SCOT-HEART 2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography for the Prevention of Myocardial Infarction (SCOT-HEART 2 Trial)
IRAS ID
261185
Contact name
David E Newby
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS Lothian
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
8 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
‘Risk scores’ are a tool commonly used by Doctors to help them decide which patients need medication to prevent heart disease. Risk scores look at your chance of getting heart disease by adding up risks to your health like being older, smoking and family history of heart disease. However these scores are not always accurate and can mean that patients are sometimes given unsuitable medication or are not given medication when they should be.
In a previous study (SCOT-HEART) we showed that the use of computed tomography coronary angiography CTCA (a scan of the heart that gives very clear images of disease in the blood vessels) changed the way patients coming to hospital with chest pain were diagnosed and treated, and fewer patients went on to have heart problems than those only given a risk score.
This study will recruit at least 6,000 middle-aged people in Scotland who are at risk of heart disease and will compare two ways of deciding which treatment to give them: 1. Working out a ‘risk score’ and 2.Giving them a CTCA scan. This will help us find out if making decisions based on the results of a CTCA will stop too many people being given medicines they don’t really need, and see whether it lowers the number of people developing heart disease compared to those using the risk score.REC name
South East Scotland REC 02
REC reference
19/SS/0080
Date of REC Opinion
1 Jul 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion