Coronary DiseaseNCT04612179
Post-Market Registry to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of an Octo- and Nonagenerian All-Comer Patient Cohort With Coronary Artery Disease - the Cruz Senior Study
An observational study of Coronary Disease, run by IHF GmbH - Institut für Herzinfarktforschung at 1 site in Germany.
Trial summary
Prospective, multi-centre, open-label, single-armed, non-interventional observational clinical investigation designed to enrol 2000 octo- and nonagenerian all-comer patients with coro-nary artery disease in up to 37 sites in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 80 to 99 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Coronary Disease
- What is being tested?
- The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- How many people
- 2,017 participants
- Where
- 1 siteGermany
- Study dates
- 23 Jun 2021to 12 Jun 2025
- How long will I take part?
- 12 Months
- 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 80 to 99 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Older adult
Study population: All-comer patients (≥80 years) affected by acute coronary syn-drome (NSTE-ACS), stabile angina, or silent angina, who qualify for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) according to ESC-treatment guidelines and physicians' clinical routine estimation.
Who may be able to join
- Written consent received from the patient or a legal repre-sentative after the information has been provided.
- ≥ 80 years of age.
- De-novo or re-stenotic significant stenosis in at least one cor-onary vessel.
- Patients with NSTE-ACS, unstable angina, stable angina, silent ischemia (no limitation of the number of treated lesions and vessels: planned staged procedures are allowed within 3 months using Supraflex Cruz only).
- Target lesion suitable for PCI with SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Siroli-mus eluting coronary stent system with diameter between 2.0 and 4.5 mm
- Total lesion length should be from 6-120 mm
Who cannot join
- Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STE-ACS)
- Hemodynamic instability or cardiogenic shock
- Known hypersensitivity or contraindication to any component of the study stent or the eluting drug, to media contrast, to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) medication required by cur-rent practice
- Any co-morbid condition with life expectancy < 1 year or that may result in protocol non-compliance
- Patients who are participating in another drug or device inves-tigational study, which has not reached its primary endpoint
- Patients under judicial protection, tutorship or curatorship
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Prospective, multi-centre, open-label, single-armed, non-interventional observational clinical investigation designed to enrol 2000 octo- and nonagenerian all-comer patients with coro-nary artery disease in up to 37 sites in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Patients underwent PCI using at least one Supraflex Cruz Sirolimus Eluting stent as per current practice and will be followed up for 12 months.
Read the detailed description
This is a prospective, multicentre, open-label, single-armed, non-interventional observa-tional clinical investigation in aged patients (≥80 years) undergoing PCI using at least one Supraflex sirolimus eluting stent as per current practice. The registry is an observational study and patient's participation in this study has no impact on his or her indication for treatment, diagnostics, or therapy. Subjects are supposed to be treated according to cur-rent guidelines and the site's internal directives.
Inclusion in the registry is completely independent of the medical treatment. All products used for the medical treatment should be administered as stated in their SmPCs (Sum-mary of Product Characteristics) and/or Instructions for Use (IFU). Treatment pattern and treatment initiation, continuation, or changes are solely at the discretion of the physician and the patient. There will be no attempt to influence the treatment patterns of any indi-vidual treating physician. All drug subscriptions applied will be in the usual standard of care. Participation in the registry will in no way influence payment or reimbursement for any treatment received by subjects during the study.
The study will be conducted about 37 sites in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and 2000 subjects will be included. A total study duration of about 39 months is assumed, of which about 18 months account for enrolment and 12 months for the follow-up.
Eligible are all patients with chronic- (CCS) or acute- Non-ST-elevation coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) and target lesion suitable for PCI with drug-eluting stent (see section 6.3 for detailed eligibility criteria) undergoing PCI using at least one SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system as per current practice, who will visit consecutively a partici-pating investigation site. It is planned to enroll about 2000 patients in total.
Following discharge, patients will be treated according to clinical routine/guidelines. Hence, no study-specific pre-planned procedures will be performed.
To assess the primary endpoint, all patients will receive telephone calls at 6 and 12 months following index procedure and will be interviewed by means of a standardized patient interview by the investigation sites.
On-site monitoring will be performed (about 1.5 visits per site; risk-based approach). Dur-ing on-site monitoring, the monitor will verify patient informed consent documentation and perform source data verification against the patient's medical records. In addition, an attempt will be made to check the consecutiveness of patient enrolment at the site, fully respecting privacy and personal data of subjects who are not enrolled in the registry and consequently have not given informed consent.
Data will be captured at three time points:
- Baseline (e.g. site and patient characteristics, index procedure, events, etc.),
- 6-months FU (e.g. vital status, endpoint-related events, quality of life, adverse events, etc.) and
- 12-months FU (e.g. vital status, endpoint-related events, quality of life, adverse events, etc.)
- Conditions
- Coronary Disease
- Being tested
- The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system
- Keywords
- CAD, PCI, Cruz Stent, CCS, NSTE-ACS
- Medical subject headings
- Coronary Disease
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent systemDevice
Investigational device: SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting Coronary Stent System The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system consists of a balloon ex-pandable Sirolimus eluting stent, premounted on a stent delivery system. The active pharmaceutical ingredient in the SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent is Sirolimus (also known as Rapamycin).
The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system is indicated for improving coronary luminal diameter in patients with symptomatic Ischemic heart disease due to discrete de-novo stenotic lesions and in-stent restenotic lesions in native coronary arter-ies with a reference vessel diameter of 2.00 mm to 4.50 mm.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| All Comer Patients | All-comer patients (≥80 years) affected by acute coronary syn-drome (NSTE-ACS), stabile angina, or silent angina, who qualify for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) according to ESC-treatment guidelines and physicians' clinical routine estimation. Receives: Device: The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Device Oriented Composite Endpoint
Device Oriented Composite Endpoint (DOCE as per ARC2) at 12 months defined as compo-site of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (MI) not clearly attributable to a non-target vessel and clinically driven target lesion revascularization (TLR)
Measured: 12 month
Secondary outcomes (19)
All death
All death, cardiovascular death and non-cardiovascular death rate
Measured: 6 and 12 month
All MI rate
All MI rate at 6 months and 12 months
Measured: 6 and 12 month
Rate of TV-MI and MI not
Rate of TV-MI and MI not clearly attributable to non-target vessel at 6 months and at 12 months
Measured: 6 and 12 month
Clinically indicated TLR
Clinically indicated TLR rate at 6 months and 12 months.
Measured: 6 and 12 month
All TLR rate
All TLR rate at 6 months and at 12 months.
Measured: 6 months and at 12 months.
Target Vessel Revascularization (TVR
All Target Vessel Revascularization (TVR) rate at 6 months and at 12 months.
Measured: 6 months and at 12 months.
revascularization rate
All revascularization rate at 6 months and at 12 months.
Measured: 6 months and at 12 months.
Stent Thrombosis
Stent Thrombosis rate at 6 months and at 12 months (ARC2).
Measured: 6 months and at 12 months
Device success
Device success defined as deployment of the stents without system failure or device-related complication
Measured: 12 month
Lesion success
Lesion success defined as the attainment of < 50 % residual stenosis of the target le-sions post-PCI.
Measured: 12 month
Procedure success
Procedure success defined as all lesion successfully treated without the occurrence of DOCE during the hospital stay.
Measured: 12 month
Major Bleeding
Major Bleeding (BARC 3 to 5).
Measured: 12 month
SAQ
Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) at 6 months
Measured: 6 months
Quality of life PROMIS
Quality of life at 6- and 12-months as measured by PROMIS-29 questionnaire
Measured: 6- and 12-months
Geriatric Assessment - Bartel Index
Geriatric Assessment Questionnaire: Barthel-Index
Measured: baseline
Geriatric Assessment - Times up and Go Test
Geriatric Assessment Questionnaire: Timed up - and Go Test
Measured: baseline
Geriatric Assessment - Minimal Mental Status Test
Geriatric Assessment Questionnaire: Minimal Mental Status Test
Measured: baseline
Geriatric Assessment - G8 Questionnaire
Geriatric Assessment Questionnaire: G8 Questionnaire
Measured: baseline
Geriatric Assessment - General Living conditions
Geriatric Assessment Questionnaire: general living condition
Measured: baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Nov 2020
- Study start23 Jun 2021
- Primary completion12 Jun 2025
- Study completion12 Jun 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Coronary DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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
- 2,017 participants (actual)
- Target duration
- 12 Months
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- IHF GmbH - Institut für Herzinfarktforschung
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- David M Leistner, Prof, Principal investigator, Charite University, Berlin, Germany
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04612179
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Cruz-Senior
- Status last verified
- Jun 2025
- First submitted
- 30 Oct 2020
- Last updated
- 17 Jun 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 17 Jun 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Post-Market Registry to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of an Octo- and Nonagenerian All-Comer Patient Cohort With Coronary Artery Disease - the Cruz Senior Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04612179
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Cruz-Senior
- Conditions
- Coronary Disease
- Keywords
- CAD, PCI, Cruz Stent, CCS, NSTE-ACS
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 2,017 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- IHF GmbH - Institut für HerzinfarktforschungUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 23 Jun 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 12 Jun 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 12 Jun 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 2 Nov 2020 (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.
Prospective, multi-centre, open-label, single-armed, non-interventional observational clinical investigation designed to enrol 2000 octo- and nonagenerian all-comer patients with coro-nary artery disease in up to 37 sites in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Patients underwent PCI using at least one Supraflex Cruz Sirolimus Eluting stent as per current practice and will be followed up for 12 months.
Detailed description
This is a prospective, multicentre, open-label, single-armed, non-interventional observa-tional clinical investigation in aged patients (≥80 years) undergoing PCI using at least one Supraflex sirolimus eluting stent as per current practice. The registry is an observational study and patient's participation in this study has no impact on his or her indication for treatment, diagnostics, or therapy. Subjects are supposed to be treated according to cur-rent guidelines and the site's internal directives.
Inclusion in the registry is completely independent of the medical treatment. All products used for the medical treatment should be administered as stated in their SmPCs (Sum-mary of Product Characteristics) and/or Instructions for Use (IFU). Treatment pattern and treatment initiation, continuation, or changes are solely at the discretion of the physician and the patient. There will be no attempt to influence the treatment patterns of any indi-vidual treating physician. All drug subscriptions applied will be in the usual standard of care. Participation in the registry will in no way influence payment or reimbursement for any treatment received by subjects during the study.
The study will be conducted about 37 sites in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and 2000 subjects will be included. A total study duration of about 39 months is assumed, of which about 18 months account for enrolment and 12 months for the follow-up.
Eligible are all patients with chronic- (CCS) or acute- Non-ST-elevation coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) and target lesion suitable for PCI with drug-eluting stent (see section 6.3 for detailed eligibility criteria) undergoing PCI using at least one SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system as per current practice, who will visit consecutively a partici-pating investigation site. It is planned to enroll about 2000 patients in total.
Following discharge, patients will be treated according to clinical routine/guidelines. Hence, no study-specific pre-planned procedures will be performed.
To assess the primary endpoint, all patients will receive telephone calls at 6 and 12 months following index procedure and will be interviewed by means of a standardized patient interview by the investigation sites.
On-site monitoring will be performed (about 1.5 visits per site; risk-based approach). Dur-ing on-site monitoring, the monitor will verify patient informed consent documentation and perform source data verification against the patient's medical records. In addition, an attempt will be made to check the consecutiveness of patient enrolment at the site, fully respecting privacy and personal data of subjects who are not enrolled in the registry and consequently have not given informed consent.
Data will be captured at three time points:
- Baseline (e.g. site and patient characteristics, index procedure, events, etc.),
- 6-months FU (e.g. vital status, endpoint-related events, quality of life, adverse events, etc.) and
- 12-months FU (e.g. vital status, endpoint-related events, quality of life, adverse events, etc.)
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Target follow-up
- 12 Months
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| All Comer Patients | – | Device: The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent systemAll-comer patients (≥80 years) affected by acute coronary syn-drome (NSTE-ACS), stabile angina, or silent angina, who qualify for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) according to ESC-treatment guidelines and physicians' clinical routine estimation. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 80 to 99 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Older adult
- Study population
- All-comer patients (≥80 years) affected by acute coronary syn-drome (NSTE-ACS), stabile angina, or silent angina, who qualify for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) according to ESC-treatment guidelines and physicians' clinical routine estimation.
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Written consent received from the patient or a legal repre-sentative after the information has been provided.
- ≥ 80 years of age.
- De-novo or re-stenotic significant stenosis in at least one cor-onary vessel.
- Patients with NSTE-ACS, unstable angina, stable angina, silent ischemia (no limitation of the number of treated lesions and vessels: planned staged procedures are allowed within 3 months using Supraflex Cruz only).
- Target lesion suitable for PCI with SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Siroli-mus eluting coronary stent system with diameter between 2.0 and 4.5 mm
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STE-ACS)
- Hemodynamic instability or cardiogenic shock
- Known hypersensitivity or contraindication to any component of the study stent or the eluting drug, to media contrast, to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) medication required by cur-rent practice
- Any co-morbid condition with life expectancy < 1 year or that may result in protocol non-compliance
- Patients who are participating in another drug or device inves-tigational study, which has not reached its primary endpoint
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent systemInvestigational device: SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting Coronary Stent System The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system consists of a balloon ex-pandable Sirolimus eluting stent, premounted on a stent delivery system. The active pharmaceutical ingredient in the SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent is Sirolimus (also known as Rapamycin). The SUPRAFLEX CRUZ™ Sirolimus eluting coronary stent system is indicated for improving coronary luminal diameter in patients with symptomatic Ischemic heart disease due to discrete de-novo stenotic lesions and in-stent restenotic lesions in native coronary arter-ies with a reference vessel diameter of 2.00 mm to 4.50 mm. | Device | All Comer Patients |
Primary outcome
Device Oriented Composite Endpoint
Time frame: 12 month
Device Oriented Composite Endpoint (DOCE as per ARC2) at 12 months defined as compo-site of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (MI) not clearly attributable to a non-target vessel and clinically driven target lesion revascularization (TLR)
19 secondary outcomes
All death
Time frame: 6 and 12 month
All MI rate
Time frame: 6 and 12 month
Rate of TV-MI and MI not
Time frame: 6 and 12 month
Clinically indicated TLR
Time frame: 6 and 12 month
All TLR rate
Time frame: 6 months and at 12 months.
Target Vessel Revascularization (TVR
Time frame: 6 months and at 12 months.
revascularization rate
Time frame: 6 months and at 12 months.
Stent Thrombosis
Time frame: 6 months and at 12 months
Device success
Time frame: 12 month
Lesion success
Time frame: 12 month
Procedure success
Time frame: 12 month
Major Bleeding
Time frame: 12 month
SAQ
Time frame: 6 months
Quality of life PROMIS
Time frame: 6- and 12-months
Geriatric Assessment - Bartel Index
Time frame: baseline
Geriatric Assessment - Times up and Go Test
Time frame: baseline
Geriatric Assessment - Minimal Mental Status Test
Time frame: baseline
Geriatric Assessment - G8 Questionnaire
Time frame: baseline
Geriatric Assessment - General Living conditions
Time frame: baseline
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 17 Jun 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
David M Leistner, Prof principal investigator
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Coronary Disease, run by IHF GmbH - Institut für Herzinfarktforschung at 1 site in Germany.
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 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 17 Jun 2025. 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 Germany. 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 is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
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?
Device Oriented Composite Endpoint (time frame: 12 month). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 17 Jun 2025.