Thrombus Aspiration in Myocardial Infarction (TASTE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01093404 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: March 25, 2010
Last Update Posted
: July 11, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction | Procedure: Thrombus aspiration | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 7243 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Thrombus Aspiration in ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Scandinavia |
Study Start Date : | July 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | August 2013 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Thrombus aspiration
Thrombus aspiration is then followed by standard balloon angioplasty (PCI).
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Procedure: Thrombus aspiration
Aspiration of thrombus material before angioplasty
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Active Comparator: Standard balloon angioplasty (PCI) |
Procedure: Thrombus aspiration
Aspiration of thrombus material before angioplasty
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- All-cause death [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Death from any cause will be registered via national registries during the first 30 days after study inclusion.
- Time to re-hospitalization with nonfatal reinfarction, heart failure and target vessel revascularization [ Time Frame: 30 days to 10 years ]
- Time to all-cause death or new myocardial infarction (first occurring) or in hospital treatment for heart failure [ Time Frame: 30 days to 10 years ]
- Time to acute coronary occlusion, stent thrombosis and restenosis in treated lesions [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Length of hospital stay [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
- TIMI-flow grade [ Time Frame: 3 hours ]TIMI-flow, or Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction grading of flow is a semiquantitative method to assess coronary artery flow following balloon angioplasty.
- All-cause death [ Time Frame: 1 year to 10 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a diagnosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
- Correspondence between ECG findings and culprit artery pathoanatomy
- A minimum of 50% stenosis in culprit artery by visual estimate
- Possibility to perform thrombus aspiration
Exclusion Criteria:
- Need for emergency coronary artery bypass grafting
- Inability to provide informed consent
- Age below 18 years
- Previous randomization in the TASTE trial

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01093404
Denmark | |
Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital | |
Aarhus, Denmark | |
Iceland | |
Landspitali University Hospital | |
Reykjavik, Iceland | |
Sweden | |
Södra Älvsborgs sjukhus | |
Borås, Sweden | |
Mälarsjukhuset | |
Eskilstuna, Sweden | |
Falu lasarett | |
Falun, Sweden | |
Östra sjukhuset | |
Gothenburg, Sweden | |
Gävle sjukhus | |
Gävle, Sweden | |
Sahlgrenska sjukhuset | |
Göteborg, Sweden | |
Hallands sjukhus | |
Halmstad, Sweden | |
Helsingborgs lasarett | |
Helsingborg, Sweden | |
Länssjukhuset Ryhov | |
Jönköping, Sweden | |
Länssjukhuset | |
Kalmar, Sweden | |
Blekingesjukhuset | |
Karlskrona, Sweden | |
Svensk PCI AB, Centralsjukhuset | |
Karlstad, Sweden | |
Centralsjukhuset | |
Kristianstad, Sweden | |
Universitetssjukhuset | |
Linköping, Sweden | |
Sunderby sjukhus | |
Luleå, Sweden | |
Lund University Hospital | |
Lund, Sweden | |
Skånes universitetssjukhus | |
Malmö, Sweden | |
Karolinska universitetssjukhuset | |
Solna, Sweden | |
Danderyds sjukhus | |
Stockholm, Sweden | |
S:t Görans sjukhus | |
Stockholm, Sweden | |
Södersjukhuset | |
Stockholm, Sweden | |
Länssjukhuset | |
Sundsvall, Sweden | |
Norra Älvsborgs länssjukhus | |
Trollhättan, Sweden | |
Universitetssjukhuset | |
Umeå, Sweden | |
Uppsala University Hospital | |
Uppsala, Sweden | |
Centrallasarettet | |
Västerås, Sweden | |
Örebro University Hospital | |
Örebro, Sweden |
Principal Investigator: | Ole Fröbert, MD, PhD | Region Örebro County |
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Ole Frobert, MD, PhD, MD, PhD, Region Örebro County |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01093404 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SCAAR-001 |
First Posted: | March 25, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 11, 2016 |
Last Verified: | July 2016 |
Keywords provided by Ole Frobert, MD, PhD, Region Örebro County:
Heart disease Myocardial infarction Angioplasty Thrombus aspiration |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Infarction Myocardial Infarction ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Thrombosis Ischemia Pathologic Processes |
Necrosis Myocardial Ischemia Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases Embolism and Thrombosis |