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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2011 Feb 26;32(3):309–317. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.02.001

Table 1.

Clinical Outcomes for adverse event detection (Primary Endpoints)

Type of Device Clinical Outcomes of Interest
1 Drug eluting stent In-hospital death
Peri-procedural myocardial infarction (in-hospital)
Major adverse cardiac events: Composite of in- hospital death, peri-procedural myocardial infarction, stroke or unplanned coronary revascularization.
2 Vascular closure device Major vascular complications (including retroperitoneal hemorrhage, limb ischemia and any surgical/interventional repair)
Minor vascular complications (including groin bleeding, hematoma, pseudo aneurysm and arteriovenous fistula)
All vascular complications (in-hospital)
3 Embolic Protection Device In-hospital death
Peri-procedural myocardial infarction (in-hospital)
Major adverse cardiac events: Composite of in- hospital death, peri-procedural myocardial infarction, stroke or unplanned coronary revascularization.

Non Device related Continuous Outcomes of Interest

1 Quantitative change in serum creatinine (mg/dl) in high-risk patient subgroups including diabetics, patients with pre-existing renal dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 50ml/min), procedures with contrast volume >300cc, and patients undergoing multivessel procedures in which >3 stents are deployed.
2 Quantitative change in post-procedure creatinine kinase MB fraction (CK-MB, IU/L) in patients at increased risk for peri-procedural myocardial infarction. Patient subsets will include those with stenting at a side branch, treatment of unstable angina, treatment of saphenous vein grafts, and use of adjunctive atherectomy or thrombectomy devices.