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Remote Ischemic Conditioning With Local Ischemic Postconditioning in High-Risk ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction

Randomized Comparison of Combined Remote Ischemic Conditioning and Local Postconditioning Compared to Standard Treatment in High-risk ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Mar 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The RIP-HIGH trial is a two-arm randomized controlled trial aiming to compare the impact of combined remote ischemic conditioning (RIP) and local ischemic postconditioning (PostC) vs. standard of care on clinical outcome in high-risk ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
250 (actual)
First submitted
31 Mar 2021
Start date
5 Jul 2021
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2025
Lead sponsor
Helios Health Institute GmbH
NCT number
NCT04844931

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 250
  • From 5 Jul 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2025
  • 11 sites in 2 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Prior fibrinolysis.

Other illness

  • Conditions precluding use of RIC (i.e. paresis of the upper limb, presence of an arteriovenous shunt).

Age

  • Age \<18 years.

Other

  • Killip class I on hospital admission.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Severe co-morbidity with a life expectancy \<6 months.
  • Participation in another trial.

Who the study is looking for

  • Acute chest pain lasting \<12 h
  • ST-elevation at the J-point in two contiguous leads of ≥2 mm in men ≥40 years, ≥2.5 mm in men \<40 years and ≥1.5 mm in women (regardless of age) in V2-V3 and/or ≥1 mm in all other leads (52).
  • New or presumed new left bundle branch block or right bundle branch block.
  • Killip class ≥II on hospital admission or requirement of diuretics because of clinical congestion.
  • Written informed consent.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (11)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
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InnsbruckAustriaUnknown status
Klinikum Links der Weser
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BremenGermanyUnknown status
Herzzentrum Dresden
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DresdenGermanyUnknown status
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
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DüsseldorfGermanyUnknown status
University Hospital Essen
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EssenGermanyUnknown status
University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf
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HamburgGermanyUnknown status
Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology
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LeipzigGermanyUnknown status
University Heart Center Lübeck - University of Schleswig-Holstein
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LübeckGermanyUnknown status
Klinikum Ludwigshafen
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LudwigshafenGermanyUnknown status
Universitätsmedizin Rostock
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RostockGermanyUnknown status
University Hospital Tübingen
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TübingenGermanyUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.