A Prospective, Multicenter, Self-controlled Clinical Trial to Validate Optical Ultrasonic Flow Ratio (OUFR) Based on Intravascular Imaging

The objective of this study is to verify a novel computational Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) index method, termed Optical Ultrasonic Flow Ratio (OUFR), based on intravascular imaging including intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). This is a prospective, multi-center, self-controlled clinical trial involving at least four medical centers to verify OUFR using wire-based FFR measurement as the gold standard.

Subjects: At least 114 subjects will be recruited based on statistical power analysis.

The primary inclusion criteria include: (1) At least 18 years old; (2) Anticipate to be performed percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); (3) Can sustain FFR measurement, IVUS and OCT imaging; (4) Understand the objective of this study, and sign informed consent form voluntarily. (5) The pullback of intravascular imaging covers the FFR measurement site and the entire stenotic lesion, and the OCT and IVUS images are of sufficient quality for OUFR analysis.

Specific exclusion criteria include: (1) Women with pregnancy or anticipate to be pregnant within 6 months; (2) Participated in other clinical studies within 3 months; (3) Had acute coronary syndromes within 30 days; (4) Heart failure (NYHA III or NYHA IV, or left ventricular ejection fraction<30%); (5) Abnormal levels of cTnI or cTnT within 72 hours of the procedure; (6) Had coronary artery bypass grafting surgery; (7) Diagnosed as bacteremia or septicemia; (8) Diagnosed as coronary artery spasm; (9) Clinically significant abnormal coagulation function; (10) Clinically significant abnormal liver or kidney function; (11) Clinically significant hemodynamic disorders or coma; (12) Allergic to contrast or have other potential risks due to allergy; (13) Presence of clinical unstable conditions, including acute chest pain, cardiogenic shock, unstable blood pressure (e.g. systolic pressure < 90mmHg), severe congestive heart failure or acute pulmonary edema; (14) Presence of other medical conditions not suitable for participating in this clinical study, such as complex congenital heart disease, myocardial bridge, long QT syndrome (LQTS), severe asthma, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or COPD with a dependency on bronchodilator, or with other severe infection or acute diseases; (15) Reference vessel diameter outside the range of 2.0-4.0mm by angiography, and diameter stenosis outside the range of 30%-90%; (16) Lesions associated with left main or coronary ostium, target vessel with severe tortuosity or calcified lesions, coronary total occlusion, diffuse lesions; (17) Target vessel with thrombus or dissection confirmed by angiography; (18) Target vessel with previous stenting; (19) Target vessel with the minimum lumen diameter < 1.1mm; (20) TIMI flow grade≤2; (21) Balloon predilatation before FFR wire measurement or intravascular imaging; (22) FFR wire or intravascular imaging catheter cannot pass the stenotic lesion; (23) Unable to observe maximal hyperemia during FFR measurement or failure to obtain FFR data; (24) Intravascular imaging failure due to the damage of imaging catheters or insufficient blood clearance, or operational factors; (25) Presence of vasospasm or injury during imaging; (24) Other reasons identified by investigators that preclude the subjects from participating in the study.

Main intervantional procedure: (1) For subjects meeting all the inclusion criteria, obtain the informed consent; (2) Apply exclusion criteria based on medical history and conditions; (3) Perform coronary angiography; (4) Perform FFR measurement using the pressure wire from Abbott (IL, USA); (5) Perform intravascular imaging with the C1-1 catheter from Panovision (Beijing, China) to obtain IVUS and integrated OCT-IVUS pullback images; (6) Apply exclusion criteria based on angiography, FFR and intravascular imaging, if necessary; (7) Collect data from all centers and send the data to an independent Corelab from the lead institution for OUFR computation and statistical analysis.