View clinical trials related to Peripheral Vascular Diseases.
Filter by:The purposes of this study are to determine whether intra-arterial injection of autologous stem cells is effective in the treatment of chronic limb ischemia (CLI), to characterize stem cell dysfunction in patients with CLI, and to relate the stem cell function with clinical outcome.
This study is a double-blind study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NV1FGF, a pCOR plasmid constructed by inserting the gene coding for the FGF compared to placebo in patients with severe Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease, Fontaine's stage IV. The efficacy was assessed by the complete healing of at least one ulcer in the treated limb, 25 week post-baseline and secondary by the rate of amputation and death.
Diabetes is a major cause of peripheral vascular disease(PVD) and is associated with male hypogonadism. Diabetes and PVD are both associated with arterial stiffness and intima -media thickness which are also related to severity of the clinical syndrome of PVD. Artificially induced hypogonadism results in increasing arterial stiffness whilst testosterone is known to improve risk factors for vascular disease and act as a vasodilator. The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the effect of testosterone treatment on PVD arterial stiffness and intima-media thickness in men with type 2 diabetes and hypogonadism,
The particular aim of this study is the comparison of the diagnostic results of MRA images upon application of Vasovist (gadofosveset), a contrast agent not yet available on the market, with the MRA images upon application of a conventional extracellular contrast agent. A catheter angiography, which will be performed as a routine diagnostic procedure for vascular diseases, will serve as an evaluation standard.
To assess the effects of L-arginine upon functional status (treadmill exercise testing; quality of life) and limb blood (by mercury strain gauge plethysmography) in peripheral arterial disease.
Severe peripheral vascular disease of the legs causes narrowing of the blood vessels in the legs, which keeps the blood from flowing adequately through these vessels. This study is designed to examine whether treating patients with their own previously collected blood stem cells will improve blood flow in the most severely affected leg. Blood stem cells are undeveloped cells that have the capacity to grow into mature blood cells, which normally circulate in the blood stream.
To evaluate the performance of the GORE VIABAHN® Endoprosthesis compared to a bare nitinol stent for the treatment of superficial femoral artery (SFA) occlusive disease in long lesions.
Background: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been popularized as a simple, effective and cheap treatment achieving 50-70% symptomatic patency rates in patients with peripheral occlusive disease.. However, the fact remains that the indication for performing PTA are still more based on opinions than on scientific data. The purpose of the trial was to randomize patients primarily referred for intermittent claudication into two groups: One group was offered conservative treatment; the other group was offered conservative treatment combined with PTA. Primary outcome: The patient quality of life. Secondary outcome:Pain-free walking distance; pain-score; death; amputation; changes in relevant biomarkers
The purpose of this study is to determine if stem cell therapy with one's own cells (autologous cells) delivered intramuscularly to one's leg with ulcer and/or gangrene due to poor blood flow will be safe and if it will relieve leg pain, increase blood flow, and/or cure the leg wound.
The purpose of this study is to compare a health-counselor mediated telephone counseling intervention to usual care to reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).