Taking people in RussiaNo phase
Full Sternotomy vs Mini-sternotomy for Ascending Aortic Pathology
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Tomsk Cardiology Research Institute
- Where
- Tomsk, RussiaSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 200 people, planned
- Started
- 10 Jul 2022
- Expected to end
- Dec 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Full sternotomy
- J-shaped mini-sternotomy
- Record updated
- 5 February 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 80 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Signed informed consent
- Ascending aorta greater than 5 cm without involving the aortic arch
Who cannot take part
- Redo aortic surgery
- Aortic arch surgery
- Concomitant CABG or left ventricle restoration
- Acute aortic dissection or urgent/emergent cases
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 80 years old?
Where in Russia
- Cardiology Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, RussiaTomsk, RussiaContact: Dmitri S. Panfilov, MD, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study investigates outcomes after hemiarch repair in patients with chronic ascending aortic disease. The patients will be divided into two groups according to surgical approach: 100 patients will undergo hemiarch repair via full sternotomy (FS group) and 100 patients will receive hemiarch repair via J-shaped mini-sternotomy (MS group). Early and late outcomes will be recorded.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Full SternotomyExisting treatment, for comparison
100 patients who will undergo hemiarch repair via full sternotomy
- Mini J-SternotomyExisting treatment, for comparison
100 patients who will undergo hemiarch repair via J-shaped mini-sternotomy
Treatment: J-shaped mini-sternotomy
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Full Sternotomy Versus J-shaped Mini-sternotomy for Chronic Ascending Aortic Pathology
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07386028, who can take part
- Record updated
- 5 February 2026