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Coronary CTO PCI Using Antegrade Wiring Strategy With a First-choice Gladius Guidewire (Gladius First)

Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Antegrade Wiring Strategy With a First-choice Gladius Guidewire: a Randomized Clinical Study (Gladius First Trial)

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04691778
Acronym
Gladius First
Enrollment
69
Registered
2020-12-31
Start date
2021-01-01
Completion date
2024-01-30
Last updated
2024-10-08

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

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Occlusion, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Brief summary

The Gladius First trial is designed as a single-centre, open, prospective, randomized clinical trial aimed to assess the efficiency and safety of coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the antegrade wiring strategy with a first-choice intermediate Gladius guidewire. To this end, consecutive patients referred to CTO PCI with intended primary antegrade wire escalation strategy, will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to antegrade wiring starting with the Gladius guidewire or antegrade wiring using the standard guidewire escalation strategy.

Interventions

PROCEDURECTO PCI with the first-choice Gladius guidewire

CTO PCI using antegrade wiring strategy with the first-choice Gladius guidewire

PROCEDURECTO PCI without the first-choice Gladius guidewire

CTO PCI using standard antegrade wire escalation strategy

Sponsors

National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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

* delivery of an informed consent and compliance with study protocol * CTO of a major coronary artery with at least intermediate difficulty score (J-CTO ≥1) as assessed by invasive angiography * referral to clinically indicated CTO PCI with intended primary antegrade wiring strategy

Exclusion criteria

* in-stent CTO * unstable angina and/or myocardial infarction * prior myocardial infarction within 4 weeks before study enrolment * CTO of a major coronary artery with an easy difficulty score (J-CTO 0) as assessed by invasive coronary angiography * lack of valid antegrade wire escalation strategy as assessed by 2 independent CTO PCI operators * chronic kidney disease (defined as eGFR ≤30 ml/min/m2) * contraindication to antiplatelet therapy and/or heparin * severe inflammatory disease * positive pregnancy test or breast-feeding

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
time-efficiency of antegrade wiring strategyduring procedure (intraprocedural)time-efficiency of antegrade wiring strategy defined as the time from advancement of the first wire into the proximal cap to either the time of successful antegrade wiring through the lesion or the time of cessation of antegrade wiring and changing CTO PCI strategy according to the hybrid algorithm

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
time-efficiency of successful antegrade approachduring procedure (intraprocedural)time-efficiency of successful antegrade approach defined as the time from advancement of the first wire into the proximal cap to either the time of successful antegrade wiring through the lesion or successful antegrade dissection and re-entry strategy
time-efficiency of antegrade approachduring procedure (intraprocedural)time-efficiency of antegrade approach defined as the time from advancement of the first wire into the proximal cap to either the time of successful antegrade wiring or antegrade dissection and re-entry strategy or the time of failed antegrade approach and changing CTO PCI strategy according to the hybrid algorithm
time-efficiency of successful CTO recanalization using any techniqueduring procedure (intraprocedural)time-efficiency defined as the time from advancement of the first wire into the proximal cap to the time of successful CTO recanalization using any technique (including antegrade and retrograde strategies)
total procedural timeduring procedure (intraprocedural)total procedural time defined as the time from getting arterial access to the time of removal of the arterial sheaths
successful guidewire crossing through CTO using antegrade wiring strategyduring procedure (intraprocedural)successful guidewire crossing through CTO using antegrade wiring strategy
successful guidewire crossing through CTO with restoration of flow using antegrade wiring strategyduring procedure (intraprocedural)successful guidewire crossing through CTO with restoration of flow (\<50% residual stenosis and TIMI flow grade 3) using antegrade wiring strategy
successful guidewire crossing through CTO using antegrade approach (including antegrade wiring and antegrade dissection and re-entry strategies)during procedure (intraprocedural)successful guidewire crossing through CTO using antegrade approach (including antegrade wiring and antegrade dissection and re-entry strategies)
time-efficiency of successful antegrade wiring strategyduring procedure (intraprocedural)time-efficiency of successful antegrade wiring strategy defined as the time from advancement of the first wire into the proximal cap to the time of successful antegrade wiring through the lesion
final procedural success defined as successful guidewire crossing through CTO with restoration of flowduring procedure (intraprocedural)final procedural success defined as successful guidewire crossing through CTO with restoration of flow (\<50% residual stenosis and TIMI flow grade 3)
contrast volume related to successful guidewire crossing through CTO using antegrade wiring strategyduring procedure (intraprocedural)contrast volume related to successful guidewire crossing through CTO using antegrade wiring strategy
total contrast volumeduring procedure (intraprocedural)total contrast volume
radiation dose related to successful guidewire crossing through CTO using antegrade wiring strategyduring procedure (intraprocedural)radiation dose related to successful guidewire crossing through CTO using antegrade wiring strategy
total radiation doseduring procedure (intraprocedural)total radiation dose
incidence of periprocedural complicationsduring hospitalization (assessed up to 30 days)incidence of periprocedural complications defined as: coronary perforation, tamponade, life-threatening arrhythmia requiring treatment, transient ischemic attack, stroke, myocardial infarction, urgent cardiac surgery, death
successful guidewire crossing through CTO with restoration of flow using antegrade approach (including antegrade wiring and antegrade dissection and re-entry strategies)during procedure (intraprocedural)successful guidewire crossing through CTO with restoration of flow (\<50% residual stenosis and TIMI flow grade 3) using antegrade approach (including antegrade wiring and antegrade dissection and re-entry strategies)

Countries

Poland

Outcome results

None listed

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