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Efficacy and Safety of a Perfusion Balloon in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Efficacy and Safety of a Distal Embolism Prevention and Microcirculation Protection Strategy Using a Perfusion Balloon in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction - PROTECT trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs051250131
Enrollment
336
Registered
2025-10-17
Start date
2025-12-30
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

Interventions

[Study group (distal embolic prophylaxis and microcirculatory protection strategy group)] In addition to the usual treatment, 24 mcg of nitroprusside (4.8 mcg/ml x 5 ml) will be administered in a slow

Sponsors

Sakata Yasushi
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients with STEMI (2) Patients who are indicated for emergency PCI (Primary PCI) as initial treatment (3) Patients with TIMI flow grade 0 or 1 on initial coronary angiography (4) De novo lesions (5) Patients with a target vessel diameter of 3 mm or greater by visual evaluation on angiography (6) Patients aged 18 years or older at the time of consent (7) Patients from whom written informed consent can, in principle, be obtained from the patient or their legally authorized representative

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Those who are not scheduled for stenting (2) In-stent restenotic lesions (3) Lesions for which excimer laser coronary angioplasty is used (4) Bifurcation lesions in which the perfusion balloon is placed over a side branch, and in which impaired blood flow in the side branch would be clinically disadvantageous. (5) Cardiogenic shock (SCAI shock classification C, D, E) (6) Patients requiring mechanical circulatory support device (IABP, ECMO, Impella) (7) Pregnant or lactating women (8) Patients with active bleeding at the time of consent (9) PCI for bypass graft vessels (10) Patients for whom nitroprusside is inappropriate (allergy, contraindication, etc.) (11) Patients scheduled to participate or already participating in another clinical trial or interventional clinical trial during the 12 months following the procedure (12) Patients expected to live less than 1 year (12 months) (13) Persons who are deemed inappropriate as research subjects by the investigator for other reasons

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
[Main study] TIMI 3 flow achievement rate at the time of final PCI angiography (The reliability of the results is confirmed by the TIMI Frame Count at the last PCI angiogram.) [OCT cohort] Incidence of irregular protrusion at final OCT after PCI

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
[Key secondary endpoint] Composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, target vessel myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization, and heart failure hospitalization at 12 months after PCI [At the time of PCI] -TIMI flow grade at immediately after stenting -TIMI flow grade at post-dilatation -Blush grade (at last contrast) -PCI procedure time -Contrast media usage -Radiation time -Mechanical circulatory support device (IABP, ECMO, Impella) utilization -PCI procedure cost -Hospitalization costs -QCA data -Stent diameter, stent length -Peak CK / Peak CK-MB -Myocardial scintigraphy -IMR [Event rate at 12 months after PCI] -Death -Myocardial infarction -Stent thrombosis -Stroke -Systemic embolism -Target lesion revascularization -Target vessel revascularization -Non-target vessel revascularization -Emergency revascularization -All coronary revascularization procedures -Heart failure hospitalization -Ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) conversion -All other composite and individual endpoints as defined by ARC-2 -Bleeding by ISTH criteria -Bleeding by BARC criteria

Contacts

Public ContactYohei Sotomi

The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine

yohei.sotomi@cardiology.med.osaka-u.ac.jp+81-6-6879-3631

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026