Emory Angioplasty Versus Surgery Trial (EAST) - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information provided by:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00000465

Purpose

To compare the efficacy of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients with multiple vessel coronary heart disease.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Cardiovascular Diseases Coronary Disease Heart Diseases Myocardial Ischemia	Procedure: angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary Procedure: coronary artery bypass	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Angioplasty Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Coronary Artery Disease Heart Diseases

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Parallel Assignment

Further study details as provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):

Study Start Date:	June 1987
Estimated Study Completion Date:	August 1998

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 75 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Men and women with multivessel coronary artery disease whose symptoms were refractory to medical treatment.

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Publications:

King SB 3rd, Lembo NJ, Weintraub WS, Kosinski AS, Barnhart HX, Kutner MH, Alazraki NP, Guyton RA, Zhao XQ. A randomized trial comparing coronary angioplasty with coronary bypass surgery. Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial (EAST) N Engl J Med. 1994 Oct 20;331(16):1044-50.

King SB 3rd, Lembo NJ, Weintraub WS, Kosinski AS, Barnhart HX, Kutner MH. Emory Angioplasty Versus Surgery Trial (EAST): design, recruitment, and baseline description of patients. Am J Cardiol. 1995 Mar 23;75(9):42C-59C.

Zhao XQ, Brown BG, Stewart DK, Hillger LA, Barnhart HX, Kosinski AS, Weintraub WS, King SB 3rd. Effectiveness of revascularization in the Emory angioplasty versus surgery trial. A randomized comparison of coronary angioplasty with bypass surgery. Circulation. 1996 Jun 1;93(11):1954-62.

Weintraub WS, Mauldin PD, Becker E, Kosinski AS, King SB 3rd. A comparison of the costs of and quality of life after coronary angioplasty or coronary surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease. Results from the Emory Angioplasty Versus Surgery Trial (EAST). Circulation. 1995 Nov 15;92(10):2831-40.

King SB 3rd, Barnhart HX, Kosinski AS, Weintraub WS, Lembo NJ, Petersen JY, Douglas JS Jr, Jones EL, Craver JM, Guyton RA, Morris DC, Liberman HA. Angioplasty or surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease: comparison of eligible registry and randomized patients in the EAST trial and influence of treatment selection on outcomes. Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial Investigators. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jun 1;79(11):1453-9.

Hodakowski GT, Craver JM, Jones EL, King SB 3rd, Guyton RA. Clinical significance of perioperative Q-wave myocardial infarction: the Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1996 Dec;112(6):1447-53; discussion 1453-4.

King SB 3rd. The impact of performing a clinical trial on patient outcomes: lessons from the Emory Angioplasty vs. Surgery Trial. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 1995;107:68-77; discussion 77-8. No abstract available.

King SB 3rd, Barnhart HX, Kosinski AS, Weintraub WS, Lembo NJ, Petersen JY, Douglas JS Jr, Jones EL, Craver JM, Guyton RA, Morris DC, Liberman HA. Angioplasty or surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease: comparison of eligible registry and randomized patients in the EAST trial and influence of treatment selection on outcomes. Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial Investigators. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jun 1;79(11):1453-9.

Alazraki NP, Krawczynska EG, Kosinski AS, DePuey EG 3rd, Ziffer JA, Taylor AT Jr, Pettigrew RI, Vansant JP, Shaw LJ, Weintraub WS, King SB 3rd. Prognostic value of thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease after revascularization (the Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial [EAST]). Am J Cardiol. 1999 Dec 15;84(12):1369-74.

King SB 3rd, Kosinski AS, Guyton RA, Lembo NJ, Weintraub WS. Eight-year mortality in the Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial (EAST) J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Apr;35(5):1116-21.

King SB 3rd. The Emory Angioplasty vs Surgery Trial (EAST). Semin Interv Cardiol. 1999 Dec;4(4):185-90.

Weintraub WS, Becker ER, Mauldin PD, Culler S, Kosinski AS, King SB 3rd. Costs of revascularization over eight years in the randomized and eligible patients in the Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial (EAST). Am J Cardiol. 2000 Oct 1;86(7):747-52.

Becker ER, Mauldin PD, Culler SD, Kosinski AS, Weintraub WS, King SB. Applying the resource-based relative value scale to the Emory angioplasty versus surgery trial. Am J Cardiol. 2000 Mar 15;85(6):685-91.

Study ID Numbers:	54
Study First Received:	October 27, 1999
Last Updated:	June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00000465
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Myocardial Ischemia

Vascular Diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Ischemia
Coronary Artery Disease

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Pathologic Processes
Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009