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.

New treatments are required to improve health outcomes in patients with ischemic heart disease. This is especially so in developing countries such as Mauritius in which optimal therapy for acute myocardial infarction may not be widely available. For example for patients presenting with a heart attack (caused by a blockage in one of the heart blood vessels) the treatment of choice would be to remove the blockage by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using an angioplasty balloon and put a stent (a spring-like structure) to keep the artery opened. However, PCI is not widely available in Mauritius and heart attack patients are given clot-busting therapy to remove the blockage, but this is not as effective as PCI. Therefore, in this research study we investigate a new cheap treatment that may help protect the heart against damage during a heart attack, called remote ischemic conditioning (RIC), in which a blood pressure cuff is placed on the upper arm and inflated for 5 minute and deflated for 5 minutes a cycle which is repeated 4 times in total in patients presenting with a heart attack. By temporarily depriving oxygen and nutrients to the arm with the blood pressure cuff a protective signal can be relayed to the heart to reduce the amount of damage occurring during the heart attack and thereby prevent the onset of heart failure. Study hypothesis: Remote ischaemic conditioning will reduce the amount of damage occurring to the heart muscle during a heart attack..

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.

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.

Administration of Ticagrelor in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with pharmacological thrombolysis

The purpose of this study is to compare unfractionated heparin (UFH) and bivalirudin in the performance and subsequent outcomes of Primary percutaneous coronary intervention. This will be a pragmatic trial. Interventional procedures will be performed to reflect current and evolving standards, including predominant radial access. All patients will be treated with routine oral anti-platelet therapy pre-procedure. GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors will be reserved for 'bail out' treatment only.

The EMBRACE-STEMI trial was a Phase 2a prospective, multicenter, multinational randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of IV administered elamipretide (also known as MTP-131, or Bendavia) on a background of standard-of-care therapy for reduction of reperfusion injury in patients with first time acute, anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).