Vascular Calcification* / Diagnostic ImagingCROWNNCT06035783
Calcium Reduction by Orbital Atherectomy in Western Europe
An observational study of Vascular Calcification* / Diagnostic Imaging and Atherectomies, Coronary, run by Erasmus Medical Center at 1 site in Netherlands.
Trial summary
In calcified lesions, optimal stent placement and expansion may prove to be challenging. Lesion preparation is necessary to facilitate optimal stenting in calcified lesions, for which orbital atherectomy can used. Therefore the aim of this study is to: 1. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Vascular Calcification* / Diagnostic Imaging, Atherectomies, Coronary, Tomography, Optical Coherence
- What is being tested?
- Orbital Atherectomy
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- How many people
- 100 participants
- Where
- 1 siteNetherlands
- Study dates
- 15 Mar 2024to 1 Apr 2025
- 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 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Patients undergoing PCI of severely calcified coronary lesion in need of orbital atherectomy to enable proper stent placement and expansion
Who may be able to join
- De novo significant native coronary artery lesion
- The target lesion must have evidence of severe calcification: 1) presence of radiopacities noted without cardiac motion prior to contrast injection involving both sides of the arterial wall with calcification length of at least 15 mm and extend partially into the target lesion. 2) OR presence of ≥ 270° of calcium or lumen protruding calcified nodules at >1 cross section by intravascular imaging (OCT)
- The target vessel reference diameter ≥ 2.5 mm and ≤ 4.0 mm and lesion must not exceed 40 mm in length
Who cannot join
- Left main disease
- Prior stenting of the target vessel
- Target lesion has thrombus or dissection
- Known left ventricular ejection fraction LVEF ≤ 25%
- Diagnosed with chronic renal failure (GFR < 30 ml/min)
- Confirmed pregnancy
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- Life expectancy < 12 months
- Coronary anatomy that prevents delivery of OCT catheter
- Known allergy to soybean oil, egg yolk phospholipids, glycerin or sodium hydroxide
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Netherlands1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, South Holland, 3015GE
wijnand den Dekker, MD, PhD, +31645184272, w.dendekker@erasmusmc.nl
About this study
In calcified lesions, optimal stent placement and expansion may prove to be challenging. Lesion preparation is necessary to facilitate optimal stenting in calcified lesions, for which orbital atherectomy can used. Therefore the aim of this study is to:
- Show that orbital atherectomy effectuates optimal stent expansion
- Investigate the mechanics of lesion preparation when using orbital atherectomy
Patients presenting with a significant and severely calcified lesion in need of orbital atherectomy will undergo optical coherence tomography guided orbital atherectomy and stent placement.
Read the detailed description
The Diamondback 360° Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System (OAS) (Cardiovascular Systems Inc., St. Paul,MN,USA) is a percutaneous device indicated to modify calcified lesion in order to facilitate stent delivery in patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease (CAD). As of to date, detailed sequential intravascular imaging data unraveling the exact calcium modifying effect of orbital atherectomy (OA) prior to stent placement in vivo, are lacking.
The aim of this, international, multicenter, prospective and observational single arm study is to understand the mechanism of action of OA for the treatment of de novo, severely calcified coronary lesions priot to stent placement using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to assess stent expansion, based on OCT derived minimal stent area. The study population consists of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention of a severely calcified coronary lesion in need of OA to enable proper stent placement and expansion.
A total of 100 patients will be enrolled. All patients will undergo peri-procedural imaging using OCT and the aim is to obtain data for at least 50 patients with OCT before and after OA and after stenting.
- Conditions
- Vascular Calcification* / Diagnostic Imaging, Atherectomies, Coronary, Tomography, Optical Coherence, Coronary Intervention, Percutaneous, Coronary Angiography, Humans
- Being tested
- Orbital Atherectomy
- Medical subject headings
- Vascular Calcification
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Orbital AtherectomyDevice
Also called DIAMONDBACK 360 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM
The Diamondback 360° Coronary orbital atherectomy system (OAS) is a device dedicated to debulk severely calcified coronary lesions to facilitate stent delivery and enable stent expansion with optimal results. The OAS's main mechanism is the synergistic rotation of the crown around its axis and simultaneously its endoluminal orbital motion. This effect allows blood to flow continuously and it facilitates heat dispersion which results in reduced heat damage to the arterial walls and subsequently to less myocardial damage, at the same time it softens the plaques tissue. It also appears that the microparticles created from sanding the artery plaques do not create any agglomeration to the branching arteries
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Observational cohort | Patients undergoing PCI of a severely calcified coronary lesion in need of OA to enable proper stent placement Receives: Device: Orbital Atherectomy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Primary imaging endpoint
Proportion of patients that reach stent expansion ≥ 5.5mm² as assessed by OCT derived MSA
Measured: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours
Secondary outcomes (15)
Procedural success
Procedural success is defined as successful stent delivery with:
- Final core lab defined TIMI III flow
- Angiographic in-stent DS ≤20%
- absence of in-hospital major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (consisting of all-cause death, spontaneous myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization or stroke)
Measured: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours
Target vessel failure (TVF)
TVF is defined as a composite of cardiac death, target vessel spontaneous myocardial infarction and target vessel revascularization.
Measured: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months
Major adverse cardiac events (MACE)
MACE is defined is a composite of all-cause death, spontaneous myocardial infarction and repeat revascularization
Measured: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months
Individual components of MACE and TVF
The components of MACE and TVF will be measured individually, namely:
- All-cause death
- Cardiac death
- Spontaneous myocardial infarction
- Target vessel spontaneous myocardial infarction
- Target vessel revascularization
- Repeat revascularization
Measured: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months
Periprocedural myocardial infarction
The incidence of periprocedural myocardial infarction, namely type 4a (4th universal definition of myocardial infarction)
Measured: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours
Major intraprocedural complications
Major intraprocedural complications include type C-F dissections, perforations, slow flow or no reflow, thrombus and major side branch occlusion (> 2mm)
Measured: Periprocedure
Probable and definite stent thrombosis
Measured: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months
MSA on OCT
Final MSA
Measured: Periprocedure
Stent expansion on OCT
Percentage of stent expansion
Measured: Periprocedure
Intracoronary imaging endpoints on OCT
Minimal lumen area post orbital atherectomy and post stenting
Measured: Periprocedure
Calcium and fractures on OCT
- Number of calcium fractures
- Number of calcium factures based on calcium thickness post orbital atherectomy
- Number of calcified nodules modified post orbital atherectomy
Measured: Periprocedure
Hematoma on OCT
- Incidence of OCT defined hematomas post orbital atherectomy
- Incidence and quantifications of dissections post orbital atherectomy
Measured: Periprocedure
Diameter stenosis on angiography
- In-stent and in-segment DS
Measured: Periprocedure
minimal luminal diameter Diameter on angiography
- In-stent and in-segment MLD
Measured: Periprocedure
Acute gain Diameter on angiography
- In-stent and in-segment acute gain
Measured: Periprocedure
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Sep 2023
- Study start15 Mar 2024 (estimated)
- Primary completion1 Apr 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Apr 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Vascular Calcification* / Diagnostic ImagingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Erasmus Medical CenterThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 100 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Wijnand den Dekker, Erasmus Medical Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06035783
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NL81318.078.22
- Acronym
- CROWN
- Status last verified
- Sep 2023
- First submitted
- 10 Mar 2023
- Last updated
- 29 Feb 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- Yes
Publications
Ntantou E, Siskos AA, van Mieghem NM, Daemen J, Kardys I, Teeuwen K, Secco GG, Sinning JM, Forlani D, den Dekker WK. Optical coherence tomography-guided orbital atherectomy for calcified coronary lesions: rationale and design of the CROWN study. Neth Heart J. 2026 Aug 4. doi: 10.1007/s12471-026-02055-5. Online ahead of print.
PubMed 42550426
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 29 Feb 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Calcium Reduction by Orbital Atherectomy in Western Europe
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06035783
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CROWN / NL81318.078.22
- Conditions
- Vascular Calcification* / Diagnostic Imaging, Atherectomies, Coronary, Tomography, Optical Coherence, Coronary Intervention, Percutaneous, Coronary Angiography, Humans
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 100 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Erasmus Medical CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Mar 2024 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 1 Apr 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Apr 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 13 Sep 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
In calcified lesions, optimal stent placement and expansion may prove to be challenging. Lesion preparation is necessary to facilitate optimal stenting in calcified lesions, for which orbital atherectomy can used. Therefore the aim of this study is to:
- Show that orbital atherectomy effectuates optimal stent expansion
- Investigate the mechanics of lesion preparation when using orbital atherectomy
Patients presenting with a significant and severely calcified lesion in need of orbital atherectomy will undergo optical coherence tomography guided orbital atherectomy and stent placement.
Detailed description
The Diamondback 360° Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System (OAS) (Cardiovascular Systems Inc., St. Paul,MN,USA) is a percutaneous device indicated to modify calcified lesion in order to facilitate stent delivery in patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease (CAD). As of to date, detailed sequential intravascular imaging data unraveling the exact calcium modifying effect of orbital atherectomy (OA) prior to stent placement in vivo, are lacking.
The aim of this, international, multicenter, prospective and observational single arm study is to understand the mechanism of action of OA for the treatment of de novo, severely calcified coronary lesions priot to stent placement using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to assess stent expansion, based on OCT derived minimal stent area. The study population consists of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention of a severely calcified coronary lesion in need of OA to enable proper stent placement and expansion.
A total of 100 patients will be enrolled. All patients will undergo peri-procedural imaging using OCT and the aim is to obtain data for at least 50 patients with OCT before and after OA and after stenting.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Observational cohort | – | Device: Orbital AtherectomyPatients undergoing PCI of a severely calcified coronary lesion in need of OA to enable proper stent placement |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Patients undergoing PCI of severely calcified coronary lesion in need of orbital atherectomy to enable proper stent placement and expansion
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- De novo significant native coronary artery lesion
- The target lesion must have evidence of severe calcification: 1) presence of radiopacities noted without cardiac motion prior to contrast injection involving both sides of the arterial wall with calcification length of at least 15 mm and extend partially into the target lesion. 2) OR presence of ≥ 270° of calcium or lumen protruding calcified nodules at >1 cross section by intravascular imaging (OCT)
- The target vessel reference diameter ≥ 2.5 mm and ≤ 4.0 mm and lesion must not exceed 40 mm in length
Key exclusion criteria (9 listed)
- Left main disease
- Prior stenting of the target vessel
- Target lesion has thrombus or dissection
- Known left ventricular ejection fraction LVEF ≤ 25%
- Diagnosed with chronic renal failure (GFR < 30 ml/min)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Orbital AtherectomyAlso: DIAMONDBACK 360 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEMThe Diamondback 360° Coronary orbital atherectomy system (OAS) is a device dedicated to debulk severely calcified coronary lesions to facilitate stent delivery and enable stent expansion with optimal results. The OAS's main mechanism is the synergistic rotation of the crown around its axis and simultaneously its endoluminal orbital motion. This effect allows blood to flow continuously and it facilitates heat dispersion which results in reduced heat damage to the arterial walls and subsequently to less myocardial damage, at the same time it softens the plaques tissue. It also appears that the microparticles created from sanding the artery plaques do not create any agglomeration to the branching arteries | Device | Observational cohort |
Primary outcome
Primary imaging endpoint
Time frame: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours
Proportion of patients that reach stent expansion ≥ 5.5mm² as assessed by OCT derived MSA
15 secondary outcomes
Procedural success
Time frame: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours
Target vessel failure (TVF)
Time frame: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months
Major adverse cardiac events (MACE)
Time frame: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months
Individual components of MACE and TVF
Time frame: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months
Periprocedural myocardial infarction
Time frame: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours
Major intraprocedural complications
Time frame: Periprocedure
Probable and definite stent thrombosis
Time frame: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months
MSA on OCT
Time frame: Periprocedure
Stent expansion on OCT
Time frame: Periprocedure
Intracoronary imaging endpoints on OCT
Time frame: Periprocedure
Calcium and fractures on OCT
Time frame: Periprocedure
Hematoma on OCT
Time frame: Periprocedure
Diameter stenosis on angiography
Time frame: Periprocedure
minimal luminal diameter Diameter on angiography
Time frame: Periprocedure
Acute gain Diameter on angiography
Time frame: Periprocedure
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 29 Feb 2024.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 42550426Ntantou E, Siskos AA, van Mieghem NM, Daemen J, Kardys I, Teeuwen K, Secco GG, Sinning JM, Forlani D, den Dekker WK. Optical coherence tomography-guided orbital atherectomy for calcified coronary lesions: rationale and design of the CROWN study. Neth Heart J. 2026 Aug 4. doi: 10.1007/s12471-026-02055-5. Online ahead of print.
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Referral and contact
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Vascular Calcification* / Diagnostic Imaging and Atherectomies, Coronary, run by Erasmus 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 3 inclusion and 9 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Feb 2024. 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?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
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What does the primary outcome measure?
Primary imaging endpoint (time frame: Time of PCI Procedure - participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 24 hours). 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 NCT06035783, which also lists 1 linked publication.
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 29 Feb 2024.