Effectiveness of Thrombus Aspiration in Plaque Reduction for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Acute Coronary Syndrome Clinical Trial

— REMNANT  

Official title:

REduction of Myocardial Necrosis Achieved With Nose-dive Manual Thrombus Aspiration

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01342848
• Other study ID #: 2010-021835-15
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 12, 2011
• Last updated: June 4, 2015
• Start date: March 2011
• Est. completion date: October 2011

Study information

• Verified date: June 2015
• Source: G. d'Annunzio University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Italy: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Although successful, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with stent implantation may be hampered by periprocedural myocardial necrosis. In acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the reduction of thrombus burden through manual thrombus aspiration (TA) of an occluded coronary artery has been documented to produce an improved myocardial perfusion rate and significant survival advantage. To date, beyond feasibility and safety studies no clinical benefit has been yet documented with the use of TA before stent deployment in the setting of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) outside acute STEMI. The investigators hypothesize that TA before stent deployment reduces the thrombus/plaque burden - as assessed by intravascular imaging systems - in the setting of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) outside acute STEMI.

Description:

Periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI) has an independent adverse prognostic relevance. Several trials have documented a reduction in the occurrence of periprocedural MI through various pharmacological strategies, with enhanced inhibition of platelet aggregation or high dose statins. However, real-world registries still document an incidence of periprocedural MI in 30-40% of patients. Currently available intravascular imaging techniques, Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) and more recently available Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) allow a precise evaluation of the coronary plaque and can be extremely useful for monitoring plaque modifications obtained with thrombus aspiration (TA). Plaque burden will be assessed as plaque + media (P+M), commonly measured with IVUS by subtracting lumen (L) to external elastic membrane (EEM) cross sectional area (P+M= EEM-L).

Expecting a mean plaque volume of 160±50 mm3 in a population of patients with ACS undergoing PCI, a sample size of at least 45 patients (52 lesions) with a recent (<15 days, but after 24 hours) STEMI or a non-ST elevation (NSTE)-ACS within 72 hours of symptoms would provide a 90% power to detect a 20% reduction in the plaque volume after TA with an alpha (probability value) of 0.05.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 76
• Est. completion date: October 2011
• Est. primary completion date: September 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18-75 years old.

• Recent(<15 days, >24 hrs)STEMI or NSTE-ACS within 72 hrs of symptoms.

• Presence at least one "culprit" high-grade (>90%)lesion.

Exclusion Criteria:

• STEMI within 24 hours.

• Cardiogenic shock, decompensated heart failure, LVEF<30%.

• Serum creatinine = 2.5 mg/dl.

• Contraindication to aspirin, heparin, thienopyridines.

• Total occlusion of target vessel.

• Diseased vein graft or a restenosis.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Coronary Syndrome

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Center of Predictive Molecular Medicine - University "G. d'Annunzio"	Chieti
Italy	Institute of Cardiology, G. d'Annunzio University	Chieti
Italy	San Giovanni Hospital and Centro per la Lotta Contro l'Infarto, Fondazione Onlus	Rome

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Raffaele De Caterina	San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

References & Publications (14)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The change in plaque volume as assessed by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).	The reduction of plaque volume after TA, assessed as (Baseline P+M)- (Post-TA P+M);	From baseline to 10 minutes after thromboaspiration (TA)	No
Secondary	Histopathology assessment of aspirated material.	Quantitative analysis: size and weight. Qualitative evaluation: a) thrombus containing only platelets, b) a thrombus with an erythrocyte component c) any fragment of vessel wall, cholesterol crystals, inflammatory cells or collagen tissue.	One week after PCI	No
Secondary	Myocardial infarct size by markers of myocardial injury/necrosis	Myocardial infarct size will be determined as the area under the curve of serial CK-MB and cardiac Troponin I assessment	Up to 72 hours after PCI	Yes
Secondary	The change in thrombus burden as assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)	Thrombus burden will be assessed with a semiquantitative scale (0-4) by OCT at baseline and after TA	From baseline to 10 minutes after thromboaspiration (TA)	No