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A Prospective, Phase IV, Surveillance Registry Study to Evaluate the Safety of DEFINITY® in Clinical Practice

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00625365
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 28, 2008
Results First Posted : January 14, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 24, 2020
Sponsor:
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Lantheus Medical Imaging

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this registry study is to gather safety information on the current clinical use of and the safety of DEFINITY®

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Cardiovascular Disease Drug: DEFINITY® Phase 4

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 1060 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Other
Official Title: CARES (Contrast EchocArdiography REgistry for Safety Surveillance): A Prospective, Phase IV, Open-Label, Nonrandomized, Multicenter, Surveillance Registry Study to Evaluate the Safety of DEFINITY® in Clinical Practice
Study Start Date : February 2008
Actual Primary Completion Date : May 2009
Actual Study Completion Date : July 2009

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Drug Information available for: Perflutren

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
DEFINITY® (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere)
Patients who had undergone unenhanced echocardiography yielding suboptimal images and who were determined by the Principal Investigator to require DEFINITY-enhanced echocardiography
 Drug: DEFINITY®
DEFINITY may be injected by either an intravenous or bolus injection or infusion. Dosage as per standard clinical practice and Package Insert
Other Names:
  • DEFINITY
  • Perflutren Lipid Microsphere injectable suspension


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. The Number and Percentage of Patients With Death or Life Threatening Cardiopulmonary Events Occurring Following Definity Administration [ Time Frame: during or within 30 minutes of administration ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Serious Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Through 24 hours ]
    Summary of the number and percentage of participants with serious adverse events occuring following completion of DEFINITY administration

  2. Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Through 24 hours ]
    Summary of the number and percentage of participants with adverse events occuring following completion of DEFINITY administration


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients who, in the investigator's opinion, require DEFINITY® echocardiography due to suboptimal, unenhanced images.

Exclusion criteria

  • Known hypersensitivity to perflutren, DEFINITY®, or other echo contrast agent.
  • Prior SAE associated with perflutren, DEFINITY®, or administration of other echo contrast agent.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00625365


Locations
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United States, California
UCSD Medical Center
San Diego, California, United States, 92103-8411
United States, Delaware
Alfieri Cardiology
Newark, Delaware, United States, 19713
United States, Illinois
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611-2969
United States, Maine
Maine Research Associates
Auburn, Maine, United States, 04210
United States, Minnesota
Park Nicolett Institute
Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, 55426
United States, Missouri
Cardiovascular Consultants, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64111
St. Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
United States, New York
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
New York, New York, United States, 10025
Mt Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10029
United States, North Carolina
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
United States, North Dakota
Meritcare Heart Center Cardiology
Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58122
United States, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
York Hospital
York, Pennsylvania, United States, 17405
United States, Texas
Consultants in Cardiology
Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104
University of Texas Medical Center
Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555
The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Sponsors and Collaborators
Lantheus Medical Imaging
Investigators
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Study Director: Veronica Lee, MD Lantheus Medical Imaging
More Information
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Responsible Party: Lantheus Medical Imaging
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00625365    
Other Study ID Numbers: DMP 115-415
First Posted: February 28, 2008    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: January 14, 2011
Last Update Posted: November 24, 2020
Last Verified: August 2011
Keywords provided by Lantheus Medical Imaging:
DEFINITY
Safety
Survelliance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Cardiovascular Diseases