Is it feasible, acceptable and motivating to show patients attending a lipid clinical ultrasound images of atheromatous plaque in their carotid arteries?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN71832219

Enrollment

200

Registered

2003-09-12

Start date

2002-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Cardiovascular: Carotid atheroma Circulatory System

Interventions

A between subjects design in which 200 patients will be randomly allocated to one of two groups: (1) scanned (2) not scanned. Assuming that ultrasound will detect plaque in 50% of patients, this sampl

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 200 patients attending a routine lipid clinic.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
If successful the results in this study will be used to develop a randomised controlled trial of the impact of imaging carotid atheroma to motivate cardiovascular risk reducing behaviour change.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026