VENEK: Healing in Different Vein Harvesting Methods During Aortocoronary Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)

Boston Scientific

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 4

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments: Procedure: open vein harvesting; Procedure: endoscopic vein harvesting

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry; Other

Identifiers

NCT00180388

Version vom 30.01.2004

Details and patient eligibility

About

The VENEK trial is a randomized, prospective trial to compare economic parameters, quality of life and wound healing after endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting.

Full description

The VENEK trial is a randomized, prospective trial to compare economic parameters, quality of life and wound healing after endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age over 60 years
• Admission at Herzzentrum Dresden - Herzchirurgie for bypass-operation (OP) with planned veinectomy
• Eligibility for different modes of planned intervention according to study protocol
• Signed patient informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Varicose crural veins
• Emergency patients
• Combined operational procedures
• Preoperative complete immobilization

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

Endoscopic vein harvesting

Experimental group

Description:

Harvesting of vein for coronary artery bypass grafting using endoscopy to visualize the vein

Treatment:

Procedure: endoscopic vein harvesting

Open Vein harvesting

Active Comparator group

Description:

Harvesting of vein for coronary artery bypass grafting without endoscopy

Treatment:

Procedure: open vein harvesting