IVUS-guided DK Crush Stenting Technique for Patients With Complex Bifurcation Lesions (DKCRUSH-VIII)

Nanjing Medical University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments: Procedure: Stenting

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03770650

NFH20180920

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to investigate whether IVUS-guided DK crush stenting technique compared to angiography-guided DK crush after the indexed procedure will lead to lower rates of the composite endpoint of target vessel failure (TVF) at 12 months. The individual components of TVF include cardiac death, target-vessel myocardial infarction (MI), or target vessel revascularization (TVR). Complex bifurcation lesions were defined according to DEFINITION study.

Full description

This is a prospective, multi-center, randomized-controlled, single blind, superiority trial that will include 35 international sites. The investigators aim to enroll 556 subjects with complex coronary bifurcation lesions in native coronary arterial segments.

All patients with complex coronary bifurcation lesions suitable for DES implantation will undergo 1:1 randomization either to IVUS-guided or angiography-guided DK crush stenting using a randomization schedule blocked by site.

All subjects will be screened according to the predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria per protocol and will further undergo angiography before DES implantation. Data and images will be collected during the index procedure, during re-intervention in the case of clinically driven TVF, and at the predefined 12-month clinical follow-up visit. All subjects will also undergo angiographic follow-up at 13 months.

Enrollment: 556 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures;
2. Men and women 18 years and older;
3. Established indication for PCI according to the guidelines of ACC/AHA;
4. Native coronary lesion suitable for drug-eluting stent placement;
5. True bifurcation lesions (Medina 0,1,1/1,1,1), lesions length≤ 68 mm
6. Reference vessel diameter in side branch > 2.5mm by visual estimation;
7. Complex bifurcation lesions based on the DEFINITION study.

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnancy and breast feeding mother;
2. Co-morbidity with an estimated life expectancy of < 50 % at 12 months;
3. Scheduled surgery interrupting antiplatelet medications in the next 6 months;
4. Intolerable to DAPT;
5. Inability to follow the protocol and comply with follow-up requirements or any other reason that the investigator feels would place the patient at increased risk;
6. Unable to provide written informed consent, or fail to follow the protocol;
7. Previous enrolment in coronary intervention device investigation during the study period;
8. Lesion cannot be covered by 2 longest stents;
9. Restenotic bifurcation lesions；
10. Severe calcification requiring rotational atherectomy;
11. Acute myocardial infarction less than 24 hours;
12. Chronic total occlusion which is not recanalized;
13. Simple bifurcation lesions;
14. Renal failure requiring or during dialysis;
15. Hemoglobin <9g/L
16. Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure≥180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure≥110 mmHg)
17. Severe heart failure (LVEF<30%)
18. Combined pre- and post-capillary hypertension (mPAP≥25 mmHg, PCWP>15 mmHg, and PVR>3.0 WU)
19. Patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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556 participants in 2 patient groups

IVUS-guided DK crush stenting

Experimental group

Description:

In the IVUS-guided DK crush stenting group, IVUS will be before side branch stenting, after rewiring side branch, after 1st kissing balloon inflation, after rewiring side branch, after 2nd kissing balloon inflation. For LM bifurcation lesions involving ostial LAD and LCX: minimum stent are (MSA) should be ≥10mm2 (LM), 7 mm2 (LAD), and 6 mm2 (LCX), with stent expansion index ≥90% (CSA≥90% of distal reference lumen area in LCX) and symmetry index \>0.8. For non-LM bifurcation lesion involving the MSA should be ≥6 mm2 in the main vessel; and the MSA in the ostial side branch should be ≥5 mm2 and ≥90% of distal reference lumen area; and symmetry index should be \>0.8.

Treatment:

Procedure: Stenting

Angiography-guided DK crush stenting

Active Comparator group

Description:

In the Angiography-guided DK crush stenting group, stent diameter and length will be selected by visual estimation with a stent/artery ratio of 1.1:1.0. Post-dilation with a noncompliant balloon (balloon/stent diameter=1.0:1.0) inflated at \>18 atm will be performed for all lesions. Angiographic success is defined as Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 3, residual stenosis \<20%, and the absence of ≥Type B dissection.

Treatment:

Procedure: Stenting