{"id":17990,"date":"2022-03-18T14:47:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T14:47:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:47:59","slug":"cardiovascular-clinical-trial","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"O Charlton Memorial Hospital \u00e9 o primeiro no mundo a registar e tratar um doente no subestudo LIFE-BTK PK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FALL RIVER, Massachusetts.<\/strong> - O Chefe de Cirurgia Vascular da Southcoast Health, Dr. Richard Pin, e uma equipa do Heart and Vascular Center do Charlton Memorial Hospital foram os primeiros a inscrever e tratar um doente no subestudo PK do ensaio cl\u00ednico aleat\u00f3rio nacional LIFE-BTK, anunciaram hoje os respons\u00e1veis do sistema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Sentimo-nos honrados por fazer parte deste ensaio cl\u00ednico\", afirma o Dr. Pin. \"\u00c9 um feito espantoso para um sistema de sa\u00fade comunit\u00e1rio ser convidado a participar num ensaio cl\u00ednico aleat\u00f3rio, e o facto de o Charlton ter ultrapassado o ritmo esperado na inscri\u00e7\u00e3o de doentes \u00e9 uma prova do excecional programa cardiovascular do hospital. Este ensaio serve uma necessidade de doentes cr\u00edticos na regi\u00e3o da costa sul que, de outra forma, teriam op\u00e7\u00f5es limitadas. Estou orgulhoso da nossa equipa pelo seu excelente trabalho para fazer avan\u00e7ar os cuidados cardiovasculares na nossa comunidade.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O ensaio LIFE-BTK foi concebido para avaliar o Esprit\u2122 BTK Drug-eluting Resorbable Scaffold para o tratamento da estenose da art\u00e9ria abaixo do joelho em doentes sintom\u00e1ticos com isquemia cr\u00edtica dos membros (CLI), avaliando-o em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com a Angioplastia Transluminal Percut\u00e2nea (ATP). Ao contr\u00e1rio de outros stents com elui\u00e7\u00e3o de f\u00e1rmacos, o dispositivo experimental Esprit-BTK n\u00e3o \u00e9 um implante permanente; fornece suporte a uma art\u00e9ria imediatamente ap\u00f3s uma angioplastia com bal\u00e3o, impedindo que o vaso volte a fechar-se. Uma vez implantado, o andaime fornece um medicamento durante alguns meses para promover a cicatriza\u00e7\u00e3o e manter a art\u00e9ria aberta antes de se dissolver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A CLI \u00e9 uma forma grave de Doen\u00e7a Arterial Perif\u00e9rica (DAP) que pode levar \u00e0 amputa\u00e7\u00e3o. Envolve o estreitamento ou bloqueio das art\u00e9rias perif\u00e9ricas que transportam o sangue do cora\u00e7\u00e3o para as pernas e bra\u00e7os e estima-se que afecte aproximadamente dois milh\u00f5es de pessoas em todo o pa\u00eds. Esta diminui\u00e7\u00e3o do fluxo sangu\u00edneo para os membros inferiores pode levar a um aumento das taxas de mortalidade e a amputa\u00e7\u00f5es se n\u00e3o for tratada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O subestudo PK leva o ensaio cl\u00ednico mais longe para avaliar a efic\u00e1cia do medicamento everolimus atrav\u00e9s da an\u00e1lise de v\u00e1rias amostras de sangue colhidas em alturas pr\u00e9-determinadas. Este subestudo est\u00e1 a planear inscrever apenas 7 doentes a n\u00edvel nacional devido aos crit\u00e9rios de inclus\u00e3o muito limitados. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Estamos gratos por termos tido um doente disposto a participar, tendo em conta o n\u00famero de colheitas de sangue que s\u00e3o necess\u00e1rias tanto no hospital como nos meses seguintes\", afirma Debra Benevides, Coordenadora de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Cl\u00ednica da Southcoast Health. \"Neste estudo, as amostras de sangue foram recolhidas de 15 em 15 minutos durante o procedimento e depois em intervalos regulares durante os 60 dias seguintes. Os ensaios cl\u00ednicos s\u00e3o bem sucedidos gra\u00e7as aos pacientes que est\u00e3o dispostos a participar e a doar o seu tempo.\" O procedimento inicial foi realizado em 10 de fevereiro de 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Heart and Vascular Center do Charlton Memorial continua a ser um l\u00edder regional em servi\u00e7os cardiovasculares avan\u00e7ados. \"Quero felicitar o Dr. Pin e a sua equipa, mais uma vez, pelo seu excelente trabalho na presta\u00e7\u00e3o de cuidados cardiovasculares avan\u00e7ados aos nossos pacientes\", afirma o Dr. Peter Cohn, M\u00e9dico Chefe do Centro de Cuidados Cardiovasculares da Southcoast Health. \"A participa\u00e7\u00e3o neste subestudo de ensaio cl\u00ednico aleat\u00f3rio demonstra o compromisso da Southcoast Health em levar tecnologia e investiga\u00e7\u00e3o inovadoras aos doentes da nossa comunidade.\" &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Heart and Vascular Center no Charlton Memorial Hospital podem ser encontradas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cardio-heart-vascular\/#\/slot-search\/specialtyGroup\/C6F9F0E3-906B-40DB-86AA-8CECC0A43FA3\">aqui.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":3973,"template":"","categories":[1233,1232],"class_list":["post-17990","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-achievements","category-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Charlton Memorial Hospital First in World to Enroll Patient in Clinical Study<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Participating in this randomized clinical trial sub-study demonstrates Southcoast Health\u2019s commitment to patients in our community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charlton Memorial Hospital First in World to Enroll Patient in Clinical Study\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Participating in this randomized clinical trial sub-study demonstrates Southcoast Health\u2019s commitment to patients in our community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Charlton-855x600-070119.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"855\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"606\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/\",\"name\":\"Charlton Memorial Hospital First in World to Enroll Patient in Clinical Study\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Charlton-855x600-070119.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-18T14:47:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"Participating in this randomized clinical trial sub-study demonstrates Southcoast Health\u2019s commitment to patients in our community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"pt-PT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"pt-PT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Charlton-855x600-070119.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Charlton-855x600-070119.jpg\",\"width\":855,\"height\":606,\"caption\":\"Southcoast Health Charlton Memorial Hospital, a modern medical facility with a large multi-story building surrounded by greenery.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Charlton Memorial Hospital is First in the World to Enroll and Treat a Patient in the LIFE-BTK PK Sub-study\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/\",\"name\":\"Southcoast Health\",\"description\":\"More than medicine.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"pt-PT\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Charlton Memorial Hospital \u00e9 o primeiro no mundo a inscrever um doente num estudo cl\u00ednico","description":"A participa\u00e7\u00e3o neste subestudo de ensaio cl\u00ednico aleat\u00f3rio demonstra o compromisso da Southcoast Health com os doentes da nossa comunidade.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/","og_locale":"pt_PT","og_type":"article","og_title":"Charlton Memorial Hospital First in World to Enroll Patient in Clinical Study","og_description":"Participating in this randomized clinical trial sub-study demonstrates Southcoast Health\u2019s commitment to patients in our community.","og_url":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/","og_site_name":"Southcoast Health","og_image":[{"width":855,"height":606,"url":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Charlton-855x600-070119.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/","url":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/","name":"Charlton Memorial Hospital \u00e9 o primeiro no mundo a inscrever um doente num estudo cl\u00ednico","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Charlton-855x600-070119.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-18T14:47:59+00:00","description":"A participa\u00e7\u00e3o neste subestudo de ensaio cl\u00ednico aleat\u00f3rio demonstra o compromisso da Southcoast Health com os doentes da nossa comunidade.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"pt-PT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pt-PT","@id":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Charlton-855x600-070119.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Charlton-855x600-070119.jpg","width":855,"height":606,"caption":"Southcoast Health Charlton Memorial Hospital, a modern medical facility with a large multi-story building surrounded by greenery."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/cardiovascular-clinical-trial\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"","item":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Charlton Memorial Hospital is First in the World to Enroll and Treat a Patient in the LIFE-BTK PK Sub-study"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/","name":"Sa\u00fade no Sudeste","description":"Mais do que medicamentos.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pt-PT"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}