Heart alert study pulled before it began
NCT ID NCT05394181
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if notifying patients and their primary care doctors about calcium buildup in heart arteries (found on a prior chest CT) would increase the number of people starting cholesterol-lowering statins. It planned to include adults aged 18-84 with moderate to severe calcium but no prior heart disease. The study was withdrawn before enrolling anyone, so no results are available.
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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.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2022
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2023
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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 to 85 years
- 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: 1. Age greater than or equal to 18 and less than 85 2. Non-gated chest CT from 1/1/2016-6/30/2020 with algorithm screening estimating CAC score of at least 100 Agatston Units with radiologist confirmation of moderate or severe CAC 3. Encounter with Palo Alto VA affiliated primary care since 2020 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior diagnosis of coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, or cerebrovascular disease 2. Dementia 3. Metastatic cancer or active cancer undergoing chemotherapy 4. CT coronary angiogram since 2016 5. Invasive Coronary angiogram since 2016 6. CAC scan since 2016 7. Statin therapy within prior 6 months 8. Prior ezetimibe or PCSK9 inhibitor therapy 9. Prior rhabdomyolysis with statin therapy 10. Schizophrenia 11. Substance abuse disorder (alcohol, amphetamines, cocaine, opioids) 12. Hospice 13. Pregnancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Palo Alto Veteran's Affairs Hospital
Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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