Clinical trial enrolling patients at Hendrick Health [Video]

ABILENE, Texas — Participants for a clinical trial (TRANSFORM) are being enrolled by Hendrick Health. 

The trial compares a stage-based treatment of patients with coronary artery disease or who are at risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, based on a computer tomography angiography (CCTA) exam with a risk-factored based treatment, which is the standard of care.

Hendrick is one of 47 sites conducting the research across the United States, Europe and Japan. Patients accepted into the randomized clinical trial will undergo a CCTA exam to categorize their atherosclerosis severity. Scan results will be used to randomize the patients into the type of treatment they receive.

“The TRANSFORM trial will fundamentally change our understanding of the development of coronary artery disease and how it responds to medical treatments,” Hendrick Health cardiologist and principal investigator for …