Screening Cardiovascular Patients for Aortic Aneurysms

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01643317

Acronym

SCAN

Enrollment

Registered

2012-07-18

Start date

2012-07-31

Completion date

2013-07-31

Last updated

2019-07-24

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Conditions

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Brief summary

Screening studies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) in 65 to 79 years aged men, have shown a significant reduction in AAA related mortality. In addition, the cost-effectiveness of screening for AAA in men in the Netherlands has been demonstrated by using a Markov model. Screening might be even more (cost-) effective if targeted on high risk groups, such as patients with a particular cardiovascular disease with a known increased risk of having an AAA. Project SCAN (Screening CardioVascular patients for Aortic aNeurysms) is a project focused on targeted AAA screening to proactively diagnose patients at high risk of having an aneurysm that eventually may rupture. This pilot project aims to study the value of a screening protocol in daily practice to detect AAA's in high risk patients.

Detailed description

1. Offering PAD and CAD patients a non-invasive abdominal ultrasound after a careful process of shared-decision making 2. Recording data on aneurysm detection on all PAD and CAD patients screened: 1. General information (age, gender) 2. Medical history on CardioVascular risk factors (such as smoking history, hypertension, and other cardiovascular medical conditions - only information that is already recorded in the patient's medical history chart) 3. AAA - Yes/ No (Yes if ≥3 cm AAA) 4. If ≥3 cm aneurysm, record exact size and outcome in time (surveillance, treatment, no treatment) 5. If treated, record treatment type (EVAR or Open) and outcome

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

55 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* male and female patients * peripheral arterial disease (ankle brachial index \< 0,90 and/or reduction of \> 0.15 after exercise test) or a carotid stenosis (stenosis ≥ 50%) * age \> 55 year

Exclusion criteria

* Patients unfit for endovascular or open surgery (as judged by vascular surgeon) * Failure to master the dutch language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
AAA prevalence	1 year

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results