Use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Determine the Optimal Management of Patients With Drug-eluting Stents Who Need Non-cardiac Surgery

Stopped early · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Coronary Stent Occlusion

In brief

The specific aim of this proposal is to examine the impact of OCT and IVUS-guided management of patients with prior DES implantation who need major non-cardiac surgery and discontinuation of dual antiplatelet therapy on the perioperative (1 week prior to surgery until 30 days post surgery) incidence of major adverse cardiac events.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01288105

Run by

North Texas Veterans Healthcare System

People needed

107

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2014-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-12-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 years or older
• Need for major non-cardiac surgery requiring discontinuation of dual antiplatelet therapy
• Agree to participate and provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who have a creatinine above 2.5 mg/dL (unless they require hemodialysis, in which case they are eligible to participate)
• Challenging vascular access
• History of an allergic reaction to glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors

Where it is running

• VA North Texas Healthcare System — Dallas, Texas, United States

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