Coronary Microcirculation Assessment After Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction — NATHANAEL  

STEMI - ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Clinical Trial

Official title: Study of the Coronary Microcirculation After Primary Angioplasty : Analysis of Absolute Coronary Blood Flow Rates and Resistance, Index of Microcirculatory Resistance and Comparison With Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

In the management of acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty, despite effective epicardial clearance obtained in 95% of cases, microvascular obstruction (MVO) in the damaged territory concerns 50% of patients. The Index of Microvascular Resistance (IMR) allows early assessment of the microcirculatory state during the angioplasty procedure. A value of IMR>40 indicates MVO and is correlated with morbi-mortality. A new method for immediate evaluation of MVO using thermodilution with a new Rayflow® microcatheter has been described: it no longer allows the estimation but the measurements of absolute coronary resistance and coronary flow. We hypothesize that these measurements allows a better evaluation of the microcirculatory state after primary angioplasty, comparing to IMR.

The main objective is to study the diagnostic performance of Rayflow® to predict MVO - no reflow (NR) - in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients in order to determine an absolute coronary resistance threshold by thermodilution for early diagnosis of MVO.

The main secondary objectives will be to compare the different microcirculatory assessment parameters with each other, not indexed and indexed to the myocardial mass at risk (coronary resistance, IMR, CFR, Resistance Reserve Ratio) and to establish a link between high resistance or IMR and the occurrence of rhythm disorders at D1, D2 and D3.

Clinical Trial Description

All patients presenting for STEMI by occlusion of a proximal coronary artery, vascularizing a large volume of myocardium corresponding to an APPROACH score> 21, in the first 12 hours following the onset of chest pain, will be included.

Data relating to medical history, lifestyle (sedentary lifestyle, smoking, drug use), cardiovascular risk factors will be collected.

The management of acute coronary syndrome will be carried out in accordance with the European Society of Cardiology guidelines of 2015. An emergency coronary angiography will be used to revascularise the patient as indicated. Thromboaspiration, stenting, antithrombotic agents and other treatments will be administered according to angiographic and clinical criteria.

The FFR guide (PressureWire® Certus® from St Jude Medical Abbott) will be used to make pressure and temperature measurements. It has been used in daily practice since the FAME study in 2011 to guide the therapeutic decision in patients with an intermediate lesion.

An injected cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will be performed between 48 hours and 7 days following the infarction in accordance with current practices.The initial trans-thoracic ultrasonography as well as the various blood samplings will be performed according to standard practice.

The Rayflow® microcatheter will be used to allow the optimal delivery of physiological saline solution into the studied artery. It will be mounted on the FFR guide already in place as part of the angioplasty procedure. Bayer's Medrad® Mark 7 Arterion® infuser will be used to deliver saline continuously at a flow rate of 15-20 mL/min through the Rayflow® microcatheter ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Infarction
• Myocardial Infarction
• ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
• STEMI - ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

• NCT number: NCT04542889
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 7, 2020
• Completion date: June 26, 2021