Clinical Trial: Coronary Calcium Scoring Versus Standard Care for Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Coronary Calcium Scoring and Standard Care in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients

Brief Summary: This research asks whether coronary calcium scoring, a non-invasive test based on computed tomography scanning, is a better way to diagnose chest pain patients than other currently used methods. Three of four patients will undergo calcium scoring and the remaining patients will receive standard care.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Montefiore Medical Center

Current Primary Outcome: Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events [ Time Frame: 30 days ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Length of Stay [ Time Frame: through completion of emergency department stay, an average of six hours and through completion of hospitalization, an average of two days ]

emergency department and inpatient


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Montefiore Medical Center

Dates:
Date Received: June 15, 2016
Date Started: October 2016
Date Completion: April 2021
Last Updated: July 7, 2016
Last Verified: June 2016