NCT01534000

Cardiac-CT in the Treatment of Acute Chest Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 600 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objectives The CATCH trial (CArdiac cT in the treatment of acute CHest pain) is a prospective randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the clinical value of cardiac multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) as a first-line diagnostic strategy in patients with acute chest pain, compared to a conventional functional-based testing strategy. Methods: Consecutive patients admitted with acute chest pain of suspected cardiac origin, but normal electrocardiogram and biomarkers were randomized to evaluation with 320-MDCT coronary angiography (CT-guided group) or with standard bicycle exercise test and/or myocardial perfusion imaging - MPI (Control group). After one year, patients will be followed-up, with registration of clinical endpoints such as Cardiac death, myocardial infarction, need for revascularisation, admittance for heart related problems, sustained chest pain, live quality score, use of medication.

Conditions

• Ischemic Heart Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA)	Patients will (on top of the standard clinical evaluation with a functional-based stress-test) be examined with a Cardiac CT scan. In the control group, the Cardiac CT will be blinded for clinical evaluation and only used retrospectively for research purpose.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-01-01
• Completion: 2014-01-01
• First posted: 2012-02-16
• Last updated: 2014-06-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark