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Assessing Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive FFRCT in Coronary Care

Completed
Conditions
Coronary Artery Disease
Registration Number
NCT02499679
Lead Sponsor
HeartFlow, Inc.
Brief Summary

The objective of the HeartFlow ADVANCE Registry is to evaluate utility, clinical outcomes and resource utilization of FFRCT-guided evaluation in clinically stable, symptomatic patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) in order to further inform patients, health care providers, and other stakeholders about which technologies are most effective and efficient in the diagnosis and management of CAD.

Detailed Description

REGISTRY OBJECTIVE

The objective of the HeartFlow ADVANCE Registry is to evaluate utility, clinical outcomes and resource utilization of FFRCT-guided evaluation in clinically stable, symptomatic patients with CAD in order to further inform patients, health care providers, and other stakeholders about which technologies are most effective and efficient in the diagnosis and management of CAD.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1. To determine if the availability of FFRCT, in addition to coronary anatomy from the cCTA, will lead to a significant change in the coronary management plan.

2. To assess the real world outcomes of utilizing FFRCT to guide invasive management and/or medical treatment.

3. To assess resource utilization, following standard practice for diagnostic and treatment pathways incorporating FFRCT as the preferred CAD diagnostic test.

4. To provide society including patients, health care providers, and other stakeholders with information about which diagnostic technologies are most effective and efficient in managing patients with CAD.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
4737
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Provide written informed consent
  2. Clinically stable, symptomatic patients who undergo cCTA and are diagnosed with CAD and meet eligibility criteria for FFRCT.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. cCTA showing no CAD
  2. Uninterpretable cCTA by site assessment, in which severe artifacts prevent angiographic evaluation
  3. Any active, serious, life-threatening disease with a life expectancy of less than 1 year
  4. Inability to comply with follow-up requirements

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Participants With Reclassification of CAD Management, Assessed as the Therapeutic Recommendations Made Based on Review of Coronary CTA Alone Versus CTA + FFRCT, When Available, by a Central Integration Core Laboratory.at 90 days

The reclassification rate of management plans was assessed by the blinded independent review committee and local physician teams separately. These evaluations are meant to assess the potential impact of FFRCT on downstream testing and clinical decision making but were not be used to determine actual patient care. This endpoint is aimed at determining the incremental value of FFRCT over coronary CTA alone in the management of stable angina.

FFRCT is non-invasive method to determine FFR which computes the hemodynamic significance of CAD (FFRCT) from subject-specific cCTA data using computational fluid dynamics under rest and simulated maximal coronary hyperemic conditions (Taylor 2013).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Participants With Invasive Catheterization Without Obstructive DiseaseAt 90 days

Invasive catheterization without obstructive disease was measured by either site read coronary angiogram showing no stenosis of ≥ 50% or no invasively-measured FFR ≤ 0.80 in a segment distal to a stenosis.

Percentage of Individual Components of MACE at 90 Days90 days

Individual components of MACE defined as all cause death, non-fatal MI, unplanned hospitalization for ACS leading to urgent revascularization

Percentage of Major Adverse Coronary Events (MACE) at 1 Year1 year

MACE is defined as the composite rate of all cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and unplanned hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) leading to urgent revascularization.

Percentage of Participants With Reclassification Between Investigator Management Plan Based on cCTA Alone Compared to Actual Clinical Managementat 90 days

Coronary computed tomography angiography-derived fractional flow reserve resulted in revision of the clinical management plan as determined by the site investigators.

Percentage of Major Adverse Coronary Events (MACE) at 90 Days90 days

MACE is defined as the composite rate of all cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and unplanned hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) leading to urgent revascularization.

Cumulative Radiation Exposure From cCTA MilliSievert (mSv)Baseline

Cumulative radiation exposure calculated in non-invasive coronary diagnostic tests: cCTA effective radiation dose. Effective radiation dose measured as the product of dose-length product times for conversion coefficient for the chest (K = 0.026 mSv/mGy·cm).

Resource Utilization at 90 Days. Site-determined Post FFRCT Treatment Plan90 days

Resource utilization composite defined as the composite of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic coronary procedures and noninvasive cardiac testing. Site treating physician recommended clinical management strategies following coronary computed tomography angiography-derived fractional flow reserve.

Percentage of Individual Components of MACE at 1 Year1 year

Individual components of MACE defined as all cause death, non-fatal MI, unplanned hospitalization for ACS leading to urgent revascularization

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