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NCT Number: NCT04440761

Barts-MINOCA Registry

The last 15 years the introduction of primary angioplasty has radically improved outcomes for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the system wide availability of prompt investigation has revealed an important group of patients where progress has stalled, the diagnosis is unclear and therapeutic approaches are uncertain. Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is found in 1 - 13% of all patients with a clinical diagnosis of AMI.

These patients present a therapeutic predicament since coronary revascularization is not appropriate. Guidelines do not exist for their management - yet the condition is not benign - the 12-month prognosis, although better than obstructive coronary artery disease patients is still guarded with recent data suggesting many questions remain unanswered.

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Key information

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Barts Health NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Dr Anne-Marie Beirne

CONTACT

About this study

This study utilises a prospectively collected clinical database. All patients referred to the Interventional Cardiology team are included onto this database. No patients will be contacted solely for research purposes. Patients will not have any investigations/procedures performed for research purposes. All data will only be available for access by named members of the Interventional Cardiology team. Data will be anonymised by the clinical care team and passed onto the research team before it is used and no patient identifiable information will be used in the analysis of the study or the publications of its results.

The database started in April 2015 and has collected data on all patients so far and will continue to do so for the duration of clinical work by the Interventional Cardiology team. As a result this study will continue indefinitely.

This study will include all patients admitted to or reviewed in clinic at Barts Health NHS Trust with either a diagnosis of MINOCA or who do not have a clear cause of a troponin rise. These patients range from young adults to the elderly and will include any patient ≥16 years of age. Patients who are followed up with and without any intervention (i.e. both medically managed patients as well as patients undergoing intervention) are equally as important and therefore the investigators shall include both groups of patients.

Patients will be included from referrals made by other clinicians either as in or outpatients. All these patients have their clinical data captured on a database or hospital based clinical programme.

This study aims to assess, in a real-world setting, the safety, efficacy and feasibility of further investigations in patients diagnosed with MINOCA among all patients with coronary artery disease.

The study will test various hypothesis including but not limited to:

  • The efficacy of diagnosis rates of CMR in patients diagnosed with MINOCA
  • Outcomes in patients diagnosed with MINOCA treated medically
  • Long-term outcome of patients diagnosed with MINOCA

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Both male and female patients ≥16 years of age will be included
  • All patients will have a diagnosis MINOCA. Any patient who does not have a clear cause of troponin rise

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients <16 years will not be included in this study.

Treatment and study plan

observation only

Other

Observation only

Primary outcomes

  1. Mortality

    Time frame: 30 days

    Assessment of mortality

  2. Mortality

    Time frame: 1 year

    Assessment of mortality

  3. Formal diagnosis made of the cause of troponin rise

    Time frame: Baseline

    Diagnosis

  4. Timing of diagnosis made of the cause of troponin rise

    Time frame: Baseline

    Time to first diagnosis

  5. Questionnaire to assess change in symptoms at 2 months post-initial review in clinic/ward

    Time frame: 2 months

    Change in symptoms assessed by Questionnaire

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Daniel Jones, MBBS, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

020 7377 7000

Krishnaraj Rathod, MBBS, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

020 7377 7000

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Queen Mary University of London

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Barts Myocardial Infarction With Non-Obstructed Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) Registry

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jun 22, 2020
Registry last updated
Nov 18, 2025

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