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WATERFALL Trial Summary: Fluids in Pancreatitis

2022 WATERFALL TRIAL Aggressive or moderate fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis multicenter, open-label, parallel-group, superiority, randomized controlled trial Objective: To evaluate the safety & efficacy of aggressive fluid resuscitation as compared with moderate fluid resuscitation for the management of acute … Read More

UNIVERSAL Trial Summary: US-Guided Femoral Access

2022 UNIVERSAL TRIAL Routine ultrasonography guidance for femoral vascular access for cardiac procedures multicenter, randomized controlled trial Objective: To determine whether routinely using ultrasonography guidance for femoral arterial access for coronary angiography/intervention reduces bleeding or vascular complications 621 Patients Inclusion … Read More

TIME Trial Summary: Morning vs. Evening dose of Antihypertensives

2022 TIME TRIAL Cardiovascular outcomes in adults with hypertension with evening versus morning dosing of usual antihypertensives in the UK prospective, open-label, blinded-endpoint, randomized controlled trial IM Objective: To compare the major cardiovascular outcomes of evening dosing of antihypertensive medication … Read More

Surgical Ablation of AFib with MV Surgery

2015 SURGICAL ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TRIAL Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation during mitral-valve surgery parallel, randomized controlled trial M Objective: To evaluate treatment with mitral valve surgery plus ablation compared with mitral valve surgery alone among patients with mitral … Read More

SUPPORT Trial Summary: Olmesartan in CHF

2015 SUPPORT TRIAL M Clinical impacts of additive use of olmesartan in hypertensive patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) prospective, open-label, randomized controlled trial Objective: to examine whether an additive treatment with an ARB, olmesartan, reduces the mortality and morbidity … Read More

SIMPLE Trial Summary: ICD Implantation without VFib Induction

2015 SIMPLE TRIAL Cardioverter defibrillator implantation without induction of ventricular fibrillation multicentre, single-blind, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial M Objective: To compare the efficacy & safety of ICD implantation without defibrillation testing versus the standard of ICD implantation with defibrillation testing … Read More

SERVE HF Trial Summary: Adaptive sero-ventilation for CSA in HF

2015 SERVE-HF TRIAL M Adaptive servo-ventilation for central sleep apnea in systolic heart failure parallel, randomized controlled trial Objective: To assess the effectiveness of adaptive servo-ventilation Damong subjects with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and central sleep apnea 1315 … Read More

SECURE PCI Trial Summary: Loading Atorvastatin in ACS

2018 SECURE-PCI TRIAL Effect of loading dose of atorvastatin prior to planned percutaneous coronary intervention on major adverse cardiovascular events in acute coronary syndrome double-blind, multicenter, randomized controlled trial Objective: To determine if periprocedural loading doses of atorvastatin decrease 30-day … Read More

SCOPE I Trial Summary: Self-expanding vs Balloon Expandable Valve in TAVR

2019 SCOPE I TRIAL Safety and efficacy of a self-expanding versus a balloon-expandable bioprosthesis for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis noninferiority, randomized controlled trial M Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of … Read More

SAFE Trial Summary: Albumin or Saline in ICU

2004 SAFE TRIAL A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial M Objective: To compare the effect of fluid resuscitation with albumin as compared with saline on mortality in … Read More