NCT00005133Active, not recruiting
Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)
The Cardiovascular Health Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
To determine the extent to which known risk factors predict coronary heart disease and stroke in the elderly, to assess the precipitants of coronary heart disease and stroke in the elderly, and to identify the predictors of mortality and functional impairments in clinical coronary disease or stroke.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 5888 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 May 2000
- Start date
- Jun 1988
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- NCT number
- NCT00005133
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 5888
- From Jun 1988 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 6 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- Eligible participants were sampled from Medicare eligibility lists in each area. Those eligible included all persons living in the household of each individual sampled from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) sampling frame, who were 65 years or older at the time of examination, were noninstitutionalized, were expected to remain in the area for the next three years, and were able to give informed consent and did not require a proxy respondent at baseline. Potentially eligible individuals who were wheelchair-bound in the home at baseline or were receiving hospice treatment, radiation therapy or chemotherapy for cancer were excluded.
Age in the registry: 65 years to 100 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (6)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Vermont Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Colchester | United States | Unknown status |
| Johns Hopkins University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hagerstown | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Pittsburgh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California - Davis Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sacramento | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Washington Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Unknown status |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winston-Salem | United States | Unknown status |
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