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NCT Number: NCT02466282

A Comparison of Optical Coherence Tomography Guidance and Angiography-only Guidance for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold

It is well-known that non-optimal stent implantation associated with under-expansion or incomplete strut apposition during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) leads to a higher incidence of restenosis and stent thrombosis. OCT-guided PCI with metallic stent has previously been shown to be safe and feasible, resulting in better clinical outcomes compared with angiography-only guided PCI. Everolimus-eluting bioabsorbable vascular scaffold (BVS; Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA) was made from a bioabsorbable polylactic acid backbone which is coated with a more rapidly absorbed polylactic acid layer that contains and controls the release of the antiproliferative drug, everolimus. BVS has a number of proposed advantages over current metallic stent technology. These include elimination of chronic sources of vessel irritation and inflammation, which can reduce the potential risk of late scaffold thrombosis after complete scaffold bioresorption. Although the current generation of the Absorb BVS have larger strut thickness of 150 μm compared with 80 μm of strut of Xience stent, the acute recoil of the polymeric device was similar to that of metallic stent. However, operators tented to use dilating devices less aggressively because of the concerns about limitation in elongation-at-break of polylactide. Previous studies reported 20-30% of under-expansion or malapposition with BVS, which would increase the risk of adverse events including late stent thrombosis. OCT-guidance may improve more optimized scaffold placement and also better outcomes. Therefore, investigators will compare OCT guidance and angiography-only guidance for PCI with BVS regarding incomplete scaffold apposition and neointimal scaffold coverage. Investigators are also going to compare these two strategies regarding clinical outcomes with verification of the cut-off value by OCT-acquired uncovered scaffold rate.

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Key information

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease Arterial Occlusive Diseases Arteriosclerosis Cardiovascular Diseases Coronary Disease Heart Diseases Myocardial Ischemia Vascular Diseases

Age range

19 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, 120-752, South Korea

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients ≥ 19 years old
  • Patients with ischemic heart disease who are considered for coronary revascularization with PCI
  • Significant coronary de novo lesion (stenosis > 70% by quantitative angiographic analysis) treated by single BVS ≤ 25mm
  • Reference vessel diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 mm by operator assessment

Exclusion criteria

  • Myocardial infarction
  • Complex lesion morphologies such as aorta-ostial, unprotected left main, chronic total occlusion, graft, thrombosis, and restenosis
  • Reference vessel diameter <2.5 mm or >3.5 mm
  • Heavy calcified lesions (definite calcified lesions on angiogram)
  • Lesions requiring 2 or more BVS
  • Contraindication or hypersensitivity to anti-platelet agents or contrast media
  • Treated with any metallic stent or BVS within 3 months at other vessel
  • Creatinine level ≥ 2.0 mg/dL or ESRD
  • Severe hepatic dysfunction (3 times normal reference values)
  • Pregnant women or women with potential childbearing
  • Inability to follow the patient over the period of 1 year after enrollment, as assessed by the investigator
  • Inability to understand or read the informed content

Treatment and study plan

Angiography-guided PCI with bioresorbable vascular scaffold

Device

Everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold (Absorb, Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA) was made from a bioabsorbable polylactic acid backbone which is coated with a more rapidly absorbed polylactic acid layer that contains and controls the release of the antiproliferative drug, everolimus. PCI will be performed with BVS under conventional coronary angiography without any other intravascular imaging modality.

optical coherence tomography-guided PCI with bioresorbable vascular scaffold

Device

Everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold (Absorb, Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA) was made from a bioabsorbable polylactic acid backbone which is coated with a more rapidly absorbed polylactic acid layer that contains and controls the release of the antiproliferative drug, everolimus. For optimized PCI, both conventional coronary angiography and optical coherence tomography can be used before and after stent implantation. OCT study should be checked at the final post-procedure and stent implantation is optimized.

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of uncovered scaffold struts

    Time frame: six months

    Percentage of uncovered scaffold struts between OCT guidance vs. angiography-only guidance PCI on 6 month OCT

Secondary outcomes

  1. Major cardiac and cerebrovascular adverse events (MACCEs)

    Time frame: until one year

    Cardiac death, myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization, stent thrombosis, cerebrovascular accident and major bleeding between OCT guidance vs. angiography-only guidance PCI until 12 months

    *Major bleeding ; causing mortality, hypovolemic shock or severe hypotension requiring inotropes or surgery, intrapericardial with tamponade, significant disabling (e.g. intraocular bleeding leading to loss of vision), symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage, intraocular bleeding leading to loss of vision, hemoglobin drop ≥ 3g/dL, or requiring transfusion more than 2 units

  2. Percentage of incomplete scaffold struts apposition

    Time frame: six months after stent implantation

    Scaffold strut malapposition: Malapposition is defined by a clear seperation between the abluminal side of the strut and the vessel wall. As a result, scaffold malapposition is defined as the presence of any malapposed struts. percentage of malapposed struts (% malapposed strut) was the ratio of malapposed struts from total analyzable struts.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yonsei University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Optical Coherence Tomography Guidance and Angiography-only Guidance for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Jun 9, 2015
Registry last updated
Jul 27, 2016

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