Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00007657

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : January 4, 2001

Last Update Posted : June 15, 2009

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Medical Research Council of Canada

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Pfizer

GE Healthcare

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Astellas Pharma Inc

AstraZeneca

Sanofi

Datascope Corp.

First Horizon

Kos

Key Pharmaceuticals

Integrated Therapeutics Group

Hoest-Marion-Roussel

Information provided by:

VA Office of Research and Development

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Primary Completion Date :	No date given
Actual Study Completion Date :	June 2006

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Sedlis SP, Hartigan PM, Teo KK, Maron DJ, Spertus JA, Mancini GB, Kostuk W, Chaitman BR, Berman D, Lorin JD, Dada M, Weintraub WS, Boden WE; COURAGE Trial Investigators. Effect of PCI on Long-Term Survival in Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 12;373(20):1937-46. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1505532.

Mancini GBJ, Hartigan PM, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Hayes SW, Bates ER, Maron DJ, Teo K, Sedlis SP, Chaitman BR, Weintraub WS, Spertus JA, Kostuk WJ, Dada M, Booth DC, Boden WE. Predicting outcome in the COURAGE trial (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation): coronary anatomy versus ischemia. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Feb;7(2):195-201. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.10.017. Epub 2014 Jan 15.

Mancini GB, Hartigan PM, Bates ER, Chaitman BR, Sedlis SP, Maron DJ, Kostuk WJ, Spertus JA, Teo KK, Dada M, Knudtson M, Berman DS, Booth DC, Boden WE, Weintraub WS. Prognostic importance of coronary anatomy and left ventricular ejection fraction despite optimal therapy: assessment of residual risk in the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive DruG Evaluation Trial. Am Heart J. 2013 Sep;166(3):481-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.07.007. Epub 2013 Aug 2.

Acharjee S, Boden WE, Hartigan PM, Teo KK, Maron DJ, Sedlis SP, Kostuk W, Spertus JA, Dada M, Chaitman BR, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS. Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and increased risk of cardiovascular events in stable ischemic heart disease patients: A post-hoc analysis from the COURAGE Trial (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Nov 12;62(20):1826-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.051. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

Spertus JA, Maron DJ, Cohen DJ, Kolm P, Hartigan P, Weintraub WS, Berman DS, Teo KK, Shaw LJ, Sedlis SP, Knudtson M, Aslan M, Dada M, Boden WE, Mancini GB; Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) Trial Investigators and Coordinators. Frequency, predictors, and consequences of crossing over to revascularization within 12 months of randomization to optimal medical therapy in the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013 Jul;6(4):409-18. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000139. Epub 2013 Jul 9.

Maron DJ, Hartigan PM, Neff DR, Weintraub WS, Boden WE; COURAGE Trial Investigators. Impact of adding ezetimibe to statin to achieve low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal (from the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation [COURAGE] trial). Am J Cardiol. 2013 Jun 1;111(11):1557-62. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.02.005. Epub 2013 Mar 25.

Farkouh ME, Boden WE, Bittner V, Muratov V, Hartigan P, Ogdie M, Bertolet M, Mathewkutty S, Teo K, Maron DJ, Sethi SS, Domanski M, Frye RL, Fuster V. Risk factor control for coronary artery disease secondary prevention in large randomized trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Apr 16;61(15):1607-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.044.

Shaw LJ, Weintraub WS, Maron DJ, Hartigan PM, Hachamovitch R, Min JK, Dada M, Mancini GB, Hayes SW, O'Rourke RA, Spertus JA, Kostuk W, Gosselin G, Chaitman BR, Knudtson M, Friedman J, Slomka P, Germano G, Bates ER, Teo KK, Boden WE, Berman DS. Baseline stress myocardial perfusion imaging results and outcomes in patients with stable ischemic heart disease randomized to optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention. Am Heart J. 2012 Aug;164(2):243-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.018.

Mancini GB, Hartigan PM, Bates ER, Sedlis SP, Maron DJ, Spertus JA, Berman DS, Kostuk WJ, Shaw LJ, Weintraub WS, Teo KK, Dada M, Chaitman BR, O'Rourke RA, Boden WE; COURAGE Investigators and Coordinators. Angiographic disease progression and residual risk of cardiovascular events while on optimal medical therapy: observations from the COURAGE Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Dec 1;4(6):545-52. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.110.960062. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

Maron DJ, Boden WE, Spertus JA, Hartigan PM, Mancini GB, Sedlis SP, Kostuk WJ, Chaitman BR, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Dada M, Teo KK, Weintraub WS, O'Rourke RA; COURAGE Trial Research Group. Impact of metabolic syndrome and diabetes on prognosis and outcomes with early percutaneous coronary intervention in the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jul 5;58(2):131-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.02.046.

Zhang Z, Kolm P, Boden WE, Hartigan PM, Maron DJ, Spertus JA, O'Rourke RA, Shaw LJ, Sedlis SP, Mancini GB, Berman DS, Dada M, Teo KK, Weintraub WS. The cost-effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention as a function of angina severity in patients with stable angina. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Mar;4(2):172-82. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.940502. Epub 2011 Feb 8.

Chaitman BR, Hartigan PM, Booth DC, Teo KK, Mancini GB, Kostuk WJ, Spertus JA, Maron DJ, Dada M, O'Rourke RA, Weintraub WS, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Boden WE; Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial investigators. Do major cardiovascular outcomes in patients with stable ischemic heart disease in the clinical outcomes utilizing revascularization and aggressive drug evaluation trial differ by healthcare system? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Sep;3(5):476-83. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.901579. Epub 2010 Jul 27.

Maron DJ, Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Hartigan PM, Calfas KJ, Mancini GB, Spertus JA, Dada M, Kostuk WJ, Knudtson M, Harris CL, Sedlis SP, Zoble RG, Title LM, Gosselin G, Nawaz S, Gau GT, Blaustein AS, Bates ER, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Chaitman BR, Weintraub WS, Teo KK; COURAGE Trial Research Group. Intensive multifactorial intervention for stable coronary artery disease: optimal medical therapy in the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Mar 30;55(13):1348-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.062.

Teo KK, Sedlis SP, Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Maron DJ, Hartigan PM, Dada M, Gupta V, Spertus JA, Kostuk WJ, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Chaitman BR, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS; COURAGE Trial Investigators. Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients with stable coronary disease: a pre-specified subset analysis of the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive druG Evaluation) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 29;54(14):1303-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.07.013.

Weintraub WS, Boden WE, Zhang Z, Kolm P, Zhang Z, Spertus JA, Hartigan P, Veledar E, Jurkovitz C, Bowen J, Maron DJ, O'Rourke R, Dada M, Teo KK, Goeree R, Barnett PG; Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program No. 424 (COURAGE Trial) Investigators and Study Coordinators. Cost-effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention in optimally treated stable coronary patients. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2008 Sep;1(1):12-20. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.798462.

Weintraub WS, Spertus JA, Kolm P, Maron DJ, Zhang Z, Jurkovitz C, Zhang W, Hartigan PM, Lewis C, Veledar E, Bowen J, Dunbar SB, Deaton C, Kaufman S, O'Rourke RA, Goeree R, Barnett PG, Teo KK, Boden WE; COURAGE Trial Research Group, Mancini GB. Effect of PCI on quality of life in patients with stable coronary disease. N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 14;359(7):677-87. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa072771.

Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Maron DJ, Mancini GB, Hayes SW, Hartigan PM, Weintraub WS, O'Rourke RA, Dada M, Spertus JA, Chaitman BR, Friedman J, Slomka P, Heller GV, Germano G, Gosselin G, Berger P, Kostuk WJ, Schwartz RG, Knudtson M, Veledar E, Bates ER, McCallister B, Teo KK, Boden WE; COURAGE Investigators. Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention to reduce ischemic burden: results from the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial nuclear substudy. Circulation. 2008 Mar 11;117(10):1283-91. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.743963. Epub 2008 Feb 11.

Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Teo KK, Hartigan PM, Maron DJ, Kostuk WJ, Knudtson M, Dada M, Casperson P, Harris CL, Chaitman BR, Shaw L, Gosselin G, Nawaz S, Title LM, Gau G, Blaustein AS, Booth DC, Bates ER, Spertus JA, Berman DS, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS; COURAGE Trial Research Group. Optimal medical therapy with or without PCI for stable coronary disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Apr 12;356(15):1503-16. Epub 2007 Mar 26.

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