Placebo vs procedure: the battle for chest pain relief

NCT ID NCT05142215

Summary

This study tested whether a specific heart artery procedure (called CTO PCI) could reduce chest pain (angina) more effectively than a placebo procedure in patients already taking the best available medications. Fifty patients with a long-term blockage in a heart artery were randomly assigned to receive either the real procedure or a fake one, and neither they nor their doctors knew which they got. The main goal was to see if the real procedure led to a greater improvement in chest pain symptoms and quality of life.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Essex Cardiothoracic Centre

    Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL, United Kingdom

  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital

    Bournemouth, BH7 7DW, United Kingdom

  • St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    London, United Kingdom

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