TOTAL Pilot Trial

Full Name

Heart Attack(TOTAL): A randomized trial of routine aspiration ThrOmbecTomy with PCI versus PCI ALone in patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI (1_PRO00000992)

Description

Approximately 7,000 patients will be enrolled on this study worldwide. Participation in the study will last approximately 1 year. Participants will be randomly assigned to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) alone or to aspiration thrombectomy (removal of the clot by suctioning it out through a tube) with PCI. Participants will need to complete a follow-up visit at 30 days, 180 days and one year, by telephone or office visit.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Must be greater than or equal to 18 years of age
Must not have had prior coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
Must present with symptoms of myocardial ischemia lasting for greater than or equal to 30 minutes
Must be randomized within 12 hours of symptom onset and prior to diagnostic angiography