German Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass in Elderly Study

NCT00719667 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2000

Last updated 2011-10-18

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Summary

Comparison of two operative techniques (on-pump vs off-pump)of coronary revascularisation of the best treatment concept for patients older or 75 years old.

Hypothesis: The coronary bypass operation without use of the heart-lung machine (off-pump=OPCAB) reduces the combined endpoint in comparison with the conventional coronary bypass operation (on-pump).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

coronary artery bypass grafting

on pump off pump

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut für Klinisch-Kardiovaskuläre Forschung GmbH

    collaborator NETWORK
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • German Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass in Elderly Study Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Anno Diegeler, Professor · Herzchirurgie Bad Neustadt/Saale

  • Michael Hilker, PD · Universität Regensburg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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