NCT07150780Not yet recruiting
Benefits of no Fasting Compared to Fasting Prior to Elective Cardiac Catheterization: A Single-center Randomized-controlled Trial
Benefits of no FASTing Prior to Elective Cardiac CATHeterization (FAST CATH): A Single-center Randomized-controlled Trial Comparing a Non-fasting Pre-procedure Approach to the Standard of Care in Adults Undergoing Elective Cardiac Catheterization With Moderate Sedation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Sept 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
More than one million cardiac catheterizations (CCs) are performed annually in the United States and the majority are elective. Current guidelines recommend no fasting prior to elective CC, however recent studies suggest that eating and drinking as desired prior to elective CCs involving moderate sedation is safe. This project will study the potential benefits of allowing patients to eat before elective CCs. Participants will be randomly divided into two groups. One group will receive pre-op instructions to fast, and the other group will be allowed to eat and drink as desired prior to their CC. Researchers will compare these groups with regards to patient satisfaction and respiratory complications.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 2000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Primary completion date
- 10 Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Munson Medical Center
- Diseases
- Coronary artery disease
- NCT number
- NCT07150780
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 2000
- From 10 Sept 2025 to the primary completion date, 10 Sept 2027
- No sites listed in no 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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Prior treatment
- Previously enrolled in this study (patients may not be enrolled more than once for subsequent procedures)
Other illness
- Patients requiring general anesthesia for cardiac catheterization
- Personal history of pulmonary aspiration, or other known cardiopulmonary anesthetic complication(s)
- Urgent cardiac catheterization
Other
- Adults unable to consent
- Pregnant women
- Incarceration
- Non-English-speaking patients
- Inability to eat by mouth
- Inability to fast for at least 6 hours
- Inability or unwillingness to comply with all study procedures
Who the study is looking for
- Willing to comply with all study procedures and remain in contact with the study team to complete study assessments for the duration of the study
- Scheduled for an elective (non-urgent) cardiac catheterization
- Age of 18 or older at the time of consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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