Status:

COMPLETED

A Study Comparing Skin Fluorescence to Coronary Artery Calcification

Lead Sponsor:

VeraLight, Inc.

Collaborating Sponsors:

New Mexico Heart Institute, PA

Conditions:

Diabetes

Coronary Artery Calcification

Eligibility:

All Genders

45+ years

Brief Summary

This study examines the relationship between the SCOUT DM device and coronary artery calcification as determined by rapid computed tomography in patients at risk for coronary heart disease.

Detailed Description

This is a cross-sectional, single site, cohort screening trial. The correlation between the measured skin fluorescence and the CACS will be determined using a design that includes stratification by ge...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Males ≥ 45 years or females ≥ 50 years old that have had a coronary artery calcification score determined by rapid computed tomography at the clinical site within the last six months.

Exclusion

  • Receiving investigational treatments
  • Psychosocial issues that interfere with an ability to follow study procedures
  • Known to be pregnant
  • Receiving dialysis or having known renal compromise
  • Scars, tattoos, rashes or other disruption/discoloration on the left volar forearm.
  • Recent or current oral steroid therapy or topical steroids applied to the left forearm
  • Current chemotherapy, or chemotherapy within the past 12 months
  • Receiving medications that fluoresce\*
  • Known to have, or at risk for, photosensitivity reactions ( e.g., sensitive to ultraviolet light, or taking medication known to cause photosensitivity)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

240 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00895427

Start Date

February 1 2009

End Date

September 1 2011

Last Update

October 12 2011

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New Mexico Heart Institute

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87120