Status:

RECRUITING

Breaking Fasts Ahead of Cardiac Caths

Lead Sponsor:

University of South Florida

Conditions:

Stable Angina (SA)

Unstable Angina (UA)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether fasting is necessary before urgent inpatient cardiac catheterizations. For patients presenting with urgent heart-related pain or even mild heart ...

Detailed Description

While pre-procedural fasting is a longstanding tradition in cardiac catheterization, there is limited evidence supporting its necessity in low-risk patients undergoing urgent procedures for acute coro...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All scheduled urgent inpatient non-high risk cardiac catheterizations for worsening angina (cardiac chest pain or anginal equivalent), unstable angina, or non-high risk NSTEMI-NSTEMI's with GRACE score \<140 points) utilizing proceduralist guided sedation

Exclusion

  • High risk NSTEMI's defined as NSTEMI's with a GRACE score \>140 points
  • Hemodynamic instability (\<SBP 90)
  • Unstable arrythmias
  • Chest pain refractory to nitroglycerin drip
  • New ejection fraction less than 25%
  • Evidence of severe decompensated heart failure on presentation requiring BiPAP or mechanical intubation
  • Inability to consent
  • Patients \<18 years old
  • Pregnant patients
  • Need for general anesthesia
  • Acute hypoxic respiratory failure requiring \>6L Nasal Cannula Supplementation, BiPAP, or invasive ventilation
  • Emergent interventions: STEMI/high risk NSTEMI
  • Need for mechanical circulatory support-ECMO, Impella or intra-aortic balloon pump

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 13 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

400 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06996639

Start Date

October 13 2025

End Date

July 1 2026

Last Update

December 16 2025

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Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33606

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