Status:
RECRUITING
Breaking Fasts Ahead of Cardiac Caths
Lead Sponsor:
University of South Florida
Conditions:
Stable Angina (SA)
Unstable Angina (UA)
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether fasting is necessary before urgent inpatient cardiac catheterizations. For patients presenting with urgent heart-related pain or even mild heart ...
Detailed Description
While pre-procedural fasting is a longstanding tradition in cardiac catheterization, there is limited evidence supporting its necessity in low-risk patients undergoing urgent procedures for acute coro...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All scheduled urgent inpatient non-high risk cardiac catheterizations for worsening angina (cardiac chest pain or anginal equivalent), unstable angina, or non-high risk NSTEMI-NSTEMI's with GRACE score \<140 points) utilizing proceduralist guided sedation
Exclusion
- High risk NSTEMI's defined as NSTEMI's with a GRACE score \>140 points
- Hemodynamic instability (\<SBP 90)
- Unstable arrythmias
- Chest pain refractory to nitroglycerin drip
- New ejection fraction less than 25%
- Evidence of severe decompensated heart failure on presentation requiring BiPAP or mechanical intubation
- Inability to consent
- Patients \<18 years old
- Pregnant patients
- Need for general anesthesia
- Acute hypoxic respiratory failure requiring \>6L Nasal Cannula Supplementation, BiPAP, or invasive ventilation
- Emergent interventions: STEMI/high risk NSTEMI
- Need for mechanical circulatory support-ECMO, Impella or intra-aortic balloon pump
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 13 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
400 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06996639
Start Date
October 13 2025
End Date
July 1 2026
Last Update
December 16 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33606