Suggestive Effects on the Diameter of Coronary Arteries

NCT00925834 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2009-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this randomized controlled pilot study was to answer the following questions:

1. Is it possible to affect the diameter of coronary arteries through a placebo injection, which is administered intracoronarily together with a standardized verbal suggestion of coronary vasodilation?
2. Is it possible to affect the diameter of coronary arteries through a pharmacologically underdosed nitroglycerine injection, which is administered intracoronarily together with a standardized verbal suggestion of coronary vasodilation?

Conditions

  • Coronary Circulation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Verbal suggestions

Verbal suggestions of a vasodilatory effect on cardiac vessels

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

    collaborator OTHER
  • German Heart Center

    collaborator OTHER
  • Technical University of Munich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joram Ronel, M.D. · Technical University of Munich

  • Karin Meißner, M.D. · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

  • Julinda Mehilli, M.D. · Deutsches Herzzentrum München

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2008-08-31
Completion
2008-08-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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