A Safety and Efficacy Study of Blood Pressure Control in Acute Aortic Emergencies - A Pilot Study (PROMPT)

Summary

This study is a single center, non-randomized, open-label, pilot efficacy and safety study evaluating the ability of clevidipine IV antihypertensive to rapidly control elevated blood pressure (BP) in the setting of an acute aortic emergencies (aneurysm, dissection or other aortic disease).

Timeline

Start

2009-11

Primary completion

2012-08

Completion

2012-08

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Business): “Project lacked funding.”

Publications

• Background Clevidipine Investigator's Brochure, 2009.
• Background Cleviprex Prescribing Information, August 1, 2008
• Background Cheung AT, Hobson RW 2nd. Hypertension in vascular surgery: aortic dissection and carotid revascularization. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Mar;51(3 Suppl):S28-33. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.11.011. Epub 2008 Jan 11. No abstract available.
• Background Kertai MD, Westerhout CM, Varga KS, Acsady G, Gal J. Dihydropiridine calcium-channel blockers and perioperative mortality in aortic aneurysm surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2008 Oct;101(4):458-65. doi: 10.1093/bja/aen173. Epub 2008 Jun 12.
• Background Golledge J, Eagle KA. Acute aortic dissection. Lancet. 2008 Jul 5;372(9632):55-66. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60994-0.
• Background Khoynezhad A, Plestis KA. Managing emergency hypertension in aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm surgery. J Card Surg. 2006 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 1:S3-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00213.x.
• Background Suzuki T, Mehta RH, Ince H, Nagai R, Sakomura Y, Weber F, Sumiyoshi T, Bossone E, Trimarchi S, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Isselbacher EM, Eagle KA, Nienaber CA; International Registry of Aortic Dissection. Clinical profiles and outcomes of acute type B aortic dissection in the current era: lessons from the International Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Circulation. 2003 Sep 9;108 Suppl 1:II312-7. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000087386.07204.09.
• Background Mehta RH, Suzuki T, Hagan PG, Bossone E, Gilon D, Llovet A, Maroto LC, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Armstrong WF, Nienaber CA, Eagle KA; International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) Investigators. Predicting death in patients with acute type a aortic dissection. Circulation. 2002 Jan 15;105(2):200-6. doi: 10.1161/hc0202.102246.
• Background Erbel R, Alfonso F, Boileau C, Dirsch O, Eber B, Haverich A, Rakowski H, Struyven J, Radegran K, Sechtem U, Taylor J, Zollikofer C, Klein WW, Mulder B, Providencia LA; Task Force on Aortic Dissection, European Society of Cardiology. Diagnosis and management of aortic dissection. Eur Heart J. 2001 Sep;22(18):1642-81. doi: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2782. No abstract available.
• Background Hagan PG, Nienaber CA, Isselbacher EM, Bruckman D, Karavite DJ, Russman PL, Evangelista A, Fattori R, Suzuki T, Oh JK, Moore AG, Malouf JF, Pape LA, Gaca C, Sechtem U, Lenferink S, Deutsch HJ, Diedrichs H, Marcos y Robles J, Llovet A, Gilon D, Das SK, Armstrong WF, Deeb GM, Eagle KA. The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD): new insights into an old disease. JAMA. 2000 Feb 16;283(7):897-903. doi: 10.1001/jama.283.7.897.

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