NCT01000701

Inflammation and Acute Coronary Syndromes

Inflammation and Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) - Novel Strategies for Prevention and Clinical Management

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 4,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Subproject 1: Optimize prevention after acute coronary syndromes (ACS) by improving caregiver and patient education (http://elips.hug-ge.ch/eng/index\_eng2.htm) Subproject 2: Discover novel genomic biomarkers of ACS in leukocyte subsets by means of analyzing gene expression profiles and function Subproject 3: Evaluate novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in soluble form in blood/plasma and urine Subproject 5: Visualize the vulnerable plaque using intravascular ultrasound/optical coherence tomography (IVUS/OCT) and correlate with outcome and biomarkers Subproject 7: Characterize the effects of inflammation on progenitor/stem cell-mediated repair after ACS by means of analyzing gene expression profiles and function

Conditions

• Acute Coronary Syndromes

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2018-01-01
• Completion: 2019-01-01
• First posted: 2009-10-23
• Last updated: 2016-09-09

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Switzerland