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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
UMIN ID: UMIN000000888

Registered date:15/11/2007

Coronary Artery Dysfunction After Stent Implantation and Effect of Aggressive Lipid-lowering Therapy by Statins - Role of Rho-kinase -

Basic Information

Recruitment status Complete: follow-up complete
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedIschemic heart disease
Date of first enrollment2007/11/01
Target sample size200
Countries of recruitmentJapan
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)Control therapy: Slow-release nifedipine (Adalat CR) 20/40mg/day or slow-release diltiazem (Herbesser R) 200mg/day if hypotension is a concern. Lipid-lowering therapy to achieve LDL-Chol<100mg/dl with statins if needed. Experimental therapy: Slow-release nifedipine (Adalat CR) 20/40mg/day or slow-release diltiazem (Herbesser R) 200mg/day if hypotension is a concern. Aggressive lipid-lowering therapy to achieve LDL-Chol<70mg/dl with pitavastatin (Livalo) 2-4mg/day.

Outcome(s)

Primary OutcomeCoronary vasospasm after 3-month trial therapy
Secondary Outcome1) Cardiovascular events (cardiac death, myocardial infarction, revascularization by PCI or CABG) 2) Severity of angina by Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) classification 3) Biomarkers in peripheral and coronary sinus blood 4) Coronary stenosis and plaque phenotype by angiography or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) 5) Stent re-endothelialization by angioscopy or optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum20years-old
Age maximumNot applicable
GenderMale and Female
Include criteria
Exclude criteria1. Patient with unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction 2. History of angiographycally-proven vasospastic angina 3. Contraindication for statins or calcium channel blockers 4. Familial hypercholesterolemia, liver cirrhosis or renal failure on chronic dialysis 5. Contraindication for intracoronary acetylcholine during coronary angiography

Related Information

Contact

public contact
Name Tetsuya Matoba
Address 3-1-1Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan Japan
Telephone 092-642-5360
E-mail matoba@cardiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
scientific contact
Name Kenji Sunagawa
Address 3-1-1Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan Japan
Telephone 092-642-5360
E-mail
Affiliation Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Department of Cardiovascular Medicine