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Stress Echocardiography Study With Regadenoson

Information source: CV Therapeutics
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on October 19, 2009
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Heart Disease; Coronary Artery Disease

Intervention: regadenoson (Drug)

Phase: Phase 2

Status: Recruiting

Sponsored by: CV Therapeutics

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Roxy Senior, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Northwick Park Hospital

Overall contact:
Peter Staehr, M.D., Email: peter.staehr@gilead.com

Summary

Regadenoson is approved in the US under the brand name Lexiscan for myocardial perfusion imaging. This study will test whether regadenoson is an appropriate stress agent for stress echocardiography.

Clinical Details

Official title: An Open-Label, Parallel-Group, Exploratory Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of 400 ug Regadenoson Bolus for Pharmacological Stress Echocardiography

Study design: Diagnostic, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment

Primary outcome: Cardiac wall motion and perfusion abnormalities at rest and with regadenoson stress, with regadenoson stress and low level exercise, and with regadenoson stress and an echocontrast agent.

Secondary outcome: Various safety data will be collected, including adverse events, heart and blood pressure levels, ECG data, clinical laboratory results, and concomitant medications.

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with a clinically indicated dobutamine echocardiogram showing normal wall

motion at rest and abnormal wall motion with stress

- Patients with a clinically indicated dipyridamole echocardiogram showing normal

perfusion and wall motion at rest and abnormal perfusion with or without abnormal wall motion with stress

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any condition precluding the safe administration of dobutamine, dipyridamole or

SonoVue for echocardiography

- Pregnant or breast-feeding, or (if pre-menopausal), not practicing acceptable method

of birth control

Locations and Contacts

Peter Staehr, M.D., Email: peter.staehr@gilead.com

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom; Recruiting
Reinette Hampson, Phone: 011 0208 869 2547
Additional Information

Starting date: April 2009
Ending date: April 2010
Last updated: October 1, 2009

Page last updated: October 19, 2009

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