Heart attack aftermath: which treatment causes less internal bleeding?
NCT ID NCT03677466
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study examined bleeding inside the heart muscle (intramyocardial hemorrhage) in 60 patients who had a severe type of heart attack called STEMI. Researchers compared two treatment strategies: giving clot-busting drugs followed by a procedure to open the artery, versus going straight to the artery-opening procedure. They used MRI scans to measure bleeding and heart function. The goal was to understand which approach might lead to better recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Fibrinolytic drugs (Tenecteplase, Alteplase, Streptokinase) and PCI procedure
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors choose the best treatment strategy to reduce heart muscle bleeding after a heart attack, potentially improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, observational study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It did not test a new treatment, only compared existing ones.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2018
- Finished
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Mar 2019
- 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Age ≥ 18 years at time of randomization (18 years and older); * Acute myocardial infarction; * Reperfusion of the infarct-related coronary artery in terms within 12 h of symptom onset; * Written the informed consent to participate in research; Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to obtain informed consent; * Patients previously undergone endovascular / surgical revascularization of coronary artery; * Severe comorbidity; * History of myocardial infarction; * History of intracranial haemorrhage; * Pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock; * Creatinine clearance \<30 mL/min or dialysis; * Unable to undergo or contra-indications for MRI; * Allergy for contrast agent; * Indication or use of oral anticoagulant therapy; * Major bleedind; * Atrio-ventricular block II and III degree; * Active gastroduodenal ulcer; * Aortic dissection; * Acute psychotic disorders
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cardiology Research Institute
Tomsk, 634012, Russia
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