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DCB vs. DES in Bifurcation Coronary Lesions

Drug-coated Balloons vs. Drug Eluting Stents in Bifurcation Coronary Lesions: PICCOLETO V Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06551662
Acronym
PICCOLETO V
Enrollment
321
Registered
2024-08-13
Start date
2025-08-01
Completion date
2028-02-01
Last updated
2025-12-04

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

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease, DCB

Keywords

Coronary artery disease, Bifurcation coronary lesions, Drug-coated balloons

Brief summary

This is an investigator-driven prospective, multicentric, international, randomized clinical study, in an open-label randomized fashion, where patients with bifurcation coronary artery disease (Medina: 111,101,011,001) in vessels with diameter \>2.0 (visual estimation) and with a clinical indication to PCI, will be enrolled. After successful predilatation (with any tool deemed useful), patients will be randomized 1:1:1 to SCB, PCB or standard treatment with DES for bifurcation native vessel disease. All patients with a clinical indication for PCI, both stable coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome, will be enrolled. Before participating all the candidates will be clearly informed about the study, including the possible risks and benefits, and will be asked to provide a written informed consent. Subjects will be instructed that may not meet the general criteria for inclusion or the angiographic criteria, or that may have at least one exclusion criteria, and then be excluded from the study (screening failure), even after informed consent is obtained. Consecutive patients who meet at least one of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria, will participate to the study. After randomization, the procedure will consist in standard coronary angioplasty following international guidelines/consensus documents and as per local practice. If the patient has been randomized to SCB or PCB, it is mandatory to adequately prepare the lesion.

Interventions

DEVICEPaclitaxel drug-coated balloons

Patients will be randomized to Paclitaxel drug-coated balloons, Sirolimus drug-coated balloons or standard therapy with new generation drug-eluting stent

DEVICESirolimus drug-coated balloons

Patients will be randomized to Paclitaxel drug-coated balloons, Sirolimus drug-coated balloons or standard therapy with new generation drug-eluting stent

DEVICENew generation drug-eluting stent

Patients will be randomized to Paclitaxel drug-coated balloons, Sirolimus drug-coated balloons or standard therapy with new generation drug-eluting stent

Sponsors

Fondazione Ricerca e Innovazione Cardiovascolare ETS
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

* Subject must be age ≥18 years. * Subject has silent ischemia, or stable/unstable angina, or acute MI older than 1-week from the onset of chest pain to admission. * Subject understands the trial design and treatment procedures and provides written informal consent before entering the trial * Subject is willing to comply with all protocol-required follow-up evaluations. * Target lesion must be native non-LM bifurcation lesion * Target lesion must be a bifurcation lesion on coronary angiography (defined as Medina 0,1,1, Medina 1,0,1, Medina 1,1,1 or Medina 0,0,1 coronary bifurcation lesions) and is eligible for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). * Target lesion reference vessel diameter (both main vessel and side branch) * 2.0 mm by visual estimation. * Target lesion must have visually estimated stenosis ≥50%. * Target lesion length of side branch must be \<25 mm by visual estimation.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with STEMI (within 3 days from the onset of chest pain to coronarography). * Patient has known allergy to the study balloon/stent system. * Patient has any other serious medical illness that may reduce life expectancy to less than 12 months. * Patient is pregnant or nursing. * Patient is participating in another clinical trial that has not reached its primary endpoint within 24 months after the index procedure. * Patient has a planned procedure that may cause non-compliance with the protocol or confound data interpretation. * In-stent restenosis lesion. * Chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesion in either main vessel or side branch. * Left ventricular ejection fraction \<30%; * Visible and untreatable thrombus at lesion site; * Target lesion/vessel with any of the following characteristics: * Severe and/or \>270° calcification of the target vessel, also proximal to the lesion (intravascular imaging); * Bifurcation lesion where stent strategy is anticipated; * Left main stem stenosis \>50%; * Target lesion is in the left main stem; * Lesions length \>50 mm (main vessel) * Lesions length \>25 mm (side branch)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
6-9 Month CT-FFR or Invasive FFR in Bifurcation Lesions6-9-month6-9-month CT-scan FFR (core lab) * 6-9-month Main vessel CT-FFR * 6-9-month Side branch CT-FFR or If invasive coronary angiography indicated at 6-9 months: * invasive FFR of Main vessel * invasive FFR of Side branch
6-9-Month CT-FFR or Invasive FFR: % Max Stenosis (Main + Side Branch)6-9-month6-9-month CT-scan FFR (core lab): * Main vessel % maximum stenosis * Side branch % maximum stenosis or If invasive coronary angiography indicated at 6-9 months: * Main vessel % maximum stenosis * Side branch % maximum stenosis

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
All-cause death24+/- 1 monthsAll-cause death rates at 24+/- 1 months follow-up
Q-wave MI24+/- 1 monthsQ-wave MI rates at 24+/- 1 months follow-up
Any MI24+/- 1 monthsAny MI rates at 24+/- 1 months follow-up
MACE24 +/- 1 monthsThe MACE was defined as a composite of total mortality, TVR, and spontaneous TV-MI.
TVR24+/- 1 monthsTVR rates at 24+/- 1 months follow-up
Vessel thrombosis24+/- 1 monthsVessel thrombosis rates at 24+/- 1 months follow-up
Bleedings following BARC classification24+/- 1 monthsBleedings following BARC classification at 24+/- 1 months follow-up
TLR24+/- 1 monthsTLR rates at 24+/- 1 months follow-up
Cardiac death24+/- 1 monthsCardiac death rates at 24+/- 1 months follow-up

Countries

Italy, Poland, Romania, Singapore

Contacts

Primary ContactBernardo Cortese
bcortese@gmail.com504827636
Backup ContactWojciech Wańha
wojciech.wanha@gmail.com504827636

Outcome results

None listed

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