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Coronary Artery DiseaseTARGETNCT03901326

Role of On-site CT-derived FFR in the Management of Suspect CAD Patients

A study testing CT-FFR assessment in people with Coronary Artery Disease, run by Chinese PLA General Hospital at 1 site in China.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

The primary of this registry is to evaluate whether the availability of CTA/CT-FFR procedure could effectively optimize the flow of clinical practice of stable chest pain versus conventional clinical pathway in decision making, avoid the overuse of invasive procedure, finally improve clinical prognosis and reduce… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Coronary Artery Disease
What is being tested?
CT-FFR assessment
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1,216 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
10 May 2019to 31 Oct 2022
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 40 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • New-onset chest pain suspicious for CAD
  • Coronary CTA result showed that the diameter stenosis is between 30 and 90% in at least one major coronary artery (coronary artery diameter ≥ 2.5 mm)
  • Intermediate-to-high pretest probability of CAD based on CAD Consortium Score
  • No prior evaluation for this episode of symptoms
  • Agree to participate in this clinical study and sign written informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Diagnosed or suspected acute coronary syndrome requiring hospitalization or emergent testing
  • Hemodynamically or clinically unstable condition systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg or serious atrial or ventricular arrhythmias
  • Known CAD with prior myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), or any angiographic evidence of ≥ 50% stenosis in any major coronary artery
  • Patients with left main branch stenosis ≥ 50% or major coronary artery stenosis > 90%
  • Known severe congenital, valvular (moderate and above), or cardiomyopathy process (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or reduced systolic left ventricular function ≤ 40%) which could explain cardiac symptoms
  • Unable to provide written informed consent or participate in long-term follow-up.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Chinese PLA General Hospital

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100853

Other trials in China

About this study

Official title: The Effect of On-site CT-derived Fractional Flow Reserve on the Management Making for the Patients With Stable Chest Pain (TARGET Trial)

The primary of this registry is to evaluate whether the availability of CTA/CT-FFR procedure could effectively optimize the flow of clinical practice of stable chest pain versus conventional clinical pathway in decision making, avoid the overuse of invasive procedure, finally improve clinical prognosis and reduce total medical expenditure. This registry is randomized, open labeled, prospective designed and will be performed in 6 Chinese hospitals. Approximately 1200 subjects will be enrolled and subsequently assigned to either routine clinically-indicated diagnostic care group (CID arm) or CTA/CT-FFR care group (CTA/CT-FFR arm) via computer-generated random numbers (1:1 ratio)

Read the detailed description

Based on the clinical fact that less stress myocardial perfusion scan are performed rather than stress exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) in China, more patients undergo coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) for determining whether they should be sent to catheter lab. However, nearly 30% of patients sent to catheter lab were found without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and this invasive procedure was unnecessary and overused partly. Fortunately, fractional flow reserve (FFR) based non-invasive CT algorithm technology (CT-FFR) showed a great potential in detecting functional myocardial ischemia related to coronary specific lesion (Discovery-Flow, DEFACTO and NXT trial)[1-3]. Moreover, clinical care guided by CT-FFR could provide benefits with equivalent clinical outcomes and lower expenditure, compared with routine clinical care over 1-year follow-up (Platform trial). On the other aspect, ADVANCE trial revealed that CT-FFR modified treatment recommendation was associated with less negative invasive coronary angiography (ICA), predicted revascularization and identified subjects at low risk of adverse events through 90 days in real-world. However, these studies was not randomized designed and selection bias still existed. So our trial aims to evaluate whether CTA/CT-FFR outperforms the regular diagnostic care in ruling out patients without significantly obstructive CAD before catheter lab and improving clinical prognosis during follow-up in a randomized design.

Being tested
CT-FFR assessment
Keywords
Coronary artery disease, Coronary computed tomographic angiography, 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.

  • CT-FFR assessmentDiagnostic test

    When subjects are randomized to the CTA/CT-FFR arm, FFR based on the coronary CTA imaging will be measured. DEEPVESSEL FFR workstation is very dedicated software utilizing the original CTA imaging to meter simulated FFR values based on a machine learning algorithm. The first step is to extract a 3D coronary artery model and generate coronary centerlines which are similar to the routine reconstruction of coronary CTA. The centerlines are extracted using a minimal path extraction filter. Then a novel path-based deep learning model, referred to DEEPVESSEL FFR, is used to predict the simulated FFR values on the vascular centerlines. Deep learning algorithm is used to establish characteristic sample database of coronary hemodynamics characteristic parameters. When deep training model is proved to be valid, it is applied to a new lesion-specific measurement. Lesion-specific CT-FFR is defined as simulated FFR value at distance of 20mm away from the lesion of interest.

Study groups in NCT03901326
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CTA/CT-FFR care groupExperimentalIf the subjects are randomly allocated to CT-FFR arm, they will be examined by on-site DeepFFR for three major epicardial coronary arteries. If the result of CT-FFR calculation is less than or equal to 0.8 in one or more major coronary arteries, the patient will be referred to ICA directly; if the result of CT-FFR value is more than 0.8, optimal medical therapy will be recommended. The decision on the mode of revascularization is left to the treating cardiologists and depends on local practice standard.
Receives: Diagnostic Test: CT-FFR assessment
Routine clinically-indicated diagnostic care groupNo interventionIf the subjects are randomized to usual care arm, attending physicians will decide the next step of diagnosis and treatment, such as exercise ECG, stress cardiac echo, cardiac MR, and SPECT. According to the results of examination combined with risk factors assessment and clinical manifestations, physicians should provide recommendation whether the subjects would undergo ICA or not.

What is being measured

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

  1. Number of Participants With ICA Without Obstructive CAD or Intervention

    Number of those patients with planned ICA in whom no significant obstructive CAD (no stenosis≥70% by core lab quantitative analysis or invasive FFR≤0.8) is found or interventions (including stent implantation, balloon dilation and bypass graft) are performed during ICA within 90 days.

    Measured: 90 days

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Number of Participant With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event

    Major adverse cardiovascular event include death, myocardial infarction (MI), major complications from cardiovascular (CV) procedures or testing, and unstable angina hospitalization

    Measured: 12 months

  2. Medical Expenditure

    Overall cardiac medical expenditure by intention to treat at both 90 days and 12 months cumulatively

    Measured: 12 months

  3. Patient Reporting Outcomes

    Patient reporting outcomes as measured by Seattle Angina Questionnaire-7(SAQ-7) Scale, use SAQ-7-item instrument that measures patient reported symptoms, function and quality of life for subjects with CAD within 12 months. The SAQ-7 score is calculated as the average of the physical limitation score, quality of life score and angina frequency score. The physical limitation score, quality of life score and angina frequency score range from 0 to 100 each. Therefore, the SAQ-7 score also ranges from 0 to 100.The higher the SAQ-7 socre, physical limitation score, quality of life score and angina frequency score are, the better the quality of life for patients with angina.

    Measured: Study entry, 3 months, 6 months and12 months

  4. Cumulative Radiation Exposure

    Cumulative radiation exposure for any examination within 90 days and 12 months. Due to not enough data acquired, the investigators decided not to report at this time

    Measured: 90 days, 12 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted3 Apr 2019
  2. Study start10 May 2019
  3. Primary completion30 Oct 2022
  4. Study completion31 Oct 2022

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
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1,216 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03901326
Sponsor's protocol ID
S2019-025-01
Acronym
TARGET
Status last verified
Dec 2023
First submitted
30 Mar 2019
Last updated
31 May 2024
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Min JK, Leipsic J, Pencina MJ, Berman DS, Koo BK, van Mieghem C, Erglis A, Lin FY, Dunning AM, Apruzzese P, Budoff MJ, Cole JH, Jaffer FA, Leon MB, Malpeso J, Mancini GB, Park SJ, Schwartz RS, Shaw LJ, Mauri L. Diagnostic accuracy of fractional flow reserve from anatomic CT angiography. JAMA. 2012 Sep 26;308(12):1237-45. doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.11274.

    PubMed 22922562
  • Koo BK, Erglis A, Doh JH, Daniels DV, Jegere S, Kim HS, Dunning A, DeFrance T, Lansky A, Leipsic J, Min JK. Diagnosis of ischemia-causing coronary stenoses by noninvasive fractional flow reserve computed from coronary computed tomographic angiograms. Results from the prospective multicenter DISCOVER-FLOW (Diagnosis of Ischemia-Causing Stenoses Obtained Via Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve) study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Nov 1;58(19):1989-97. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.06.066.

    PubMed 22032711
  • 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
  • Douglas PS, De Bruyne B, Pontone G, Patel MR, Norgaard BL, Byrne RA, Curzen N, Purcell I, Gutberlet M, Rioufol G, Hink U, Schuchlenz HW, Feuchtner G, Gilard M, Andreini D, Jensen JM, Hadamitzky M, Chiswell K, Cyr D, Wilk A, Wang F, Rogers C, Hlatky MA; PLATFORM Investigators. 1-Year Outcomes of FFRCT-Guided Care in Patients With Suspected Coronary Disease: The PLATFORM Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Aug 2;68(5):435-445. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.05.057.

    PubMed 27470449
  • Fairbairn TA, Nieman K, Akasaka T, Norgaard BL, Berman DS, Raff G, Hurwitz-Koweek LM, Pontone G, Kawasaki T, Sand NP, Jensen JM, Amano T, Poon M, Ovrehus K, Sonck J, Rabbat M, Mullen S, De Bruyne B, Rogers C, Matsuo H, Bax JJ, Leipsic J, Patel MR. Real-world clinical utility and impact on clinical decision-making of coronary computed tomography angiography-derived fractional flow reserve: lessons from the ADVANCE Registry. Eur Heart J. 2018 Nov 1;39(41):3701-3711. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy530.

    PubMed 30165613
  • Norgaard BL, Hjort J, Gaur S, Hansson N, Botker HE, Leipsic J, Mathiassen ON, Grove EL, Pedersen K, Christiansen EH, Kaltoft A, Gormsen LC, Maeng M, Terkelsen CJ, Kristensen SD, Krusell LR, Jensen JM. Clinical Use of Coronary CTA-Derived FFR for Decision-Making in Stable CAD. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 May;10(5):541-550. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.11.025. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

    PubMed 27085447
  • Colleran R, Douglas PS, Hadamitzky M, Gutberlet M, Lehmkuhl L, Foldyna B, Woinke M, Hink U, Nadjiri J, Wilk A, Wang F, Pontone G, Hlatky MA, Rogers C, Byrne RA. An FFRCT diagnostic strategy versus usual care in patients with suspected coronary artery disease planned for invasive coronary angiography at German sites: one-year results of a subgroup analysis of the PLATFORM (Prospective Longitudinal Trial of FFRCT: Outcome and Resource Impacts) study. Open Heart. 2017 Mar 22;4(1):e000526. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2016-000526. eCollection 2017.

    PubMed 28674617
  • Collet C, Onuma Y, Andreini D, Sonck J, Pompilio G, Mushtaq S, La Meir M, Miyazaki Y, de Mey J, Gaemperli O, Ouda A, Maureira JP, Mandry D, Camenzind E, Macron L, Doenst T, Teichgraber U, Sigusch H, Asano T, Katagiri Y, Morel MA, Lindeboom W, Pontone G, Luscher TF, Bartorelli AL, Serruys PW. Coronary computed tomography angiography for heart team decision-making in multivessel coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J. 2018 Nov 1;39(41):3689-3698. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy581.

    PubMed 30312411
  • Norgaard BL, Terkelsen CJ, Mathiassen ON, Grove EL, Botker HE, Parner E, Leipsic J, Steffensen FH, Riis AH, Pedersen K, Christiansen EH, Maeng M, Krusell LR, Kristensen SD, Eftekhari A, Jakobsen L, Jensen JM. Coronary CT Angiographic and Flow Reserve-Guided Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Oct 30;72(18):2123-2134. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.07.043. Epub 2018 Aug 25.

    PubMed 30153968
  • Jensen JM, Botker HE, Mathiassen ON, Grove EL, Ovrehus KA, Pedersen KB, Terkelsen CJ, Christiansen EH, Maeng M, Leipsic J, Kaltoft A, Jakobsen L, Sorensen JT, Thim T, Kristensen SD, Krusell LR, Norgaard BL. Computed tomography derived fractional flow reserve testing in stable patients with typical angina pectoris: influence on downstream rate of invasive coronary angiography. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Apr 1;19(4):405-414. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jex068.

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  • Ding Y, Liu Z, Shan D, Wang X, Guo Z, Xin R, Xu L, Zhang M, Hu X, Liu H, Chen Y, Yang J, Target Investigators OBOT. Sex differences in computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve-guided management of stable coronary artery disease: a subgroup analysis of the TARGET trial. EuroIntervention. 2026 Sep 7;22(17):e946-e954. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-25-01383.

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  • Yang J, Shan D, Wang X, Sun X, Shao M, Wang K, Pan Y, Wang Z, Schoepf UJ, Savage RH, Zhang M, Dong M, Xu L, Zhou Y, Ma X, Hu X, Xia L, Zeng H, Liu Z, Chen Y. On-Site Computed Tomography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve to Guide Management of Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease: The TARGET Randomized Trial. Circulation. 2023 May 2;147(18):1369-1381. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.063996. Epub 2023 Mar 4.

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Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing CT-FFR assessment in people with Coronary Artery Disease, run by Chinese PLA General Hospital at 1 site in China.

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 5 inclusion and 6 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 31 May 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 China. 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 31 May 2024). 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?

Number of Participants With ICA Without Obstructive CAD or Intervention (time frame: 90 days). 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 NCT03901326, which also lists 13 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 31 May 2024.

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