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RETRIEVE-AMI Study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Myocardial Infarction
Thrombus
Coronary Artery Disease
Interventions
Procedure: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Device: Retriever Thrombectomy
Procedure: Thrombus Aspiration
Registration Number
NCT05307965
Lead Sponsor
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Brief Summary

Heart attacks are caused by the sudden formation of a clot inside a diseased coronary artery which reduces blood flow beyond the blockage site. During conventional treatment of the blockage with what is known as a stent; a stainless steel tub that keeps the artery open, the clot that has formed is disrupted and is pushed further down leading to damage in smaller blood vessels supplying the heart muscle. This additional damage can lead to long-term heart muscle damage influencing recovery and wellbeing. The original concept that was tested to prevent this 'clot shower' was that of a suction device to withdraw the clot before stenting. However, this approach has not translated to patient benefit. Amongst the reasons put forward for the inefficacy of the suction device was that it does not remove the entire clot as it does not interact with it. A new device that physically interacts with the clot and traps it before pulling it out - the stent retriever - is now routinely used in stroke therapy to remove clots in the arteries supplying the brain. This device has been successfully used as a last resort to remove clots in a small number of heart attacks. The investigators hypothesize that stent retriever therapy will be more effective in clot removal than the current standard of care; suction or stenting. To study this, the investigators propose the RETRIEVE-AMI randomised controlled trial.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
81
Inclusion Criteria
  • Primary PCI patient with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
  • TIMI 0/1 flow at presentation
  • Angiographic thrombus score ≥ 4
  • Vessel diameter at site of occlusion ≥ 3.0 mm (measured by quantitative coronary angiography)
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Female participant who is pregnant or lactating
  • Participant with known hypersensitivity to nickel-titanium
  • Unconscious at presentation
  • Late presenter (pain to wire time > 12 h)
  • Class Killip III/IV and/or profound bradycardia (Heart rate < 40 bpm)
  • Known history of kidney failure
  • Ostial occlusion
  • Highly tortuous vessel
  • Highly calcified vessel
  • Suspected (angiographically) spontaneous coronary artery dissection
  • Stent thrombosis
  • Previous stent implanted proximal to the occlusion site
  • Previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)
  • Previous STEMI/Transient Ischemic Attack/Stroke
  • Known anaemia (Hemoglobin <9)
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Thrombus AspirationThrombus AspirationParticipants will have standard of care treatment with manual thrombectomy catheter and PCI. They will undergo PCI with devices and techniques driven by clinical decision making at the patient level and institutional level, and carried out in accordance with the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust department guidelines.
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Thrombus AspirationPercutaneous Coronary InterventionParticipants will have standard of care treatment with manual thrombectomy catheter and PCI. They will undergo PCI with devices and techniques driven by clinical decision making at the patient level and institutional level, and carried out in accordance with the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust department guidelines.
Standalone Percutaneous Coronary InterventionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionParticipants will have standard of care treatment. They will undergo PCI with devices and techniques driven by clinical decision making at the patient level and institutional level, and carried out in accordance with the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust department guidelines.
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Retriever ThrombectomyPercutaneous Coronary InterventionParticipants randomised to the stent-retriever thrombectomy arm of the RETRIEVE AMI trial will undergo stent-retriever thrombectomy with the SolitaireTM X Revascularisation Device.
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Retriever ThrombectomyRetriever ThrombectomyParticipants randomised to the stent-retriever thrombectomy arm of the RETRIEVE AMI trial will undergo stent-retriever thrombectomy with the SolitaireTM X Revascularisation Device.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Device-related target vessel complicationsPre-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with angiography and/or OCT

Device deficiencyPre-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with angiography and/or OCT

Thrombus volume (mm3)Pre-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with Optical Coherence Tomography \[OCT\]

Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE)Up to 30 days after PCI
MACCEAt 6 months after PCI
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Thrombus area (mm2)Pre-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with OCT

Stent expansion & appositionPost-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with OCT

Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flowPost-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with angiography

Thromboatheroma area (mm2)Post-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with OCT

Myocardial Blush GradePost-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with angiography

Flow area (mm2)Post-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with OCT

Angiography derived coronary physiology indicesPost-stent implantation during PCI

Assessed with angiography

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Oxford Heart Centre

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Oxford, United Kingdom

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