RĀ²ACE: Role of Adiponectin and Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Reperfusion Injury in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
There is experimental evidence that low levels of adiponectin are associated with more reperfusion injury. In addition experimental studies have demonstrated that endothelial progenitor cells may have a favorable effect on remodeling, mainly through stimulation of neo-revascularisation. Clinical data on these issues are lacking. This clinical project studies the role of adiponectin, endothelial progenitor cells and endothelial microparticles in the ischaemia-reperfusion process and the compensatory ventricular remodelling in a population of 250 infarction patients treated with primary PCI. If the role of these factors could be confirmed in this clinical setting, those factors might represent a new target for therapeutic interventions in AMI patients.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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STEMI patients Patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction,lasting <12 hour, who were succesfully treated with primary PCI |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- occurrence of reperfusion injury after succesfull primary PCI [within 90 min after PCI]
Serial ECG measurements (before and after PCI to assess extent of ST segment resolution as marker of reperfusion injury
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Major cardiovascular event rate [at 1 year]
combined endpoint of hospitalisation (or extension of hospitalisation) for heart failure and cardiac death in a period of one year
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- STEMI treated with primary PCI
Exclusion Criteria:
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ischemia time >12h
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use of immunosuppressive therapy
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unsuccessful recanalisation
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not-interpretable ST-T segment
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | University hospital | Edegem | Antwerp | Belgium | 2650 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Marc Claeys, MD PHD, University Hospital, Antwerp
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- UAntwerpen