TY - JOUR A1 - Hernandez-Resendiz Sauri A1 - Vilskersts Reinis A1 - Aluja David A1 - Andreadou Ioanna A1 - Bencsik Péter A1 - Dambrova Maija A1 - Efentakis Panagiotis A1 - Gao Fei A1 - Giricz Zoltán A1 - Inserte Javier A1 - Kelly-Laubscher Roisin A1 - Kiss Attila A1 - Krieg Thomas A1 - Kwak Brenda R A1 - Lecour Sandrine A1 - Lopaschuk Gary A1 - M?czewski Micha? A1 - Waszkiewicz Micha? A1 - Okni?ska Marta A1 - Pagliaro Pasquale A1 - Podesser Bruno A1 - Prag Hiran A A1 - Ruiz-Meana Marisol A1 - Szabados Tamara A1 - Zuurbier Coert J A1 - Ferdinandy Péter A1 - Hausenloy Derek J TI - IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT): a small animal acute myocardial infarction randomized-controlled multicenter study on the effect of ischemic preconditioning AV - public EP - 346 N2 - Although many cardioprotective interventions have been shown to limit infarct size (IS), in preclinical animal studies of acute myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI), their clinical translation to patient benefit has been largely disappointing. A major factor is the lack of rigor and reproducibility in the preclinical studies. To address this, we have established the IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT) small animal multisite acute myocardial infarction (AMI) network, with centralized randomization and blinded core laboratory IS analysis, and have validated the network using ischemic preconditioning (IPC). Eight sites from the COST Innovators Grant (IG16225) network participated in the IMPACT AMI study. Mice and rats were randomly allocated into Sham, Control, or IPC groups. The IRI group underwent 45 min (mice) or 30 min (rats) of left coronary artery occlusion followed by 24 h reperfusion. IPC comprised three cycles of 5 min occlusion/reperfusion before IRI. IS was determined by a blinded core lab. The majority of site showed significant cardioprotection with IPC. In pooled mouse data, IPC (N = 42) reduced IS/AAR by 35% compared to control (N = 48) (30 ą 16% versus 46 ą 13%; p < 0.005), and in rat data, IPC (N = 36) reduced IS/AAR by 29% when compared to control (N = 39) (32 ą 19% versus 45 ą 14%; p < 0.01). The IMPACT multisite mouse and rat AMI networks, with centralized randomization and blinded core IS analysis, were established to improve the reproducibility of cardioprotective interventions in preclinical studies and to facilitate the translation of these therapies for patient benefit. Y1 - 2025/// SP - 335 SN - 0300-8428 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-025-01102-3 ID - publicatio36293 VL - 120 JF - BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY ER -