Heart risk under the knife: should cancer patients pause their blood pressure pills?

NCT ID NCT06862115

First seen Nov 18, 2025 · Last updated May 13, 2026 · Updated 20 times

Summary

This study looks at whether pausing certain blood pressure medications (called RAS inhibitors) before major colorectal cancer surgery can reduce the chance of heart injury during or after the operation. About 156 adults with high blood pressure who are scheduled for this surgery will be randomly assigned to either stop or continue their medication. The main goal is to see if stopping the drug is safe and does not increase heart damage, measured by a protein in the blood called troponin.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • Cairo university hospitals

    RECRUITING

    Cairo, Egypt

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