New heart stress test aims to diagnose blockages without radiation
NCT ID NCT00894179
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a new stress echocardiography method using regadenoson and atropine to diagnose coronary artery disease. It involved 45 adults scheduled for cardiac catheterization. The goal was to see if this faster, radiation-free approach could accurately detect significant blockages compared to standard angiography.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- regadenoson and atropine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a faster, safer, and radiation-free way to diagnose blocked heart arteries.
- What could go wrong
- The study was terminated early with only 45 participants, so results are limited and may not apply to everyone. The method may not be as accurate as standard tests.
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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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45 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2009
- Finished
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Apr 2012
- 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 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 \> 18 years old 2. Able to provide consent 3. Scheduled for cardiac catheterization either with or without a prior functional stress imaging study Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any history of acute myocardial infarction, prior PCI in last 3 months, bypass surgery, 2. History of greater than first degree AV block, sick sinus syndrome in patients 3. Patients with a pacemaker/LBBB 4. History on uncontrolled arrhythmias 5. Patients with significant pulmonary disease, known or suspected bronchoconstrictive or bronchospastic lung disease or other hypersensitivity to adenosine 6. History of cardiac transplantation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, acute myocarditis or pericarditis, severe valvular heart disease 7. Hemodynamically unstable patients 8. Dipyridamole use within 30 hours, consumption of methylxanthines (e.g., tea, coffee, caffeinated soft drinks, chocolate, or cocoa) within 12 hours, or use of sublingual nitroglycerin within 2 hours 9. History of glaucoma or obstructive uropathy 10. Allergy or hypersensitivity to atropine 11. Participation in another investigational drug study within 1 month or participation in any previous regadenoson trial 12. Pregnancy, breast feeding, or not using an acceptable method of birth control (if premenopausal) 13. . History of end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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