI) is a condition characterized by chronic ischemic at-rest pain, ulcers, or gangrene for more than 2 weeks in one or both legs, attributable to objectively proven arterial occlusive disease.CLI is associated with a high risk of lower amputation, diminished quality of life and mortality. Revascularization by either bypass surgery or endovascular recanalization is considered the first-choice treatment in patients with CLI. Revascularization is not always possible because patients with CLI often have severe comorbidities or because it is not technically feasible. On the basis of their well-recognized regenerative and angiogenetic properties, cell therapy with autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) has been proposed and tested in different animal models and in some human pathological conditions characterized by peripheral ischemia and wound formation.

my study is to determine the effect of pulsed electromagnetic field versus treadmill training in managemet of intemittent claudication in peripheral arterial disease there is a lack of interventions that improves local peripheral blood circulation in ischemic lower limbs . (PEMFs) are a non-pharmacological and non-invasive treatment that can be applied on the affected body part, which penetrates through skin and reaches target tissues . However, there have been few clinical studies reporting the effects of PEMFs on hemodynamic response in people with PAD (

A Phase I/IIa Dose-Escalation Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Rejuveinix in Combination With Standard Interventional Therapy for Critical Limb Ischemia Patients with Rutherford Class 4, 5 and 6 Disease

Prospective monocenter single-blind randomized (1:1) investigator sponsored clinical trial, in which consecutive patients candidates for percutaneous intervention of angioplasty to treat symptomatic in-stent restenosis of the SFA and P1 segment of the popliteal artery will be assigned to one of two study arms: Treatment Arm: Paclitaxel eluting percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PePTA) Control Arm: standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (sPTA). Purpose: To evaluate the morphologic and clinical efficacy of Paclitaxel eluting percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PePTA) for the reduction of restenosis in SFA and PA stents compared to standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (sPTA).

The investigators propose confirm and extend the findings of open studies on the apparent efficacy of bone-marrow derived mononuclear cells for the induction of arteriogenesis in patients with severe claudication or critical leg ischemia and pay special attention to the influence of diabetic disease on the outcome of the study and to the possible pro-atherogenic/ pro-inflammatory effects of BM-MNC injections.

FGF-1 for the treatment of patients with peripheral arterial disease with intermittent claudication.

The purpose of the registry is to gather both retrospective and prospective case data on the use of the commercially available Magellan Robotic System and Magellan Robotic Catheters in accordance with the approved intended use. For prospective cases, follow-up patient data will be collected at 14 days (± 5 days) post procedure to assess treatment success, primary patency of intended targeted vessel region, and adverse events. The data will be analyzed for medical education, societal presentation, and/or publication by the investigators. Over the next 2+ years, physicians who meet the selection criteria will be invited to participate in the registry.