Validation of vFFR as Compared to FFR to Guide Revascularization of Non-culprit Lesions in STEMI Patients

Recruiting

• Conditions: ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05698719
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center

Brief Summary

This prospective multicenter observational cohort study is designed to study the diagnostic performance of acute-setting angiography-based FFR (e.g. vFFR) for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions in STEMI patients, with acute-setting FFR and acute-setting NHPR (e.g. RFR) as the reference standards.

Detailed Description

The FAST STEMI II study is an investigator-initiated, multicenter, single-arm, observational cohort study aiming to include 111 patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The study is designed to assess the diagnostic performance of acute-setting angiography-based fractional flow reserve (e.g. vessel fractional flow reserve (vFFR)) for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions, with acute-setting fractional flow reserve (FFR) and acute-setting non-hyperemic pressure ratio (NHPR) (e.g. resting full-cycle ratio (RFR)) as the reference standards.

Angiography-based FFR has the potential to guide complete revascularization in STEMI patients with multivessel disease, thereby reducing the need for invasive pressure wires and hyperemic agents. However, dedicated data regarding the diagnostic performance of acute-setting angiography-based FFR, with acute-setting FFR and NHPR as the reference standards, is currently lacking for this subset of patients.

Of note, FFR slightly underestimates the hemodynamic significance of non-culprit lesions in the acute setting due to microvascular constriction and a blunted hyperemic response, while NHPR slightly overestimates the functional lesion significance. Angiography-based fractional flow reserve is not affected by changes in the microvasculature. Potential discrepancies between acute-setting angiography-based FFR, FFR and NHPR might be explained by the microvascular state, expressed as coronary flow reserve (CFR) and the index of microvascular resistance (IMR).

Main objectives:

1. To study the diagnostic performance of acute-setting vFFR for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions in STEMI patients, with acute-setting FFR as the reference standard.

2. To study the diagnostic performance of acute-setting vFFR for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions in STEMI patients, with acute-setting RFR as the reference standards.

3. To study the impact of CFR and IMR on the potential discrepancies between acute-setting vFFR, FFR and RFR.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-06-22
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-26
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-26
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-22
• Study Completion: 2023-06-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 111

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years or older.
• At least one intermediate non-culprit lesion (50-90% diameter stenosis by visual estimation or online QCA) in a non-infarct related artery (reference vessel diameter >2.00 mm) for which invasive pressure wire-based physiological assessment is deemed feasible and indicated.

Exclusion Criteria

• Presentation with cardiac arrest or cardiogenic shock.
• Previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention involving the non-culprit vessel.
• Ostial left main or ostial right coronary artery lesion.
• Excessive overlap, foreshortening or tortuosity precluding vFFR computation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The diagnostic performance of acute-setting vFFR for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions, with acute-setting FFR as the reference standard.	Intraprocedural (0 days)	Diagnostic performance: sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value (ischemic cutoff value acute-setting vFFR and acute-setting FFR: ≤0.80).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The correlation between CFR and the potential discrepancies between acute-setting vFFR, FFR and RFR.	Intraprocedural (0 days)	The microvascular state is expressed as coronary flow reserve (CFR).
The diagnostic performance of acute-setting vFFR for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions, with acute-setting RFR as the reference standard.	Intraprocedural (0 days)	Diagnostic performance: sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value (ischemic cutoff value acute-setting vFFR: ≤0.80; acute-setting RFR: ≤0.89).
The diagnostic performance of offline vFFR for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions, with offline dPR as the reference standard.	Postprocedural (max. 7 days)	Diagnostic performance: sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value (ischemic cutoff value offline vFFR: ≤0.80; offline dPR: ≤0.89).
The diagnostic performance of acute-setting vFFR for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions, with offline dPR as the reference standard.	Postprocedural (max. 7 days)	Diagnostic performance: sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value (ischemic cutoff value acute-setting vFFR: ≤0.80; offline dPR: ≤0.89).
The diagnostic performance of acute-setting RFR for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions, with acute-setting FFR as the reference standard.	Intraprocedural (0 days)	Diagnostic performance: sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value (ischemic cutoff value acute-setting RFR: ≤0.89; acute-setting FFR: ≤0.80).
The diagnostic performance of offline vFFR for the physiological assessment of intermediate non-culprit lesions, with acute-setting FFR and RFR as the reference standards.	Postprocedural (max. 7 days)	Diagnostic performance: sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value (ischemic cutoff value offline vFFR: ≤0.80; acute-setting FFR: ≤0.80; acute-setting RFR: ≤0.89).
The correlation between IMR and the potential discrepancies between acute-setting vFFR, FFR and RFR.	Intraprocedural (0 days)	The microvascular state is expressed as the index of microvascular resistance (IMR).

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Erasmus University Medical Center; 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Medical University of Warsaw; 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland