Effect of Thrombus Aspiration in Patients With Myocardial Infarction Presenting Late After Symptom Onset

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01379248

Enrollment

152

Registered

2011-06-23

Start date

2011-06-30

Completion date

2015-05-31

Last updated

2016-10-28

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Conditions

Myocardial Infarction

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the benefit of thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction presenting late after symptom onset.

Interventions

DEVICEmanual thrombus aspiration (Export catheter, Medtronic Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

manual thrombus aspiration catheter to be used during percutaneous coronary intervention

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* ST-elevation myocardial infarction \>12 and \<48 hours after symptom onset * age 18 to 90 years * informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* prior fibrinolysis * severe comorbidities with limited life expectancy * pregnancy * patient unable to give informed consent * participation in another trial * contraindications for heparin, aspirin or thienopyridines * contraindications for cardiac magnetic resonance examination

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Microvascular obstruction (cardiac magnetic resonance imaging)	1-4 days after randomization

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026