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Doxycycline as a cardioprotective agent in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a pilot study addressing pre- reperfusion administratio

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Myocardial Infarction
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease
Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases
Registration Number
ACTRN12618000467235
Lead Sponsor
Alfred Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
103
Inclusion Criteria

Consecutive men aged greater than 18 years and women aged greater than 55, or women less than 55 years and have no possibility of being pregnant; and
- Presenting within 12 hours of the onset of chest pain and with ECG findings of anterior or inferior ST-segment elevation or new left bundle branch block and for whom the clinical decision has been made to treat with PPCI; and
- Occlusion of the culprit related artery (TIMI grade 0 or TIMI grade 1) on coronary angiography, proximal and/or mid left anterior descending artery (LAD), or proximal dominant left circumflex (LCx) or dominant right coronary artery (RCA)

Exclusion Criteria

•Historical or Electrocardiograph (ECG) evidence of previous myocardial infarction; or
•Patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); or
•Previous revascularisation procedure where this procedure (PCI) was performed in the LAD/RCA; or
•Known pre-existing left ventricular dysfunction; or
•Known or suspected pregnancy; or
•Patients presenting with cardiac arrest or cardiogenic shock; or
•Patients undergoing rescue PCI for failed thrombolysis; or
•Patients with left main coronary artery stenosis of such severity that after PCI of their culprit lesion (LAD/RCA) they are likely to require coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) within the time course of the study period (6 months).
•Known allergy to tetracyclines;
•Contraindications to CMR

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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