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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2024

DANSPOT: A Multicenter Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial of the Reclassification of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Rationale and Study Design.

Nina Strandkjær, Nicoline Jørgensen, Rasmus Bo Hasselbalch, Jonas Kristensen, Marie Sophie Sander Knudsen, Thilde Olivia Kock, Theis Lange, Matias Greve Lindholm, Niels Eske Bruun, Lene Holmvang and 14 more

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05336435 (A Randomised Clinical Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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A Randomised Clinical Trial (RCT) of Population- and Sex-specific Troponin Cutoffs for Ruling Out Acute Myocardial Infarction - The Danish Study of Population and Sex-Specific Cutoffs of Troponin

TypeinterventionalSponsorHerlev HospitalRan2022 to 2025Enrolled5,175ConditionsCoronary Syndrome, Acute, Coronary Artery Disease, Myocardial InfarctionArmsImplementation of the new population and sex-specific 99th percentile URL for cardiac troponin
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Second Year In Review, Third Year In Preview, and the 2024Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Nina StrandkjærDepartment of Emergency Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte Herlev Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8934-4541
Nicoline JørgensenDepartment of Emergency Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte Herlev Denmark.
Rasmus Bo HasselbalchDepartment of Emergency Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte Herlev Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-4274-6268
Jonas KristensenDepartment of Emergency Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte Herlev Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-2566-0502
Marie Sophie Sander KnudsenDepartment of Emergency Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte Herlev Denmark.
Thilde Olivia KockDepartment of Cardiology Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte Herlev Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8240-0363
Theis LangeDepartment of Public Health University of Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6807-8347
Matias Greve LindholmDepartment of Cardiology Zealand University Hospital Roskilde Denmark.ORCID 0009-0008-3610-8837
Niels Eske BruunDepartment of Clinical Medicine University of Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5026-9193
Lene HolmvangDepartment of Cardiology Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.
Christian Juhl TerkelsenDepartment of Cardiology Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0205-9551
Claus Kjær PedersenDepartment of Cardiology Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-0276-4667
Martin Kirk ChristensenDepartment of Cardiology Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-4136-409X
Jens Flensted LassenDepartment of Cardiology Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7972-9192
Linda HilstedDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-3465-999X
Søren LadefogedDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus Denmark.ORCID 0009-0006-8484-7146
Mads NyboDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-3029-2855
Mustafa Vakur BorDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry University of Hospital of South Denmark Esbjerg Denmark.
Morten DahlDepartment of Clinical Medicine University of Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6686-312X
Annebirthe Bo HansenDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.
Pia Rørbæk KamstrupDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte Herlev Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-7627-6762
Henning BundgaardDepartment of Clinical Medicine University of Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-0563-7049
Christian Torp-PedersenDepartment of Public Health University of Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-2892-6131
Kasper Karmark IversenDepartment of Emergency Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte Herlev Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0504-8487
University of Copenhagen · DKGentofte Hospital · DKAarhus University Hospital · DKAalborg University Hospital · DKCopenhagen University Hospital · DKOdense University Hospital · DKHospital South West Jutland · DKZealand University Hospital · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiac troponins are the preferred biomarkers for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Although sex-specific 99th percentile thresholds of troponins are recommended in international guidelines, the clinical effect of their use is poorly investigated. The DANSPOT Study (The Danish Study of Sex- and Population-Specific 99th percentile upper reference limits of Troponin) aims to evaluate the clinical effect of a prospective implementation of population- and sex-specific diagnostic thresholds of troponins into clinical practice.

methodsThis study is a nationwide, multicenter, stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial of the implementation of population- and sex-specific thresholds of troponins in 22 of 23 clinical centers in Denmark. We established sex-specific thresholds for 5 different troponin assays based on troponin levels in a healthy Danish reference population. Centers will sequentially cross over from current uniform manufacturer-derived thresholds to the new population- and sex-specific thresholds. The primary cohort is defined as patients with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome having at least 1 troponin measurement performed within 24 hours of arrival with a peak troponin value between the current uniform threshold and the new sex-specific female and male thresholds. The study will compare the occurrence of the primary outcome, defined as a composite of nonfatal myocardial infarction, unplanned revascularization, and all-cause mortality within 1 year, separately for men and women before and after the implementation of the new sex-specific thresholds.

conclusionsThe DANSPOT Study is expected to show the clinical effects on diagnostics, treatment, and clinical outcomes in patients with myocardial infarction of implementing sex-specific diagnostic thresholds for troponin based on a national Danish reference population. REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT05336435.

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BiomarkersMyocardial InfarctionTroponinDenmarkFemaleHumansMaleMulticenter Studies as TopicPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSex FactorsBiomarkersTroponinacute coronary syndromebiomarkersmyocardial infarctionsex factorstroponin

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