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Imaging Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction (CMD) Study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
Angina
Interventions
Radiation: PET imaging
Radiation: Coronary CT angiogram
Procedure: Functional Angiography
Procedure: Treadmill exercise stress study
Registration Number
NCT05634031
Lead Sponsor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Brief Summary

Angina is a common clinical symptom of ischemic heart disease, affecting up to 11 million people in the United States alone, and 112 million people globally. Despite this, 4 in 10 patients undergoing elective coronary angiography for angina and ischemia do not have evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). This condition of ischemia with no obstructive CAD (INOCA) is associated with high clinical and economic morbidity, as these patients have a higher rate of repeat procedures and hospitalizations, worse quality of life, future adverse cardiovascular events and frequent time missed from work.

The overall objective of this study is to develop and validate a non-invasive algorithm for diagnosis and management of patients with INOCA and suspected microvascular dysfunction centered around cardiac PET MPI. A secondary goal of the study is to assess for improvement in patient symptoms, function and quality of life from PET-guided management of CMD in patients with INOCA.

This study will take place at Mount Sinai Morningside in the PET and CTunit on the 3rd floor. The sub-study will occur at Mount Sinai Morningside Cath Lab on the 3rd floor. The study will enroll an estimated total of 70 subjects, 12 of which will also participate in the sub-study. The study is estimated to last 2 years.

Detailed Description

All patients will be consented and will undergo Rb-82 rest-stress myocardial perfusion imaging PET with flow quantitation using vasodilator (regadenoson preferred) stressor and cold pressor test and an exercise treadmill test according to standard modified Bruce protocol (if able to exercise).

Only the patients who do not have a recent coronary CT angiography will be consented for undergoing a coronary CT angiography for measurement of plaque burden and quantification of extent and degree of epicardial stenosis.

A small subset of patients who have abnormal flow parameters on PET will be invited to participate in the invasive angiographic validation cohort and will undergo an invasive functional angiography with measurement of FFR, CFR, IMR and Ach-vasoreactivity testing to obtain validation data for PET-guided diagnosis of CMD. A short questionnaire of symptom, suspected diagnosis and planned management will be administered to the treating physician prior to and post-study enrollment.

Patient risk factors, symptoms, health status, medications will be collected using standardized data collection form on study enrollment.

For Aim 2, the cardiac PET findings will be made available to the treating clinician.

A positive PET result for endothelial-independent CMD will be defined as global MBFR \<2. A positive PET result for endothelial-dependent CMD will be defined as MBF with cold-pressor test \<=40%.

If there was evidence of CMD on cardiac PET, specific treatment recommendations will be made available to the treating physician. These recommendations will include consideration of aspirin, statin and ACE-inhibitors in all patients, beta-blockers (eg: carvedilol 6.25 mg BID with uptitration) as first line, non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (cardizem and verapamil) as second line, and amlodipine (in combination with beta-blocker) or ranolazine as third-line therapy.

Patient symptoms and health status and downstream resource utilization (ER admissions for chest pain, use of other invasive or non-invasive diagnostic procedures for CAD) will be collected at 3 months.

Invasive physiology measurements will be made available to the treating clinician along with recommended management based on INOCA endotype (corMICA trial treatment algorithm) at completion of 3 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Patients with INOCAPET imagingPatients to undergo coronary angiogram and/or coronary CT angiogram for suspected ischemic symptoms of angina and dyspnea but do not have obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease.
Patients with INOCATreadmill exercise stress studyPatients to undergo coronary angiogram and/or coronary CT angiogram for suspected ischemic symptoms of angina and dyspnea but do not have obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease.
Patients with INOCACoronary CT angiogramPatients to undergo coronary angiogram and/or coronary CT angiogram for suspected ischemic symptoms of angina and dyspnea but do not have obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease.
Patients with INOCAFunctional AngiographyPatients to undergo coronary angiogram and/or coronary CT angiogram for suspected ischemic symptoms of angina and dyspnea but do not have obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ)3 months

The Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) is a 7-item self-administered questionnaire with a 4-week recall period measuring health status in patients with CAD across 3 domains: physical limitation (PL), angina frequency (AF), and quality of life (QoL). Full scale from 0-100, with higher score indicating better health outcome.

Rose Dyspnea Scale (RDS)3 months

Rose Dyspnea Scale (RDS) is a 4-item questionnaire with a 1-month recall period that assesses patients' level of dyspnea with common activities. Full scores range from 0 to 4, where 0 indicates no dyspnea with activity and 4 indicates significant limitations due to dyspnea. Higher score indicates poorer health outcomes.

Number of ER admissions for chest pain per participant3 months

The number of ER admissions for chest pain per participant.

Euro-QOL 5 Dimension Visual Analog Scale (EQ5D-VAS)3 months

Euro-QOL 5 Dimension Visual Analog Scale (EQ5D-VAS) The EQ-5D gives a measure of health-related quality of life. The visual analogue score is a measure of overall self-rated health status with full scale from 0-100. Higher scores indicate better health outcomes.

Number of use of other invasive or non-invasive diagnostic procedures for CAD3 months

The number of use of other invasive or non-invasive diagnostic procedures for CAD

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The Bruce protocol scorewithin 3 months of patient enrollment

Sub group: Treadmill Exercise Stress Test to obtain mean values of exercise capacity (metabolic equivalents, METs) will be assessed for patients with and without CMD as defined on PET.

The Bruce protocol for exercise test uses a series of calculations to determine a subject's score. This score then indicates physical fitness and the presence of coronary heart disease. The Bruce protocol uses the following calculations: VO2max (ml/kg/min) = 14.76 - (1.379 × T) + (0.451 × T²) - (0.012 × T³) Women: VO2max (ml/kg/min) = 2.94 x T + 3.74 Young Women: VO2max (ml/kg/min) = 4.38 × T - 3.9 Men: VO2max (ml/kg/min) = 2.94 x T + 7.65 Young Men: VO2max (ml/kg/min) = 3.62 x T + 3.91.

Number of participants with METs >=10 METSwithin 3 months of patient enrollment

Prevalence of CMD will be assessed among patients with preserved (METs \>=10 METS) and reduced exercise capacity.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mount Sinai Morningside

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New York, New York, United States

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