Optimization of Percutaenous Coronary Intervention With Liberal Use of Post-dilatation
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Liberal post-dilatation strategy during PCI.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Coronary Artery Disease. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Netherlands
- Next step
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Official title
Optimization of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Stent Implantation With Liberal Use of High-pressure Non-compliant Balloon Post-dilatation Versus Contemporary Practice
Overview
To achieve optimal long-term clinical results after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), adequate deployment of stents is essential. Thorough expansion of the stent and full apposition of stent struts against the vessel wall are determining factors for preventing stent thrombosis and restenosis for bare-metal as well as drug-eluting stents (DES). Standard coronary angiography is limited in assessing accurate vessel size and characterizing tissues and calcium load. Therefore, stent underexpansion frequently occurs after stent deployment. Post-dilation is often performed to achieve optimal stent expansion and reduce stent malapposition of stent struts, aiming to reduce stent thrombosis and restenosis both short term as long term. However, there are limited studies that have explored the effect of post-dilatation for stent optimization on clinical outcomes. As a result of the restricted evidence, there is no consensus whether post-dilatation should be used routinely in clinical practice and the extent to which post-dilatation is being utilized remains unclear. For this reason, the OPTIMIZE PCI was designed, a national registry-based quality improvement project to implement a liberal post-dilatation strategy in multiple PCI centers in the Netherlands. As part of the OPTIMIZE-PCI, a retrospective observational analysis will eventually be conducted to evaluate whether adopting this strategy has led to improved clinical outcomes after PCI in terms of major adverse cardiac events.
Detailed description
The Netherlands Heart Registration (NHR) is an independent organization in which Dutch hospitals prospectively register standard sets of baseline, procedural and outcome data for all invasive cardiac procedures, including PCI. Data provided to the NHR are extensively checked on completeness and quality, reviewed with audit reports by independent trained research nurses and discussed by cardiologists in registration committees. Multiple audits are conducted annually by the NHR for data validation and verification. A waiver for informed consent for analysis with the data of the NHR data registry is obtained.
Interventions
- Behavioral Liberal post-dilatation strategy during PCI
A liberal post-dilatation strategy for stent optimization during PCI will be implemented in multiple centers in the Netherlands. This include an increase of post-dilatation use of at least 20% per operator, or a percentage of post-dilatation of at least 85%. Operators will be asked to enforce a very low threshold for post-dilatation in general, with a mandatory HPNC post-dilatation for the following indications: * In case of any calcification * Delta of ≥ 0.5mm between the distal and proximal
Primary outcome measures
- Occurrence of target vessel revascularization, myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality [Time frame: 30 day]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- All cause mortality [Time frame: 30 days, 1 year]
- Target vessel revascularization [Time frame: 30 days and 1 year]
- Myocardial infarction [Time frame: 30 day]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- All patients >18 years old who undergo PCI for any indication are included in the register of the Netherlands Heart Registration and therefore included in the final analysis of this project
Exclusion criteria
\- If a patient has multiple PCIs within 365 days, only the first procedure is included.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Netherlands · 1 center
- Catharina Hospital — Eindhoven
Publications
- Slingerland SR, van Beek KAJ, Schulz DN, van Steenbergen GJ, Brouwer T, Stoel M, Vlaar PJ, Tonino PA, Dekker L, van Nunen LX, Teeuwen K, van Veghel D. Results of systematic patient outcome monitoring: Does post-dilatation during angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention improve clinical outcomes? Hellenic J Cardiol. 2025 Mar-Apr;82:26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2023.11.004. Epub 2023 Nov 1 PMID 37979617
- van Beek KAJ, Timmermans MJC, Derks L, Cheng JM, Kraaijeveld AO, Arkenbout EK, Schotborgh CE, Brouwer J, Claessen BE, Lipsic E, Polad J, van Nunen LX, Sjauw K, van Veghel D, Tonino PA, Teeuwen K; 'on behalf of the PCI registration committee of The Netherlands Heart Registration'. Contemporary Use of Post-Dilatation for Stent Optimization During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Results From the PMID 39777867
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06558474 · CathreineBV