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TerminatedNCT02725671Updated Jul 9, 2020Results posted

Cardiogoniometry for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease by CT Angiography

An interventional study of Explorer in Coronary Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease and Ischemic Heart Disease, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-07-09.

Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Why this study was terminated
Poor enrollment due to insufficient study support.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Cardiogoniometry is a technique to process and evaluate vectorcardiography from regular ECG acquisitions. Vectorcardiography has a long tradition in cardiology for providing comprehensive information on myocardial function and integrity. In recent years, computer assisted analysis has allowed automated interpretation of vectorcardiography with promising results in comparison to standard ECG for identifying patients with coronary heart disease. This study aims to investigate the utility of cardiogoniometry for noninvasively identifying patients who are at risk from coronary heart disease.

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Cardiogoniometry is a technique to process and evaluate vectorcardiography from regular ECG acquisitions. Vectorcardiography has a long tradition in cardiology for providing comprehensive information on myocardial function and integrity. Compared to standard electrocardiography, vectorcardiography has shown to be more sensitive to detect structural and ischemic heart disease. Unfortunately, the interpretation of vectorcardiography is complex which has hindered its widespread application. In recent years, computer assisted analysis has allowed automated interpretation of vectorcardiography with promising results in comparison to standard ECG for identifying patients with ischemic heart disease. However, the underlying mechanisms and threshold of altered cardiac vectors in the presence of coronary artery disease are not well understood. This research aims at exploring the relationship of computer assisted analysis of vectorcardiography with the presence, extent, severity, and location of coronary artery disease in comparison to standard ECG evaluation. Furthermore, the investigators intent to follow up enrolled patients for the occurrence of adverse cardiovascular events for correlation with test findings. These data will provide comprehensive information on the diagnostic performance of noninvasive, inexpensive evaluation of cardiac vector loops for identifying patients at risk from coronary artery disease. Specifically, the study aims to:

  1. Compare the diagnostic accuracy of cardiogoniometry with standard ECG for detecting coronary artery disease as assessed by CT angiography
  2. Investigate the relationship between abnormal cardiogoniometry findings and the extent/severity/location of coronary artery disease by CT angiography
  3. Compare the intermediate term prognosis of patients according to cardiogoniometry, standard ECG, and CT findings
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Conditions studied

  • Coronary Heart Disease
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Ischemic Heart Disease
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In context

Coronary Artery Disease

5,598 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronary Artery Disease; 957 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 2 is below the median of 124 across 3,436 interventional studies indexed under Coronary Artery Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Johns Hopkins University is the lead sponsor of 1,783 studies on the registry; 313 are open to participants now.

Of its 203 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 140 (69%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients age 18 or older who are referred for elective cardiac CT examination for evaluation of coronary artery disease

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • hemodynamic instability
  • history of anaphylactic contrast reaction
  • inability of following breath hold instructions
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
2 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Cardiogoniometry and ECG Assessment

    The same patient will undergo both advanced ECG assessment using cardiogoniometry and standard ECG

    Device: Explorer

Interventions

  • DeviceExplorer

    ECG device which records comprehensive voltage potential data in the myocardium

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Accuracy of Identifying Patients With at Least One 50 Percent or Greater Coronary Artery Stenosis by CT Angiography

    Area under curve (AUC) analysis is proposed to be used to determine the diagnostic accuracy of cardiogoniometry for detecting patients with coronary heart disease as defined by at least one 50% or greater stenosis on CT coronary angiography.

    Time frame: 30 days from CGM analysis

Secondary outcomes

  1. Accuracy of Identifying Patients With Any Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease by CT Angiography

    Area under the curve (AUC) analysis is proposed to be used to asses the diagnostic accuracy of CGM for identifying patients with any coronary atherosclerotic disease

    Time frame: 30 days

  2. Incidence of Death at Follow up

    Patient follow up data will be used to performance of CGM to identify patients who are at risk of suffering adverse cardiac events at follow up compared to coronary CT angiography using AUC analysis.

    Time frame: 5 years after enrollment

  3. Risk of Myocardial Infarction

    Incidence of myocardial infarction at follow up

    Time frame: 5 years after enrollment

  4. Risk of Revascularization at Follow up

    Incidence of revascularization at follow up

    Time frame: 5 year after enrollment

  5. Risk of Hospitalization

    Incidence of hospitalization at follow up

    Time frame: 5 years after enrollment

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Results

Posted Feb 25, 2020

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneStudy Group
Started2
Completed1
Not completed1
Withdrew: Lost to follow-up1

Outcome measures

PrimaryAccuracy of Identifying Patients With at Least One 50 Percent or Greater Coronary Artery Stenosis by CT Angiography

Area under curve (AUC) analysis is proposed to be used to determine the diagnostic accuracy of cardiogoniometry for detecting patients with coronary heart disease as defined by at least one 50% or greater stenosis on CT coronary angiography.

Time frame:
30 days from CGM analysis

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryAccuracy of Identifying Patients With Any Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease by CT Angiography

Area under the curve (AUC) analysis is proposed to be used to asses the diagnostic accuracy of CGM for identifying patients with any coronary atherosclerotic disease

Time frame:
30 days

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryIncidence of Death at Follow up

Patient follow up data will be used to performance of CGM to identify patients who are at risk of suffering adverse cardiac events at follow up compared to coronary CT angiography using AUC analysis.

Time frame:
5 years after enrollment

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryRisk of Myocardial Infarction

Incidence of myocardial infarction at follow up

Time frame:
5 years after enrollment

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryRisk of Revascularization at Follow up

Incidence of revascularization at follow up

Time frame:
5 year after enrollment

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryRisk of Hospitalization

Incidence of hospitalization at follow up

Time frame:
5 years after enrollment

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Collected over 4 years. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Cardiogoniometry and ECG Assessment0/2 (0%)0/2 (0%)0/2 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Study Group
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years1
>=65 years1
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Study Group
Mean56 (44 to 68)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Study Group
Female0
Male2
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Study Group
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American0
White2
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(Participants)Study Group
United States2
Cardiac Risk Factors
Cardiac Risk Factors(Participants)Study Group
Count of participants2
08

Study locations

1 site
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Apr 3, 2015

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 9, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02725671
Lead sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Collaborators
Enverdis Corp.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 1, 2016
Start date
Apr 2015
Primary completion
Apr 2019
Completion
Jun 26, 2020
Results posted
Feb 25, 2020
Last update
Jul 9, 2020

Study contacts

Armin A Zadeh, MD PhD MPH
principal investigator · Johns Hopkins University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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