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The Bioresorbable Implants for Scaffolding Obstructions in Randomized Bifurcations (BIFSORB) Study

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Coronary Artery Disease
Interventions
Device: Desolve
Device: Absorb
Registration Number
NCT02973529
Lead Sponsor
Aarhus University Hospital Skejby
Brief Summary

Coronary artery disease is often treated by implantation of permanent metallic stents.Coronary stents are required in the early healing phase after balloon dilatation but constitute a lifelong foreign body. New bioresorbable stents have been developed and are believed to improve long-term safety. The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and vessel healing after treatment of simple bifurcation lesions with the CE-marked bioresorbable stents Absorb and Desolve.

Detailed Description

BIFSORB is a prospective, randomized multicenter trial comparing 6-month healing outcome after treatment of simple coronary bifurcation lesions by Absorb or Desolve BRS. for treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions.

BRS are promising in treatment of coronary artery disease. The concept of bifurcation treatment using BRS is particular appealing as struts covering the side branch ostium may resorb over time.

The aim of this study is to compare the 6 months safety and vessel healing after treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions by the Desolve or Absorb BRS.

Hypothesis: Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions using Absorb and Desolve bioresorbable stents is safe. Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions by Desolve BRS is associated with a lower index of adverse vessel wall features (main vessel area stenosis, acquired malapposition, evaginations, late recoil, single end attached protruding struts, side branch ostial area stenosis) at 6 months compared to treatment with Absorb BRS.

Methods:

Prospective, open label, single blind, randomized, feasibility and safety pilot study with inclusion of 120 patients. Randomization 1:1 to Absorb or Desolve. Planned 6- and 24-month follow-up by OCT and follow-up for clinical endpoints until 10 years.

Eligible patients with a bifurcation lesion are treated by the provisional technique with mandatory jailing of the side branch and provisional opening of side branch ostium by the mini-kiss technique in case of severe pinching or TIMI-flow less than III. Proximal post-dilatation is mandatory. No dilatation beyond the expansion limits of the BRS.

The patients are assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) before, during and after implantation of the Absorb or Desolve BRS at baseline procedure and again at 6- and 24-month follow-up, or before if they are readmitted with a possible target lesion failure.

The operator is not blinded to pre-PCI OCT images that may be used for sizing and positioning of the scaffolds. Procedural OCT may be used to optimize scaffold implantation before performing final OCT.

Results are reported as clinical safety at 6 months (myocardial infarction, revascularization, death) and stent healing index by OCT including malapposition, stent coverage, side branch ostial area late loss, fracture and evaginations.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  • Stable angina pectoris
  • Age > 18 years
  • Stabilized non-ST elevation myocardial infarction
  • Silent angina
  • De novo coronary bifurcation lesions at LAD/diagonal, CX/obtuse marginal, RCA-PDA/posterolateral branch
  • All Medina classes except Medina x.x.1
  • Diameter of side branch ≥ 2.5 mm
  • Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • ST-elevation infarction within 48 hours
  • Expected survival < 1 year
  • Severe heart failure (NYHA≥III)
  • S-creatinine > 120 µmol/L
  • Allergy to contrast media, aspirin, clopidogrel, ticagrelor, ticlopidine, everolimus or novolimus
  • Unable to cover main vessel lesion with one scaffold
  • Severe tortuosity
  • Severe calcification

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
DesolveDesolveRandomization to implantation of Desolve BRS in bifurcation lesion
AbsorbAbsorbRandomization to implantation of Absorb BVS in bifurcation lesion
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of participants with Clinical safety measured as: major procedural myocardial infarction, non-procedural target vessel myocardial infarction, target lesion failure, cardiac death.6 months

Clinical safety measured as: major procedural myocardial infarction, non-procedural target vessel myocardial infarction, target lesion failure, cardiac death.

Index of adverse vessel wall features6 months

Side branch ostial area late loss, strut fracture, uncovered non-side branch apposed stent struts, uncovered stent struts in front of side branch, uncovered stent struts on acquired or persistent malapposed struts, persistent malapposition, max neointimal thickness/area stenosis, cumulated extra stent lumen gain

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Ostial strut lossBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Extra stent lumen (including evaginations)Baseline, 6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: acquired malapposition6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: persistent malapposition6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Stent strut coverage6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Healing above lipid plaque6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Coverage of jailing struts6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Segmental area stenosisBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Angiographic endpoint: Ostial side branch acute gain after main vessel stentingBaseline
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Late stent recoil6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: stent fractureBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Minimum scaffold expansion area %Baseline, 6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: acute malappositionBaseline
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Minimal luminal area in segmental analysisBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Minimal stent area in segmental analysisBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Healing above calcified plaque6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Late thrombus on struts6 and 24 months
Angiographic endpoint: Ostial side branch area stenosisBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Angiographic endpoint: Proximal main vessel acute gain after main vessel stentingBaseline
Angiographic endpoint: Proximal main vessel late loss6 and 24 months
Procedural endpoints: Contrast useBaseline
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Single end attached protruding (floating) struts or neointimal tissue resembling strutsBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Mean neointimal thickness6 and 24 months
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Acute thrombus on strutsBaseline
Optical coherence tomography endpoint: Acute expansionBaseline

Measured in segments with; 1) calcified plaque, 2) lipid plaque, 3) area after predilatation \< 30% of reference area, 4) stenosed segments (\>50% area stenosis) with no dissections after predilatation

Angiographic endpoint: Ostial distal main vessel late loss6 and 24 months
Angiographic endpoint: Proximal main vessel area stenosisBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Procedural endpoints: Procedure timeBaseline

From sheath insertion to closure device excluding treatment of other vessels

Angiographic endpoint: Ostial distal main vessel acute gain after main vessel stentingBaseline
Optical coherence tomography endpoint:Late recoil6 and 24 months

Measured in segments with; 1) calcified plaque, 2) lipid plaque, 3) area after predilatation \< 30% of reference area, 4) stenosed segments (\>50% area stenosis) with no dissections after predilatation

Angiographic endpoint: Ostial side branch late loss6 and 24 months
Angiographic endpoint: Ostial distal main vessel area stenosisBaseline, 6 and 24 months
Procedural endpoints: Fluoroscopy timeBaseline
Angiographic endpoint: Minimal luminal area of all segmentsBaseline, 6 and 24 months

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Latvian Heart Center

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Riga, Latvia

Aarhus University Hospital

🇩🇰

Aarhus N, Denmark

Odense University Hospital

🇩🇰

Odense, Denmark

Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde

🇩🇰

Roskilde, Denmark

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