Incidental Coronary Calcification Quality Improvement Project

Trial ID or NCT#

NCT04789278

Status

not recruiting iconNOT RECRUITING

Purpose

This is a multi-center, randomized quality improvement project. At least 200 statin-naïve patients without a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with incidental coronary artery calcium (CAC) on a prior non-gated chest CT will be enrolled across the Stanford Healthcare System and the Palo Alto Veteran's Affairs Healthcare System. Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to notification or usual care arms. The primary aim of this project is to estimate the increase in 6-month statin prescription among statin-naïve patients without a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with incidental CAC on a non-gated chest CT who are randomized to receive notification of their findings vs. usual care.

Official Title

Incidental Coronary Calcification Quality Improvement Project

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. * Non-gated chest CT between 2014-2019* The presence of CAC confirmed by manual review by an experienced radiologist* Stanford affiliated primary care provider or endocrinologist for Stanford healthcare system patients and VA primary care provider for VA patients with at least 1 encounter since 2018
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. * Current or prior statin or PCSK9 inhibitor therapy* Prior diagnosis of ASCVD (coronary artery disease, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular disease, coronary/peripheral revascularization)* Prior coronary imaging (cardiac CT, invasive coronary angiography)* Dementia* Metastatic cancer or active cancer undergoing chemotherapy* History of medical nonadherence

Investigator(s)

Alexander Tarlochan Singh Sandhu
Alexander Tarlochan Singh Sandhu
Cardiologist, Heart failure cardiologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)