a trial to evaluate efficacy of heart-protecting musk pill

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Summary: title: a randomized, double-blind, multi-centered, placebo-controlled trial to examine effects of of heart-protecting musk pill on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease objective: to examine effects of of heart-protecting musk pill, a traditional chinese medicine, on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease the study hypothesis: the null hypothesis: the combined incidence of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke in the treatment group is the same as that in control group. the alternative hypothesis: the combined incidence of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke in the treatment group is different from that in control group. sample size: 2700 patients will be randomized, 1350 in treatment group and 1350 in placebo group. number of sites: 99 sites in china study drugs: heart-protecting musk pill and the matching placebo pills. design: a randomized, double-blind, multi-centered, placebo-controlled trial. patients will be randomized to treatment group and placebo group after screening and get corresponding treatment as follow. treatment group: standard treatment for coronary artery disease plus 2 heart-protecting musk pills each time, three times a day by mouth for 24 months. control group: standard treatment for coronary artery disease plus 2 placebo pills each time, three times a day by mouth for 24 months. patients will be followed up at baseline, 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 months after randomization. during follow-up period, patients could undertake pci or cabg if angina get out of control or evidence of ischemia aggravated is found.


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: 1. age≥18 years at screening. 2. patients who have ischemia myocardial symptoms and whose clinical symptoms keep stable for at least one month. 3. have at least one of the following events (providing hospital records or inspection report): 1)history of acute myocardial infarction for at least half of a year; 2) history of pci or cabg for at least half of a year; 3) coronary ct angiography or coronary angiography shows that at least one of the main branches of coronary artery stenosis is no less than 50%. 4. provide informed consent form. exclusion criteria: 1. history of acute myocardial infarction, vascular reconstruction, cabg or pci within half of a year. 2. prepared to undertake cabg or pci during this study. 3. serious cardiovascular diseases: sustained severe angina (ccs ⅳ), refractory heart failure, cardiogenic shock, severe aortic stenosis or aortic insufficiency. 4. severe respiratory diseases; 5. diabetic patients with poor glycemic control (fasting blood glucose \> 200 mg/dl or 11.1mmol/l for more than twice within one month before the study entry). 6. hypertensive patients with poor control of blood pressure, systolic pressure≥180mmhg or diastolic pressure≥110mmhg before entry. 7. severe liver and kidney diseases,such as active liver disease, cirrhosis and uremia. 8. any other severe diseases, such as malignant tumor, severe anemia and severe renal artery stenosis. 9. unable or unwilling to sign informed consent form. 10. join another trial or has received random allocation of this study within one month before entry. 11. pregnant or who were attempting to become pregnant. 12. patients who are regarded as not being suitable participants by the study investigators.

Keywords: coronary artery disease