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Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Drug Eluting Stents Implantation in All-comers Coronary Lesions (ULTIMATE Trial)

Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Drug Eluting Stents Implantation in All-comers Coronary Lesions (ULTIMATE Trial)

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02215915
Acronym
ULTIMATE
Enrollment
1448
Registered
2014-08-13
Start date
2014-08-01
Completion date
2020-10-30
Last updated
2020-11-03

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Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Keywords

Percutaneous coronary intervention, Drug-eluting stent, Intravascular ultrasound

Brief summary

A number of 1448 patients scheduled for elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with a native coronary stenosis suitable for DES implantation and IVUS imaging are openly randomized 1:1 to either IVUS guidance or angiographic guidance groups.

Detailed description

The study is prospectively conducted at 8 high-volume PCI centers in China with IVUS expertise. Clinic follow-up are planned in all patients 12 months after implantation of drug eluting stents. Primary endpoint is target vessel failure. The study is powered for primary endpoint, which are likely to reach significance at the level P \< 0.05 even at a follow-up drop-out rate up to 10%.

Interventions

PROCEDUREAngiography

The size and number of stents and post-dilation will be determined on physician's discrete within the range allowed in this study protocol. All procedure will be performed according to current standard technique. Additional stent implantation or post dilation will be allowed according to attending physician's discrete. IVUS will be not used in this arm.

PROCEDUREIVUS

The size and number of stents and post-dilation will be determined on physician's discrete within the range allowed in this study protocol. All procedure will be performed according to current standard technique. IVUS will be used to assess the anatomic characteristics of lesion and determine appropriate stent size and length. Additional stent implantation or post dilation will be allowed according to attending physician's discrete based on IVUS results.

Sponsors

Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures; * Men and women 18 years and older;. * Established indication to PCI according to the guidelines of American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology; * Native coronary lesion suitable for drug-eluting stent placement and IVUS imaging.

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnancy and breast feeding mother; * Co-morbidity with an estimated life expectancy of \< 50 % at 12 months; * Scheduled major surgery in the next 12 months; * 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; * Previous enrolment in this study or treatment with an investigational drug or device under another study protocol in the past 30 days; * Known allergy against ticagrelor, or against clopidogrel, or aspirin History of major hemorrhage (intracranial, gastrointestinal, etc.); * Chronic total occlusion lesion in either LAD, or LCX or RCA not re-canalized; * Severe calcification needing rotational atherectomy; * Patient with STEMI (within 24-hour from the onset of chest pain to admission).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Target Vessel Failure12 monthsThe occurrence of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infraction and target vessel revascularization.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Cardiac death12 monthsDeath that could not be attributed to a noncardiac etiology was considered cardiac death.
Mortality12 monthsthe occurrence of 1-year all cause death
Target vessel revascularization12 monthsTarget vessel revascularization was defined as repeated revascularization by PCI or surgery of the target vessel.
Target lesion revascularization12 monthsTarget lesion revascularization was defined as any revascularization procedure performed at the site of the treated lesion associated with clinical and/or objective evidence of inducible myocardial ischemia.
Myocardial infarction12 monthsMyocardial infarction was diagnosed by electrocardiographic changes and/or a rise and fall of creatine kinase-myocardial band fraction in the presence of ischemic symptoms.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Stent thrombus12 monthsStent thrombus was classified as definite, probable, or possible, according to the definitions provided by the Academic Research Consortium (ARC).Regarding timing, ST was defined as early (\<30 days), late (30 days to 1 year), or too late (\>1 year).

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 5, 2026