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1-month DAPT Plus 5-month Ticagrelor Monotherapy Versus 12-month DAPT in Patients With Drug-coated Balloon

Aspirin Plus Ticagrelor for 1 Month Followed by 5 Months Ticagrelor Monotherapy Versus Aspirin Plus Ticagrelor for 12 Months in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients With Drug-coated Balloon: a Multicentre, Randomized, Non-inferiority Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04971356
Acronym
CAGEFREEII
Enrollment
1948
Registered
2021-07-21
Start date
2021-11-01
Completion date
2026-12-01
Last updated
2023-11-14

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

Conditions

Acute Coronary Syndrome, Angioplasty, Balloon, Antiplatelet Drug

Keywords

Ticagrelor Monotherapy, Acute coronary syndrome, Drug-coated balloons

Brief summary

Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) angioplasty is similar to plain old balloon angioplasty procedurally, but there is an anti-proliferative medication paclitaxel coated to the balloon. Treating ISR lesions with the DCB has the theoretical advantage of avoiding multiple stent layers and respecting the vessel anatomy. DCB has shown promising results for the treatment of ISR. Currently, DCB has a Class I indication to treat ISR recommended by European Society of Cardiology guidelines. In addition, some interventional cardiologist has also applied DCB in de novo lesions in their clinical practice. Bleeding after PCI remains a substantial clinical problem. Bleeding post-PCI increases the risk of adverse outcomes such as death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and prolongs hospital stay. Clinical data has suggested that major bleeding post-PCI would increase the risk of mortality 5.7-fold. The antiplatelet medications are the major cause of bleeding events post-PCI. Current guidelines for stents recommended DAPT of aspirin plus a P2Y12 inhibitor for at least 12 months after stent implantation in patients with the acute coronary syndrome. Compared with the DES, because of the absence of metal inside the coronary artery, the use of DCB might theoretically allow shorter duration antiplatelet therapy. However, the optimal course of DAPT for the DCB treated patients remains controversial. In 2013, the consensus from the German group suggested that for the acute coronary syndrome, DAPT should be used for 12 months. The consensus of DAPT developed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2017 stated that in patients treated with DCB, dedicated clinical trials investigating the optimal duration of DAPT are lacking. So far, there are no randomized data showing the optimal DAPT duration for the DCB treated patients. In the current study, we use Aspirin + Ticagrelor for 1-month followed by Ticagrelor monotherapy for 5-month, afterward, Aspirin monotherapy for 6 months to be the antiplatelet regimen in the experimental arm, to compare with the Reference arm, which is Aspirin + Ticagrelor for 12-month in a non-inferiority statistical assumption, aiming to investigate the optimal duration of the DAPT in ACS patients after DCB treatment.

Interventions

DRUGAspirin 100mg for 1-month (immediately after PCI)

Aspirin for 1-month immediately after PCI to be a part of medication treatment in the Experimental arm

DRUGTicagrelor 90mg for 6-month (immediately after PCI)

Ticagrelor for 6-month immediately after PCI to be a part of medication treatment in the Experimental arm

DRUGAspirin 100mg for 6-month (6-month post PCI)

Aspirin for 6-month at 6 months post-PCI (after the discontinuation of the 6-month Ticagrelor treatment) to be a part of medication treatment in the Experimental arm

DRUGAspirin 100mg for 12-month (immediately after PCI)

Aspirin for 12-month immediately after PCI to be a part of medication treatment in the Reference arm

DRUGTicagrelor 90mg for 12-month (immediately after PCI)

Ticagrelor for 12-month immediately after PCI to be a part of medication treatment in the Reference arm

Sponsors

Xijing Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with an indication for PCI due to acute coronary syndrome 2. All target lesions can be successful treatment of PCI with drug-coated balloon (DCB) 3. Patients who are able to complete the follow-up and compliant to the prescribed medication

Exclusion criteria

1. Under the age of 18 or Older than 80 years old 2. Unable to give informed consent 3. Patient is a woman who is pregnant or nursing (a pregnancy test must be performed within 7 days prior to the index procedure in women of child-bearing potential according to local practice) 4. Known contraindication to medications such as Heparin, antiplatelet drugs, or contrast. 5. Currently participating in another trial and not yet at its primary endpoint 6. Planned elective surgery 7. Concurrent medical condition with a life expectancy of less than 1 years 8. Previous intracranial haemorrhage 9. Need long-term oral anticoagulant therapy 10. Cardiogenic shock 11. Previous stent implantation 6 month 12. In-stent thrombosis 13. Target lesion located in surgical conduit

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Net adverse clinical events (NACE)12 monthsNACE is a composite clinical endpoint of all-cause death, any stroke, any MI, any revascularization and BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding events

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding events1, 6 and 12 monthsBleeding events type 3 or 5 defined by BARC (Bleeding Academic Research Consortium) criteria
BARC type 2 ,3 or 5 bleeding events1, 6 and 12 monthsBleeding events type 2, 3 or 5 defined by BARC (Bleeding Academic Research Consortium) criteria
BARC defined type 2 bleeding events1, 6 and 12 monthsBleeding events type 2 defined by BARC (Bleeding Academic Research Consortium) criteria
Rate of NACE1 and 6 monthsNACE is a composite clinical endpoint of all-cause death, any stroke, any MI, any revascularization and BARC type 3 or 5 bleeding events
Device-oriented Composite Endpoint (DoCE)1, 6 and 12 monthsDoCE is a composite clinical endpoint of cardiac cause death, target vessel myocardial infraction (TV-MI), and Clinically individual target lesion revascularization (CI-TLR)
Cardiac death1, 6 and 12 monthsRates of individual components of DoCE
Target vessel myocardial infraction (TV-MI)1, 6 and 12 monthsRates of individual components of DoCE
Clinically individual target lesion revascularization (CI-TLR)1, 6 and 12 monthsRates of individual components of DoCE
Any ischemic or bleeding event1, 6 and 12 monthsAny ischemic and bleeding event includes any all-cause death, any stroke, MI, BARC-defined type 3 bleeding, any revascularization and BARC-defined type 2 bleeding events
All-cause death1, 6 and 12 monthsRates of individual components of PoCE
Any MI1, 6 and 12 monthsRates of individual components of PoCE
Any stroke1, 6 and 12 monthsRates of individual components of PoCE
Any revascularization1, 6 and 12 monthsRates of individual components of PoCE
Target vessel failure (TVF)1, 6 and 12 monthsTarget vessel failure is defined as cardiovascular death, target vessel myocardial infraction (TV-MI), and clinically-indicated target vessel revascularization
Clinically-indicated target vessel revascularization1, 6 and 12 monthsRates of individual components of TVF
Definite/Probable stent thrombosis rates1, 6 and 12 months
Patient-oriented Composite Endpoint (PoCE)1, 6 and 12 monthsThe primary safety endpoint of PoCE is defined as all-cause death, any stroke, any MI, any revascularization

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026