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NCT Number: NCT05437900

INSIGHTFUL-FFR Clinical Trial

Recently, a new device for measuring physiological lesion severity, the pressure microcatheter, was introduced. The pressure microcatheter provides similar information to the conventional measurement technique but differs as it is easily advanced on a customary coronary wire and simplifies pullback maneuvers. The pressure microcatheter has been shown to provide comparable FFR results to pressure wires.

Insightful-FFR is an investigator-driven, multicenter, randomized, open-label and prospective trial of patients with stable coronary artery disease or stabilised non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with epicardial stenosis considered for PCI aiming at comparing clinical outcomes between pressure microcatheter and pressure wire-guided strategies. The study hypothesis states that the use of a Pressure Microcatheter for clinical decision making would be non-inferior to pressure wire-based strategy

After determining the presence of a coronary artery disease/ stabilized acute coronary syndrome, patients will be randomized to use a pressure microcatheter (investigational device) or a pressure wire (comparator) to guide and optimize percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Patients will be followed up in hospital at 12 months and yearly until five years.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

OLV Aalst, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • The subject must be at least 18 years of age and younger than 85 years old.
  • Eligible for elective PCI.
  • Stable angina or ACS (non-culprit vessels only and outside of primary intervention during acute STEMI)
  • Subject willing to participate and able to understand, read and sign the Informed Consent.

Exclusion criteria

  • STEMI as clinical presentation.
  • Chronic total occlusion as a target vessel.
  • Significant contraindication to adenosine administration (e.g. heart block, severe asthma)
  • Uncontrolled or recurrent ventricular tachycardia.
  • Hemodynamic instability.
  • Severe valvular disease.
  • Severe renal dysfunction defined as an eGFR ≤30 mL/min/1.73 m2.
  • Comorbidity with life expectancy ≤ 2 years.
  • Inability to take DAPT (both aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor) for at least 12 months in the patient presenting with an ACS, or at least six months in the patient presenting with stable CAD, unless the patient is also taking chronic oral anticoagulation in which case a shorter duration of DAPT may be prescribed per local standard of care.
  • Planned major cardiac or non-cardiac surgery within 24 months after the index procedure. Note: major surgery is any invasive procedure in which an extensive resection is performed, e.g., a body cavity is entered, organs are removed, or normal anatomy is altered. Note: minor surgery is an operation on the superficial structures of the body or a manipulative procedure that does not involve a serious risk. Planned minor surgery is not excluded.
  • Subject has known hypersensitivity or contraindication to any of the study drugs (including all P2Y12 inhibitors, one or more components of the study devices, including everolimus, zotarolimus, biolimus, sirolimus, cobalt, chromium, nickel, platinum, tungsten, acrylic, and fluoropolymers, or radiocontrast dye that cannot be adequately pre- medicated.
  • The subject has received a functioning solid organ transplant or is active on a waiting list for any solid organ transplants with expected transplantation within 24 months.
  • The subject receives immunosuppressant therapy or has known immunosuppressive or severe autoimmune disease that requires chronic immunosuppressive therapy (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc.). Note: corticosteroids are not included as immunosuppressant therapy.
  • The subject has previously received or is scheduled to receive radiotherapy to a coronary artery (vascular brachytherapy) or the chest/mediastinum.
  • Subject has a platelet count <100,000 cells/mm3 or >700,000 cells/mm3.
  • The subject has a documented or suspected hepatic disorder defined as cirrhosis or Child-Pugh ≥ Class B.
  • The subject has a history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy or has had a significant gastro-intestinal or significant urinary bleed within the past six months. The subject has had a cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic neurological attack (TIA) within the past six months, any prior intracranial bleed, any permanent neurologic defect, or any known intracranial pathology (e.g., aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, etc. The subject has a life expectancy of <2 years for any non-cardiac cause.
  • The subject is currently participating in another investigational drug or device clinical study.
  • Pregnancy or nursing.
  • Presence of other anatomic or comorbid conditions or other medical, social, or psychological conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, could limit the subject's ability to participate in the clinical investigation or to comply with follow-up requirements or impact the scientific soundness of the clinical investigation results.

Treatment and study plan

Pressure Microcatheter guided strategy - PIOS MC

Procedure

Use of Pressure Microcatheter during PCI. After the PCI, the patient will receive treatment according to the incremental optimization strategy (PIOS) .

Pressure Wire guided strategy - PIOS - PW

Procedure

Use of Pressure Wire during PCI. After the PCI, the patient will receive treatment according to the incremental optimization strategy (PIOS) .

Pressure Microcatheter guided strategy - Standard of care

Procedure

Use of Pressure Microcatheter during PCI. After the PCI, the patient will receive standard of care treatment.

Pressure Wire guided strategy - Standard of care

Procedure

Use of Pressure Wire during PCI. After the PCI, the patient will receive standard of care treatment.

Primary outcomes

  1. Compare the rate of MACE between pressure microcatheter and pressure wire strategies.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare the rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) defined as the combined rate of all cause death, myocardial infarction (MI), and unplanned revascularization between pressure microcatheter and pressure wire strategies at 12-months follow-up.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Compare the rate of target vessel failure (TVF) between PIOS and SOC.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    In patients undergoing PCI, compare the rate of target vessel failure (TVF) defined as the composite of cardiac death, target vessel MI and ischemia-driven target vessel revascularisation (ID-TVR) between PIOS and SOC.

  2. Compare in-hospital resource utilization between pressure microcatheter and pressure wire strategies.

    Time frame: During the hospitalisation (from admission to the hospital until discharge after the procedure)

    Compare in-hospital resource utilisation (cost from all the procedures during the hospitalisation to discharge in Euros) between microcatheter and pressure wire strategies i.e.number of pressure catheters/wires and procedural time needed to complete the procedure.

  3. Compare the procedure time between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies in minutes.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

    Compare the procedure time between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies in minutes. This is the time from first to the last angiography in minutes.

  4. Compare in-hospital resource utilisation between PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW.

    Time frame: During the hospitalisation (from admission to the hospital until discharge after the procedure)

    In patients undergoing PCI, compare resource utilisation (cost from all the procedures during the hospitalisation to discharge in Euros, e.g. number of catheters/wires) between a pressure PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

  5. In patients undergoing PCI, compare the procedural time in minutes between pressure PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW strategies.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

    In patients undergoing PCI, compare the procedural time in minutes between a pressure PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW strategies.

  6. Compare the post-PCI FFR between the pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

  7. Compare the post-PCI FFR between pressure PIOS and SOC strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

  8. Compare the post-PCI FFR between pressure PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

  9. Compare the proportion of FFR > 0.90 between pressure microcatheter (MC) PIOS and SOC strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

    Compare the proportion of FFR > 0.90 (in percentage) between pressure microcatheter (MC) PIOS and SOC strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

  10. Compare the proportion of FFR > 0.80 between pressure PIOS and SOC strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

    Compare the proportion of FFR > 0.80 (in percentage) between pressure PIOS and SOC strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

  11. Compare the proportion of FFR > 0.80 between pressure PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW strategies in patients undergoing PCI

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

    Compare the proportion of FFR > 0.80 (in percentage) between pressure PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW strategies in patients undergoing PCI

  12. Compare the proportion of FFR > 0.90 between pressure PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW strategies in patients undergoing PCI.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

    Compare the proportion of FFR > 0.90 (in percentage) between pressure PIOS-MC and PIOS-PW

  13. Compare the rate of symptoms-free status between pressure microcatheter and pressure wire strategies.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare the rate of symptoms-free status assessed by the Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ-7) between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies at 12 months follow-up.

  14. Compare the rate of all-cause death between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare the rate of all-cause death between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies at 12 months follow-up

  15. Compare the rate of myocardial infarction between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare the rate of myocardial infarction between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies at 12 months follow-up

  16. Compare the rate of unplanned revascularisation between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare the rate of unplanned revascularisation between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies at 12 months follow-up

  17. In patients undergoing PCI, compare the rate of cardiac death between PIOS and SOC.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    In patients undergoing PCI, compare the rate of cardiac death between PIOS and SOC at 12 months follow-up

  18. In patients undergoing PCI, compare the rate of target vessel myocardial infarction (MI) between PIOS and SOC.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    In patients undergoing PCI, compare the rate of target vessel myocardial infarction (MI) between PIOS and SOC at 12 months follow-up.

  19. In patients undergoing PCI, compare the rate of ischemia-driven target-vessel revascularization (ID-TVR) between PIOS and SOC.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    In patients undergoing PCI, compare the rate of ischemia-driven target-vessel revascularization (ID-TVR) between PIOS and SOC at 12 months follow-up

  20. Compare the rate of PCI-related myocardial infarction (MI) (type 4a) between pressure PIOS and SOC.

    Time frame: During the procedure

  21. Compare the rate of angiographic complications between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

    Compare the rate of angiographic complications related to vessel wiring (i.e., Angiographic dissection ≥ NHLBI type B, perforations (Ellis classification), intra-procedural thrombotic events (including slow-flow, no-reflow, side branch closure, distal embolization, and intra-procedural stent thrombosis, as per the standard angiographic core laboratory definitions) between pressure microcatheter and pressure-wire guided strategies.

  22. Compare the predictive capacity of the PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire for post-PCI FFR.

    Time frame: Periprocedural time frame

    Compare how close the value of PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire corresponds to the actual measure post-PCI FFR value.

  23. Compare the predictive capacity of the PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire for target vessel failure (TVF).

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare how close the value of PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire corresponds to the occurence of target vessel failure (TVF).

  24. Compare the predictive capacity of the PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire for target-vessel myocardial infarction (MI).

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare how close the value of PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire corresponds to the occurence of target myocardial infarction.

  25. Compare the predictive capacity of the PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire for ischemia-driven target-vessel revascularization (ID-TVR).

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare how close the value of PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire corresponds to the occurence of ischemia-driven target-vessel revascularization (ID-TVR).

  26. Compare the predictive capacity of the post-PCI residual pressure gradients from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire for target-vessel myocardial infarction (MI).

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare how close the post-PCI residual pressure gradients from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire corresponds to the occurence of target-vessel myocardial infarction (MI).

  27. Compare the predictive capacity of the post-PCI residual pressure gradients from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire for target vessel revascularization.

    Time frame: 12 Months follow-up

    Compare how close the post-PCI residual pressure gradients from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire corresponds to the occurence of target-vessel revascularization.

  28. Compare the rate of peri-procedural myocardial infarction stratified by PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire.

    Time frame: Periprocedural timeframe

  29. Compare the rate of peri-procedural myocardial injury stratified by PPG derived from pressure microcatheter versus pressure wire.

    Time frame: Periprocedural timeframe

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Sofie Pardaens

CONTACT

[email protected]

0032 53 72 42 30

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

CoreAalst BV

Industry

Collaborators

  • Insight Lifetech Co., Ltd.

Registry information

Official study title

Pressure Microcatheter vs Pressure Wire for Clinical Decision Making and PCI Optimization

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2030
First posted
Jun 29, 2022
Registry last updated
Jan 12, 2026

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