Optimal Timing of Coronary Intervention in Unstable Angina.
- Conditions
- STE-ACS
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 600
1. Age > 21 years;
2. Typical chest pain for angina pectoris lasting at least 10 minutes, within last 6 hours;
3. No contra-indication to PCI;
And at least one of the following criteria:
1. 1 mm of horizontal or downsloping ST depression;
2. Dynamic ST- or T- wave changes > 1 mm in two contiguous leads;
3. Elevated troponin or CK-Mb;
4. Known coronary artery disease;
5. Two of following risk factors: DM, known hypertension, current smoking, family hx, hypercholesterolaemia, peripheral artery disease, age over 60 years.
1. Chest pain suspected not to be caused by CAD;
2. Acute myocardial infarction requiring reperfusion therapy;
3. Thrombolytic therapy <24 hours / indication for trombolytic therapy;
4. Recent PCI (<14 days);
5. Thrombopenia (<100*1012/mm3);
6. Severe bleeding < 6 weeks;
7. Major surgery < 6 weeks;
8. Cerebral haemorrhage in medical history;
9. High blood pressure left untreated;(diastolic > 100 mmHg, systolic > 180 mmHg);
10. Life expectancy < 1 year due to co morbidity;
11. Known intracranial malformation or -neoplasm;
12. Participation in other study possibly interfering with the endpoints;
13. Inability to follow up;
14. Culprit lesion is a restenotic lesion.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Composite incidence of death, MI and revascularization up to 30 days post enrolment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Size of MI during initial hospitalization, quantified as peak CK-MB (mass), cumulative positive CK-Mb's;<br>2. 6 month angiographic restenosis as a composite endpoint with, “large†MI and death;<br>3. Incidence of individual and composite endpoints at 30 days and 6 and 12 months including recurrent NSTE-ACS;<br>4. Any revascularisation and/or restenosis (TVR) up to 6 months; <br>5. Re-hospitalisation because of coronary artery disease (CAD);<br>6. Incidence of major haemorrhage up to 30 days;<br>7. Hospital costs.