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Systematic Post-Implementation Evaluation of Stents

Recruiting
Conditions
Myocardial Ischemia
Interventions
Device: Promus stent on shelf
Device: Orsiro stent on shelf
Registration Number
NCT05584280
Lead Sponsor
Vastra Gotaland Region
Brief Summary

To conduct a quality assurance project to establish the differences in health care processes and cost effectiveness of having the thin-strut Orsiro stent versus the thicker strut Promus stent on the shelf (i.e. as the most accessible stent).

Detailed Description

Background:

Individual patient-level randomized trials have suggested that the ultrathin strut Orsiro stent is associated with a lower risk of adverse ischemic events than the thin strut Promus stent. However, there are theoretical advantages of each stent in regards to usability, delivery and radial strength.

Study design:

The SPECS trial is a prospective, open-label, cross-sectional, cluster randomized quality assurance project, in which cardiac catheterization laboratories (hereafter referred to as center) in Västra Götaland Sweden will participate. Each week each center will place either Orsiro or Promus in the shelf in the cath lab as the most accessible stent (their workhorse stent). The specific stent to be placed on the shelf at each center each week will be randomly decided.

All patients will be treated according to local treatment guidelines and at the discretion of the interventional cardiologists, including the choice of stents.

The patients will be identified via the Swedish Web-System for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-Based Care in Heart Disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies (SWEDEHEART) registry. The events at will be identified and extracted from Patient registry (Socialstyrelsen), Population registry (Folkbokföringen), Causes of death registry (Socialstyrelsen). Stent usage will be monitored via SWEDEHEART and local databases (stents for which the package was opened but the stent discarded).

Study population:

Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in Västra Götaland.

Primary objectives:

To investigate the cost-effectivess of placing either thin or thick strut stents on the shelf in the cath lab.

To investigate the weekly costs associated with placing either thin or thick strut stents on the shelf in the cath lab.

All outcomes will be tracked over time to assess whether greater experience with the thin strut stents results in changes in any cost differences over time.

If a sufficient number of patients are treated over the course of the project, retrospective analyses may be conducted using the assigned shelf stent as an instrument for assessing the effect of thin vs. thick stents on outcomes.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
6000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing PCI at any hospital participating in the study
Exclusion Criteria
  • None

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Promus stent on shelfPromus stent on shelfControl
Orsiro stent on shelfOrsiro stent on shelfTreatment
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cost effectiveness ratio (percent)1 year

Cost effectiveness of Orsiro compared to Promus on shelf.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
How long time did the procedure take?During the procedure

Procedure time (continuous variable)

How many other stents were used?During the procedure

Proportion of other stents used (percent)

How many additional units were needed?During the procedure

Number of adjunct devices used

How many patients were treated?1 week

Number of patients treated

Composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or coronary revascularization1- year

Cumulative risk of death, myocardial infarction, or coronary revascularization

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kardiologen

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Göteborg, Sweden

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