Comparison of Prosthetic Femoropopliteal Bypass Versus Viabahn Endoprosthesis for Treatment of Symptomatic Femoral Artery Occlusive Disease
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Atherosclerosis, Lower Extremity Ischemia, Claudication, Rest Pain
In brief
This study is a comparison of two different ways to treat blockage in the artery of the thigh. The first is an older way with incisions in the groin and just above the knee. A plastic tube is then inserted to make a bypass from the groin to the knee. The second treatment offered is through a needle hole in the groin. A thin plastic tube covering a metal stent is inserted into the artery and released to bypass the blockage from inside the artery. No incisions are needed. Patients are enrolled and then selected for one treatment method or another by chance. The patients will be followed for two years to see how the two different treatment methods work compared to each other.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00693823
- Run by
- Texas Vascular Associates
- People needed
- 86
- Starts
- 2003-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-06-09
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Baylor University Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States
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