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Determination of Fractional Flow Reserve by Anatomic Computed Tomographic Angiography

Determination of Fractional Flow Reserve by Anatomic Computed Tomographic Angiography

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01233518
Acronym
DeFACTO
Enrollment
285
Registered
2010-11-03
Start date
2010-10-31
Completion date
2011-11-30
Last updated
2021-02-09

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Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Keywords

CCTA Coronary Artery Disease CAD

Brief summary

This is a prospective, multi-center trial conducted at up to 20 US, Canadian, European and Asian centers designed to determine the diagnostic performance of CT-FLOW (the investigational technology) by coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) for non-invasive assessment of the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions, as compared to direct measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR) during cardiac catheterization as a reference standard.

Detailed description

285 patient, prospective, multi-center trial conducted at up to 20 US, Canadian, European and Asian centers designed to determine the diagnostic performance of CT-FLOW (the investigational technology) by coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) for non-invasive assessment of the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions, as compared to direct measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR) during cardiac catheterization as a reference standard

Interventions

DEVICEFFR

Fractional flow reserve measured during cardiac catheterization

Sponsors

Baim Institute for Clinical Research
CollaboratorOTHER
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
CollaboratorOTHER
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
CollaboratorOTHER
HeartFlow, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age \>18 years * Patients providing written informed consent * Scheduled to undergo clinically-indicated non-emergent invasive coronary angiography (ICA) * Has undergone \>64 multidetector row CCTA within 60 days prior to ICA * No cardiac interventional therapy between the CCTA and ICA

Exclusion criteria

* Prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery * Prior percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for which suspected coronary artery lesion(s) are within a stented coronary vessel * Contraindication to adenosine, including 2nd or 3rd degree heart block; sick sinus syndrome; long QT syndrome; severe hypotension, severe asthma, , severe COPD or bronchodilator-dependent COPD * Suspicion of acute coronary syndrome (acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina) * Recent prior myocardial infarction within 40 days of ICA * Known complex congenital heart disease * Prior pacemaker or internal defibrillator lead implantation * Prosthetic heart valve * Significant arrhythmia or tachycardia * Impaired chronic renal function (serum creatinine \>1.5 mg/dl * Patients with known anaphylactic allergy to iodinated contrast * Pregnancy or unknown pregnancy status * Body mass index \>35 * Patient requires an emergent procedure * Evidence of ongoing or active clinical instability, including acute chest pain (sudden onset), cardiogenic shock, unstable blood pressure with systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg, and severe congestive heart failure (NYHA III or IV) or acute pulmonary edema * Any active, serious, life-threatening disease with a life expectancy of less than 2 months * Inability to comply with study procedures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With Diagnostic Accuracy of CCTA Plus FFRCT and CCTA Alone1 dayDiagnostic accuracy of CCTA (Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography) plus FFRCT (Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve computed from CCTA) to determine presence or absence of at least one hemodynamically (HD)-significant coronary artery stenosis\* at the subject level using binary outcomes when compared to invasive FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve) as the reference standard. In the per-patient analysis, vessels with the most adverse clinical status were selected to represent a given patient. FFR and FFRCT measurements were recorded on a continuous scale and dichotomized at the 0.80 threshold (values ≤0.80 considered diseased; values \>0.80 nondiagnostic for ischemia). Stenosis on CCTA was recorded at the 50% threshold (stenoses ≥50% considered obstructive and \<50% as non-significant). Prespecified primary endpoint was expected to be greater than 70% of the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Diagnostic Performance of CCTA Plus FFRCT at the Subject Level1 daySensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of CCTA plus CT-FLOW at the subject level using binary outcomes when compared to FFR as the reference standard.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Single Arm Study
Patients will receive cCTA, ICA, FFR, and cFFR per protocol. FFR: Fractional flow reserve measured during cardiac catheterization
252
Total252

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicSingle Arm Study
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
117 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
135 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Belgium
43 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Canada
1 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Latvia
41 Participants
Region of Enrollment
South Korea
75 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
92 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
74 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
178 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 252
serious
Total, serious adverse events
2 / 252

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Participants With Diagnostic Accuracy of CCTA Plus FFRCT and CCTA Alone

Diagnostic accuracy of CCTA (Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography) plus FFRCT (Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve computed from CCTA) to determine presence or absence of at least one hemodynamically (HD)-significant coronary artery stenosis\* at the subject level using binary outcomes when compared to invasive FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve) as the reference standard. In the per-patient analysis, vessels with the most adverse clinical status were selected to represent a given patient. FFR and FFRCT measurements were recorded on a continuous scale and dichotomized at the 0.80 threshold (values ≤0.80 considered diseased; values \>0.80 nondiagnostic for ischemia). Stenosis on CCTA was recorded at the 50% threshold (stenoses ≥50% considered obstructive and \<50% as non-significant). Prespecified primary endpoint was expected to be greater than 70% of the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval.

Time frame: 1 day

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Single Arm StudyPercentage of Participants With Diagnostic Accuracy of CCTA Plus FFRCT and CCTA AloneAccuracy of FFRCT73 percentage of participants
Single Arm StudyPercentage of Participants With Diagnostic Accuracy of CCTA Plus FFRCT and CCTA AloneAccuracy of CCTA64 percentage of participants
Secondary

Diagnostic Performance of CCTA Plus FFRCT at the Subject Level

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of CCTA plus CT-FLOW at the subject level using binary outcomes when compared to FFR as the reference standard.

Time frame: 1 day

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Single Arm StudyDiagnostic Performance of CCTA Plus FFRCT at the Subject LevelSensitivity90 percentage of participants
Single Arm StudyDiagnostic Performance of CCTA Plus FFRCT at the Subject LevelSpecificity54 percentage of participants
Single Arm StudyDiagnostic Performance of CCTA Plus FFRCT at the Subject LevelPositive predictive value67 percentage of participants
Single Arm StudyDiagnostic Performance of CCTA Plus FFRCT at the Subject LevelNegative predictive value84 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 28, 2026