See also:
All throracic aortic aneuvrism clinical trials
All clinical trials of endovascular treatment
All clinical trials of
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INSTEAD study, 2009
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[NCT00525356]
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Treatments
| Studied treatment |
thoracic endovascular repair (TEVAR) with a stent graft plus optimal medical therapy
TEVAR using TALENT stent grafts (Medtronic) with optimal medical therapy. Stent grafts used to scaffold <=20cm of dissected aorta and to seal major arteries
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| Control treatment |
optimum medical management
tight blood-pressure control and close surveillance
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Patients
| Patients |
patients with stable uncomplicated type-B aortic dissection (dissection of the descending aorta) |
| Inclusion criteria |
Uncomplicated type B dissection between 2 and 52 weeks after onset |
| Exclusion criteria |
Traditional indications for open or endovascular surgery (diameter >=6cm), with recurrent acute complications; anatomy unsuitable for TEVAR |
Method and design
| Randomized effectives |
72 / 68 (studied vs. control) |
| Design |
Parallel groups |
| Blinding |
open |
| Follow-up duration |
2 y |
| Primary endpoint |
All cause death |
Results
No results available for this trial
- no clinical endpoint reported
Reference(s)
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Nienaber CA, Rousseau H, Eggebrecht H, Kische S, Fattori R, Rehders TC, Kundt G, Scheinert D, Czerny M, Kleinfeldt T, Zipfel B, Labrousse L, Ince H.
Randomized Comparison of Strategies for Type B Aortic Dissection. The INvestigation of STEnt grafts in Aortic Dissection (INSTEAD) Trial..
Circulation 2009;:
Pubmed
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Hubmed
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External links about this trial
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