Status:

COMPLETED

Pre-hospital Administration of Thrombolytic Therapy With Urgent Culprit Artery Revascularization

Lead Sponsor:

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Conditions:

Heart Disease

Myocardial Infarction

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The PATCAR study has been designed to test the hypothesis that the strategy of pre-hospital use of a "clot busting" (thrombolytic) drug followed with emergent heart catheterization including stenting ...

Detailed Description

To demonstrate feasibility of the project in a pilot trial we plan to enroll up to 500 patients to pre-hospital thrombolysis/clot busting followed by emergent catheterization and stenting of the probl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ischemic discomfort (squeezing, crushing, or pressure, sub-sternal, unrelated to breathing or movement), epigastric discomfort or pre-syncopal symptoms with diaphoresis, lasting \> 30 minutes.
  • ST elevation \> 0.1 mV in 2 or more contiguous limb leads or \> 0.2 mV in 2 or more contiguous pre-cordial leads.
  • Less than 6 hours after onset of sustained chest pain.
  • Age 18 years or older.

Exclusion

  • Chest pain described as ripping or tearing, radiating to the back and/or down the leg, and/or systolic blood pressure \> 15 mmHg difference in each arm.
  • Suspected cocaine or amphetamine use within previous 3 days.
  • Known or suspected pregnancy.
  • Cardiac arrest requiring intubation.
  • Cardiac arrest requiring greater than 20 minutes CPR.
  • Coronary intervention (PTCA/stent/CABG) within previous 4 weeks.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

390 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00178620

Start Date

September 1 2003

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

September 6 2023

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Memorial Hermann Hospital / The University of Texas HSC

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030