Coronary Artery Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR), Stable coronary artery disease, Angina pectoris, Angiography derived fractional flow reserve
Brief summary
Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) is a novel method for evaluating the functional significance of coronary stenosis. QFR is estimated based on two angiographic projections. Studies have shown a good correlation with the present wire-based standard approach Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) for assessment of intermediate coronary stenosis. The purpose of the FAVOR III Europe Japan study is to investigate if a QFR-based diagnostic strategy will results in non-inferior clinical outcome after 12 months compared to a standard pressure-wire guided strategy in evaluation of patients with chest pain (stable angina pectoris) and intermediate coronary stenosis.
Detailed description
Patients at high risk of having one or more coronary stenosis are evaluated routinely by invasive coronary angiography (CAG). Lesions are often quantified by visual assessment of the angiogram, but physiological assessment of the functional significance by fractional flow reserve has been shown to improve clinical outcome, to reduce number of stents implanted, and has obtained the highest recommendation in European guidelines. FFR is assessed during CAG by advancing a wire with a pressure transducer towards the stenosis and measure the ratio in pressure between the two sides of the stenosis during medical induced maximum blood flow (hyperaemia). The solid evidence for FFR evaluation of coronary stenosis and the relative simplicity in performing the measurements have supported adoption of an FFR based strategy but the need for interrogating the stenosis by a pressure wire, the small risks associated hereto, the cost of the wire, and the drug inducing hyperaemia has limited more widespread adoption. Quantitative Flow Ratio is a novel method for evaluating the functional significance of coronary stenosis by calculation of the pressure drop in the vessel based on computation of two angiographic projections. Two multi-center studies, the FAVOR II Europe-Japan and China studies evaluated the feasibility and diagnostic performance of in-procedure QFR, showing very good agreement between QFR and FFR. The purpose of the FAVOR III Europe Japan study is to investigate if a QFR-based diagnostic strategy yields non-inferior 12-month clinical outcome compared to a standard pressure-wire guided strategy in evaluation of patients with stable angina pectoris and intermediate coronary stenosis. Primary hypothesis: A QFR based diagnostic strategy results in non-inferior clinical outcome, assessed by a composite endpoint of all cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and unplanned revascularization after one year, compared to a strategy of pressure wire-based FFR for assessment of physiological significance of intermediate coronary artery stenosis. Methods: Investigator initiated, 1:1 randomized, prospective, clinical outcome, non-inferiority, multi-center trial performed at up to 40 international sites with inclusion of 2000 patients. Patients with stable angina pectoris or need for evaluation of non-culprit lesions after acute MI are enrolled. At least two angiographic projections are acquired during resting conditions. If the angiographic criteria are met, the patient is randomized to either a QFR- or an FFR-based diagnostic strategy. Revascularization is performed according to best standard by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Patient follow-up is continued until 24 months.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTQFR-based diagnostic strategy
Novel computer based calculation of lesion severity. Pressure wire-free and adenosine-free
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTFFR-based diagnostic strategy
Standard FFR based diagnostic method. Pressure drop across the stenosis is measured with a pressure wire during medical induced hyperaemic conditions
Sponsors
Medis Medical Imaging Systems
Aarhus University Hospital Skejby
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Randomized clinical non-inferiority trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age of 18 years and above * Both genders * Indication for invasive coronary angiography * Patients with stable angina pectoris, or assessment of secondary lesions in stabilized non-STEMI patients or assessment of secondary lesions in patients with prior STEMI and staged evaluation of secondary lesions. * Able to provide written informed consent Angiographic inclusion criteria * Diameter stenosis of 40-90% diameter stenosis * Vessel diameter of at least 2.5 mm and supplying viable myocardium * Patients with restenosis in a native coronary artery can be included
Exclusion criteria
* Severely impaired renal function: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 20 mL/min/1.73m² * Life expectancy less than one year * Cardiogenic shock or unstable haemodynamic state (Killip class III and IV) * ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) within 24 hours * Bypass graft to any target vessel * Atrial fibrillation at the time of the procedure * Chronic total occlusions of any vessel with possible or established indication for treatment * Pregnancy or intention to become pregnant during the course of the trial * Breast feeding * Planned need for concomitant valvular or aortic surgery * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 30% * Previous inclusion in the FAVOR III trial * Enrolled in another clinical study, and for this reason not treated according to present European Society of Cardiology guidelines, or the protocol treatment conflicts with the protocol treatment of FAVOR III * Inability to tolerate contrast media * Inability to tolerate Adenosine Angiographic
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient oriented composite endpoint (PoCE) | 12 months | A composite endpoint of 1) all-cause mortality, 2) any myocardial infarction, and 3) any unplanned revascularization |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Target vessel failure | 1 month | A composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction and ischemic driven target vessel revascularization. |
| Cardiac death | 1 month | Encompasses death due to coronary heart disease including fatal myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death including fatal arrhythmias and cardiac arrest without successful resuscitation, death from heart failure including cardiogenic shock, and death related the cardiac procedure within 28 days from the procedure. If death is not clearly attributable to other non-cardiac causes it is adjudicated as cardiac death |
| Myocardial infarction | 1 month | Procedure and non-procedure related myocardial infarction. Protocol defined. |
| Target vessel myocardial infarction | 1 month | As any myocardial infarction, but with culprit lesion in index vessel. |
| Any unplanned revascularization | 1 month | Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or PCI of any lesion. Planned Revascularization: Revascularization is considered planned when it is decided at the time of the index procedure, based on the results of angiography and functional testing. Planned revascularization could be performed at the time of the index procedure or within 60 days. Such revascularization is considered as primary revascularization and is not considered as an endpoint. The planned status of the revascularization is adjudicated. Unplanned Revascularization: Revascularization is considered unplanned when not performed as part of standard care during the index procedure or if it is not planned as a staged procedure to occur within 60 days. |
| Any ischemia driven de novo revascularization | 1 month | Coronary artery bypass grafting or PCI of a vessel that was not evaluated nor treated during the index procedure. In stable patients, ischemia should always be documented, using for example FFR, SPECT scan or MRI |
| Ischemia driven target vessel revascularization | 1 month | Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or PCI of a study vessel with documented ischemia. In stable patients, ischemia should always be documented, using for example FFR, SPECT scan or MRI |
| Ischemia driven treated target lesion revascularization | 1 month | Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or PCI of a study vessel with documented ischemia that was treated during index or planned staged procedure. In stable patients, ischemia should always be documented, using for example FFR, SPECT scan or MRI |
| All-cause mortality | 1 month | Total death includes cardiac death and other fatal categories such as cerebrovascular death, death from other cardiovascular disease (i.e. pulmonary embolism, dissection aortic aneurism will be included in this category), death from malignant disease, death from suicide, violence or accident, or death from other reasons. |
| Ischemia driven measured segment de novo revascularization | 1 month | Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or PCI of a study vessel that was evaluated by either FFR or QFR but not treated. In stable patients, ischemia should always be documented, using for example FFR, SPECT scan or MRI. |
| Feasibility of QFR | 1 hour | Percentage of successful QFR in patients allocated to a QFR based diagnostic strategy |
| Feasibility of FFR | 1 hour | Percentage of successfully performed FFR measurements in vessels with attempted FFR (vessel level) Percentages of patients with successful FFR measurements (all attempted) |
| Number of lesion interrogated | 1 hour | Total number of lesions diagnosed with either QFR or FFR during the procedure |
| Procedure time | 1 hour | Time from introduction of the sheet until the sheet for coronary access is removed from the patient |
| Contrast volume | 1 hour | Total volume of contrast used in the procedure |
| Fluoroscopy time | 1 hour | Total fluoroscopy time for the procedure |
| Number of stents implanted | 1 hour | Total number of stents implanted during the procedure. Stents implanted in a staged procedure are included |
| Ischemia driven, measured segment revascularization | 1 month | Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or PCI of a study vessel that was evaluated by either FFR or QFR but not treated. In stable patients, ischemia should always be documented, using for example FFR, SPECT scan or MRI. |
Countries
Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed