Danish Study of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Testing in Coronary Artery Disease 2

Completed

• Conditions: Atherosclerosis; Angina Pectoris; Coronary Artery Disease; Myocardial Ischemia

• Registration Number: NCT03481712
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

In a cohort of symptomatic patients referred to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), the investigators aim:

1. To investigate and compare the diagnostic precision of Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography (Rb PET) and 3 Tesla Cardiac Magnetic Resonance imaging (3T CMRI) in patients where CCTA does not exclude significant coronary artery disease (CAD) using invasive coronary angiography with fractional flow reserve (ICA-FFR) as reference standard.

2. To evaluate the diagnostic precision of quantitative flow ratio (QFR) and ICA-FFR in patients where CCTA does not exclude significant CAD using Rb PET and 3T CMRI as reference standard.

3. To show superiority for the CADScor®System compared to the Diamond-Forrester score in detection of CAD with CCTA and ICA quantitative coronary angiography (ICA-QCA) as reference standard.

4. To study the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) in patients where CCTA does not exclude significant CAD with ICA-FFR as reference standard.

5. To identify and characterize genetic risk variants´ and circulating biomarkers´ importance in developing CAD.

6. To evaluate the bone mineral density in the hip and spine and correlate this to the degree of vascular calcification.

Detailed Description

CCTA has become the preferred diagnostic modality for symptomatic patients with low to intermediate risk of CAD. Of the patients examined, CCTA exclude cardiovascular disease in 70-80% with an excellent negative predictive value of more than 95%. Having a low positive predictive value, however, CCTA often overestimates the severity of CAD, especially in patients with moderate to severe coronary calcification. Following CCTA, patients are hence unnecessarily tested using golden standard ICA-FFR. These ICAs often show no obstructive coronary stenosis and are therefore not followed by revascularization. The issues outlined raises the question of whether it is possible (1) to make a more precise risk stratification and consequently better selection of patients prior to CCTA and (2) to reduce the number of patients referred for unnecessary ICAs following CCTA.

In patients with suspicion of coronary stenosis detected by CCTA, current guidelines recommend verification of myocardial ischemia. In Dan-NICAD 2, we intend to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of advanced non-invasive myocardial perfusion imaging tests; Rb PET and 3T CMRI. These examinations have shown a high diagnostic accuracy in symptomatic patients with high risk of ischemic heart disease. However, the diagnostic accuracy is not investigated in patients as follow-up after CCTA.

An alternative way to increase the diagnostic accuracy of CCTA and thus avoid unnecessary downstream testing using ICA is to utilize the ability to extract physiological information from the anatomical CCTA images. CT-FFR has in previous studies shown promising results. CT-FFR has not been head to head compared against Rb PET and 3T CMRI.

Obtained during ICA, QFR is a novel wire-free approach for fast computation of FFR with potential to increase the global use of physiological lesion assessment. QFR is superior to traditional assessment of intermediate coronary lesions (ICA-QCA diameter stenosis). However, disagreement between FFR and QFR has been identified in up to 20% of all measurements.

Acoustic detections of coronary stenosis from automatically recorded and analyzed heart sounds is a newly developed technology potentially useful for pre-test risk stratification before e.g. CCTA. One of these devices, the CADScor®System, has previously shown an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC of ROC) of 70-80% compared to conventional ICA-QCA. This indicates that the CADScor®System could potentially supplement clinical assessment of CAD and be used for risk stratification prior to CCTA.

The investigators aim to obtain blood samples for biobank purposes and record heart sounds with the CADScor®System in 2000 patients that by clinical evaluation undergo CCTA. In approximately 400 patients (20%), CCTA does not exclude significant CAD. These patients are all examined using Rb PET, 3T CMRI, and ICA with QCA. In patients with a coronary diameter stenosis of 30-90% determined during the ICA examination, FFR, coronary flow reserve (CFR) and QFR is performed.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-01-24
• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-21
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-29
• Status Verified: 2020-12
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-03
• Study Completion: 2020-12-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-01-19
• Last Update Posted: 2021-01-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1732

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with an indication for CCTA.
• Qualified patients who have signed a written informed consent form.

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Exclusion Criteria

CADScor specific

• Fragile or compromised skin in the area for application of the CADScor®Patch.
• Known allergy to polyacrylate adhesives.
• Significant operation scars or abnormal body shape in left IC4 (4th Inter Costal region).
• Use of vasodilating agents at the same day and prior to CAD-score measurements.

Demography and co-existing cardiac morbidity specific

• Age below 30 years.
• Patients having a donor heart, a mechanic heart, or mechanical heart pump.
• Suspicion acute coronary syndrome Previous revascularization.

Scan specific

CCTA:

• Pregnant women, including women who are potentially pregnant or lactating.
• Reduced kidney function, with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 40 mL/min.
• Allergy to X-ray contrast medium.

CMRI and PET:

• Contra-indication for adenosine (severe asthma, advanced AV block, or critical aorta stenosis).
• Contra-indications for MRI (implanted medicinal pumps or nerve stimulators, magnetic foreign objects in sensitive areas, i.e. the eye).
• Patients having an ICD or pacemaker, a cochlea implant, or metal clips evaluated by the including doctor.

General:

• Patients not able to breath-hold (COPD/asthma).

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diagnostic accuracy of CADScor vs. Diamond-Foster Score.	4 weeks after inclusion.	AUC-ROC for CAD-score and Diamond-Forrester score in detection of CAD with CCTA and ICA-QCA as reference in patients ≥40 years.
Diagnostic accuracy of 3T CMRI vs. Rb PET.	4 weeks after inclusion.	Head-to-head comparison using ICA-FFR as reference standard. Diagnostic accuracy is measured using specificity, sensitivity, positive and negative predictive value and likelihood ratios.
Diagnostic accuracy of QFR vs. ICA-FFR.	4 weeks after inclusion.	Head-to-head comparison using myocardial perfusion examinations as reference standard.; Diagnostic accuracy is measured using specificity, sensitivity, positive and negative predictive values, likelihood ratios and area under receiving operating curves (AUC-ROC).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Absolute measurements of coronary flow with quantitative CMRI analysis.	4 weeks after inclusion.	Correlation analysis between flow measurements estimated by quantitative CMRI vs. Rb PET.
QFR FFR mismatch.	4 weeks after inclusion.	A subgroup analysis is performed for patients with mismatch between QFR and FFR using CFR and IMR as reference standard.
Prognostic value of coronary CTA, RbPET, 3T CMR, CT-FFR and QFR	3+5+10 years after inclusion.	To investigate the 3, 5 and 10 yr. prognostic value of the study's imaging techniques in patients with symptoms suggestive of CAD referred for coronary CTA.
Genome-wide Associations.	4 weeks after inclusion.	The primary analysis will be a genome-wide association analysis, to determine candidate genes and markers underlying coronary artery disease and bone mineralization.
Bone mineral density.	1 day after inclusion.	To study the bone mineral density in this cohort and its relation to vascular calcification.
Diagnostic accuracy of quantitative CMRI analysis.	4 weeks after inclusion.	Diagnostic accuracy of quantitative CMRI analysis compared to ICA with FFR-CFR.
Diagnostic accuracy of CADScor vs. Diamond-Forrester Score.	4 weeks after inclusion.	Sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive value of CAD-score and Diamond-Forrester score with CCTA and ICA-QCA as reference standard.; For the CADScor®System specifically, the following criteria are applicable: * Sensitivity \>79%; * Negative predictive value maximum 3% lower than the anticipated negative predictive value; * Rule-out proportion ≥30%
CADScor.	4 weeks after inclusion.	AUC-ROCs, sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive value of CAD-score with ICA-FFR as reference standard.
Coronary flow measurement´s impact on diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI).	4 weeks after inclusion.	Impact of coronary flow reserve (CFR) and index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) on myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) diagnostic accuracy using specificity, sensitivity, positive and negative predictive values.
Diagnostic accuracy of CADScor vs. Diamond-Foster Score.	4 weeks after inclusion.	AUC-ROCs for CAD-score and Diamond-Forrester score in detection of CAD with CCTA and ICA-QCA as reference in total population.
Diagnostic accuracy of CT-FFR.	4 weeks after inclusion.	To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CT-FFR using ICA-FFR as reference standard.
Effect of revascularisation on symptoms of angina pectoris.	3+12 months after ICA	Evaluation of coronary revascularissation to reduce symptoms of angina pectoris 3 and 12 mdr. after ICA.
Prognostic value of clinical, biomarker, and genetic information.	3+5+10 years after inclusion.	To validate the 3, 5 and 10 yr. prognostic value of a pre-test probability score including clinical, biomarker and genitic information in patients with symptoms suggestive of CAD referred for coronary CTA.
Prognostic value of heart sound analysis and CAD-score.	3+5+10 years after inclusion.	To investigate the 3, 5 and 10 yr. prognostic value of pre-specified heart sound analysis and CAD-score in patients with symptoms suggestive of CAD referred for coronary CTA.

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Aarhus University Hospital; 🇩🇰 Aarhus, Region Midtjylland, Denmark

Regional Hospital of Randers; 🇩🇰 Randers, Denmark

Regional Hospital of Viborg; 🇩🇰 Viborg, Denmark

Regional Hospital of Herning; 🇩🇰 Herning, Region Midtjylland, Denmark

Regional Hospital of Silkeborg; 🇩🇰 Silkeborg, Region Midtjylland, Denmark