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Safety And Feasibility of Early DischargE - a Prospective And Randomized Trial of Low-risk Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Patients

NCT00474214 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2010-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if early hospital discharge (at 48-72 hours), is feasible, safe, cost-effective, and/or improves compliance with medications, positive lifestyle changes and quality-of-life, in low-risk patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (primary PCI).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Early hospital discharge facilitated by close nurse practitioner follow-up

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McMaster University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Regional Medical Associates Research Scholarship Fund

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark A Kotowycz, MD, MBA · McMaster University

  • Madhu K Natarajan, MD · Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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