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Coronary Artery DiseaseHFNXTNCT01757678

HeartFlowNXT - HeartFlow Analysis of Coronary Blood Flow Using Coronary CT Angiography

A study testing ICA (Invasive Coronary Angiography), FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve) and cCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography) in people with Coronary Artery Disease, run by HeartFlow, Inc. at 1 site in Denmark.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

To determine the diagnostic performance of FFRCT by coronary computed tomographic angiography (cCTA), as compared to cCTA alone, for non-invasive determination of the presence of a hemodynamically significant coronary lesion, using direct measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR) during cardiac catheterization as a… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Coronary Artery Disease
What is being tested?
ICA (Invasive Coronary Angiography), FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve) and cCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography)
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
276 participants
Where
1 siteDenmark
Study dates
Sep 2012to Sep 2013
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Subject providing written informed consent
  • Scheduled to undergo a clinically indicated Invasive Coronary Angiogram (ICA)
  • Has had ≥64 multidetector row cCTA within 60 days prior to ICA or agrees to undergo cCTA with ≥64 multidetector row cCTA within 60 days prior to ICA

Who cannot join

  • Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been performed any time prior to ICA.
  • Prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
  • Contraindication to beta blocker agents, nitrates, or adenosine, including 2nd or 3rd degree heart block; sick sinus syndrome; long QT syndrome; severe hypotension; severe asthma, severe COPD or bronchodilator-dependent COPD
  • Suspicion of acute coronary syndrome (acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina)
  • Recent prior myocardial infarction within 30 days prior to cCTA or between cCTA and ICA
  • Known complex congenital heart disease
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  • Prior pacemaker or internal defibrillator lead implantation
  • Prosthetic heart valve
  • Tachycardia or significant arrhythmia
  • Impaired chronic renal function (serum creatinine >1.5 mg/dl)
  • Subjects with known anaphylactic allergy to iodinated contrast
  • Pregnancy or unknown pregnancy status in subject of childbearing potential
  • Body mass index >35 at time of cCTA
  • Subject requires an emergent procedure
  • Evidence of ongoing or active clinical instability, including acute chest pain (sudden onset), cardiogenic shock, unstable blood pressure with systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg, and severe congestive heart failure (NYHA III or IV) or acute pulmonary edema
  • Any active, serious, life-threatening disease with a life expectancy of less than 2 months
  • Inability to comply with study procedures

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Denmark1 site
  • Aarhus University Hospital

    Aarhus

Other trials in Denmark

About this study

Official title: HeartFlowNXT - HeartFlow Analysis of Coronary Blood Flow Using Coronary CT Angiography: NeXt sTeps

To determine the diagnostic performance of FFRCT by coronary computed tomographic angiography (cCTA), as compared to cCTA alone, for non-invasive determination of the presence of a hemodynamically significant coronary lesion, using direct measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR) during cardiac catheterization as a reference standard.

Read the detailed description

Recently, coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (cCTA) of 64-detector rows or greater has emerged as a novel non-invasive imaging modality that is capable of providing high-resolution images of coronary artery lesions (Budoff 2008; Miller 2008; Meijboom 2008). While cCTA demonstrates good diagnostic performance for detection and exclusion of anatomic coronary artery stenoses, numerous prior studies have revealed an unreliable relationship between detection of obstructive anatomic coronary artery stenoses by cCTA and hemodynamically (HD)-significant coronary artery disease (CAD), identified by myocardial perfusion SPECT or fractional flow reserve (FFR) (Di Carli 2007; Klauss 2007; Rispler 2007; van Werkhoven 2009). Individual subjects may have HD-significant CAD despite cCTA assessment demonstrating angiographically mild (<50%) maximal stenosis (Schuijf 2006). These findings emphasize the need for additional measures beyond anatomic stenosis severity for the detection and exclusion of HD-significant CAD.

Measurement of FFR during invasive cardiac catheterization represents the "gold standard" for assessment of the hemodynamic significance of coronary artery lesions (Kern 2010). Anatomic coronary artery stenosis assessment by quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) also correlates very poorly with FFR Melikian 2010). This was highlighted by the results of the FAME study in which FFR-guided coronary revascularization improved healthcare and economic outcomes compared to the conventional angiographically guided strategy (Pijls 2010; Tonino 2009; Tonino 2010).

The major disadvantage of FFR is that it has to be measured invasively. HeartFlow, Inc. ('HeartFlow') has recently developed a non-invasive method to determine FFR which computes the hemodynamic significance of CAD (FFRCT) from subject-specific cCTA data using computational fluid dynamics under rest and simulated maximal coronary hyperemic conditions. Preliminary results in subjects suggest that FFRCT accurately predicts the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions when compared to directly-measured FFR during invasive cardiac catheterization (Koo 2011).

Being tested
ICA (Invasive Coronary Angiography), FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve), cCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography), FFRct Analysis (Fractional Flow Reserve Computed Tomography)
Keywords
Coronary Artery Disease Computed Fractional Flow Reserve
Medical subject headings
Coronary Artery Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ICA (Invasive Coronary Angiography)Procedure or surgery

    Per the protocol, patients will have an Invasive Coronary Angiography.

  • FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve)Procedure or surgery

    Per the protocol, patients will have a Fractional Flow Reserve procedure.

  • cCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography)Procedure or surgery

    Per the protocol, patients will have a coronary computed tomography angiography.

  • FFRct Analysis (Fractional Flow Reserve Computed Tomography)Other

    Per the protocol, patients will have a fractional flow reserve computed tomography.

Study groups in NCT01757678
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Standard of care: FFR, ICA, cCTA, FFRctOther(ICA) Invasive coronary angiography with (FFR) fractional flow reserve measurement in standard of care environment, and cCTA (computed coronary tomography angiography) and FFRct Analysis (fractional flow reserve computed tomography)
Receives: Procedure: ICA (Invasive Coronary Angiography); Procedure: FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve); Procedure: cCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography); Other: FFRct Analysis (Fractional Flow Reserve Computed Tomography)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. AUC of FFRct Versus Coronary CTA for Demonstration of Ischemia (≤0.80) on a Per-patient Basis

    The primary statistical measure will be the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC of ROC) of a patient-based model to detect hemodynamically significant obstruction. ROC graphs the change in sensitivity as the cut-point for positive/negative diagnosis moves from its lower to upper limit. FFR is used as the reference standard to determine the presence or absence of hemodynamic obstruction. For FFR, hemodynamically-significant obstruction of a coronary artery is defined as an FFR≤0.80 in any major epicardial coronary artery segment with diameter ≥2.0 mm during adenosine-mediated hyperemia. For cCTA, hemodynamically-significant obstruction of a coronary artery is defined as a stenosis >50% . FFRCT will be calculated for each patient as the minimum FFRCT in any coronary artery segment . cCTA stenosis will be calculated for each patient as the highest cCTA stenosis category for any vessel all measurements will take place only in segments with diameter ≥2.0 mm.

    Measured: 1 day; Outcome measures were comparing FFRct to FFR. Incident time for FFR was dependent on the length of time on the cath procedure. FFRct was done remotely at HeartFlow's processing center in Redwood City with a turnaround time of 24 hours from CT scan.

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. AUC of FFRct Versus Coronary CTA for Demonstration of Ischemia (≤0.80) on a Per-vessel Basis

    Measured: 1 day

  2. Per-Patient Analysis: Diagnostic Performance of FFRct, Coronary CTA, and ICA

    Measured: 1 day; Outcome measures were comparing FFRct to FFR. Incident time for FFR was dependent on the length of time on the cath procedure. FFRct was done remotely at HeartFlow's processing center in Redwood City with a turnaround time of 24 hours from CT scan.

  3. Per Vessel Diagnostic Performance of FFRct, Coronary CTA, and ICA

    Measured: 1 day; Outcome measures were comparing FFRct to FFR. Incident time for FFR was dependent on the length of time on the cath procedure. FFRct was done remotely at HeartFlow's processing center in Redwood City with a turnaround time of 24 hours from CT scan.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted31 Dec 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2012
  3. Primary completionSep 2013
  4. Study completionSep 2013

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
prospective, multicenter study to evaluate the diagnostic performance of cCTA plus FFRCT employing ≥64-detector row CT scanners for the detection and exclusion of significant obstructive CAD, as defined by invasively-measured FFR, the reference standard
Masking
Double blind
Enrolment
276 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01757678
Sponsor's protocol ID
CP-902-001
Acronym
HFNXT
Status last verified
Nov 2017
First submitted
18 Dec 2012
Last updated
14 Nov 2017
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Ihdayhid AR, Norgaard BL, Gaur S, Leipsic J, Nerlekar N, Osawa K, Miyoshi T, Jensen JM, Kimura T, Shiomi H, Erglis A, Jegere S, Oldroyd KG, Botker HE, Seneviratne SK, Achenbach S, Ko BS. Prognostic Value and Risk Continuum of Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve Derived from Coronary CT Angiography. Radiology. 2019 Aug;292(2):343-351. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2019182264. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

    PubMed 31184558
  • Ovrehus KA, Gaur S, Leipsic J, Jensen JM, Dey D, Botker HE, Ahmadi A, Achenbach S, Ko B, Norgaard BL. CT-based total vessel plaque analyses improves prediction of hemodynamic significance lesions as assessed by fractional flow reserve in patients with stable angina pectoris. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2018 Jul-Aug;12(4):344-349. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2018.04.008. Epub 2018 May 8.

    PubMed 29866619
  • Ko BS, Wong DT, Norgaard BL, Leong DP, Cameron JD, Gaur S, Marwan M, Achenbach S, Kuribayashi S, Kimura T, Meredith IT, Seneviratne SK. Diagnostic Performance of Transluminal Attenuation Gradient and Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve Derived from 320-Detector Row CT Angiography to Diagnose Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Stenosis: An NXT Substudy. Radiology. 2016 Apr;279(1):75-83. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2015150383. Epub 2015 Oct 6.

    PubMed 26444662
  • Norgaard BL, Leipsic J, Gaur S, Seneviratne S, Ko BS, Ito H, Jensen JM, Mauri L, De Bruyne B, Bezerra H, Osawa K, Marwan M, Naber C, Erglis A, Park SJ, Christiansen EH, Kaltoft A, Lassen JF, Botker HE, Achenbach S; NXT Trial Study Group. Diagnostic performance of noninvasive fractional flow reserve derived from coronary computed tomography angiography in suspected coronary artery disease: the NXT trial (Analysis of Coronary Blood Flow Using CT Angiography: Next Steps). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Apr 1;63(12):1145-1155. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.11.043. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

    PubMed 24486266
  • Gaur S, Achenbach S, Leipsic J, Mauri L, Bezerra HG, Jensen JM, Botker HE, Lassen JF, Norgaard BL. Rationale and design of the HeartFlowNXT (HeartFlow analysis of coronary blood flow using CT angiography: NeXt sTeps) study. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2013 Sep-Oct;7(5):279-88. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.09.003. Epub 2013 Oct 1.

    PubMed 24268114

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing ICA (Invasive Coronary Angiography), FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve) and cCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography) in people with Coronary Artery Disease, run by HeartFlow, Inc. at 1 site in Denmark.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 17 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Nov 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Denmark. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 14 Nov 2017). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

AUC of FFRct Versus Coronary CTA for Demonstration of Ischemia (≤0.80) on a Per-patient Basis (time frame: 1 day; Outcome measures were comparing FFRct to FFR. Incident time for FFR was dependent on the length of time on the cath procedure. FFRct was done remotely at HeartFlow's processing center in Redwood City with a turnaround time of 24 hours from CT scan.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01757678, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Nov 2017.

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