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Clinical trialNCT06996639RecruitingInterventional

Breaking Fasts Ahead of Cardiac Caths

SponsorUniversity of South FloridaEnrollment400NSTEMI - Non-ST Segment Elevation MIStable Angina (SA)Unstable Angina (UA)
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Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether fasting is necessary before urgent inpatient cardiac catheterizations. For patients presenting with urgent heart-related pain or even mild heart attacks, researchers want to know whether eating and drinking before their procedure improves comfort without raising the risk of complications. The study will answer: * Does eating and drinking before the procedure improve patient comfort? * Does it increase the risk of adverse events like vomiting, aspiration (food or liquid entering the lungs), breathing problems, or death, etc? Participants will be randomly assigned to either: * A standard fasting group (no food for 6 hours, no clear liquids for 2 hours), or * A no-fasting group (able to eat and drink as usual). Patients will complete brief surveys before the procedure to assess comfort and satisfaction. Researchers will also review medical records weekly and 30 days later to monitor for safety outcomes.

Investigators

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  • Samip Vasaiwala, MD

    USF Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Cardiovascular Sciences

    Principal Investigator

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Tampa General Hospital

    Tampa, Florida, United States

    Adam Fennell, MDAfrin Naz, MDChirag Lodha, DOJacob Thomas, MDJason Lee, Medical StudentJulia Eazer, Medical StudentKatherine Achinger, Medical StudentMarilyn Joseph, APRNMatthew Almonte, MDMatthew Nalls, MDMishal Mumtaz, MDPaul Slota, MDRahul Mhaskar, MPH, PhDSamip Vasaiwala, MDVictoria Pitenis, APRNVincent Sachs, MD
    Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
13 Oct 2025
Primary completion
30 Jun 2026
Completion
31 Jul 2026
Last update posted
16 Dec 2025
Registered enrollment
400
Registry id
NCT06996639

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.