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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a severe but treatable disease that is commonly underdiagnosed. Computed tomography lung subtraction iodine mapping (CT-LSIM) in addition to standard CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) may improve the evaluation of suspected chronic pulmonary embolism and improve the diagnostic pick up rate. The investigators aim to recruit 100 patients suspected of having CTEPH and perform CT-LSIM scans in addition to the current gold standard test of nuclear medicine test (lung single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging) as a pilot study which will contribute to and inform the definitive trial. The diagnostic accuracy of CT-LSIM and lung SPECT will be compared. The primary outcome of the full definitive study is non-inferiority of CT-LSIM versus lung SPECT imaging.


Clinical Trial Description

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a treatable, life-threatening disease that occurs in up to 4% of patients following acute pulmonary embolism (PE)(1). The disease is characterised by remodelling of the pulmonary arteries due to poor clearance of clot. Prognosis is very poor without treatment, and pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is well established as the definitive and potentially curative treatment method for CTEPH.

The European Society of Cardiology recommends ventilation/perfusion single photon emission tomography (V/Q SPECT) as the first line-screening test for patients with CTEPH. The perfusion image involves injection of 99mTc labelled macroaggregated human albumin, exposing the patient to ionizing radiation and the study acquisition time is 30-40 minutes.

Evaluation of the pulmonary arterial tree by computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and lung perfusion is required to determine the appropriate treatment strategy in chronic thromboembolic disease (CTED). Recently, there has been much interest in the application of lung perfused blood volume images using dual-energy CT (DECT) to assess lung perfusion (2, 3). However, DECT is not widely available in hospitals across the UK and V/Q SPECT remains the reference standard. The rationale, methodology and design of the IodiNe SubtracTion mappInG in the diAgnosis of chronic pulmonary ThromboEmbolic disease (INSTIGATE) study are summarised in this paper.

Rationale of the INSTIGATE study:

Computed tomography lung subtraction iodine mapping (CT-LSIM) and accompanying software is now available in routine clinical practice (Sure subtractionTM, Toshiba Medical Systems; FDA report K130960). CT-LSIM images are created using on a non-rigid registration of a low dose unenhanced thoracic CT to a CTPA, with both examinations performed during the same sitting in less than 10 minutes total scanning time. Subtraction of the non-contrast CT from the contrast-enhance CTPA produces the CT-LSIM. CT-LSIM simultaneously provide high-spatial-resolution images of the pulmonary arterial tree and parenchymal anatomy in combination with functional examination of lung perfusion.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an alternative approach with the advantage of the lack of ionizing radiation and can produce lung perfusion maps with good diagnostic accuracy for CTED (5). MRI is relatively limited in comparison to CT in terms of availability and the lack of ability to provide an out of hours service in some centres. Recently, it has been shown that Gadolinium is deposited in the basal ganglia, the clinical significance of the retained gadolinium in the brain, if any, remains unknown (4). Further research is ongoing.

A recent meta-analysis and systematic review, highlights the diagnostic potential of CT in both screening and for surgical and interventional operability (6).

Replacement of CT for V/Q SPECT in the setting of screening for CTED would lead to a cost saving per patient. The diagnosed incidence of CTEPH is approximately 700 cases in the UK, projected to rise to about 1000 in 2025. Estimated pick up rate of perfusion defects in patients with suspected CTED is 59% at a specialist centre (pick up rates are likely to be much lower at non-specialist centres). An estimated 1186 patients are screened at specialist centres, if these patients were screened using CT instead of SPECT, significant cost savings can be made.

In patients found to have CTED on lung SPECT, CTPA is also required to characterise the extent of pulmonary arterial clot for surgical planning, and this would be a further cost. By using CTPA with iodine subtraction mapping for screening and surgical planning. ;


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NCT number NCT03806907
Study type Observational
Source University of Sheffield
Contact Andy J Swift, PhD
Phone 0114 2159595
Email a.j.swift@sheffield.ac.uk
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase
Start date April 1, 2019
Completion date August 30, 2020

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