EUROACTION - A European wide effort to raise the standards of preventive cardiology

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD); Circulatory System; Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN71715857
• Lead Sponsor: European Society of Cardiology (France)

Brief Summary

2008 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18555911 results 2012 Other publications in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23065443 cost-effectiveness 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35362378/ (added 04/04/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2006-04-30
• Study Start: 2006-09-12
• Last Update Posted: 19 April 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10000

Inclusion Criteria

Hospital arm:
1. In- and out-hospital patients who meet the inclusion criteria and who agree to participate in the trial. Within each hospital (both intervention and usual care) all consecutive new patients with medical diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) (see below), men and women under 80 years of age, will be identified:
1.1. Acute coronary syndromes, unstable angina, non Q wave Myocardial Infarction (MI), Q wave MIb
1.2. Stable angina pectoris
2. Partners of patients living in the same household
3. First degree blood relatives of patients with premature CHD

Primary Care arm:
1. High risk individuals who meet the following inclusion criteria and who agree to participate in the trial. Men and women, 50 years of age or older, but less than 80 years, without history of coronary heart disease were identified in three categories as follows:
1.1. High multifactorial risk individuals: CVD risk more than or equal to 5% over ten years (now or projected to age 60 years), according to the HeartScore risk estimation system
1.2. Antihypertensive and/or lipid-lowering therapies initiated in the last year
1.3. New or known diabetes diagnosed in the last three years
2. Partners of high-risk individuals living in the same household

Exclusion Criteria

Hospital arm:
1. Aged 80 years of age or older
2. Severe heart failure
3. Impaired cognitive function
4. Severe physical disability

Primary Care arm:
1. Under 50 and over 80 years of age
2. Mentally or physically incapable

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified