FINGER; Finland-Germany Myocardial Infarction Study - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	University of Oulu Medical Council of the Finnish Academy of Science Foundation for Cardiovascular Research Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie Kommission für Klinische Forschung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Information provided by:	University of Oulu
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00828698

Purpose

The purpose of this observational study is to find characteristics and risk stratification methods for identification of subjects who have increased risk of death, especially sudden cardiac death, after acute myocardial infarction.

Condition	Intervention
Acute Myocardial Infarction	Other: No intervention

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Cohort, Prospective
Official Title:	Finnish-German Prospective, Observational Follow-up Study on Risk Assessment of Mortality After Myocardial Infarction

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Heart Attack

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of Oulu:

Primary Outcome Measures:

All cause mortality [ Time Frame: 10years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Sudden cardiac death [ Time Frame: 10 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA

Biospecimen Description:

DNA samples from Finnish subjects in the study have been retained.

Study Start Date:	January 1996
Primary Completion Date:	January 2000 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Groups/Cohorts	Assigned Interventions
Acute Myocardial Infarction patients	Other: No intervention

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Consecutive patients who have been hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction from Munich, Germany and Oulu, Finland

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
Consent to the study

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00828698

Locations

Finland
Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, Finland, FIN-90014
Germany
Deutsches Herzzentrum
Munich, Germany, D-80636

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Oulu

Medical Council of the Finnish Academy of Science

Foundation for Cardiovascular Research

Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie

Kommission für Klinische Forschung

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

More Information

Publications:

Mäkikallio TH, Barthel P, Schneider R, Bauer A, Tapanainen JM, Tulppo MP, Perkiömäki JS, Schmidt G, Huikuri HV. Frequency of sudden cardiac death among acute myocardial infarction survivors with optimized medical and revascularization therapy. Am J Cardiol. 2006 Feb 15;97(4):480-4. Epub 2005 Dec 22.

Bauer A, Kantelhardt JW, Barthel P, Schneider R, Mäkikallio T, Ulm K, Hnatkova K, Schömig A, Huikuri H, Bunde A, Malik M, Schmidt G. Deceleration capacity of heart rate as a predictor of mortality after myocardial infarction: cohort study. Lancet. 2006 May 20;367(9523):1674-81.

Makikallio TH, Barthel P, Schneider R, Bauer A, Tapanainen JM, Tulppo MP, Schmidt G, Huikuri HV. Prediction of sudden cardiac death after acute myocardial infarction: role of Holter monitoring in the modern treatment era. Eur Heart J. 2005 Apr;26(8):762-9. Epub 2005 Mar 18.

Peltola M, Tulppo MP, Kiviniemi A, Hautala AJ, Seppänen T, Barthel P, Bauer A, Schmidt G, Huikuri HV, Mäkikallio TH. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a predictor of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction. Ann Med. 2008;40(5):376-82.

Responsible Party:	University of Oulu ( Professor Heikki V Huikuri )
Study ID Numbers:	Finger-96
Study First Received:	January 23, 2009
Last Updated:	January 23, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00828698 History of Changes
Health Authority:	Finland: Ethics Committee; Germany: Ethics Commission

Keywords provided by University of Oulu:

Death, sudden
All cause mortality

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Necrosis
Death
Heart Diseases
Myocardial Ischemia
Death, Sudden

Vascular Diseases
Ischemia
Infarction
Myocardial Infarction

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Necrosis
Heart Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Myocardial Ischemia
Vascular Diseases

Cardiovascular Diseases
Ischemia
Infarction
Myocardial Infarction

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 10, 2009