Timing is everything: new study reveals best window for second heart procedure
NCT ID NCT04918030
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 1,586 heart attack patients who had multiple blocked arteries. After opening the main blockage, doctors compared doing a second procedure to fix the other blockages either early (within a few days) or later (weeks after). The goal was to see which timing better prevented future heart problems like death, another heart attack, or needing more procedures. The results help doctors decide the best timing for complete treatment.
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Study facts
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- 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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1,586 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- 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 80 years
- 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: * Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures; * Established indication to PPCI according to the guidelines of American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology; * Spontaneous acute STEMI (patients presenting within 24 hours of symptom onset) with MVD after successful revascularization of the culprit artery; * De novo coronary lesion, * TIMI Flow 3 ( Cases with TIMI flow 2 need to perform angiographic again in 24h ensured TIMI flow 3 for enrolling case )after revascularization of the culprit artery, residual stenosis ≤20% and no coronary dissection greater than or equal to type C leading to (threatening) vessel closure. * At least one non-culprit coronary stenosis ≥ 80% and accompanied by QFR ≤0.8 in a vessel with a lumen diameter ≥2.5; Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 yr and \>80 yr; * Cardiac shock, multiple organ failure, cerebral hemorrhage, severe aortic stenosis and myocardial infarction complications(cardiac rupture, ventricular septal rupture and papillary muscle rupture); * Killip classification \>3, cardiognic shock, shore-infarction of culprit artery after emergency PCI in 24 hours; * Previous documented allergic reaction to drug and device of this study; * Planned major surgery within 6 weeks in which impact DAPT; * Participation in another clinical study, interfering with this protocol Uncertain; * Life expectancy \< 1 year; * Any condition likely to interfere with study processes including follow-up visits or increase of risk accessed by researcher.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital Xiamen University
Xiamen, Fujian, 361000, China
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