Status:

TERMINATED

Coronary Bypass Surgery Trial: Complete Arterial Revascularization and Conventional Coronary Artery Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of Vienna

Conditions:

Coronary Artery Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-71 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, prospective European Multicenter Study comparing complete arterial revascularization of the coronary arteries using arterial graft material exclusively and "conventional" coronar...

Detailed Description

Coronary artery surgery effectively relieves angina and prolongs life in certain patient subsets. It is the most frequently performed major surgical procedure and therefore has profound economical imp...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient eligible for surgical myocardial revascularization
  • Age 70 years or less
  • Triple vessel coronary disease with significant coronary artery stenosis defined as a stenosis of at least 50% in luminal diameter
  • Patients with stable angina pectoris (Canadian Cardiovascular Society 1, 2, 3, or 4) or unstable angina pectoris (Braunwald Classification 1b, 2b, 3b) or proven silent myocardial ischemia.

Exclusion

  • No informed consent
  • Age \> 65 years
  • Participation in another study with any investigational drug or coronary revascularization procedure
  • When follow up over a period of five years is difficult or unlikely
  • Concomitant non-cardiac disease likely to limit long-term prognosis (e.g. cancer)
  • One or two vessel coronary disease and isolated left main stenosis
  • Estimated left ventricular ejection fraction \< 25%
  • Myocardial infarction within seven days
  • Need for concomitant major cardiac or non-cardiac surgery (e.g. valve surgery, left ventricular aneurysm, aortic aneurysm, carotid artery desobliteration, etc.)
  • Redo-cardiac surgery
  • Presence of the combination of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring therapy
  • Renal insufficiency requiring dialysis
  • Presence of the combination of severe adiposity and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
  • Presence of the combination of severe adiposity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring therapy
  • Severe hepatic disease
  • Emergent operation for coronary artery disease with signs of ischemia (e.g. failed PTCA, ongoing myocardial infarction)
  • Unstable angina pectoris Class A and C according to Braunwald classification (i.e. secondary unstable angina and postinfarction unstable angina within one week after acute MI)
  • Inadequate quality of saphenous vein material
  • Inadequate quality or number of arterial conduits to achieve complete revascularization likely (e.g. chest irradiation, major abdominal surgery)
  • Recent (\< 2weeks) cerebrovascular event (TIA, RIND, stroke)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 1999

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

January 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

2000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00317265

Start Date

January 1 1999

End Date

January 1 2005

Last Update

October 13 2006

Active Locations (14)

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1

Dept. of Surgery I, AKH Linz

Linz, Austria, 4020

2

Dept Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical Univ. of Vienna

Vienna, Austria, A-1090

3

Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, IKEM

Prague, Czechia, 14000

4

Kardiochirurgie, Nemocnice Podlesi

Třinec, Czechia, 73961