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Comparison of the Vasomotor Function and Myocardial Flow in Patients Treated With Bioresorbable and Metallic Stents at 1 Year

Comparison of the Vasomotor Function and Myocardial Flow in Patients Treated

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02738658
Acronym
BVS-Flow
Enrollment
70
Registered
2016-04-14
Start date
2015-03-01
Completion date
2018-07-02
Last updated
2018-07-03

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Conditions

Stable Angina

Keywords

Coronary microcirculatory dysfunction, Coronary endothelium dysfunction

Brief summary

Background: A total of 25-50% of patients with stable coronary atherosclerosis treated with metallic stent implantation remain with effort angina despite optimal medical treatment and absence of stent restenosis at 1 year. The most plausible cause of persistent effort angina after stent implantation is microcirculatory dysfunction. Coronary circulation matches the myocardial blood supply and oxygen consumption. Metallic stent implantation has been related with endothelial dysfunction and impaired coronary blood flow reserve (relation between coronary blood flow at rest and maximal hyperemia) of the treated vessel at 1 year. Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) has been shown to improve the endothelial function and to improve the angina symptoms at 1 year. However, the coronary blood flow of BVS has never been tested. Main objective: To determine differences in the blood average peak velocity at maximal hyperemia with adenosine infusion between patients treated with bioresorbable and metallic coronary stents at 1 year after stent implantation. Methodology: A total of 70 patients are 1:1 randomized to everolimus-eluting metallic stent (EES) versus everolimus-eluting BVS implantation in patients with stable coronary disease. At 1 year, patients undergo to invasive coronary angiography prior cessation of vasomotor drugs. A pressure/Doppler wire is advanced distally to the treated segment and the endothelial (acetylcholine) and non-endothelial (adenosine and nitroglycerine) vasomotor function is assessed with quantitative coronary angiography and pressure and Doppler measurements. Angina test questionnaires are obtained at different time-points of the study. Expected results: A difference between patients treated with BVS and EES of 12.0 cm/sc in the maximal average peak velocity (APV) under maximal hyperemia (with adenosine administration) is expected, as assessed by Doppler measurements, at 1 year after stent implantation. The study is powered to assess superiority in terms of maximal APV favoring patients treated with BVS.

Interventions

Sponsors

Fundació La Marató de TV3
CollaboratorOTHER
Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with stable angina or silent angina with myocardial ischemia detected by non-invasive tests or patients with acute coronary syndromes with no increase of \> 5 times the upper value of normality of cardiac biomarkers (troponin). * Patients with coronary artery disease with angiographic stenosis \>

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Difference in the average peak velocity at maximal hyperemia between bioresorbable vascular scaffolds and everolimus-eluting stents as assessed by doppler wire measurement.1-year after stent implantation

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Difference in endothelial dysfunction with acetyl-choline infusion between bioresorbable vascular scaffolds and everolimus-eluting stents as assessed by quantitative coronary angiography (4% of lumen reduction)1-year after stent implantation

Other

MeasureTime frame
Difference in fractional flow reserve at maximal hyperemia between the two treatment groups as assessed by pressure-wire measurement1-year after stent implantation

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026