Advanced Point-of-Care Tool for Stratified Treatment in High Risk Cardiovascular Patients

Identifying cardiovascular patients at high risk and providing a personal treatment strategy through rapid and low-cost measurements

Promoting personalised treatment

The aim of the PoCCardio project is to develop a point-of-care (PoC) tool which uses biological markers and polymorphisms from finger prick blood to help identify, classify and monitor patients with cardiovascular disease who are at high risk of further events.

The Tool

The portable device allows point-of-care (PoC) measurements of both proteomic biomarkers and genetic risk variants to improve overall management of high-risk patients.

Validation

Laboratory validation of the tool and biological markers will be undertaken, followed by a multinational clinical trial which will include existing and approved pharmaceuticals.

Health equity

The tool provides fast results independent of access to high-end care facilities and thereby helps increase social inclusiveness and stimulate acceptance.

Meet the Consortium

The PoCCardio consortium brings together 7 organisations uniting technical, clinical and social science expertise

Validation trials

The developed point-of-care tool will be tested and validated in two trials, involving patients at a high risk of recurrent cardiovascular events

Trial 1: Lab validation involving study of 60 individuals

Trial 2: Multinational clinical trial involving 1800+ people with recent myocardial infarction

PoCCardio Project

Personalised Medicine by using an Advanced Point-of-Care Tool for Stratified Treatment in High Risk Cardiovascular Patients