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Ischemic Postconditioning in STEMI Patients Treated With Primary PCI

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Interventions
Procedure: Ischemic postconditioning
Procedure: Conventional
Registration Number
NCT03787745
Lead Sponsor
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Brief Summary

In a prospective, randomized clinical trial the iPOST2 trial will determine whether ischemic postconditioning reduces reperfusion injury and this will translate into improved clinical outcome of heart failure and death for STEMI patients who present with TIMI0-1 undergoing primary PCI

Detailed Description

Myocardial reperfusion with the use primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is effective, but restoration of blood flow may itself jeopardize the myocardium, a phenomenon known as reperfusion injury.

In ischemic postconditioning (iPOST), repetitive interruptions of blood flow to the injured region applied after initial reperfusion, has been shown favorable with different modalities such as biomarkers, echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance.

However, the largest trial to date (DANAMI3-iPOST) failed to show clinical favor of iPOST when compared to conventional PCI. Importantly, however, in DANAMI3-iPOST thrombectomy was allowed and this might have impaired postconditioning, since thrombectomy itself creates reperfusion and thus reperfusion damage. Analysis of the fraction of DANAMI3-iPOST patients not undergoing thrombectomy showed a remarkable 45% reduction in death and heart failure in favor of postconditioning.

iPOST2 will investigate in a randomized, prospective and adequately powered trial the effect of iPOST without thrombectomy compared to conventional PCI on the development of heart failure and death in STEMI patients.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1800
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥18 years
  • Acute onset of chest pain with < 12 hours duration
  • STEMI as characterized by 2 mm ST elevation in 2 or more V1 through V4 leads or presumed new left bundle branch block with minimum of 1 mm concordant ST elevation or 1 mV ST-segment elevation in the limb lead (II, III and aVF, I, aVL) and V4-V6 or ST depression in 2 or more V1 through V4 leads indicating posterior AMI.
  • TIMI flow 0-1 in infarct related artery
Exclusion Criteria
  • Potential pregnancy
  • Refusal to participate
  • OHCA without subsequent consciousness despite ROSC
  • Thrombectomy considered unavoidable

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Ischemic postconditioningIschemic postconditioningIn addition to state of the art primary PCI in patients with TIMI0-1 ischemic postconditioning with an adequately sized balloon (60 reperfusion/60 seconds re-occlusion, four cycles) will be performed, however thrombectomy will not be allowed
ConventionalConventionalState of the art primary PCI in patients with TIMI0-1 will be performed, however thrombectomy will not be allowed
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
All cause mortality or hospitalization for heart failureFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented hospitalization for heart failure or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 280 events have been adjudicated or up to 36 months

Composite endpoint of all cause mortality or hospitalization for heart failure which ever occur first

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of patients hospitalized for heart failureFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented hospitalization for heart failure assessed up to 280 events have been adjudicated or up to 36 months

Any hospitalization for heart failure occurring after the index STEMI

Percentage of patients with strokeFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented hospitalization for heart failure or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 280 events have been adjudicated or up to 36 months

An acute episode of focal or global neurological dysfunction caused by brain injury

All cause mortalityFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented death from any cause assessed up to 280 events have been adjudicated or up to 36 months

All cause mortality

Percentage of patients with myocardial infarctionFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented hospitalization for heart failure or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 280 events have been adjudicated or up to 36 months

Any myocardial infarction occurring after the index STEMI

Percentage of patients with a combination of all-cause mortality, hospitalization for heart failure, new myocardial infarction and stroke/transitory cerebral ischemiaFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented hospitalization for heart failure or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 280 events have been adjudicated or up to 36 months

Composite endpoint of all-cause mortality, hospitalization for heart failure, new myocardial infarction and stroke/transitory cerebral ischemia

Cardiovascular deathFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented hospitalization for heart failure or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 280 events have been adjudicated or up to 36 months

Cardiovascular death

Percentage of patients with a combination of hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular deathFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented hospitalization for heart failure or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 280 events have been adjudicated or up to 36 months

A composite of hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death

Danish eq5d5l standard Quality of life1 year

Self assesed quality of life after the Danish eq5d5l standard scale (1 worst score -100 best score)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Heart Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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