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COMPETE-LM Trial: Drug-Coated Balloon-Enhanced Provisional Stenting in Complex Left Main Disease.

The COMPETE-LM Trial: A Physician-initiated Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) Comparing Conventional Provisional Stenting With Drug-coated Balloon-enhanced Provisional Stenting for the Treatment of Complex Left Main (LM) Coronary Artery Disease.

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07408674
Acronym
COMPETE-LM
Enrollment
186
Registered
2026-02-13
Start date
2026-04-01
Completion date
2029-05-01
Last updated
2026-02-13

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

Conditions

Complex Left Main Bifurcation Stenosis, Coronary Bifurcation Stenosis, Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis

Keywords

Essential Pro Paclitaxel, Angiolite, Left Main Artery, Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis, Left Main Coronary Artery, Left Main Bifurcation Stenosis, Coronary Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Complex Left Main Disease, Drug Eluting Balloon, Drug Coated Balloon, Provisional Stenting, Sirolimus Eluting Stent

Brief summary

Prospective, physician-initiated, multicenter, randomized, single-blind, controlled trial. Participants will be randomized (1:1) to a DCB-enhanced strategy (study group) or a conventional strategy (control group). The study aims to compare the clinical outcomes of conventional provisional stenting (Angiolite in the main branch, with optional side branch stenting if compromised) versus DCB enhanced provisional stenting (Angiolite in the main branch plus Essential Pro in the side branch) in patients with complex left main bifurcation stenosis indicated to receive non-urgent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Target lesions, both main vessel and side branch, will be treated using iVascular devices, with patients randomized into two arms. In one arm, treatment will be performed exclusively with the Angiolite sirolimus-eluting stent (Angiolite, iVascular) in the main vessel, while in the other arm, the Angiolite will be used in the main vessel and the Essential Pro paclitaxel drug-eluting balloon (Essential Pro, iVascular) in the side branch. Non-target lesions may be treated with any commercially available devices according to their approved indications.

Interventions

DEVICEAngiolite Sirolimus-Eluting Stenting

Conventional Provisional Stenting

DEVICEEssential Pro Paclitaxel Drug-Eluting Balloon

Drug-Coated Balloon

Sponsors

Rede Optimus Hospitalar SA
Lead SponsorNETWORK
iVascular S.L.U.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY

Study design

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

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Distal left main stem bifurcation stenosis type Medina 1,1,1 or 0,1,1 with indication for revascularization. 2. Left main diameter ≤6.00 mm. 3. LAD and LCx diameter both \>2.75 mm, evaluated by visual estimation.

Exclusion criteria

1. Subjects with ages 18 or below at the time of the procedure. 2. Female subjects who may be pregnant or breast-feeding at the time of the procedure. 3. Previous PCI of the left main bifurcation. 4. Chronic total occlusion of the LAD or LCx. 5. Trifurcating left main requiring treatment of the 3 branches. 6. LAD and LCx reference sizes are out of the sizing ranges of the used DES/DCB families. 7. In-stent restenosis as target lesion. 8. Previous coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) with any patent graft on the left coronary system. 9. ACS-STEMI (ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) due to LM disease. 10. Cardiogenic shock. 11. Left ventricular ejection fraction below 35%. 12. Decision to use mechanical circulatory support for protected PCI. 13. Contraindication to a minimum of 3 months double antiplatelet and long-term single antiplatelet therapy (or adapted, in case of indication for anticoagulation). 14. Associated significant valvular disease. 15. Renal insufficiency with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 20. 16. Life expectancy less than one year.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Angiography-based late lumen loss12 months post procedureAngiography-based late lumen loss at the level of treated side-branch (primarily not stented branch)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Conversion rateat index procedureConversion rate to double-stent technique
Procedure timeat index procedureDuration of index procedure
Used contrast mediaat index procedureUsed contrast media at index procedure
Radiation doseat index procedureRadiation dose at index procedure
Delta μQFR in the LAD and in the LCxat index procedure and at12 months post procedureDelta μQFR in the LAD and in the LCx between acute (index procedure) and 12 months follow-up
Malposition rateat 12 months post procedureMalapposition rate by OCT
Underexpansion rateat 12 months post procedureUnderexpansion rate by OCT
Diameter stenosisat 12 months post procedureDiameter stenosis based on quantitative coronary angiography at the level of LM, LAD ostium and LCx ostium
2. Late lumen lossat 12 months post procedureLate lumen loss at the level of proximal- and distal main branch (primarily stented branch)
Stent thrombosis rateat 12 months post procedureStent thrombosis rate (acute, subacute, late) at 12 months.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based minimal stent / lumen areaat 12 months post procedureOptical coherence tomography (OCT)-based minimal stent / lumen area at the level of LM, LAD ostium and left circumflex (LCx) ostium at 12 months.
OCT-based area stenosisat 12 months post procedureOCT-based area stenosis at the level of LM, LAD ostium and LCx ostium
Acute lumen gain (2D)at index procedureAcute lumen gain based on 2D quantitative coronary angiography
Acute lumen gain (3D)at index procedureAcute lumen gain based on 3D quantitative coronary angiography
Acute functional resultat index procedureAcute functional result in the LAD and in the LCx, defined by Murray law-based quantitative flow ratio (μQFR)
Functional result in the LAD and in the LCxat 12 months post procedureFunctional result in the LAD and in the LCx, defined by μQFR
Composite of death, myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization, hospitalization for heart failureat 6 months and 12 months pos procedureComposite of death, myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization, hospitalization for heart failure
Deathfrom index procedure to 12 months post procedureDeath upon 12 months
Myocardial Infarctionfrom index procedure to 12 months post procedureMyocardial Infarction upon 12 months.
Target vessel revascularizationfrom index procedure to 12 months post procedureTarget vessel revascularization upon 12 months.
Area stenosisat 12 months post procedureArea stenosis based on 3D quantitative coronary angiography at the level of LM, LAD ostium and LCx ostium
Hospitalization for heart failurefrom index procedure to 12 months post procedureHospitalization for heart failure upon 12 months.

Contacts

CONTACTAnnelena Held, PhD, MSc
annelena.held@redeoptimus.com+49 157 86743867
CONTACTMelissa Munoz Beilis, MD
melissa.munoz@redeoptimus.com+49 176 720 75 997
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORGábor Tóth, MD, PhD

Medical University of Graz

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 14, 2026