Active clinical trials for "Ischemia"

Minimally invasive revascularization of the left anterior descending artery followed by stent implantation versus percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass in patients with multi-vessel coronary disease

ENCHANTED is an independent, investigator initiated, international collaborative, quasi-factorial randomised controlled trial involving a package of 2 linked comparative randomised treatment arms, which aims to address 4 key questions in patients eligible for thrombolysis in the acute phase of ischaemic stroke. (1) Does low-dose (0.6 mg/kg) intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) provide equivalent benefits compared to standard-dose (0.9 mg/kg) rtPA? (2) Does intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering (130-140 mmHg systolic target) improve outcomes compared to the current guideline recommended level of BP control (180 mmHg systolic target)? (3) Does low-dose (0.6 mg/kg) intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) reduce the risk of symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH)? (4) Does the addition of intensive BP lowering to thrombolysis with rtPA reduce the risk of any intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH)? The rtPA dose arm of the study addressing questions (1) and (3) concluded with a publication of the results in May 2016. The BP intensity arm of the study addressing questions (2) and (4) concluded with a publication of the results in February 2019.

We aim to investigate the relationship between skin microvascular function and the first hospitalization for ischemic foot ulcer in patients with type 1 diabetes former randomized during 7.5 years to intensified conventional insulin treatment (ICT) compared to standard insulin treatment (ST).

This study enrolled participants with documented exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in order to evaluate whether ranolazine, when taken prior to exercise, can improve blood flow to the heart (myocardial perfusion), as assessed by exercise-induced myocardial perfusion defect size (PDS) and total perfusion deficit (TPD), using gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). This was a 2-period crossover study. The last dose of each period must have been taken 3-4 hours prior to conduct of the exercise SPECT MPI. After the research exercise SPECT MPI was performed at the end of Period 1, participants discontinued the treatment they were randomized to for that period and began the other treatment in Period 2.

This study is a comparison of two different ways to treat blockage in the artery of the thigh. The first is an older way with incisions in the groin and just above the knee. A plastic tube is then inserted to make a bypass from the groin to the knee. The second treatment offered is through a needle hole in the groin. A thin plastic tube covering a metal stent is inserted into the artery and released to bypass the blockage from inside the artery. No incisions are needed. Patients are enrolled and then selected for one treatment method or another by chance. The patients will be followed for two years to see how the two different treatment methods work compared to each other.

The purpose of this study is to determine, in patients following a TIA, whether a 6-month case-managed exercise based multi-factorial cardiac rehabilitation program (CR), similar to those used in patients following a heart attack, can significantly improve exercise capacity, reduce cholesterol, reduce depression, and improve thinking ability.

This trial was designed to challenge the wide held view that polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) performs better than Dacron for above knee femoropopliteal bypass.

To compare treatment with aspirin alone versus the combined antiplatelet treatment aspirin and clopidogrel after 12 months of combined antiplatelet treatment following drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation.

To test if early revascularization, primarily with angioplasty (PTCA) or bypass surgery (CABG), reduced all-cause in-hospital mortality from cardiogenic shock compared to conventional treatment, including thrombolysis.

Controlled study of stereotactic, intracranial injection of SB623 cells in patients with fixed motor deficits from ischemic stroke