NCT01604655

ProspEctive First Evaluation in Chest Pain Trial

ProspEctive Randomized First Evaluation in Chest Pain Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 411 (actual)
• Sponsor: St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the best initial test in patients admitted to the hospital complaining of chest pain.

Detailed description

Currently, physicians can either choose a stress test or a CT scan of the heart to evaluate patients admitted with with chest pain. Very little is known about which test provides the best information to physicians, positively impacts patients medical care, and decreases future hospital admissions and testing. To study this the investigators are randomizing patients admitted to our hospital with chest pain to a stress test or coronary CT angiography. The investigators will then follow these patients for a 2 year period.

Conditions

• Chest Pain
• Shortness of Breath
• Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Coronary CT Angiography	CCTA
PROCEDURE	Stress Test	Stress Test

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2012-05-24
• Last updated: 2016-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States