Active clinical trials for "ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction"

Standard treatment of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction consist of acute re-opening of the occluded coronary artery (primary PCI). Despite successful treatment of the epicardial vessel reperfusion is sometimes inadequate leading to large final infarct sizes. This phenomenon is known as the reperfusion injury. Several animal studies have indicated that graded re-opening of the artery may limit tissue damage. Generally this is referred to as mechanical postconditioning. The study investigates the effect on final infarct size evaluated by magnetic resonance scan of postconditioning of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions. Mechanical postconditioning is performed by means of several balloon inflations in the injured vessel following its acute re-opening.

Background and Objective: Acute coronary syndrome is characterized by compromised blood flow at the epicardial and microvascular levels. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of ET-receptor blockade by BQ-123 on myocardial perfusion and infarct size as an adjunct to PCI-reperfusion therapy in patients with STEMI. Patients are randomized to receive periinterventional intravenous BQ-123 or placebo.

Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) that have suffered a major anterior wall infarction or where coronary blood flow is less than normal in spite of successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have a poor prognosis. There are today no medical treatments that specifically reduce risk in these patients. The acute inflammatory reaction in conjunction with a STEMI and reperfusion by PCI determines the final size of the infarction and the signals leading to left ventricular remodelling. This study is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of single intravenous injection with ATH3G10, a fully human IgG1 antibody against phosphorylcholine, in high-risk subjects with STEMI. ATH3G10 aims to reduce inflammation and thereby infarction size and remodeling.

Randomized clinical study evaluating superiority in platelet inhibition after administration of Ticagrelor 180 mg loading dose as an orodispersible formulation versus traditional coated tablets in patients admitted for ST elevation myocardial infarction or very high-risk non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.

The aim of the study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the TCD-10023 (Ultimaster) sirolimus eluting stent in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), by proving superiority with respect to in-stent late loss at 6 months to the Kaname bare metal stent and non-inferiority with respect to Target Vessel Failure (TVF) at 12 months.

This study is aiming to test the hypothesis that efficacy of rhTNK-tPA was not inferior to rt-PA with respect to the 30-day MACCE rates after fibrinolytic therapy for STEMI patients. It is a multicenter, randomized, open, parallel, active-controlled, non-inferiority trial.

The OxAMI-PICSO is a study about the use of pressure controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion (PICSO) to improve the treatment of patients presenting with heart attack. PICSO is a device consisting of a balloon which is deployed in the coronary sinus. When inflated the balloon can improve the blood flow to the region of heart affected by the heart attack. The study aims to analyse the potential benefit of PICSO in improving blood flow to heart muscle in a selected group of patients admitted with a large heart attack involving the anterior wall of the heart. The comparator group will be a well-matched group of participants of the ongoing OxAMI study. In order to select patients with a large heart attack, we will measure the index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR), before completion of the heart attack treatment procedure. The IMR value provides measurement of the blood flow at the level of the tiny vessels branching from the large coronary arteries. Our preliminary data from the OxAMI study have shown that an IMR > 40 suggests that the patient is having a large myocardial infarction (heart attack). Only patients with starting IMR > 40 will be considered eligible for the PICSO treatment. The benefit of PICSO will be assessed by measuring 1) indexes of coronary blood flow, 2) the extension of the infarcted area and 3) the levels of different molecules released in the blood.

The primary goal in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction is to reperfuse the ischemic myocardium to reduce infarct size. Animal data and human data suggest that whole-body cooling to temperatures below 35°C before revascularisation can additionally reduce infarct size and therefore improves outcome in these patients. The purpose of the study is to determine if a combined cooling strategy started in the out-of-hospital arena is able to reduce infarct size in acute myocardial infarction.

The EARLY-MYO (EARLY routine catheterization after alteplase fibrinolysis vs. primary PCI in acute ST-segment elevation MYOcardial infarction) is an investigator-initiated, prospective, multicenter, randomized (1:1), open-label, actively-controlled, parallel group, non-inferiority trial comparing the efficacy and safety of a PhI strategy with half-dose fibrinolysis versus PPCI in STEMI patients presenting within 6 hours after symptom onset and with an expected PCI-related delay of ≥60 min.

The primary goal in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction is to reperfuse the ischemic myocardium to reduce infarct size. Animal data and human data suggest that whole-body cooling to temperatures below 35°C before revascularisation can additionally reduce infarct size and therefore improves outcome in these patients. The purpose of the study is to determine the feasibility and safety of a combined cooling strategy started in the out-of-hospital arena for achieving pre-reperfusion hypothermia in patients with acute st-elevation myocardial infarction.