Screening for Coronary Artery Disease Using Fluoroscopy During Coronary Angiography

NYU Langone Health

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments: Other: Fluoroscopy-save group; Other: Standard technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01605045

S12-00007

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of screening using the fluoroscopy-save function on reduction of radiation exposure and quality of angiogram during cardiac catheterization when compared to traditional cinematography-guided coronary angiography.

Full description

The study will be a prospective, randomized study of patients undergoing clinically-indicated coronary angiograpy in the New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center cardiac catheterization laboratory. Patients will be randomized to one of two coronary angiography protocols: (1) Coronary anatomy visualized under fluoroscopy, documented using the fluoroscopy-save function, and further visualized using cinematography only when higher quality is necessary (fluoroscopy-save technique) versus (2) Coronary anatomy visualized and documented using cinematography alone (standard technique). The primary outcome will be a measure of radiation exposure to the patient, surface peak skin dose, as measured by the Gafchromic XR RV3 film strip, which is placed under the patient's back during the procedure. Other outcome measures will include radiation output recorded by the fluoroscopy machine, amount of contrast used, and quality of angiograms performed. To determine if the quality of the angiograms performed using the fluoroscopy-save technique is non-inferior to the standard technique, one extra picture will be taken at random using the mode that the study was not randomized to. For example, in the fluoroscopy-save group, a picture that was not visualized under cinematography during the study will be repeated and documented under cinematograpy. In the standard group, a picture will be repeated and documented using the fluoroscopy-save function. These 2 pictures from each study will then be collated and put together in no particular order with all identifiers removed. These single pictures will be read by 2 interventional cardiologists not involved in the study in a blinded fashion. The degree of coronary artery disease as determined by these 2 readers will be compared between the fluoroscopy-save picture and cinematography picture.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients will be recruited from the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the NYU Langone Medical Center.
• Patients will be eligible if they are more than 18 years of age and are referred for coronary angiography.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients will be excluded if they have reduced renal function since they must receive as minimal of contrast amount as possible, and if their abdominal circumference is > 45 inches since the quality of images under fluoroscopy alone is poorer in patients with increased abdominal girth.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Fluoroscopy-save group

Experimental group

Description:

Coronary anatomy visualized under fluoroscopy, documented using the fluoroscopy-save function, and further visualized using cinematography only when higher quality is necessary (fluoroscopy-save technique)versus

Treatment:

Other: Fluoroscopy-save group

Standard technique

Active Comparator group

Description:

Coronary anatomy visualized and documented using cinematography alone (standard technique)

Treatment:

Other: Standard technique