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Myocardial InfarctionCULPRITNCT02563964

Vulnerable Plaque Imaging in NSTEMI

An observational study of Myocardial Infarction and Myocardial Ischemia, run by Maastricht University Medical Center at 1 site in Netherlands.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

Myocardial infarction (MI) frequently recurs after non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI) that may be related to insufficient vulnerable plaque identification using invasive coronary angiography. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 85 years
Conditions the study is for
Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Ischemia
How many people
10 participants
Where
1 siteNetherlands
Study dates
1 Sep 2017to 10 Mar 2020
How long will I take part?
1 Year
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 to 85 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Thirty-three patients, 18-85 years old and admitted with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). After informed consent, patients wil receive standard, guideline-based clinical care that includes invasive coronary angiography. Plasma biomaker will be sampled serially, and a comprehensive Sodium 18F-Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography/Cardiac Magnetic Resonance imaging (18F-NaF PET/CMR) will be performed at baseline (<72 hours) and at 6 months, or earlier when patients suffer recurrent myocardial infarction < 6months. Patients will be followed for one year during regular outpatient clinic visits.

Who may be able to join

  • Prolonged symptoms suspected of cardiac origin (angina pectoris or angina equivalent), and presentation on the cardiac emergency department <24 hours after symptom onset
  • Elevated levels of high-sensitivity troponin T (>14ng/L; initial blood sample at presentation or a second sample 3 hours after presentation)
  • Only patients scheduled for invasive coronary angiography
  • Age 18 years - 85 years
  • Mentally competent
  • Informed written consent

Who cannot join

  • Conservatively managed patients who are not scheduled for invasive coronary angiography
  • Refractory angina or on-going severe ischemia requiring immediate invasive coronary angiography
  • Patients requiring invasive coronary angiography < 24 hours after admission
  • Hemodynamic instability and cardiogenic shock (mean arterial pressure < 60 mmHg)
  • Severe heart failure (Killip Class ≥ III)
  • ST elevation myocardial infarction (ST-elevation in 2 contiguous leads: ≥0.2mV in men or ≥0.15 mV in women in leads V2-V3 and/or ≥0.1 mV in other leads or new left bundle branch block)
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  • Chest pain highly suggestive of non-cardiac origin (as judged by the cardiac emergency department physician/cardiologist):
  • (Suspicion of) acute aortic dissection, acute pulmonary embolism, acute peri-myocarditis
  • Life threatening arrhythmias on the cardiac emergency department or prior to presentation (sustained ventricular tachycardia, repetitive non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, sino-artial or atrio-ventricular block)
  • Atrial fibrillation with ventricular rate ≥100 beats per minute (bpm)
  • Tachycardia (≥100/bpm)
  • Angina pectoris secondary to anaemia (<5.6 mmol/L), untreated hyperthyroidism, or severe hypertension (>200/110 mmHg)
  • More than mild aortic and mitral valve calcification or stenosis by latest echocardiography
  • Pregnancy
  • Breast feeding women
  • Life expectancy <2 years (malignancy, etc.)
  • Refusal of data storage until 15 years after end of study
  • Participation in another investigational study that has not reached its primary endpoint
  • Contraindications to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Netherlands1 site

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    Maastricht, Limburg, 6202 AZ

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About this study

Official title: Characterizing Vulnerable Plaques in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Using 18F-NaF Positron Emission Tomography - Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Feasibility Study

Myocardial infarction (MI) frequently recurs after non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI) that may be related to insufficient vulnerable plaque identification using invasive coronary angiography. Furthermore, the natural behaviour of vulnerable plaques in NSTEMI over time and their relation with biomarkers need further exploration. More accurate identification and assessing long-term behaviour of vulnerable plaques may improve therapeutic strategies and clinical outcome. The investigators hypothesize that fully integrated 18Fluoride Sodium-Fluoride (18F-NaF) Positron Emission Tomography/Cardiac Magnetic Resonance imaging (PET/CMR) increases the ability to detect vulnerable plaques as compared to coronary angiography.

This prospective study in 33 consecutive patients with NSTEMI aims to:

  1. Compare coronary vulnerable plaque detection between 18F-NaF PET/CMR and invasive coronary angiography,
  2. Investigate the correlation of coronary vulnerable plaques using 18F-NaF PET with myocardial infarction using CMR, both at baseline and during follow-up,
  3. Examine systemic arterial 18F-NaF-uptake using PET/CMR and their relation with systemic events (cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, or peripheral arterial disease), and
  4. Examine the relation between vulnerable plaques and plasma biomarkers.
Keywords
Myocardial infarction, vulnerable plaque, Positron emission tomography (PET), Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), Biomarkers
Medical subject headings
Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Ischemia

What is being measured

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

  1. The frequency of coronary vulnerable plaques in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) using 18Fluoride Sodium-Fluoride (18F-NaF) Positron Emission Tomography/Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (PET/CMR).

    Measured: 0 to 6 months

  2. The frequency of coronary vulnerable plaques in NSTEMI using routine invasive coronary angiography.

    Measured: 0 to 6 months

Secondary outcomes (4)

  1. The location of vulnerable plaques within the coronary arteries using 18F-NaF PET at baseline and follow-up.

    Measured: 0 to 6 months

  2. Based on the AHA 17-segment model, the segmental location of MI using CMR at baseline and follow-up.

    Measured: 0 to 6 months

  3. The frequency of systemic vulnerable plaques as assessed with 18F-NaF PET/CMR at baseline and follow-up.

    Measured: 0 to 6 months

  4. Serial serum concentrations of biomarkers of plaque vulnerability and myocardial injury at baseline and follow-up.

    Measured: 0 to 6 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted30 Sep 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study start1 Sep 2017
  3. Primary completion10 Mar 2020
  4. Study completion10 Mar 2020

Why it stopped: Logistical reasons and slow recruitment

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
10 participants (actual)
Target duration
1 Year
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02563964
Sponsor's protocol ID
NL51875.068.14 / METC 152007
Acronym
CULPRIT
Status last verified
Mar 2020
First submitted
25 Sep 2015
Last updated
12 Mar 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Libby P, Theroux P. Pathophysiology of coronary artery disease. Circulation. 2005 Jun 28;111(25):3481-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.537878.

    PubMed 15983262

  • Virmani R, Kolodgie FD, Burke AP, Farb A, Schwartz SM. Lessons from sudden coronary death: a comprehensive morphological classification scheme for atherosclerotic lesions. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2000 May;20(5):1262-75. doi: 10.1161/01.atv.20.5.1262. No abstract available.

    PubMed 10807742

  • Cutlip DE, Chhabra AG, Baim DS, Chauhan MS, Marulkar S, Massaro J, Bakhai A, Cohen DJ, Kuntz RE, Ho KK. Beyond restenosis: five-year clinical outcomes from second-generation coronary stent trials. Circulation. 2004 Sep 7;110(10):1226-30. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000140721.27004.4B. Epub 2004 Aug 30.

    PubMed 15337693

  • Glaser R, Selzer F, Faxon DP, Laskey WK, Cohen HA, Slater J, Detre KM, Wilensky RL. Clinical progression of incidental, asymptomatic lesions discovered during culprit vessel coronary intervention. Circulation. 2005 Jan 18;111(2):143-9. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000150335.01285.12. Epub 2004 Dec 27.

    PubMed 15623544

  • Kim HW, Klem I, Shah DJ, Wu E, Meyers SN, Parker MA, Crowley AL, Bonow RO, Judd RM, Kim RJ. Unrecognized non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: prevalence and prognostic significance in patients with suspected coronary disease. PLoS Med. 2009 Apr 21;6(4):e1000057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000057. Epub 2009 Apr 21.

    PubMed 19381280

  • Kato K, Yonetsu T, Kim SJ, Xing L, Lee H, McNulty I, Yeh RW, Sakhuja R, Zhang S, Uemura S, Yu B, Mizuno K, Jang IK. Nonculprit plaques in patients with acute coronary syndromes have more vulnerable features compared with those with non-acute coronary syndromes: a 3-vessel optical coherence tomography study. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Jul;5(4):433-40. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.973701. Epub 2012 Jun 7.

    PubMed 22679059

  • Stone GW, Maehara A, Lansky AJ, de Bruyne B, Cristea E, Mintz GS, Mehran R, McPherson J, Farhat N, Marso SP, Parise H, Templin B, White R, Zhang Z, Serruys PW; PROSPECT Investigators. A prospective natural-history study of coronary atherosclerosis. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jan 20;364(3):226-35. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1002358.

    PubMed 21247313

  • Joshi NV, Vesey AT, Williams MC, Shah AS, Calvert PA, Craighead FH, Yeoh SE, Wallace W, Salter D, Fletcher AM, van Beek EJ, Flapan AD, Uren NG, Behan MW, Cruden NL, Mills NL, Fox KA, Rudd JH, Dweck MR, Newby DE. 18F-fluoride positron emission tomography for identification of ruptured and high-risk coronary atherosclerotic plaques: a prospective clinical trial. Lancet. 2014 Feb 22;383(9918):705-13. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61754-7. Epub 2013 Nov 11.

    PubMed 24224999

  • Dweck MR, Chow MW, Joshi NV, Williams MC, Jones C, Fletcher AM, Richardson H, White A, McKillop G, van Beek EJ, Boon NA, Rudd JH, Newby DE. Coronary arterial 18F-sodium fluoride uptake: a novel marker of plaque biology. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Apr 24;59(17):1539-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.037.

    PubMed 22516444

  • Kim RJ, Chen EL, Lima JA, Judd RM. Myocardial Gd-DTPA kinetics determine MRI contrast enhancement and reflect the extent and severity of myocardial injury after acute reperfused infarction. Circulation. 1996 Dec 15;94(12):3318-26. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.94.12.3318.

    PubMed 8989146

  • Kwee RM, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Mess WH, Prins MH, van der Geest RJ, ter Berg JW, Franke CL, Korten AG, Meems BJ, van Engelshoven JM, Wildberger JE, Kooi ME. MRI of carotid atherosclerosis to identify TIA and stroke patients who are at risk of a recurrence. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 May;37(5):1189-94. doi: 10.1002/jmri.23918. Epub 2012 Nov 16.

    PubMed 23166040

  • Ambrose JA, Winters SL, Stern A, Eng A, Teichholz LE, Gorlin R, Fuster V. Angiographic morphology and the pathogenesis of unstable angina pectoris. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1985 Mar;5(3):609-16. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80384-3.

    PubMed 3973257

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Myocardial Infarction and Myocardial Ischemia, run by Maastricht University Medical Center at 1 site in Netherlands.

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 6 inclusion and 19 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Mar 2020. 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 Netherlands. 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?

The study was stopped early (reason given: Logistical reasons and slow recruitment). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

The frequency of coronary vulnerable plaques in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) using 18Fluoride Sodium-Fluoride (18F-NaF) Positron Emission Tomography/Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (PET/CMR). (time frame: 0 to 6 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT02563964, which also lists 12 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 12 Mar 2020.

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