Angiography-Derived FFR And IVUS for Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

• The primary hypothesis is that angiography-derived FFR-guided strategy for PCI with a drug-eluting stent (DES) will show non-inferiority in rates of patients-oriented composite outcomes (POCO) at 12 months after randomization, compared with IVUS-guided strategy for PCI with a DES in patients with coronary artery disease.
• Study population and sample size calculation： Sample size calculation based on the event rates of previous trials, investigators predicted the rates of POCO at 12 months after PCI will be 7% in the Angiography-derived FFR-guided arm, and 8% in the IVUS-guided arm

• Primary endpoint: patient-oriented composite outcome (a composite of all-cause death, MI, any revascularization) at 12 months after PCI
• Design: non-inferiority, delta = 2.5%
• Sampling ratio: angiography-derived FFR-guided strategy: IVUS-guided strategy = 1:1
• Type I error (α): One-sided 2.5%
• Accrual time: 3 years
• Total time: 4 years (accrual 3 years + follow-up 1 years)
• Assumption: POCO 7.0% vs. 8.0% in angiography-derived FFR or IVUS-guided strategy, respectively
• Statistical power (1- β): 80%
• Primary statistical method: Kaplan-Meier survival analysis with log-rank test
• Estimated attrition rate: total 5%
• Stratification in Randomization: Presence of diabetes mellitus (35% of patients in each group) Based on the above assumption, we would need total 1,872 patients (936 patients in each group) with consideration of an attrition rate.
• Research Materials and Indication for Revascularization： For the angiography-derived FFR-guided strategy arm, criteria for revascularization: angiography-derived FFR ≤ 0.80. For the IVUS-guided strategy arm, the criterion for revascularization is MLA ≤ 3mm2 or [3mm2 < MLA ≤ 4mm2 and plaque burden > 70%].

Inclusion criteria

• ① Subject must be ≥ 18 years. ② Subject is able to verbally confirm understandings of risks, benefits and treatment alternatives of receiving invasive physiologic or imaging evaluation and PCI with a drug-eluting stent (DES) and he/she or his/her legally authorized representative provides written informed consent prior to any study related procedure. ③ Patients suspected with ischemic heart disease. ④ Patients with ≥ 50% stenosis by angiography-based visual estimation eligible for stent implantation. ⑤ Target vessel size ≥ 2.5mm in visual estimation. ⑥ Target vessels are limited to major epicardial coronary arteries (left anterior descending artery[LAD], left circumflex artery [LCX], right coronary artery [RCA])

Exclusion criteria

• ① The patient has a known hypersensitivity or contraindication to any of the following medications: Heparin, Aspirin, Clopidogrel, Prasugrel, Ticagrelor, Contrast media (Patients with documented sensitivity to contrast media which can be effectively premedicated with steroids and diphenhydramine [e.g. rash] may be enrolled.) ② Patients with active pathologic bleeding. ③ Gastrointestinal or genitourinary major bleeding within the prior 3 months. ④ History of bleeding. diathesis, known coagulopathy (including heparin-induced thrombocytopenia). ⑤Non-cardiac co-morbid conditions with life expectancy < 1 year. ⑥ Target vessel total occlusion. ⑦ Target lesion located in coronary arterial bypass graft. ⑧ Left main coronary artery stenosis ≥ 50%. ⑨ Not eligible for angiography-derived FFR (ostial RCA ≥ 50% stenosis, myocardial bridging, severe tortuosity, severe overlap, poor image quality)