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TerminatedNCT02749045Updated Feb 2, 2022Results posted

Simultaneous Assessment of FFR and SPECT

An interventional study of SPECT imaging in Coronary Artery Disease, sponsored by Prem Soman. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-02-02.

Sponsored by Prem Soman · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Why this study was terminated
Slow recruitment, funding period ended
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
27
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The overall purpose of this research study is to identify the disparity in ischemia measurement between fractional flow reserve (FFR) used in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and myocardial perfusion stress- single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). This study aims to determine the correlation between simultaneous FFR and SPECT obtained using regadenoson in the catheterization laboratory.

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Patients who are previously scheduled for diagnostic coronary angiography will be approached for consent to be part of the study. If the patient is found to have one or two vessel disease and it is planned by the interventional cardiologist that FFR will be used, then the previously consented patient will be deemed appropriate for the study. The standard procedure will be followed for FFR testing using regadenoson. The patient will then receive the standard dose of Tc-99m sestamibi. The interventional cardiologist will proceed with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) if appropriate. Patients will proceed to the cardiac catheterization laboratory holding area post procedure. Patients will then be scheduled to be taken to the nuclear cardiology laboratory one to three hours following the coronary angiogram for standard SPECT acquisition. Patients will be monitored for 2-6 hours or overnight as clinically indicated following diagnostic coronary angiography and PCI. Low dose resting myocardial perfusion scanning may be performed the next day if stress myocardial perfusion study was abnormal.

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Conditions studied

  • Coronary Artery Disease
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In context

Coronary Artery Disease

5,676 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronary Artery Disease; 958 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 27 is below the median of 123 across 3,481 interventional studies indexed under Coronary Artery Disease.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Prem Soman as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

Patients undergoing clinically-indicated FFR measurement (to determine the hemodynamic significance of intermediate degrees of stenosis) for single or two -vessel epicardial coronary disease during diagnostic coronary angiography for suspected coronary artery disease.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with 3-vessel disease
  2. Prior coronary artery bypass grafting
  3. Patients with second or third- degree atrioventricular block, without a functioning pacemaker
  4. Patients who have ingested caffeine-containing products within the past 12 hours.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
27 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Image acquisition arm

    Subjects who have undergone a clinically indicated fractional flow reserve measurement in the cardiac catheterization laboratory will receive standard dose Tc-99m sestamibi and undergo resting SPECT image acquisition within three hours from end of cardiac catheterization procedure.

    Radiation: SPECT imaging

Interventions

  • RadiationSPECT imaging

    myocardial perfusion imaging

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Concordance Between Gated SPECT Perfusion Data (QGS) and Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)

    The concordance will be calculated as the percentage of patients who had an abnormal FFR (\<0.8) and an abnormal SPECT (a perfusion defect on the SPECT) PLUS patients who had a normal FFR (≥ 0.8) and a normal SPECT. concordance= patients with abnormal FFR and abnormal SPECT + patients with normal FFR and normal SPECT/ total no. of patients

    Time frame: 24 hours

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Results

Posted Feb 2, 2022
Limitations and caveats
The study was significantly under-recruited. A pre-hoc power calculation indicated that a minimum of 50 patients was required to produce meaningful results. Recruitment was affected by: 1) the increasing use of iFR in place of FFR in the cath lab, and 2) COVID-19.

Participant flow

Recruitment was significantly affected by COVID-19 and the increasing use of iFR in place of FFR

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneImage Acquisition Arm
Started27
Completed27
Not completed0

Outcome measures

PrimaryConcordance Between Gated SPECT Perfusion Data (QGS) and Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)

The concordance will be calculated as the percentage of patients who had an abnormal FFR (\<0.8) and an abnormal SPECT (a perfusion defect on the SPECT) PLUS patients who had a normal FFR (≥ 0.8) and a normal SPECT. concordance= patients with abnormal FFR and abnormal SPECT + patients with normal FFR and normal SPECT/ total no. of patients

Time frame:
24 hours
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Concordance Between Gated SPECT Perfusion Data (QGS) and Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)
ParticipantsImage Acquisition Arm
Concordance Between Gated SPECT Perfusion Data (QGS) and Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)19

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events related to Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT occurring during the patient's stay in the nuclear lab (3-4 hours) were recorded.. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Image Acquisition Arm0/27 (0%)0/27 (0%)0/27 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Image Acquisition Arm
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years10
>=65 years17
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Image Acquisition Arm
Mean66.6 ± 10.3
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Image Acquisition Arm
Female13
Male14
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected(Participants)Image Acquisition Arm
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Image Acquisition Arm
United States27
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Study locations

1 site
  • UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · May 1, 2016

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 2, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02749045
Lead sponsor
Prem Soman
Collaborators
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Responsible party
Prem Soman (Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Apr 22, 2016
Start date
Jul 2016
Primary completion
Dec 2020
Completion
Jun 2021
Results posted
Feb 2, 2022
Last update
Feb 2, 2022

Study contacts

Prem Soman, MD
principal investigator · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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