Catheter-Based Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease, Obstructive Peripheral Artery Disease, Structural Heart Disease
In brief
This study offers catheter-based treatment of heart or artery disease. This protocol permits treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases who may not be eligible to participate in current research protocols. The treatment offered in this protocol is not experimental, but rather standard treatment provided in most large referral hospitals in the United States. Patients 18 years of age and older who are candidates for catheter-based treatment of obstructive artery disease, including blocked blood flow in a coronary artery (artery to the heart) or in an artery of the arm, leg, brain or kidney may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a general medical evaluation that may include blood tests, magnetic resonance imaging, and monitoring of heart rate and rhythm. Participants undergo angioplasty or stenting for blockage in an artery to the heart or an artery of the arm, leg, brain or kidney. The procedure uses a balloon-tipped catheter to open the blocked artery and likely requires permanent implantation of a metal tube (stent) to improve blood flow through the vessel. During the procedure, the patient is given a sedative and pain medication, if needed.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00380016
- Run by
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- People needed
- 150
- Starts
- 2006-09-20
- Expected to finish
- 2009-03-03
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-07-02
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Subjects are excluded if catheter-based therapy is unsuitable, in the opinion of the operating cardiologist.
- Pregnant women
- Inability of patient or surrogate to provide informed consent.
Where it is running
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), 9000 Rockville Pike — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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