Blood test may predict heart attack risk during surgery
NCT ID NCT04014647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is looking at whether a blood test called NT-proBNP can help predict serious problems like heart attacks or death in people having vascular surgery. Researchers will measure this marker before and after surgery in 200 patients. The goal is to see if the test can identify who is at higher risk, so doctors can take extra precautions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a simple blood test that helps doctors identify high-risk patients before vascular surgery, potentially reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study with only 200 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The test may not reliably predict outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2019
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2029
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
Patients who have been referred to have vascular surgery
- 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: * Patients who are equal to or over 18 years old * Patients scheduled to undergo elective surgery for the following procedures: * Infrainguinal arterial reconstruction * Aortic aneurysm * Aorto-bifemoral bypass / or aortic endarterectomy * Femoro-popliteal bypass * Femoro-distal bypass * Femoral endarterectomy * Femoro-femoral crossover * Axillo-femoral bypass * Elective carotid surgery * Patients having either general or regional anaesthesia for their surgery Exclusion Criteria:- * Patients undergoing emergency surgery * Those who are unable or unwilling to give informed consent * Patients with unstable coronary syndromes (acute or recent MI with evidence of important ischemic risk by clinical symptoms or stress testing or unstable or severe angina pectoris) * Patients with decompensated heart failure (new onset shortness of breath and rales together with echocardiographic evidence of cardiac dysfunction or deterioration of chronic heart failure despite heart failure therapy) * Patients with chronic atrial fibrillation
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGNorwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom
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