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Randomized Comparison Angioplasty Outcomes at Hospitals With and Without On-site Cardiac Surgery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Coronary Arteriosclerosis
Angina Pectoris
Interventions
Other: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
Registration Number
NCT00549796
Lead Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Brief Summary

Angioplasty is a procedure which opens blocked heart arteries using balloons and/or stents. Most U.S. states and all national heart organizations require that angioplasty be done only at hospitals that can also perform open heart surgery. The reason for this is that there is a risk that angioplasty can cause injury to the heart artery that might require open heart surgery to fix. Open heart surgery is a backup in case it is needed. The risk that open heart surgery will be needed is very small. Nevertheless, without more research, many state Departments of Health and all national heart organizations do not want to change the requirement for having on-site open heart surgery wherever angioplasty is performed. Some States already allow this; and European heart organizations already allow it, as well.

This study is designed to determine whether the safety and benefits of angioplasty are the same at hospitals that perform angioplasty either with or without open heart surgery backup.

Patient who enter the study have a heart catheterization at a hospital without a heart surgery program. If they need angioplasty, then they are randomized to either stay at the hospital without heart surgery for their angioplasty or to be transferred for the procedure to a hospital with heart surgery. For every four patients, three stay at the hospital without heart surgery and one is transferred.

The study is designed to show that there is no detectable difference between the safety and benefits of the procedure at the two types of hospital (with and without heart surgery). The cost of the procedure at the two hospital types is also compared.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
18876
Inclusion Criteria

Pre-catheterization:

  • Must be undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization for suspected CAD
  • Be at least 18 years of age
  • Must not be pregnant (negative pregnancy test) or must not be of childbearing potential must be able to give informed consent.

Post-catheterization:

  • Coronary artery disease judged to be clinically and angiographically significant
  • Ability to perform PCI with equipment available at the local site
  • Procedure risk judged to be not high (see below)
Exclusion Criteria

Pre-catheterization:

  • Inability to give informed consent
  • ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
  • Pregnancy

Post-catheterization:

  • High likelihood of requiring a device not available at the hospitals without SOS
  • No need for PCI
  • Need for coronary artery bypass surgery
  • High procedural risk (see below)

High procedural risk criteria are:

  • PCI of unprotected left main coronary artery
  • PCI of left circulation lesion in the presence of critical (>70%) unprotected left main coronary artery lesion
  • Poor left ventricular function (EF< 20%) and need to perform PCI in a vessel supplying significant myocardium

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
2Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)PCI performed at a hospitals without co-located (on-site) cardiac surgery
1Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)PCI performed at a hospital with co-located (on-site) cardiac surgery
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mortality6 weeks
MACE = death + MI + TVR9 Months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
emergency CABGhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
target vessel revascularization (TVR)hosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
any subsequent revascularization (ASR)hosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
heart failure and classhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
composite adverse endpoint (MACE)hosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
myocardial infarctionhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
strokehosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
total direct medical costhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
angina and classhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
angiographic (end-procedure) complications (embolization, dissection, no reflow, etc)hosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
angiographic (procedural) success (<20% residual stenosis and TIMI 3 flow)hosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
MACE = death + MI + TVRhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
major resource consumption patterns (hospital and ICU days, surgeries, hospitalizations)hosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
MACE = death + MI + ASRhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
completeness of revascularizationhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
percent of patients with complete or partial revascularizationhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
bleeding (non-CABG transfusion, vascular repair)hosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months
length of stayhosp DC, 6 wks, 3, 6 and 9 months

Trial Locations

Locations (60)

Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center

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Hamilton, New Jersey, United States

Raritan Bay Medical Center

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Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States

Clara Maas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Belleville, New Jersey, United States

Virtua-West Jersey Hospital Marlton

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Evesham, New Jersey, United States

Monmouth Medical Center

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Long Branch, New Jersey, United States

Riverview Medical Center

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Red Bank, New Jersey, United States

Overlook Medical Center

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Summit, New Jersey, United States

Crestwood Medical Center

🇺🇸

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Wellstar Cobb Hospital

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Austell, Georgia, United States

Southeast Georgia Health System

🇺🇸

Brunswick, Georgia, United States

Duke Health Raleigh Hospital

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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Tanner Medical Center

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Carrollton, Georgia, United States

Hamilton Medical Center

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Dalton, Georgia, United States

Fairview Park Hospital

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Dublin, Georgia, United States

Spalding Regional Medical Center

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Griffin, Georgia, United States

Rowan Regional Medical Center

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Salisbury, North Carolina, United States

West Georgia Health

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LaGrange, Georgia, United States

University Hospitals Case Medical Center / Geauga Medical Center

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Chardon, Ohio, United States

Southern Regional Medical Center

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Riverdale, Georgia, United States

Tift Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Tifton, Georgia, United States

Little Company of Mary Hospital

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Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States

University Hospital East Ohio State University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Advocate South Suburban Hospital

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Hazel Crest, Illinois, United States

Anne Arundel Medical Center

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Annapolis, Maryland, United States

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Southern Maryland Hospital Center

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Clinton, Maryland, United States

St. Agnes Hospital

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Frederick Memorial Hospital

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Frederick, Maryland, United States

Marietta Memorial Hospital

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Marietta, Ohio, United States

Baltimore Washington Medical Center

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Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States

Meritus Medical Center

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Hagerstown, Maryland, United States

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital

🇺🇸

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Holy Cross Hospital

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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Bayonne Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bayonne, New Jersey, United States

JFK Medical Center

🇺🇸

Edison, New Jersey, United States

Trinitas Hospital

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Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States

Somerset Medical Center

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Somerville, New Jersey, United States

Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center

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South Plainfield, New Jersey, United States

Holy Name Hospital

🇺🇸

Teaneck, New Jersey, United States

Community Medical Center

🇺🇸

Toms River, New Jersey, United States

Community Health and Wellness Center

🇺🇸

Bryan, Ohio, United States

Southview Medical Center

🇺🇸

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Fort Hamilton Hospital

🇺🇸

Fort Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Knox Community Hospital

🇺🇸

Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States

Licking Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Newark, Ohio, United States

Southern Ohio Medical Center

🇺🇸

Portsmouth, Ohio, United States

Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Hospital

🇺🇸

Westerville, Ohio, United States

Legacy Meridian Park Hospital

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Sacred Heart Hospital

🇺🇸

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Chambersburg Hospital

🇺🇸

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Armstrong County Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States

Evangelical Community Hospital

🇺🇸

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Meadville Medical Center

🇺🇸

Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States

UPMC McKeesport

🇺🇸

McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States

Monongahela Valley Hospital

🇺🇸

Monongahela, Pennsylvania, United States

Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

York, Pennsylvania, United States

Kingwood Medical Center

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Kingwood, Texas, United States

West Chester Hospital

🇺🇸

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Mainland Medical Center

🇺🇸

Texas City, Texas, United States

Archbold Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Thomasville, Georgia, United States

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