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Peripheral Artery Disease in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease in General Practice: Prevalence, Management and Clinical Outcomes.

Completed
Conditions
Peripheral Artery Disease
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: ABI measurement
Registration Number
NCT03921905
Lead Sponsor
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Brief Summary

Patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) are at risk of developing major adverse limb events and have a similar cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality to those with coronary artery disease (CAD) with which is associated in most cases with a more severe prognosis. Because of higher risk conferred by concomitant PAD an early diagnosis is recommended in subjects with CAD. PAD can be diagnosed relatively easily and noninvasively with the ankle-brachial index (ABI) measure. An ABI ≤0.9 is an indicator of the presence of lower extremity PAD, indicating athero-occlusive arterial disease while \>1.3/1.4 indicates an incompressible ankle arteries. However, ABI is not routinely applied in the clinical practice. Data on prevalence of PAD are scanty and in patients with stable CAD are lacking. The under-diagnosis of PAD may be a barrier to the use of treatments to improve prognosis. The primary aim of this study is to assess the coexistence of PAD in subjects with stable CAD and to evaluate the management and the prognosis of these patients in primary care at 12-month after the inclusion in the study.

Detailed Description

National, multicentre, observational, prospective study. This study will be carried out with the collaboration with Study Center for Primary Care and with the Italian Society of Angiology and Vascular Medicine (SIAPAV).

The eligible patients with stable CAD will be called by General Practitioners (GPs).

For all patients who agree to participate in the study and sign the consent, two visits will be done at baseline and after 12 months.

At baseline will be collected information on socio-demographic and anthropometric data, blood pressure, heart rate, CV risk factors, medical history, lifestyle habits, PAD stage (for patient with abnormal ABI) and pharmacological therapy. ABI measurement will be done using an automatic simple device. In case of abnormal ABI value, a SIAPAV vascular specialist, at GP's office, will confirm it using the standard manual continuous wave (CW) Doppler.

At follow-up visit the following information will be collected the: referral to vascular specialist (if requested, at discretion of the GP), relevant change in pharmacological therapy, major CV events and progression of PAD, limb and coronary artery revascularizations, amputations, major bleeding, and death.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
713
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients of both sexes with a diagnosis of stable CAD as follows: acute myocardial infarction or percutaneous coronary revascularization or coronary artery bypass graft surgery occured at least 12 months before entering the study or chronic stable angina.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Mental illness limiting the capacity of self-care or any condition limiting seriously the life expectancy less than 12 months.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Patients with CADABI measurementIn this study will be included patients with stable CAD
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To know the prevalence of PAD in patients with CAD using the automatic device MESI ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI) MD®1 day

The prevalence of PAD will be diagnosed measuring the ankle-brachial-index (ABI) determined by dividing the higher systolic pressure measured at the ankle of both legs by the brachial arterial systolic pressure. An ABI value \<=0.9 is an indicator of the presence of PAD indicating athero-occlusive arterial disease while \>1.3/1.4 indicates an incompressible ankle arteries. The ABI measurement will be performed using the automatic device MESI ABPI MD.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Employment status1 day
Clinical History of Heart Failure1 day
To measure the Body mass index (Kg/m2)1 day
Clinical History of Clinical presentation of lower extremity disease1 day
Clinical History of Transient ischemic attack1 day
Platelet count (x 103μL)1 day
Hematocrit (%)1 day
To measure the Heart rate (bpm)1 day
Clinical History of Limb or foot amputation for arterial vascular disease1 day
Clinical History of Hypertension1 day
The dietary habits1 day

The Mediterranean Diet Questionnaire (Prevention with a Mediterranean Diet PREDIMED -14 Items) will be administered

LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)1 day
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)1 day
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (U/L)1 day
Hemoglobin (g/dL)1 day
Marital status1 day
Education Status1 day
To measure the Blood pressure (mmHg)1 day
To measure the Weight (kg)1 day
To measure the Height (cm)1 day
To measure the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Value1 day
Clinical History of Limb peripheral artery revascularization1 day
Clinical History of Aortic aneurysm1 day
Clinical History of Carotid artery stenosis1 day
Clinical History of Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter1 day
Clinical History of Chronic Kidney disease1 day
Clinical History of Bleeding1 day
Physical activity1 day

The Physical activity Questionnaire (BRFSS 2 items) will be administered

Glycated hemoglobin (only for patients with diabetes mellitus) (%)1 day
Clinical History of Dyslipidemia1 day
Clinical History of Stroke1 day
Clinical History of cancer1 day
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)1 day
Glycemia (mg/dL)1 day
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (U/L)1 day
Triglycerides (mg/dL)1 day
Creatinine (mg/dL)1 day
Red blood cells (x10^3 ml)1 day
White blood cells (x10^3 ml)1 day

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

MEDICOOP Genova

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Genova, GE, Italy

ROMAMED Service

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Rome, RM, Italy

MEDICOOP S. Agata

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Reggio Calabria, RC, Italy

Cooperativa Medici Milano Centro

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Milan, MI, Italy

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