Could skipping routine heparin be safer for heart patients?
NCT ID NCT06981624
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving the blood thinner heparin only when needed, instead of routinely, can prevent radial artery occlusion after a heart catheterization procedure. Researchers will enroll 500 patients and compare rates of artery patency, bleeding, and nursing time. The goal is to see if a selective approach works just as well with fewer side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- heparin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that giving heparin only when needed is just as effective as routine use, potentially reducing unnecessary medication and nursing workload.
- What could go wrong
- This is a moderate-sized trial (500 participants) comparing two strategies, not a new drug. The results may not change standard practice if selective heparin leads to more occlusions or complications.
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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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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Any patient referred for a diagnostic transradial catheterism Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to understand study design or provide informed consent * Unable to receive antiplatelet therapy with aspirina and/or clopidogrel-prasugrel and/or ticagrelor and intravenous anticoagulant derived from heparine or bivalirudine * Local condition such as hematoma or pseudo-aneurims precluding radial or ulnar access. * Presence of plethysmographic waveform with simultaneous radial and ulnar occlusive compression (due to colaterals or interouseous artery) precluding the evaluation of patent hemostasis.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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IUCPQ
RECRUITINGQuébec, Quebec, G1V4G5, Canada
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