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A Placebo-controlled Trial of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Relief of Stable Angina

ORBITA-CTO Pilot: A Comparison of the Impact of CTO PCI Versus Placebo on Angina in Patients With Background Optimal Medical Therapy - a Pilot Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05142215
Acronym
ORBITA-CTO
Enrollment
50
Registered
2021-12-02
Start date
2021-10-19
Completion date
2025-10-21
Last updated
2025-11-20

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

Conditions

Chronic Total Occlusion of Coronary Artery, Stable Angina

Keywords

Angina, Chronic total occlusion, Angioplasty

Brief summary

ORBITA-CTO Pilot is a double blinded randomised placebo-controlled trial comparing the effects of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention versus placebo on symptoms of angina in patients with background optimal medical therapy.

Interventions

PROCEDUREPercutaneous coronary intervention

Percutaneous coronary intervention using drug eluting stents and contemporary CTO PCI techniques on background of optimal medical therapy.

PROCEDUREPlacebo percutaneous coronary intervention

Placebo percutaneous coronary intervention procedure on background of optimal medical therapy.

Sponsors

Imperial College London
CollaboratorOTHER
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

ORBITA CTO will enrol patients who meet all 5 of the following criteria: 1. Accepted for CTO PCI procedure by a specialist CTO operator. 2. Patients with symptoms related to a single vessel CTO (≥3 months duration, or probable CTO where duration is unknown) in a vessel of at least 2.5mm diameter without angiographically significant (LMS ≥50%, LAD/Cx/RCA/Graft ≥70%, ≥2mm diameter) coronary artery stenosis in remaining non-CTO vessels. Symptoms are: a) Typical exertional angina defined as: i) constricting discomfort in the front of the chest or in the neck, jaw, shoulder or arm ii) precipitated by physical exertion iii) relieved by rest or nitrates within 5 minutes b) Angina symptoms at rest (including decubitus angina and post-prandial angina). c) Shortness of breath on exertion considered to be angina equivalent. 3. Clinical evidence of ischaemia in CTO territory on dobutamine stress echocardiography, nuclear myocardial perfusion scan, stress perfusion CMR or PET). 4. Evidence of viability: If left ventricular angiogram or echocardiogram demonstrates LV impairment or RWMA then viability must be demonstrated. 5. J-CTO score ≤ 3.

Exclusion criteria

1. Acute coronary syndrome within 4 weeks. 2. PCI to non-CTO lesion in prior 4 weeks as part of ACS or elective PCI. 3. Non-revascularised clinically important non-CTO vessel. 4. Proven ischaemia (invasive or non-invasive) in non-culprit territory. 5. Contraindications to PCI or drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. 6. Inability to tolerate or contraindication to DAPT. 7. Severe valvular heart disease. 8. Severe chronic pulmonary disease (FEV1 \<30% of predicted value). 9. Severe musculoskeletal disease resulting in immobility. 10. Life expectancy \<2years. 11. Pregnancy. 12. Age \<18years. 13. Inability to consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in angina symptom ordinal scale score between groups24 & 26 weeksChange in angina symptom ordinal scale score between groups

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
SAQ summary score24 & 26 weeksSAQ summary score
Quality of life as measured by EQ-5D-5L24 & 26 weeksQuality of life as measured by EQ-5D-5L
Change in Rose dyspnea scale24 & 26 weeksChange in Rose dyspnea scale
Physical limitation, angina frequency, angina stability, treatment satisfaction and quality of life scores as measured by the Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ)24 & 26 weeksPhysical limitation, angina frequency, angina stability, treatment satisfaction and quality of life scores as measured by the Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ)
Fidelity of blinding using Bang's blinding index (BI)24 weeksFidelity of blinding using Bang's blinding index (BI)
Protocol adherence26 weeksProportion of participants adherent to allocated randomised treatment
Change in peak VO2 and VO2 at AT24 weeksChange in peak VO2 and VO2 at AT

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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