Clinical trial NCT01164371: Gender Differences in the Development, Treatment and Prognosis of Coronary Disease: A CALIBER Study
Official title: Gender Differences in the Development and Prognosis of Coronary Disease Where Initial Disease Manifestation is Stable Angina, Myocardial Infarction or Unheralded Coronary Death: A CALIBER Study Using Linked GPRD-MINAP Data
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Coronary Disease
Cardiovascular Disease
Keywords: coronary disease
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular risk
cardiovascular risk management
primary care
angina
stable angina
angina pectoris
acute coronary syndrome
coronary death
unheralded acute coronary syndrome
unheralded coronary death
gender differences
sex differences
myocardial infarction
ST elevation myocardial infarction
non ST elevation myocardial infarction
STEMI
nSTEMI
unstable angina
Lead sponsor: University College, London
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
name: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
First posted: 2010-07-16
Enrollment: 1758584
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 35
Maximum age (years): 100
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population will include all adults aged 35 or over in General Practice Research Database (GPRD), registered with an up-to-standard practice with at least 1 year of continuous follow-up.

Further details on defining up-to-standard practices within GPRD are available from http://www.gprd.com/home/

Brief summary: The initial manifestation of symptomatic coronary disease can range from angina (or symptoms of angina), unheralded acute coronary syndrome (ACS), or unheralded coronary death. A better understanding of gender differences in initial presentation of coronary disease and the rate and predictors of progression to subsequent stages in coronary disease could help to identify which gender- specific factors might reduce or slow transition to more serious disease states and improve outcomes. The investigators' research focuses on the role primary care management of cardiovascular risk factors plays in gender differences in the progression to subsequent disease states and to mortality.

Detailed description: The initial manifestation of symptomatic coronary disease can range from angina (or symptoms of angina), unheralded acute coronary syndrome, or unheralded coronary death. Gender differences in initial presentation of coronary disease and the rate and predictors of progression to subsequent stages in coronary disease are not well understood. Furthermore, while the management of coronary risk factors in primary care is hypothesized to play a key role in the rate and timing of such transitions, little is known about the impact such management has on gender differences these transitions and outcomes.

Study Objectives:

1. To determine gender differences in probabilities of transitions from symptom-free state to mortality for each of three patient coronary disease pathways, where the initial disease manifestation is angina, myocardial infarction or unheralded coronary death.
2. To determine the role management of coronary risk factors in primary care has in explaining any gender differences in transitions from symptom-free state to mortality for each of the three patient coronary disease pathways.

A statistical analytic protocol for the first part of this study, comparing patients with unheralded coronary death to patients free of symptomatic coronary disease, dated June 2010, is available on request. A second statistical analytic protocol for the second part of this study, comparing initial presentation of coronary disease, within a framework of competing risks of atherosclerotic disease, dated December 2011, is available on request.

This study is part of the CALIBER (Cardiovascular disease research using linked bespoke studies and electronic records) programme funded over 5 years from the NIHR and Wellcome Trust. The central theme of the CALIBER research is linkage of the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) with primary care (GPRD) and other resources. The overarching aim of CALIBER is to better understand the aetiology and prognosis of specific coronary phenotypes across a range of causal domains, particularly where electronic records provide a contribution beyond traditional studies. CALIBER has received both Ethics approval (ref 09/H0810/16) and ECC approval (ref ECC 2-06(b)/2009 CALIBER dataset).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* as above

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients with a history of ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease or congenital coronary anomalies, prior to entry into the cohort
* patients with symptoms of chest pain in the 6 months prior to cohort entry
* patients \< 35 or \>100 years of age after eligibility for entry to the cohort

Primary outcomes:
measure: coronary mortality (ICD 10 I20-I25)
timeFrame: up to 15 years from entry into cohort
Secondary outcomes:
measure: stable angina
timeFrame: up to 15 years from entry into cohort
measure: acute non-fatal acute coronary syndrome, comprising ST elevation myocardial infarction, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, and unstable angina
timeFrame: up to 15 years from entry into cohort
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University College, London
name: Julie George, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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