Blood cell secrets may unlock heart attack mysteries
NCT ID NCT03022552
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at blood cells called platelets in people who have had a heart attack. Researchers want to understand how these cells work and what genes are involved. They will compare heart attack patients with healthy people and those with stable chest pain. The goal is to learn more about why heart attacks happen, especially in women.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 350 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This study may have concurrent enrollment with the HARP Main Imaging (NCT02905357). This study population includes women and men who present to the hospital with an MI, with non-obstructive coronary artery disease or obstructive artery disease, are eligible for blood collection. Additionally, a sex, group of age and race matched disease controls 'CATH-NOCA' will be composed of women and men with stable angina referred for cardiac catheterization.
- Ages
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21 to 99 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Acute ischemic symptoms compatible with diagnosis of MI, such as chest pain or anginal equivalent symptoms at rest or new onset exertional anginal equivalent symptoms * Objective evidence of MI (either or both of the following): * Elevation of troponin to above the laboratory upper limit of normal (ULN) * ST segment elevation of ≥1mm on 2 contiguous ECG leads * Willing to provide informed consent and comply with all aspects of the protocol * Administration of aspirin at least 1 hour before cardiac catheterization * Administration of thienopyridine (e.g., clopidogrel, ticagrelor) at least 1 hour before cardiac catheterization * Women and men with ≥50% of any major epicardial vessel on invasive angiography may participate Exclusion Criteria: * Recent use of vasospastic agents, such as cocaine, triptans, or ergot alkaloids (≤1 month) * Alternate explanation for troponin elevation, such as hypertensive urgency, acute exacerbation of heart failure, chronic elevation due to kidney disease, pulmonary embolism, cardiac trauma * Pregnancy * Thrombolytic therapy for STEMI (qualifying event) * Use of any of the following medications: * Platelet antagonists (except aspirin and thienopyridines) within 7 days * NSAIDs (e.g., ibuprofen, naproxen) within 3 days. * Thrombocytopenia (platelet count \<100,000) * Thrombocytosis (platelet count \>500,000) * Anemia (hemoglobin \<9 mg/dl) * Hemorrhagic diathesis
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NYU Langone Medical Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10016, United States
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