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NCT Number: NCT02261324

Is the 4MGS a Useful Outcome Measure Post-PPCI

This study aims to assess usual walking speed (4-metre gait speed) in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction and to assess whether this can predict future cardiovascular events and death.

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Key information

Conditions

Acute Myocardial Infarction

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Harefield Hospital

Harefield, Middlesex, UB9 6JH, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Any patient hospitalised with an acute myocardial infarction who has undergone primary percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Capacity to consent
  • Able to walk
  • Age over 18 years

Exclusion criteria

  • Significant co-morbidities that would limit exercise capacity or make exercise unsafe (e.g. neuromuscular disease, severe hip/lower limb joint pain, peripheral vascular disease, lower limb amputation)

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Mortality rate

    Time frame: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Occurrence of cardiovascular events

    Time frame: 1 and 5 years

  2. Need for repeat revascularisation

    Time frame: 1 and 5 years

  3. Health resource usage

    Time frame: 1 and 5 years

  4. All-cause mortality

    Time frame: 5 years

  5. Cardiovascular death

    Time frame: 1 and 5 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Other

Collaborators

  • Medical Research Council

Registry information

Official study title

Is the Four Metre Gait Speed a Useful Outcome Measure in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2021
First posted
Oct 10, 2014
Registry last updated
Mar 12, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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