SYNTAX Study: TAXUS Drug-Eluting Stent Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for the Treatment of Narrowed Arteries
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Official title
SYNTAX Study: SYNergy Between PCI With TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery
Brief summary
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The SYNTAX trial is designed to determine the best treatment for patients with complex coronary disease (blocked or narrowed arteries in both the right and left sides of the heart) by randomizing patients to receive either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting TAXUS stents or to coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00114972
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 1,800 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Polymer-based Paclitaxel-Eluting TAXUS Express2-SR Stent Device
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Procedure
Device · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 2005 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Apr 2008 (Actual)
- Completion
- May 2012 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Jun 23, 2010
2005 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 32
- U.S. states
- 15
- U.S. cities
- 26
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | California | 95819 | — |
| Washington Hospital Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20010 | — |
| Florida Cardiovascular Research | Atlantis | Florida | 33462 | — |
| Munroe Medical Center | Ocala | Florida | 34474 | — |
| Ocala Heart Institue | Ocala | Florida | 34474 | — |
| Florida Hospital | Orlando | Florida | 32803 | — |
| Evanston Hospital | Evanston | Illinois | 60201 | — |
| Rockford Cardiology Research Foundation (St. Anthony's Medical Center) | Rockford | Illinois | 61108-2465 | — |
| University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | — |
| Maine Medical Center | Portland | Maine | 04102 | — |
| Tufts New England Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02111 | — |
| Cape Cod Hospital | Hyannis | Massachusetts | 02601 | — |
| Cape Cod Research Institute | Hyannis | Massachusetts | 02601 | — |
| Genesys Regional Medical Center | Grand Blanc | Michigan | 48439 | — |
| Spectrum Health | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49503 | — |
| Cardiac & Vascular Research Center of Northern Michigan | Petoskey | Michigan | 49770 | — |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55407 | — |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
| St. Mary's Hospital | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
| SUNY - Stony Brook School of Medicine | Stony Brook | New York | 11794 | — |
| SJH Cardiology Associates | Syracuse | New York | 13203 | — |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center | Syracuse | New York | 13203 | — |
| LeBauer Cardiovascular Research Foundation | Greensboro | North Carolina | 27401 | — |
| Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Greensboro | Greensboro | North Carolina | 27405 | — |
| Wake Medical Center | Raleigh | North Carolina | 27610 | — |
| Forsyth Medical Center | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27103 | — |
| Oklahoma Foundation for Cardiovascular Research | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 73120 | — |
| St. Mary's Medical Center | Langhorne | Pennsylvania | 19047 | — |
| Medical City Dallas Hospital | Dallas | Texas | 75230 | — |
| Baylor University Medical Center | Dallas | Texas | 75246 | — |
| San Antonio Endovascular Heart Institue | San Antonio | Texas | 78205 | — |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 1st Fl | Norfolk | Virginia | 23507 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00114972, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jun 23, 2010 · Synced Oct 24, 2026
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