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Preventive PCI or Medical Therapy Alone for Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaque

a Multinational, Multicenter, Prospective, Open-label, Active-treatment-controlled Randomized Trial: Preventive PCI or Medical Therapy Alone for Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaque_PREVENT Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02316886
Acronym
PREVENT
Enrollment
1608
Registered
2014-12-15
Start date
2015-10-05
Completion date
2023-10-19
Last updated
2023-11-18

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

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease, Plaque, Atherosclerotic

Keywords

coronary intervention, Vulnerable Plaque, Insignificant Stenosis, Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold, Everolimus Eluting stent

Brief summary

The primary aim of the trial is to determine whether preventive PCI with bioabsorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) (early period) or everolimus-eluting stents (middle and late period) plus optimal medical therapy (OMT) on functionally insignificant (FFR \> 0.80) vulnerable coronary plaque, as determined by intracoronary imaging, would result in a significant reduction of the primary composite outcome of death from cardiac causes, target-vessel myocardial infarction (MI), target-vessel revascularization (TVR), and hospitalization for unstable or progressive angina at 2 years, when compared with OMT alone.

Detailed description

Sub-analysis for each imaging test will be performed as below; * NIRS(Near-infrared spectroscopy) * OCT(Optical coherence tomography) * VH-IVUS(IVUS-derived virtual histology) * IVUS(Intravascular ultrasonography) Extended follow-up: Considering the nature of functionally insignificant coronary stenosis with vulnerable plaque, most subjects are watched for extended follow-up after the planned 2-year follow-up time point.

Interventions

bioabsorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) (early period) or everolimus-eluting stents (middle and late period) + Optimal Medical Treatment

Sponsors

CardioVascular Research Foundation, Korea
CollaboratorOTHER
Seung-Jung Park
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients aged ≥18 years * Patients with suspected or known Coronary artery disease who are undergoing invasive cardiac catheterization * Patients with at least one significant stenosis (diameter stenosis \>50%) with Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) \>0.80 and meeting two of the following criteria: 1. MLA(minimal luminal area)\<4mm2 2. Plaque burden\>70% 3. Large lipid-rich plaque on NIRS(Intracoronary Near-Infrared Spectroscopy), defined as MaxLCBI4mm\>315 4. TCFA(thin-cap fibroatheroma) defined as fibrous cap thickness \<65 μm and arc \>90° on optical coherence tomography (OCT) or ≥10% confluent necrotic core with \>30° abutting the lumen in three consecutive slices on Virtual-histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) * Eligible for percutaneous coronary intervention with Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold or Everolimus Eluting Stent * Reference vessel diameter 2.75-4.0 * Lesion length ≤ 40mm * Willing and able to provide informed written consent

Exclusion criteria

* Patients for whom the preferred treatment is CABG(Coronary artery bypass grafting) * Patients with stented lesions * Patients with bypass graft lesions * Patients with three or more target lesions * Patients with two target lesions in the same coronary territory * Patients with heavily calcified or angulated lesions * Patients with bifurcation lesions requiring 2 stenting technique * Patients with contraindications to or planned discontinuation of dual antiplatelet therapy within 1 year * Patients with life expectancy \<2 years * Patients with planned cardiac or major noncardiac surgery * Woman who are breastfeeding, pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the course of the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Target vessel failure2 yearstarget-vessel failure, which was defined a composite of death from cardiac causes, target-vessel myocardial infarction, ischemic-driven target-vessel revascularization, or hospitalization for unstable or progressive angina

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Target-vessel myocardial infarction2 years
Ischemic-driven target-vessel revascularization2 years
Hospitalization for unstable or progressive angina2 years
Death from all, cardiac, or noncardiac causes2 years
Myocardial infarction2 yearsPeriprocedural or spontaneous, target-vessel or non-target-vessel related
Repeat revascularization2 yearsRepeat revascularization (target-vessel or non-target-vessel, ischemia-driven or non-ischemia-driven)
Any hospitalization for cardiac or noncardiac causes2 years
Target-lesion failure2 yearscardiac death, target-vessel myocardial infarction or ischemia-driven target-lesion revascularization
Death from cardiac causes2 years
Composite of any death, myocardial infarction, or repeat revascularization2 yearsA composite endpoint is an endpoint that is a combination of multiple clinical endpoints. An event is considered to have occurred if any one of several different events is observed.
Rate of Scaffold or stent thrombosis2 years
Rate of Stroke2 years
Rate of Bleeding events2 yearslife-threatening or disabling, major or minor
Rate of Nonurgent revascularization procedures2 years
Functional class2 yearsIt is assessed by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Classification at each point in time. The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) classification has four categories; the minimum and maximum values are 1 and 4 respectively. A higher score means a worse outcome.
Number of anti-anginal medications administered2 yearsNumber of anti-anginal medication at each point in time
Major adverse cardiac event2 yearsdefined as death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or unplanned rehospitalization due to unstable or progressive angina

Countries

Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 22, 2026