One-Shot heart drug aims to save muscle, save lives after severe heart attack

NCT ID NCT01502774

Summary

This large study tested whether a single injection of an existing drug, cyclosporine, given right before a standard artery-opening procedure (stent), could improve long-term outcomes for people having a major heart attack. It aimed to see if protecting heart muscle during treatment would lead to fewer deaths, less heart failure, and less heart enlargement over the next 1-3 years. Nearly 1,000 patients participated in this placebo-controlled trial to find out.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • APHP Hôpital Bichat

    Paris, 75018, France

  • Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan Brugge

    Bruges, 8000, Belgium

  • CH Henri MONDOR

    Créteil, 94010, France

  • CH de Compiègne

    Compiègne, 60321, France

  • CH de Pau

    Pau, 64011, France

  • CHRU - Hôpital Cardiologique Calmette

    Lille, France

  • CHRU de Tours

    Tours, 37044, France

  • CHRU- Hôpital de la Côte de Nacre

    Caen, 14033, France

  • CHU - Hôpital Gabriel Montpied

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France

  • CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve

    Montpellier, 34295, France

  • CHU Mont-Godinne

    Yvoir, 5530, Belgium

  • CHU de Mulhouse

    Mulhouse, 68100, France

  • CHU de Nîmes

    Nîmes, 30029, France

  • CHU de Rangueil

    Toulouse, 31043, France

  • Centre Hospitalier General

    Chartres, 28018, France

  • Centre Hospitalier General

    Haguenau, 67504, France

  • Centre Hospitalier St Luc St Joseph

    Lyon, 69365, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire

    Brest, 29609, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers

    Angers, 49033, France

  • Centre Hospitalier d'Annecy

    Annecy, 74011, France

  • Centre Hospitalier du Pays D'Aix

    Aix-en-Provence, 13616, France

  • Chu Charleroi

    Charleroi, 6000, Belgium

  • Clinique ESQUIROL - SAINT-HILAIRE

    Agen, 47000, France

  • Clinique Lafourcade

    Bayonne, 64100, France

  • Clinique Saint Gatien

    Tours, 37042, France

  • Clinique de l'Ormeau - CCV des Pyrénées

    Tarbes, 65000, France

  • Clinique de la Sauvegarde

    Lyon, 69009, France

  • Clinique du Diaconat

    Mulhouse, 69607, France

  • Clinique du Millénaire

    Montpellier, 34960, France

  • Clinique du Tonkin

    Villeurbanne, 69100, France

  • Hopital Louis Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon

    Bron, 69677, France

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

    Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Hôpital A. MICHALLON - CHU

    Grenoble, 38043, France

  • Hôpital Brabois - CHU Nancy

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France

  • Hôpital Charles NICOLLE

    Rouen, 76031, France

  • Hôpital Claude Galien

    Quincy-sous-Sénart, 91480, France

  • Hôpital Guillaume et René Laennec

    Nantes, 44093, France

  • Hôpital Haut Lévêque

    Pessac, 33604, France

  • Hôpital Henri Duffaut

    Avignon, 84000, France

  • Hôpital Pontchaillou

    Rennes, 35003, France

  • Hôpital du Bocage

    Dijon, 21034, France

  • Hôpital universitaire d'Anvers (UZA)

    Edegem, 2650, Belgium

  • Hôpitaux Universitaires, Nouvel Hôpital Civil

    Strasbourg, 67091, France

  • Institut Jacques Cartier

    Massy, 91300, France

  • Polyclinique des Fleurs

    Ollioules, 83192, France

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