Active clinical trials for "Peripheral Vascular Diseases"

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current standard of wound care following vascular operations compared to to a negative pressure wound therapy (vacuum dressing) and the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients undergoing surgery to restore blood flow to the lower limb(s). Negative pressure wound therapy consists of a closed, sealed system that produces negative pressure (vacuum) to the wound surface. The device itself consists of open-cell foam that is sealed with an occlusive adhesive dressing (covers and sticks to the incision) and suction is maintained by connecting suction tubes to a vacuum pump and waste collector. The investigators objectives are to determine whether there will be any reduction in surgical site infection and this potential reduction will influence length of hospital stay, emergency room visits, antibiotic use and need for re-operation.

Nowadays, stenting is became a standard of care in revascularization for superficial femoral artery (SFA) atherosclerotic lesions. However, the Achilles' heel of this technique remains in-stent restenosis (ISR). While most of local therapies have failed to demonstrate significant benefit, studies for the treatment of SFA ISR are lacking and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty remains the current standard of care for this indication. Recent studies have shown successful results of drug eluting balloon in the treatment of SFA de-novo lesions and of coronary ISR. FREERIDE, a French prospective cohort has been set up to evaluate the safety and the efficacy of drug eluting balloon (DEB) for the treatment of SFA atherosclerotic lesions.

There is a sharp rise in the rate of coronary heart disease diagnoses and chest pain consultations in the 90 days before a first heart attack. There is some evidence that chest pain and angina symptoms in this period have a beneficial effect on heart attack outcomes in hospital and shortly after discharge. However, the available evidence is lacking in three key areas. First it is based on a retrospective patient report of symptoms after the heart attack has occurred; this means that patients are required to survive their heart attack and may make errors when reporting prior symptoms. Second, evidence for an effect on longer term outcomes, and coronary outcomes in particular (e.g. coronary death, further heart attacks) are unknown. Third, there is conflicting evidence that these effects might differ by age, in men and women, and according to treatment in hospital. The investigators hope to address the limitations in the evidence by performing a large, prospective study of the occurrence, timing and effect of different types of symptoms and disease diagnoses occurring before heart attack. The investigators hypothesise that prospectively collected, clinical measures of chest pain symptoms and cardiovascular diagnoses in primary care will have a beneficial effect on short term coronary mortality and may have a beneficial effect on longer term coronary outcomes.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained dysrhythmia encountered in clinical practice in North America and Europe, accounting for approximately one-third of all hospitalizations for a cardiac rhythm abnormality. The presence of AF markedly increases the patient's risk for developing arterial embolism and stroke, depending on the presence of other clinical conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes. AF is associated with a fivefold increased risk for stroke, and is estimated to cause 15% of all strokes. Patients with AF frequently have several risk factors for atherosclerosis, including hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Accordingly, systemic signs of atherosclerosis can be detected in AF patients, and these likely accounts for an enhanced risk of coronary heart disease. In addition to cerebrovascular disease, patients with AF may suffer from coronary events including myocardial infarction (MI), but the rate of MI in AF patients seems to be variable, but often underestimated. Moreover, coexistence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a relevant clinical sign of systemic atherosclerosis. Ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a simple, inexpensive, and non-invasive PAD measurement, even at the pre-symptomatic phase when intervention can improve prognosis and prevent or delay severe complications ABI is calculated by measuring the systolic blood pressure in the posterior tibial and/or the dorsalis pedis arteries either in both legs or 1 leg chosen at random (using a Doppler probe or alternative pulse sensor), with the lowest ankle pressure then divided by the brachial systolic blood pressure. In addition to peripheral artery disease, the ABI also is an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis because lower levels have been associated with higher rates of concomitant coronary and cerebrovascular disease, and with the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. Two large studies in patients with AF document the existence of PAD in about 3-5% of patients. It is possible, however, that such an incidence has been underestimated as only symptomatic patients were considered as affected by PAD. As PAD is an important marker of systemic atherosclerosis, its association with AF reinforces the concept that patients with AF have systemic atherosclerosis that potentially account for coronary complications. To date, a national registry of AF patients is not available to verify the real impact of cardiovascular events in this clinical setting.

Monitoring efficacy and safety aspects of iv. iloprost therapy of patients with critical limb ischemia by recording clinical parameters.

This is a Belgian prospective multicentre registry to evaluate safety and performance of the Sinus-Superflex-Visual stent (Optimed) in Superficial Femoral Artery (SFA) atherosclerotic lesions. Target number is 500 patients in approximately 11 centres. Patients will be followed for a period of 2 years.

To compare the safety and effectiveness of dual anti-platelet therapy with cilostazol 100 mg twice daily and aspirin 100 mg daily versus monotherapy with aspirin 100 mg daily in patients undergoing peripheral angioplasty or stenting or both for the management of peripheral arterial disease.

Prospective, international, multi-center, single arm, observational study to continue to assess the treatment by the Stellarex™ OTW Drug-coated Angioplasty Balloon in superficial femoral and/or popliteal arteries according to the Instructions for Use in a broad, real-world, claudicant or ischemic rest pain patients population per the institution's standard practice.

The purpose of the BIOLUX P-III BENELUX Registry is to further investigate the safety and clinical performance of the Passeo-18 Lux Drug Coated Ballon when used in daily clinical practice for the treatment of isolated atherosclerotic lesion (vessel narrowing) in popliteal arteries

The purpose of the study is to obtain data regarding safety and efficacy of drug-eluting balloon luminor 14 & luminor 35 in the treatment of infrainguinal occlusive lesions (superficial femoral artery (SFA), popliteal artery (PA) and tibial arteries (ATs)) and restenosis from prior endovascular procedures in this sector.