Status:
COMPLETED
Non-cardiac Chest Pain Evaluation and Treatment Study (CARPA) - Part 1: Diagnosis.
Lead Sponsor:
Clinical Locomotion Science
Collaborating Sponsors:
Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics
Odense University Hospital
Conditions:
Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
Undiagnosed Chest Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Brief Summary
The overall aim of the project is to evaluate diagnosis and treatment of chest pain originating from the musculoskeletal system. Specifically, we wish to investigate prevalence and character of such c...
Detailed Description
Acute chest pain is a common reason for hospital admission. The focus of diagnosis is of course pain of cardiac origin including myocardial infarction and/or other ischemic heart disease; however, in ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Acute episode of chest pain of less than 7 days duration as primary reason for admission to a chest pain clinic.
- Admitted to a chest pain clinic, suspected of acute coronary infarction, but with a negative diagnosis confirmed by normal coronary enzymes and normal ECG.
- Pain arising from the thorax and/or neck.
- Able to read and understand Danish.
Exclusion
- Acute coronary syndrome.
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
- Other disease, diagnosed during this admission, which is likely to have caused the acute episode of chest pain.
- No written consent.
- Inflammatory joint disease.
- Diabetes mellitus, type I.
- Fibromyalgia.
- Sharp trauma to the chest.
- Malignant disease.
- Apoplexy.
- Gross osseous anomalies, such as pronounced scoliosis.
- Known or suspected osteoporosis.
- Pregnancy.
- Dementia/unable to cooperate.
- Not residing in the County of Funen.
- Does not want to participate.
- Other - reason for exclusion will be noted.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
302 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00373828
Start Date
June 1 2006
End Date
March 1 2008
Last Update
February 20 2013
Active Locations (1)
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The Dept. of Cardiology and Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital
Sdr. Boulevard 29, Odense C, Denmark, DK-5000