Investigation of the Biomarker Copeptin in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Completed

Conditions studied: Acute Coronary Syndromes

In brief

While troponin is not detectable until several hours after an Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), copeptin is expected to be elevated very early after an AMI. A combination of both markers for the diagnosis of AMI early after the event is therefore expected to be advantageous.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00952744

Run by

Brahms AG

People needed

2071

Starts

2009-08-01

Expected to finish

2011-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-01-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The subject must be 18 years of age or older.
• The subject must present to the Emergency Department with symptoms consistent with acute coronary syndromes (e.g., chest discomfort/pain, squeezing/fullness in the chest, pain radiating to left or both arms, jaw pain, pain in the back/neck/stomach, shortness of breath, cold sweat, nausea/vomiting, lightheadedness).
• The subject must present to the Emergency Department within 6 hours of the onset of the most recent symptoms that prompted the subject to seek medical attention in the Emergency Department.
• The patient agrees to abide by all aspects of the protocol, including all telephone follow-up.

You may not qualify if…

• The patient is unable to provide consent or understand the consent form.
• The ACS symptoms are clearly not the result of ACS (i.e., penetrating wounds, crush injury, etc.)

Where it is running

• Stanford University Hospital — Palo Alto, California, United States
• University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Kansas University Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States
• University of Maryland — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Henry Ford Hospital — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Hennepin County Medical Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• The Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Virginia Commonwealth University — Richmond, Virginia, United States

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