New heart attack treatment aims to stop the next one

NCT ID NCT05284747

Summary

This study is testing if giving a cholesterol-lowering drug called evolocumab very early after a heart attack, along with standard care, is better than standard care alone at preventing future serious heart problems. It involves over 6,000 adults who were hospitalized for a heart attack. The goal is to see if this early treatment can reduce the risk of having another heart attack, a stroke, needing another heart procedure, or dying.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Advanced Cardiology Associates

    Rochester Hills, Michigan, 48307, United States

  • Advanced Heart Care LLC

    Bridgewater, New Jersey, 08807, United States

  • AdventHealth Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States

  • Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

    Park Ridge, Illinois, 60068, United States

  • Akademiska Sjukhuset i Uppsala

    Uppsala, 751 85, Sweden

  • Alingsas Lasarett

    Alingsås, 441 33, Sweden

  • Ascension Sacred Heart

    Pensacola, Florida, 32504, United States

  • Ascension Saint John Bartlesville

    Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74104, United States

  • Ascension Saint John Tulsa

    Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74104, United States

  • Ascension Saint Thomas Nashville

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37205, United States

  • Ascension Saint Vincent Heart Center

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46290, United States

  • Ascension Texas Cardiovascular

    Austin, Texas, 78705, United States

  • Ascension Texas Cardiovascular Kyle

    Kyle, Texas, 78640, United States

  • Aultman Hospital

    Canton, Ohio, 44710, United States

  • Aurora Saint Lukes Medical Center

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States

  • Baptist Health Care

    Pensacola, Florida, 32501, United States

  • Blekingesjukhuset Karlskrona

    Karlskrona, 371 85, Sweden

  • Bon Secours St Marys Hospital Richmond

    Midlothian, Virginia, 23114, United States

  • Bridgeport Hospital

    Bridgeport, Connecticut, 06610, United States

  • Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County PC

    Stamford, Connecticut, 06905, United States

  • Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

    Tupelo, Mississippi, 38801, United States

  • Cardiology Partners Clinical Research Institute

    Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 33410, United States

  • Cardiovascular Research of Knoxville North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, Tennessee, 37849, United States

  • Centrallasarettet Vaxjo

    Vaxjo, 351 85, Sweden

  • Centro de Pesquisa Clinica do Coracao

    Aracaju, Sergipe, 49055-530, Brazil

  • Centro de Pesquisa Clínica Associação Hospitalar Moinhos de Vento

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-001, Brazil

  • Chippenham Hospital

    Richmond, Virginia, 23225, United States

  • Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants

    Clearwater, Florida, 33756, United States

  • Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants

    Safety Harbor, Florida, 34695, United States

  • Clinical Site Partners Orlando dba Flourish Research

    Winter Park, Florida, 32789, United States

  • Clínica Silvestre Sante

    Rio Branco, Acre, 69900785, Brazil

  • Cmep-Centro Multidisciplinar Ensino e Pesq

    Joinville, Santa Catarina, 89204-250, Brazil

  • Eastern Shore Research Institute

    Fairhope, Alabama, 36532, United States

  • Essentia Health Saint Marys Medical Center

    Duluth, Minnesota, 55805, United States

  • Excel Medical Clinical Trials

    Boca Raton, Florida, 33434, United States

  • Gavle Sjukhus

    Gävle, 801 88, Sweden

  • Genesis Healthcare System

    Zanesville, Ohio, 43701, United States

  • Great Lakes Clinical Trials - Ravenswood

    Chicago, Illinois, 60640, United States

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

  • Hartford Hospital

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States

  • Healthy Heart Cardiology

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49546, United States

  • Heart Center Research LLC

    Huntsville, Alabama, 35801-4317, United States

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa

    São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, 01323-900, Brazil

  • Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

    São Paulo, 05652-900, Brazil

  • Hospital Madre Teresa

    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30140-073, Brazil

  • Hospital Mãe de Deus

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90840-440, Brazil

  • Hospital Regional de Presidente Prudente

    Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, 19050-680, Brazil

  • Hospital Ruy Azeredo

    Ipiranga Goiânia, Goiás, 74453-200, Brazil

  • Hospital Universitario Sao Francisco na Providencia de Deus

    Ipiranga Goiânia, Goiás, 74453-200, Brazil

  • Hospital Universitário Ciências Médicas de Belo Horizonte

    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30140-073, Brazil

  • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil

  • Hospital do Coracao de Pocos de Caldas CEC servicos medicos

    Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, 37706-106, Brazil

  • Hudson Valley Cardiovascular Practice PC

    Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601, United States

  • Instituto Atena de Pesquisa Clínica

    Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 59020-500, Brazil

  • Instituto Cardiovascular de Linhares

    Linhares, Espírito Santo, 29900010, Brazil

  • Instituto Dante Pazanesse

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 04012-909, Brazil

  • Instituto de Cardiologia de Santa Catarina

    Praia Comprida, Sao Jose, Santa Catarina, 88103-450, Brazil

  • Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90620-001, Brazil

  • Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica de Campinas

    Campinas, São Paulo, 13060-080, Brazil

  • Instituto do coracao da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo - InCor

    São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil

  • Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Marilia

    Marília, São Paulo, 90840-440, Brazil

  • Jackson Heart

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

  • Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • John Muir Health and Cardiovascular Institute

    Concord, California, 94520, United States

  • Kent Hospital

    Warwick, Rhode Island, 02886, United States

  • Lancaster General Hospital/The Heart Group of Lancaster

    Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17603, United States

  • Lanssjukhuset Ryhov

    Jönköping, 553 05, Sweden

  • Linkoping University Hospital

    Linköping, 581 85, Sweden

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • McLaren Macomb Research Services

    Mount Clemens, Michigan, 48043, United States

  • McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital

    Petoskey, Michigan, 49770, United States

  • Midwest Heart and Vascular Specialists

    Overland Park, Kansas, 66211, United States

  • Molndals Sjukhus

    Molndahl, 431 80, Sweden

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10580, United States

  • Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital

    Greensboro, North Carolina, 27401, United States

  • New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • North Kansas City Hospital

    North Kansas City, Missouri, 64116, United States

  • Northern Arizona Healthcare Corporation Cardiovascular Institute

    Flagstaff, Arizona, 86001, United States

  • Novant Health Heart and Vascular Institute Presbyterian Medical Center

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States

  • Ostersunds sjukhus

    Östersund, 831 83, Sweden

  • Parkway Cardiology Associates

    Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37830, United States

  • Pima Heart and Vascular Clinical Research

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

  • Prisma Upstate and Midlands Greenville Hospital System

    Columbia, South Carolina, 29203, United States

  • Ps Cardiologico de PE - Procape

    Casa Forte, Pernambuco, 52061-540, Brazil

  • Reading Hospital Tower Health

    West Reading, Pennsylvania, 19611, United States

  • Reid Physician Associates

    Richmond, Indiana, 47374, United States

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

  • Richmond University Medical Center

    Staten Island, New York, 10310, United States

  • Saint Lukes Boise Medical Center

    Boise, Idaho, 83712, United States

  • Saint Lukes Hospital of Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64111, United States

  • Saint Michaels Medical Center

    Newark, New Jersey, 07102, United States

  • Santa Casa de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90620-001, Brazil

  • Scottsdale Healthcare at Shea - HonorHealth

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States

  • Skane Universitetssjukhus i Lund

    Lund, 221 85, Sweden

  • Sodersjukhuset

    Stockholm, 118 83, Sweden

  • South Shore University Hospital Northwell Health

    Bay Shore, New York, 11706, United States

  • Sparrow Clinical Research Institute

    Lansing, Michigan, 48912, United States

  • Stony Brook Medicine

    Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States

  • Sunderby Sjukhus

    Luleå, 971 80, Sweden

  • Sundsvalls Sjukhus

    Sundsvall, 851 86, Sweden

  • Tampa Cardiovascular Interventions and Research

    Tampa, Florida, 33614, United States

  • Tennova Healthcare-Turkey Creek Medical Center

    Knoxville, Tennessee, 37934, United States

  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

  • University of California Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • University of California-Irvine

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • University of Colorado Hospital

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Florida and Shands Hospital

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32209, United States

  • University of Florida at Gainesville

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • University of Kansas Hospital

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • University of Louisville Health - Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • University of North Carolina Cardiology

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • Upstate Cardiology

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29607, United States

  • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

    Los Angeles, California, 90073, United States

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-8802, United States

  • Vastmanlands Sjukhus Vasteras

    Västerås, 721 89, Sweden

  • Vrinnevisjukhuset, Norrkoeping

    Norrköping, 601 82, Sweden

  • Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital

    Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 17201, United States

Conditions

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