Status:

COMPLETED

Anakinra to Prevent Post-infarction Remodeling

Lead Sponsor:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Conditions:

ST Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Thousands of patients die daily from early and late complications of a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction, AMI). Patients surviving AMI remain at high risk of death from adverse cardiac remodel...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age \>18 years
  • Acute (\<24 hours) onset of chest pain
  • New or presumably new ST elevation on ECG
  • Planned coronary angiography for percutaneous revascularization

Exclusion

  • Inability to give informed consent
  • Late presentation (\>24 hours)
  • Unsuccessful revascularization or urgent coronary bypass surgery
  • Hemodynamic instability
  • End-stage congestive heart failure (AHA/ACC stage C/D, NYHA class IV)
  • Preexisting severe LV dysfunction (LVEF\<20%) or severe valvular disease
  • Severe asthma
  • Pregnancy ( pre-enrollment pregnancy test)
  • Contraindications to cardiac MRI or cardiac angiography
  • Severe coagulopathy (INR\>2.0, Platelet count\<50,000/mm3)
  • Severe renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance \<30 ml/min/m2)
  • Recent (\<14 days) use of anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS excluded)
  • Chronic inflammatory disease

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00789724

Start Date

November 1 2008

End Date

August 1 2009

Last Update

November 30 2017

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Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298