Trial information
A Study to Evaluate the Benefit of Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Patients With Chest Pain.
Status: Completed
Protocol number: 17
Company division: Diagnostic
Official Scientific Title: Health-economic benefit of the Point-of-Care clarification of acute coronary syndrome, thromboembolism and cardiac failure in primary health care.
Brief summary: This study will evaluate the clinical and socioeconomic benefit of laboratory-supported cardiovascular risk stratification in primary health care. The extent of the benefit of point-of-care diagnostics will be analyzed.
Study type: Interventional; Randomized; Open Label; Parallel study
Condition: Chest Pain
Intervention type: Diagnostic Test
Intervention name: Cardiac-Reader
Inclusion criteria:
- adult patients >=18 years of age;
- chest pain;
- dyspnea.
Exclusion criteria:
- onset of symptoms >=5 days before attending hospital;
- therapeutic doses of heparin for >24 hours;
- severe reanl insufficiency.
Gender: Males or Females
Age limits: Min: 18 Years
Accepts healthy volunteers: No
Anticipated start date: June, 2006
Trial registration date: 11/23/2006
Date last updated: 11/21/2008
Link to trial result
This trial was conducted at the following locations:
Switzerland
