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NCT Number: NCT07678021

Micro-axial Flow Pump-Supported PCI in Complex Coronary Artery Disease With Ischemic LV Dysfunction

Based on a multi-center randomized controlled study, this research aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of interventional therapy supported by the CorVad percutaneous left ventricular assist system (Micro-axial Flow Pump) for patients with complex coronary heart disease (CHD) complicated by ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Through a prospective, multi-center, open-label 1:1 randomized controlled trial, a total of 452 patients with severe ischemic systolic dysfunction and complex coronary lesions were enrolled. The study compared the 12-month incidence of Major Adverse Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events (MACCE) between patients who received interventional therapy supported by the CorVad percutaneous left ventricular assist system in addition to the most appropriate medical therapy and those who only received the most appropriate medical therapy. This was done to test whether the interventional therapy supported by the CorVad percutaneous left ventricular assist system can improve the prognosis of patients with severe ischemic systolic dysfunction and complex coronary lesions.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College

Beijing, 100037, China

Location contact

Kefei Dou, MD, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+86-1380103291

Kefei Dou, MD, PhD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • The subject is aged ≥18 years;
  • The subject has been diagnosed with chronic or acute coronary syndrome and has a left ventricular ejection fraction <35%;
  • After comprehensive evaluation by the cardiac team, it is considered that the subject may benefit from PCI treatment;
  • The subject has signed an informed consent form approved by the ethics committee, has good compliance after discharge, and is willing to undergo clinical follow-up.
  • At least two vascular occlusive lesions (with the diameter of the occluded vessel >2.5mm) or unprotected left main coronary artery disease, and meeting one or more complex procedural criteria, or three-vessel disease, and meeting two or more complex procedural criteria;

Exclusion criteria

  • Received mechanical circulatory assistance devices (including IABP, ECMO, Impella, etc.) before randomization;
  • Acute myocardial infarction within 7 days or undergoing thrombolytic therapy;
  • Combined with aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, or severe pulmonary hypertension;
  • Patients with cardiogenic shock or hemodynamic instability;
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed before randomization;
  • Mechanical complications (including ventricular perforation, interventricular septal perforation, mitral valve chordae rupture, etc.) confirmed before randomization and subsequent to acute myocardial infarction;
  • The mechanical circulatory assist device cannot be implanted or there are contraindications (including but not limited to left ventricular mural thrombus, artificial aortic valve or cardiac contractile device, moderate or severe aortic stenosis, moderate or severe aortic regurgitation, presence of stents in peripheral vascular access, tortuosity, dissection, and other severe vascular lesions that hinder the implantation of the investigational device, aortic aneurysm or severe malformation abnormalities, blood cell fragility or hemolytic blood system diseases, hypertrophic or hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, etc.);
  • Severe abnormalities in platelets, with a count below 50×10^9/L or above 600×10^9/L;
  • Active visceral hemorrhage or hemorrhagic stroke occurs within 1 month;
  • Unable to use antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs;
  • Has a history of drug allergy and cannot tolerate conventional cardiovascular drug therapy and intraoperative medications;
  • Severe renal insufficiency, requiring or expected to require long-term dialysis treatment;
  • Severe active infection, puncture site infection, sepsis, or septicemia;
  • Life expectancy is less than or equal to 1 year;
  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding;
  • Severe right heart failure or severe tricuspid regurgitation;
  • Participation in other clinical trials has not yet reached the primary endpoint;
  • Other situations that are unforeseen or deemed unsuitable by the researcher's comprehensive judgment.

Treatment and study plan

Microaxial pump-supported PCI

Device

Use CorVad left ventricular assist system (micro-axial Flow Pump) to assist PCI in complex coronary artery disease with ischemic LV dysfunction patients

Optimal medical therapy (OMT)

Drug

Guideline-directed OMT will be determined by the heart failure team at each center. OMT may include antiplatelet therapy, lipid-lowering therapy, antianginal therapy, evidence-based heart failure therapy, blood pressure and glycemic control, lifestyle management, and other therapies appropriate to the patient's diagnosis and comorbidities. Evidence-based heart failure therapy includes angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker +/- neprilysin inhibitor, beta-blocker, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor, and vericiguat.

Primary outcomes

  1. 1-year MACCE

    Time frame: Up to 1 year after enrollment

    a composite endpoint consisting of cardiovascular death, spontaneous myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, ischemia-driven revascularization, and readmission for heart failure

Secondary outcomes

  1. Perioperative myocardial infarction

    Time frame: Up to 48h after the index PCI procedure

  2. Types 3, 4, and 5 bleeding as defined by MCS-ARC

    Time frame: Up to 1 year after enrollment

  3. Severe hemolysis related to the device

    Time frame: Up to 72 hours after the implantation of the CorVad left ventricular assist system

  4. Stent thrombosis

    Time frame: Up to 1 year after the index PCI procedure

Study contacts

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

Guofeng Gao, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+8613811458815

Kefei Dou, MD, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+86-13801032912

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

Micro-axial Flow Pump-Supported PCI Plus Optimal Medical Therapy Versus Optimal Medical Therapy Alone in Complex Coronary Artery Disease With Ischemic LV Dysfunction: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial

Acronym: PIVOT

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2029
Study completion
2029
First posted
Jul 1, 2026
Registry last updated
Jul 1, 2026

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