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Multicenter Registry for Angiography-Derived Quantitative Flow Ratio

Completed
Conditions
Ischemic Heart Disease
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: QFR assessment
Registration Number
NCT03791788
Lead Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
Brief Summary

1. to investigate the feasibility and diagnostic performance of contrast quantitative flow ratio (QFR) for identifying the functional significance of intermediate degree stenotic lesions in all-comer patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) including presentation of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with non-culprit lesion.

2. to compare the changes of contrast QFR and fractional flow reserve (FFR) according to severity of percent diameter stenosis (%DS)

3. to evaluate prognostic implication of contrast QFR in comparison with FFR

Detailed Description

Despite potential clinical benefits and abundant evidences of FFR-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), adoption rate of FFR is still low in real world practice, most likely due to use of additional resource and to concern about side effects of hyperemic agent. Therefore, several tools to derive FFR non-invasively has been developed based on computational fluid dynamics to overcome the limitations. One of the novel methods, the contrast quantitative flow ratio (QFR) is a computation of FFR based on 3-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) combined with Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame counts adjustment without hyperemic agent infusion.

Although diagnostic performance of contrast QFR for evaluation of functional significance, using FFR as reference standard, is well validated in patients with stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD), there have been lack of evidence regarding the reliability of QFR for non-culprit stenosis in patients with AMI.

Therefore, the investigators sought to investigate the feasibility and diagnostic performance of contrast QFR for identifying the functional significance of coronary stenosis in all-comer patients with CAD. In addition, prognostic implication of contrast QFR will be also compared with that of FFR.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
524
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subject must be ≥18 years
  • Patients suspected with ischemic heart disease
  • Patients with intermediate degree of coronary artery stenosis (40-70% stenosis by visual estimation) in major epicardial coronary artery with FFR measurement
  • Patients who were able to analyze QFR
  • Subject is able to verbally confirm understandings of risks, benefits and treatment alternatives of receiving invasive physiologic evaluation and he/she or his/her legally authorized representative provides
Exclusion Criteria
  • Left main (LM) or right coronary artery (RCA) ostial lesion
  • Severe overlap of stenotic segments
  • Severe tortuosity of target vessel
  • Poor angiographic image quality precluding contour detection
  • No optimal images with angles ≥ 25o

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
QFR GroupQFR assessmentPatients with suspected ischemic heart disease including stable angina, or acute coronary syndrome including unstable angina, NSTEMI (non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction), or STEMI (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) with non-culprit stenosis who underwent FFR measurement and were able to analyze QFR.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diagnostic accuracy of QFRthrough study completion, an average of 6 months

Diagnostic accuracy of contrast QFR to predict FFR lower than 0.8

Vessel-related composite outcomethrough study completion, an average of 2 year

a composite of cardiac death, vessel-related myocardial infarction, and vessel-related ischemia driven revascularization

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sensitivity of QFRthrough study completion, an average of 6 months

Sensitivity of contrast QFR to predict FFR lower than 0.8

Specificity of QFRthrough study completion, an average of 6 months

Specificity of contrast QFR to predict FFR lower than 0.8

Correlation between QFR and FFRthrough study completion, an average of 6 months

Correlation between QFR and FFR

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital

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Goyang-si, Korea, Republic of

Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center

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Daegu, Korea, Republic of

Samsung Medical Center

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Chosun University Hospital

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Gwangju, Korea, Republic of

Seoul National University Hospital

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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