Heart bypass showdown: does using more arteries help women?

NCT ID NCT04124120

First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study is testing whether using multiple arteries during coronary bypass surgery improves outcomes for women compared to using just one artery. About 2,300 women will be randomly assigned to receive either a single arterial graft or multiple arterial grafts. The goal is to see if the multiple-graft approach reduces major heart problems and improves quality of life.

What this could mean

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Active substance
surgical procedure (arterial grafting)
What this could lead to
If multiple arterial grafts prove better, this could lead to a new standard of care for women having coronary bypass surgery, reducing heart attacks, strokes, and repeat procedures.
What could go wrong
This is a large trial but still recruiting; results may not show a clear benefit for all women, and surgery carries inherent risks like infection or bleeding.

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Aalborg University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Aalborg, 9000, Denmark

  • Acibadem-Sistina Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Skopje, North Macedonia

  • Allegheny General Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States

  • Anthea Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Bari, 70124, Italy

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75204, United States

  • Baystate Health

    RECRUITING

    Springfield, Massachusetts, 01199, United States

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    RECRUITING

    Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 8NR, United Kingdom

  • Careggi University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Florence, 50134, Italy

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lisbon, 1300-598, Portugal

  • Centro Hospitalar e Universitário Sao Joao

    RECRUITING

    Porto, 4200-072, Portugal

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States

  • Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute

    RECRUITING

    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

  • Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charite

    RECRUITING

    Berlin, Germany

  • Duisburg Heart Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Duisburg, 47137, Germany

  • Duke University

    RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Dusseldorf University

    RECRUITING

    Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany

  • East Carolina University

    RECRUITING

    Greenville, North Carolina, 27858, United States

  • Emory University

    RECRUITING

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Englewood Health

    RECRUITING

    Englewood, New Jersey, 07631, United States

  • Erasmus Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Rotterdam, South Holland, 3015, Netherlands

  • Essen University

    RECRUITING

    Essen, 45147, Germany

  • European Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Roma, 00149, Italy

  • Fondazione Poliambulanza

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Brescia, 25124, Italy

  • Frankfurt University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Frankfurt, 60323, Germany

  • Fraser Clinical Trials

    RECRUITING

    New Westminster, Canada

  • Fuwai Hospital China

    COMPLETED

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100037, China

  • G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital (GKNM)

    COMPLETED

    Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641037, India

  • General University Hospital, Prague

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    New Town, 128 08, Czechia

  • Genesis Healthcare System

    RECRUITING

    Zanesville, Ohio, 43701, United States

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - St Thomas' Hospital

    RECRUITING

    London, United Kingdom

  • HDZ NRW Bad Oeynhausen Germany

    RECRUITING

    Bad Oeynhausen, 32545, Germany

  • Hamilton General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hamilton, Ontario, L8L 2X2, Canada

  • Hartford Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States

  • Health Sciences North

    RECRUITING

    Greater Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5J1, Canada

  • Heart Center Herzzentrum, Leipzig

    RECRUITING

    Leipzig, 04289, Germany

  • Heart Institute University of São Paulo

    RECRUITING

    São Paulo, 05508, Brazil

  • Heidelberg University

    RECRUITING

    Heidelberg, Germany

  • Hopital Sacre-Coeur

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Canada

  • Horizon Health Network - Saint John Regional Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L 4L2, Canada

  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, 08036, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico de San Carlos

    RECRUITING

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario del Vinalopo

    RECRUITING

    Elche, Alicante, 03293, Spain

  • Hull University Hospitals

    RECRUITING

    Hull, United Kingdom

  • Humanitas Gavazzeni of Bergamo

    RECRUITING

    Bergamo, 24125, Italy

  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

    RECRUITING

    London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom

  • Indiana University

    RECRUITING

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Innsbruck Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Innsbruck, 6020, Austria

  • Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec

    RECRUITING

    Ste Foy, Quebec, G1V 4G5, Canada

  • Institute of Cardiology Porto Alegre

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Porto Alegre, 9062000, Brazil

  • Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Vila Mariana, 04012-909, Brazil

  • Jena University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Jena, 07743, Germany

  • Jilin Heart Hospital China

    COMPLETED

    Changchun, Jilin, 130052, China

  • Johns Hopkins University

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States

  • Karonlinska University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Stockholm, 171 76, Sweden

  • Kepler University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Linz, Austria

  • Krankenhaus Nord Vienna North Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Vienna, 1210, Austria

  • Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier

    RECRUITING

    Trier, 54292, Germany

  • Lankenau Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, 19096, United States

  • Leiden University Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Leiden, South Holland, 2333, Netherlands

  • Lenox Hill Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10075, United States

  • Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    Liverpool, L14 3PE, United Kingdom

  • London Health Sciences

    RECRUITING

    London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada

  • Maastricht University Medical Centre

    RECRUITING

    Maastricht, 6229, Netherlands

  • Manchester University NHS Trust

    RECRUITING

    Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom

  • Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cotignola, 48033, Italy

  • Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

    RECRUITING

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  • Medical University Gdansk

    RECRUITING

    Gdansk, 80-210, Poland

  • Medical University of Graz

    RECRUITING

    Graz, 8010, Austria

  • Medical University of Silesia

    RECRUITING

    Katowice, 40-055, Poland

  • Medical University of Vienna

    RECRUITING

    Vienna, 1090, Austria

  • Methodist Physicians Health

    RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68118, United States

  • Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom

  • Montreal Heart Institute

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H1T 1C8, Canada

  • NHS Golden Jubilee

    RECRUITING

    Clydebank, G81 4DY, United Kingdom

  • National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Tomsk, Russia

    COMPLETED

    Tomsk, Russia

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Zhongzheng, Taipei, 100229, Taiwan

  • National University of Singapore

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Singapore, 119077, Singapore

  • NavarraBiomed

    RECRUITING

    Pamplona, Spain

  • Nebraska Heart Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lincoln, Nebraska, 68526, United States

  • New York Presbyterian Queens

    RECRUITING

    Queens, New York, 11355, United States

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Brooklyn, New York, 11215, United States

  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Newark, New Jersey, 07112, United States

  • Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

    RECRUITING

    St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 3R4, Canada

  • Ohio State University

    RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • Ospedale Le Molinette, Torino

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Torino, 10126, Italy

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    RECRUITING

    Multiple Locations, Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Pomona, California, 91767, United States

  • Rambam Health Care Campus

    COMPLETED

    Haifa, 3109601, Israel

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

  • Rigshospitalet

    RECRUITING

    Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

  • Robert-Bosch-Hospital Stuttgart Germany

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Stuttgart, 70376, Germany

  • Royal Papworth NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    Cambridge, CB2 0A, United Kingdom

  • Royal Victoria Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada

  • Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

    RECRUITING

    Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP, United Kingdom

  • Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

    COMPLETED

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200025, China

  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Gothenburg, Sweden

  • Saitama Medical University Japan

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Saitama, 350-0451, Japan

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, South Korea

  • Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seoul, 03722, South Korea

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    Sheffield, S10 2SB, United Kingdom

  • South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust

    RECRUITING

    Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, United Kingdom

  • St George's University Hospitals

    RECRUITING

    London, United Kingdom

  • St. Boniface General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2H 2A6, Canada

  • Star Hospitals - Hyderabad, India

    COMPLETED

    Hyderabad, Telangana, 500034, India

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences

    RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada

  • TUM University Hospital German Heart Center

    RECRUITING

    Munich, Germany

  • Teda Hospital Tianjin China

    COMPLETED

    Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300456, China

  • The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

    RECRUITING

    Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, United Kingdom

  • The University of Melbourne

    RECRUITING

    Melbourne, Australia

  • The University of Texas Medical Health Branch at Galveston

    RECRUITING

    Galveston, Texas, 77550, United States

  • The Valley Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Ridgewood, New Jersey, 07450, United States

  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Bunkyō-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan

  • Toronto General Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

  • UT Health San Antonio

    RECRUITING

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

    RECRUITING

    Roma, 00168, Italy

  • University Hospital Coimbra

    RECRUITING

    Coimbra, 3004-561, Portugal

  • University Hospital Dubrava

    RECRUITING

    Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

  • University Hospital Erlangen

    COMPLETED

    Erlangen, 91054, Germany

  • University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg

    RECRUITING

    Giessen, 35385, Germany

  • University Hospital of Montreal

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4, Canada

  • University Hospitals of Leicester

    RECRUITING

    Leicester, United Kingdom

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

    RECRUITING

    Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 6QG, United Kingdom

  • University Hradec Králové

    RECRUITING

    Hradec Králové, 500 03, Czechia

  • University Medical Center of Göttingen

    RECRUITING

    Göttingen, 37075, Germany

  • University of California, San Francisco

    RECRUITING

    San Francisco, California, 94118, United States

  • University of Chicago

    RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

  • University of Colorado

    RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Iowa

    RECRUITING

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

    COMPLETED

    Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States

  • University of Michigan

    RECRUITING

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48104, United States

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States

  • University of Ottawa Heart Institute

    RECRUITING

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada

  • University of Pennsylvania

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of Utah

    RECRUITING

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States

  • Universitäts-Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen Freiburg

    RECRUITING

    Bad Krozingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 79189, Germany

  • Victorian Heart Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Clayton, 3168, Australia

  • Wake Forest University

    RECRUITING

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27106, United States

  • Washington University in St. Louis

    RECRUITING

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medicine

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10021, United States

  • Yale University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States

  • Zbigniew Religa Lower Silesian Heart Disease Centre

    RECRUITING

    Zabrze, 41-800, Poland

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