New Heart-Saving tactic tested in surgery
NCT ID NCT03230136
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a special heart-protection method given during heart surgery to see if it could reduce damage to the heart muscle. 210 adults having aortic valve surgery took part. Researchers measured a protein called troponin I in the blood for 72 hours after surgery to check for heart injury.
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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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210 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2018
- Finished
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Jul 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 old * Aortic valve surgery (aortic valve replacement associated or not with coronary artery bypass graft, Bentall surgery or Tirone David surgery) * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Emergency surgery * Redo surgery * Patient treated with Nicorandil, repaglinid or sulfonylurea 48 hours prior to surgery * Low cardiac output requiring catecholamine infusion or circulatory assistance prior to surgery * Severe renal failure: dialysis or glomerular filtration rate \< 30 mL/min * Severe liver failure (spontaneous INR \>2) * Severe respiratory insufficiency (VEMS \<40% of predicted value) * Contra-indication to sevoflurane and propofol * Myocardial infarction \< 7 days * Severe upper limb arterial disease * Heparin-induced thrombopenia * Active infection under antibiotic treatment * Any other surgery combined with the aortic valve surgery: myotomia of Morrow (hypertrophic myocardiopathy), treatment of heart rhythm disorder, inter-atrial communication closure, mitral valve replacement, tricuspid valve replacement, pulmonary valve replacement. * Pregnant women * Currently participating in another trial which may interfere with ProCCard results * Not benefiting from a social insurance or similar system * Patient under legal protection
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH Annecy
Annecy, France
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CHU Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne, France
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CHU de Caen
Caen, France
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Clinique de la sauvegarde
Lyon, France
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Institut Arnault Tzanck - Saint-Laurent du Var
Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France
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Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Cardiologique et Pneumologique Louis Pradel
Bron, 69500, France
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Unité de Réanimation Cardiovasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital Michallon
Grenoble, France
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service de Chirurgie Cardiaque CHU Gabriel Montpied
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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