Actively Recruiting
Breaking Fasts Ahead of Cardiac Caths
Led by University of South Florida · Updated on 2025-12-16
400
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
37 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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 attacks, researchers want to know whether eating and drinking before their procedure improves comfort without raising the risk of complications. The study will answer: * Does eating and drinking before the procedure improve patient comfort? * Does it increase the risk of adverse events like vomiting, aspiration (food or liquid entering the lungs), breathing problems, or death, etc? Participants will be randomly assigned to either: * A standard fasting group (no food for 6 hours, no clear liquids for 2 hours), or * A no-fasting group (able to eat and drink as usual). Patients will complete brief surveys before the procedure to assess comfort and satisfaction. Researchers will also review medical records weekly and 30 days later to monitor for safety outcomes.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Breaking Fasts Ahead of Cardiac Caths
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Scheduled urgent inpatient non-high risk cardiac catheterization for worsening angina, unstable angina, or non-high risk NSTEMI with GRACE score less than 140 points
- Undergoing procedure with proceduralist-guided moderate sedation
- Adults aged 18 years or older
You will not qualify if you...
- High risk NSTEMI with GRACE score greater than 140 points
- Hemodynamic instability (systolic blood pressure less than 90)
- Unstable arrhythmias
- Chest pain not responding to nitroglycerin drip
- New ejection fraction less than 25%
- Severe decompensated heart failure requiring BiPAP or mechanical intubation
- Inability to consent
- Under 18 years old
- Pregnancy
- Need for general anesthesia
- Acute hypoxic respiratory failure requiring more than 6L nasal cannula, BiPAP, or invasive ventilation
- Emergent interventions such as STEMI or high risk NSTEMI
- Need for mechanical circulatory support like ECMO, Impella, or intra-aortic balloon pump
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33606
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Samip Vasaiwala, MD
CONTACT
U
USF Institutional Review Board
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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