Clinical trials: Post-cardiac Surgery
Saphenous Vein Graft Disease
Ticagrelor Antiplatelet Therapy to Reduce Graft Events and Thrombosis
Saphenous vein graft disease remains an unresolved medical problem. Many vein grafts occlude in the first year after bypass surgery, leading to adverse cardiovascular outcomes, including recurrent angina, myocardial infarction…
- Trial name
- TARGET (NCT02053909)
- Testing
- Aspirin, Ticagrelor
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Acute Kidney Injury
Aminophylline to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury in Children After Cardiac Surgery
Children with congenital heart defects often need cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (the "heart-lung machine"). Approximately 35 to 50% of these children will have "acute kidney injury," or damage to the kidneys, after…
- Trial name
- KIDPROAM (NCT01245595)
- Testing
- Aminophylline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Aortic Valve Insufficiency, Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Aortic or Mitral Valve Replacement With the Biocor and Biocor Supra
The purpose of this study is to further evaluate the long-term safety and effectiveness of the Biocor and Biocor Supra Valves.
- Conditions
- Aortic Valve Insufficiency, Aortic Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Valve Incompetence
- Trial name
- NCT00636987
- Testing
- Biocor and Biocor Supra valves
- Where
- 17 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 297 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Focus of Study, Coagulation Status of Cardiac Surgery Patient
Thromboelastography-derived Functional Fibrinogen Levels
This study hopes to determine if thromboelastography-derived functional fibrinogen (TEG-FF or FLEV) levels obtained during the rewarming phase of cardiopulmonary bypass can provide information on coagulation status sooner…
- Conditions
- Focus of Study, Coagulation Status of Cardiac Surgery Patient, Reducing Excess Blood Transfusion
- Trial name
- TEG-FF (NCT01992757)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Atrial Fibrillation
Temporary Autonomic Blockade to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery
In this study, the investigators aim to determine whether injecting botulinum toxin into epicardial fat pads is efficacious and safe for decreasing postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT02498769
- Testing
- Botulinum Toxin Type A
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Joseph Mathew, M.D.
Telehealth, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
The Effectiveness of a Telehealth Program on Cardiac Symptom Distress, Self-care and Quality of Life of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Study
The goal of this randomized trial is to compare the outcomes of a telehealth program with conventional discharge care for patients aged 18 years and older with coronary artery disease following coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT06648291
- Testing
- QOCA EKG Device, Usual Care
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Atrial Fibrillation
Tragus Stimulation to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery, specifically a coronary artery bypass graft and/or heart valve replacement surgery, are at a higher risk for post-procedure atrial fibrillation (AF).
- Trial name
- TraP-AF (NCT03392649)
- Testing
- Parasym
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Acute Kidney Injury, Post-Operative Delirium
Short-term Atorvastatin's Effect on Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery
Aim1a: Statin naive patient's scheduled for cardiac surgery will be randomized to 80mg atorvastatin or placebo on the day prior to surgery and then 40mg daily thereafter until hospital discharge to test the hypothesis that…
- Conditions
- Acute Kidney Injury, Post-Operative Delirium, Icu Delirium, Acute Renal Failure
- Trial name
- NCT00791648
- Testing
- atorvastatin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 653 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Coronary Artery Diseases, Valvular Heart Diseases
Clinical and Hospital Stay Effects of Reiki and Manual Therapy After Open Heart Surgery
Reiki is an energy-based healing therapy using light touch. Manual therapy is a technique using light effleurage. These complimentary healing services are utilized to promote relaxation, sleep, improve emotions, and decrease…
- Trial name
- NCT05853250
- Testing
- Reiki/manual therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Atrial Fibrillation, Post-pericardiotomy Syndrome
Colchicine to Prevent Post-Pericardiotomy Syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation
The study will determine the benefit of Colchicine versus placebo for cardiac surgery patients on the post-operative development of atrial fibrillation and post-pericardiotomy syndrome. Primary Objective.
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Post-pericardiotomy Syndrome, Constriction
- Trial name
- NCT02177266
- Testing
- Colchicine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Liver Surgery, Liver Dysfunction
Octaplas Pediatric Plasma Replacement Trial
The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of octaplas in pediatric patients who require replacement of multiple coagulation factors.
- Conditions
- Liver Surgery, Liver Dysfunction, Coagulopathy, Cardiac Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT02050841
- Testing
- octaplas
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Octapharma
Coronary Artery Disease, Pain, Postoperative
Parasternal Nerve Block in Cardiac Patients
Exparel is a new local analgesic (numbing medication) that is intended to be longer acting than currently available local analgesics.
- Trial name
- NCT01826851
- Testing
- Exparel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- Peter A Knight
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopy
Post-market Clinical Follow-up Study of Reusable Clip Applier Cartridge Devices for LAParoscopic Surgery
This is a Post-Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) investigation to determine the long-term effectiveness and safety of the Multi-Fire Clip System in laparoscopic surgery.
- Conditions
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopy, Leakage of Cardiac Device
- Trial name
- RELAP (NCT05363813)
- Testing
- M/L-10 Multi-Fire Clip Applier and M/L-10 Clip Cartridge (Multi-Fire Clip System)
- Where
- 7 sites in Portugal, Spain
- Volunteers
- 245 people
- Sponsor
- Microline Surgical, Inc.
Acute Kidney Injury
Preop Digifab in CABG to Reduce Ouabain Levels and Prevent AKI
Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in up to 30% of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, and often requires patients to go on dialysis.
- Trial name
- NCT03810417
- Testing
- Digoxin Antibodies Fab Fragments, Baseline EO > 360 pM, EO < 360 pM
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 267 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Perioperative Care, Surgery--Complications
Perioperative Hypothermia and Myocardial Injury After Non-cardiac Surgery
We propose to test the hypothesis that aggressive warming reduces the incidence of major cardiovascular complications, compared to routine care.
- Conditions
- Perioperative Care, Surgery--Complications, Hypothermia; Anesthesia, Myocardial Injury
- Trial name
- PROTECT (NCT03111875)
- Testing
- aggressive warming, routine thermal management
- Where
- 11 sites in United States, China
- Volunteers
- 5,056 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Surgery, Cardiac
Contract-Relax (CR) Technique in the Management of Diaphragmatic Paresis After Cardiac Surgery
Postoperative respiratory complications are common complications of patients after cardiac surgery and increase morbidity and mortality and hospital length of stay.
- Trial name
- COREDIA (NCT05068219)
- Testing
- Usual physical therapy, Contract-Relax technique
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- CMC Ambroise Paré
Erector Spinae Plane Block, Pain Control
Intravenous(IV) vs. Erector Spinae Plane Blocks in Cardiac Surgery
Interfascial plane blocks have been developed for analgesia, among which the erector spinae plane (ESP) has gained popularity. The ESP block has been hypothesized to provide truncal analgesia by spread of local anesthetic into…
- Conditions
- Erector Spinae Plane Block, Pain Control, Post-Operative Pain, Chronic
- Trial name
- NCT04995497
- Testing
- Intravenous Administration of Lidocaine Post Cardiac Surgery, Administration of Lidocaine Post Cardiac Surgery via ESP Catheter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Archit Sharma
Coronary Artery Disease
Prophylactic Maze to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation in Adult Cardiac Surgery
This study will look at performing a prophylactic limited left sided maze procedure during concomitant adult cardiac surgery to prevent the common occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation.
- Trial name
- PREVENT-AF (NCT03604432)
- Testing
- propylactic maze
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Corewell Health West
Acute Lung Injury, Sepsis
Extracardiac Complications After Cardiac Surgery
Hypothesis of the study is that patients undergoing major cardiac surgery can develop extracardiac complications correlated to cardiopulmonary by pass.
- Conditions
- Acute Lung Injury, Sepsis, Infections, Acute Kidney Injury
- Trial name
- NCT01187004
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 164 people
- Sponsor
- University of Turin, Italy
Neuromuscular Monitoring After Administration of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Different Types of Surgery
Observational Study to Evaluate the Current Neuromuscular Monitoring Practice Used After Different Types of Surgery, for Which Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Were Used, With or Without Blocking Reversal (P06556)
The intent of this observational study is to collect prospective data regarding neuromuscular monitoring practices and extubation standards (Train-Of-Four [TOF] value) during surgery, in countries of Central and Eastern Europe…
- Trial name
- NCT01213264
- Testing
- No neuromuscular blockade (NMB)-reversal agent used, Sugammadex, Other NMB-Reversal Agents Used in Routine Anesthesiology Practice
- Volunteers
- 659 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC