Coronary Artery DiseaseNCT01954303
HsTnT in Stable Coronary Artery Disease
An observational study of Coronary Artery Disease, run by University Hospital Heidelberg.
Trial summary
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Life threatening manifestations such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and sudden cardiac death are the most important causes of death in many countries. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Coronary Artery Disease
- What is being tested?
- Progress of CHD
- How many people
- 965 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Oct 2013to Apr 2015
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: We plan to conduct a single-centre pilot study in a cohort with clinically stable patients (n=910) of our outpatient clinic who presented 12 months after introduction of the high-sensitivity troponin T assay (june 2009) for routine workup. No patients will be excluded. All patients with stable CAD with or without cardiovascular comorbidities will be selected and classified as "troponin positive" or "troponin negative" according to initially documented hs-cTnT value.
Who may be able to join
- Patients of outpatient clinic presenting 12 months after introduction of the hs-TnT test in june 2009
Who cannot join
- none
About this study
Official title: Elevated High-sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Levels in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Life threatening manifestations such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and sudden cardiac death are the most important causes of death in many countries. Cardiac troponin is a biomarker with a high specificity for cardiac necrosis and is recommended for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction by the Universal definition of myocardial infarction. Since a new generation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays has become commercially available a few years ago, myocardial infarction can be detected earlier and even small AMIs, that were classified as unstable angina pectoris (UAP) with the less sensitive assays, are detectable now. On the other side, more patients with acute or chronic myocardial damage not due to AMI are identified now. Thereby, the reason for elevated troponin levels should be sought actively, because high troponin levels were associated with adverse outcome - independent of the underlying pathomechanism. The reasons for troponin elevations in patients with stable CAD are not clear yet. Associations with extensive atherosclerosis, carotid lesions and complex coronary plaques in coronary CT scans were reported. Therefore, patients with elevated troponin levels represent a risk population and might profit from intensified secondary prevention. In this context, ticagrelor might be part of a prevention strategy as currently tested in the PEGASUS trial.
We plan to conduct a single-centre pilot study in a cohort with clinically stable patients of our outpatient clinic, because data regarding prevalence, causes and prognosis of elevated troponin values in unselected cohorts is sparse. Therefore, all patients (n=910) that presented to our outpatient clinic 12 months after introduction of the high-sensitivity troponin T assay (june 2009) and were free of complaints or presented with UAP are being enrolled. All patients are characterized by demographic, laboratory and clinical characteristics (including medication) and all available imaging data (exercise-ecg, echocardiography, stress-echocardiography, computed tomography, cardiac MRI and coronary angiography) in order to compare baseline characteristics of troponin positive and troponin negative patients. In addition, the Framingham- and PROCAM-Score representing established calculators of long-term risk prediction are calculated.
Prognostic endpoints are defined as severe cardiovascular events and progress of the initially diagnosed disease. Those endpoints are associated with the initial hs-cTnT value and serial changes.
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Being tested
- Progress of CHD
- Medical subject headings
- Coronary Artery Disease
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Progress of CHDOther
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Troponin status | Patients are divided into "troponin positive" (if hsTnT on first presentation is <14 ng/L) and "troponin negative" (if hsTnT on first presentation is >=14 ng/l). Receives: Other: Progress of CHD | |
| Progress of CHD | Not described |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Cardiovascular death
Measured: 3 years
Secondary outcomes (1)
Recurrent Myocardial Infarction
Measured: 3 years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 Oct 2013 (estimated)
- Study startOct 2013
- Primary completionApr 2014
- Study completionApr 2015
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Coronary Artery DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University Hospital HeidelbergThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Time perspective
- Retrospective
- Enrolment
- 965 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital Heidelberg
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- AstraZeneca
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Dr. Moritz Biener, University Hospital Heidelberg
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01954303
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- UHHD-BM-001
- Status last verified
- May 2015
- First submitted
- 26 Sep 2013
- Last updated
- 12 May 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Biener M, Giannitsis E, Hogrefe K, Mueller-Hennessen M, Frohlich H, Katus HA, Frey N, Frankenstein L, Tager T. Prognostic value of changes in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T beyond biological variation in stable outpatients with cardiovascular disease: a validation study. Clin Res Cardiol. 2022 Mar;111(3):333-342. doi: 10.1007/s00392-021-01952-6. Epub 2021 Oct 25.
PubMed 34694435Tager T, Giannitsis E, Greve K, Frohlich H, Muller-Hennessen M, Vafaie M, Katus HA, Frankenstein L, Biener M. Long-term biological variation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T using minimal important differences and reference change values in stable outpatients with cardiovascular disease. Clin Biochem. 2019 May;67:7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.03.003. Epub 2019 Mar 11.
PubMed 30872042Biener M, Giannitsis E, Kuhner M, Zelniker T, Mueller-Hennessen M, Vafaie M, Stoyanov KM, Neumann FJ, Katus HA, Hochholzer W, Valina CM. Risk prediction in stable cardiovascular disease using a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T single biomarker strategy compared to the ESC-SCORE. Open Heart. 2018 Apr 25;5(1):e000710. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000710. eCollection 2018.
PubMed 29713483
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 12 May 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Elevated High-sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Levels in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01954303
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- UHHD-BM-001
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 965 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital HeidelbergUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- AstraZeneca
- Study start
- Oct 2013
- Primary completion
- Apr 2014 (actual)
- Study completion
- Apr 2015 (actual)
- First posted
- 1 Oct 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Life threatening manifestations such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and sudden cardiac death are the most important causes of death in many countries. Cardiac troponin is a biomarker with a high specificity for cardiac necrosis and is recommended for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction by the Universal definition of myocardial infarction. Since a new generation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays has become commercially available a few years ago, myocardial infarction can be detected earlier and even small AMIs, that were classified as unstable angina pectoris (UAP) with the less sensitive assays, are detectable now. On the other side, more patients with acute or chronic myocardial damage not due to AMI are identified now. Thereby, the reason for elevated troponin levels should be sought actively, because high troponin levels were associated with adverse outcome - independent of the underlying pathomechanism. The reasons for troponin elevations in patients with stable CAD are not clear yet. Associations with extensive atherosclerosis, carotid lesions and complex coronary plaques in coronary CT scans were reported. Therefore, patients with elevated troponin levels represent a risk population and might profit from intensified secondary prevention. In this context, ticagrelor might be part of a prevention strategy as currently tested in the PEGASUS trial.
We plan to conduct a single-centre pilot study in a cohort with clinically stable patients of our outpatient clinic, because data regarding prevalence, causes and prognosis of elevated troponin values in unselected cohorts is sparse. Therefore, all patients (n=910) that presented to our outpatient clinic 12 months after introduction of the high-sensitivity troponin T assay (june 2009) and were free of complaints or presented with UAP are being enrolled. All patients are characterized by demographic, laboratory and clinical characteristics (including medication) and all available imaging data (exercise-ecg, echocardiography, stress-echocardiography, computed tomography, cardiac MRI and coronary angiography) in order to compare baseline characteristics of troponin positive and troponin negative patients. In addition, the Framingham- and PROCAM-Score representing established calculators of long-term risk prediction are calculated.
Prognostic endpoints are defined as severe cardiovascular events and progress of the initially diagnosed disease. Those endpoints are associated with the initial hs-cTnT value and serial changes.
Study design
- Time perspective
- Retrospective
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Troponin status | – | Other: Progress of CHDPatients are divided into "troponin positive" (if hsTnT on first presentation is <14 ng/L) and "troponin negative" (if hsTnT on first presentation is >=14 ng/l). |
| Progress of CHD | – | – |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- We plan to conduct a single-centre pilot study in a cohort with clinically stable patients (n=910) of our outpatient clinic who presented 12 months after introduction of the high-sensitivity troponin T assay (june 2009) for routine workup. No patients will be excluded. All patients with stable CAD with or without cardiovascular comorbidities will be selected and classified as "troponin positive" or "troponin negative" according to initially documented hs-cTnT value.
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Patients of outpatient clinic presenting 12 months after introduction of the hs-TnT test in june 2009
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- none
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Progress of CHD | Other | Troponin status |
Primary outcome
Cardiovascular death
Time frame: 3 years
1 secondary outcome
Recurrent Myocardial Infarction
Time frame: 3 years
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 12 May 2015.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 34694435Biener M, Giannitsis E, Hogrefe K, Mueller-Hennessen M, Frohlich H, Katus HA, Frey N, Frankenstein L, Tager T. Prognostic value of changes in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T beyond biological variation in stable outpatients with cardiovascular disease: a validation study. Clin Res Cardiol. 2022 Mar;111(3):333-342. doi: 10.1007/s00392-021-01952-6. Epub 2021 Oct 25.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 30872042Tager T, Giannitsis E, Greve K, Frohlich H, Muller-Hennessen M, Vafaie M, Katus HA, Frankenstein L, Biener M. Long-term biological variation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T using minimal important differences and reference change values in stable outpatients with cardiovascular disease. Clin Biochem. 2019 May;67:7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.03.003. Epub 2019 Mar 11.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 29713483Biener M, Giannitsis E, Kuhner M, Zelniker T, Mueller-Hennessen M, Vafaie M, Stoyanov KM, Neumann FJ, Katus HA, Hochholzer W, Valina CM. Risk prediction in stable cardiovascular disease using a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T single biomarker strategy compared to the ESC-SCORE. Open Heart. 2018 Apr 25;5(1):e000710. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000710. eCollection 2018.
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Referral and contact
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The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Coronary Artery Disease, run by University Hospital Heidelberg.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 May 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Cardiovascular death (time frame: 3 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01954303, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 May 2015.