Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Assessing Chest Pain Using Point-of-Care High-Sensitivity Troponin I in the Emergency Department

Lead Sponsor:

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Collaborating Sponsors:

Abbott Point of Care

Conditions:

ACS (Acute Coronary Syndrome)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The goal of this proposal is to improve the quality and value of care for patients with acute chest pain by investigating the potential impact of point-of-care (POC) high sensitivity cardiac troponin ...

Detailed Description

Use of point-of-care (POC) testing in the Emergency Department (ED) has been previously established as a method to reduce the time-to-disposition-decision (TTD) making for emergency physicians, which ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age greater than or equal to18 years
  • Symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome:
  • Acute chest, epigastric, neck, jaw or arm pain or discomfort or pressure without apparent non-cardiac source
  • Shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, fatigue/malaise, or
  • Other equivalent discomfort suggestive of an myocardial infarction (MI)
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG) ordered as part of standard of care
  • At least one troponin collected as standard of care
  • Study specific blood sample collected within ± 5 minutes of clinical draw

Exclusion

  • ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Activation
  • Unstable vitals signs: symptomatic hypotension at the time of enrollment (systolic \< 90 mm Hg), tachycardia (HR\>120), bradycardia (HR\<40), and hypoxemia (\<90% pulse-oximetry on room air or normal home oxygen flow rate)
  • Central laboratory hs-cTn testing resulted or in process (\>5 minutes) prior to study accrual
  • Prior enrollment
  • Terminal diagnosis with life expectancy less than 6 months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 7 2025

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

600 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06899776

Start Date

February 7 2025

End Date

July 1 2026

Last Update

December 11 2025

Active Locations (3)

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Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28203

2

High Point Medical Center

High Point, North Carolina, United States, 27262

3

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27517