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CompletedNCT03857503ReVEALUpdated Apr 1, 2021

Radiographic Imaging Validation and EvALuation for Angio iFR (ReVEAL iFR)

An observational study in Cardiac Ischemia, Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Stenosis, sponsored by Volcano Corporation. Completed at 40 sites in 7 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-01.

Sponsored by Volcano Corporation (part of Philips) · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
441
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The Philips Angio-iFR medical software device is intended to provide information on the functional significance of a coronary artery lesion to provide guidance on diagnostic decisions similar to that obtained through invasive measures of iFR and FFR. The software application uses the vessel geometry obtained from a coronary angiographic image together with a lumped parameter physiological model to provide the associated iFR and FFR estimates.

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This study is intended to demonstrate the diagnostic performance of the image-derived physiology model using the invasive physiological measures as the reference standard.

Specific objectives include the following:

i) Demonstrate the sensitivity and specificity of image-derived iFR and FFR results for identifying functionally significant lesions as determined by the corresponding invasive measures; ii) Demonstrate the diagnostic agreement of image-derived iFR and FFR estimates with the corresponding invasive measures; iii) Demonstrate the diagnostic performance of image derived physiology estimate (iFR/FFR) is superior to visual angiographic assessment for the identification of functionally significant stenoses as determined by the corresponding invasive physiology measures; iv) Demonstrate reproducibility of the image-derived estimate for a given operator and across multiple operators for a given lesion.

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Conditions studied

  • Cardiac Ischemia
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Coronary Stenosis
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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 441 is above the median of 335 across 1,978 observational studies indexed under Coronary Artery Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Volcano Corporation is the lead sponsor of 14 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

First submitted after Volcano Corporation became part of Philips.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Patients referred for cardiac catheterization for diagnostic and/or treatment purposes will undergo a screening angiogram to assess eligibility. Eligible patients will be those with at least one major epicardial vessel having a lesion of 40-90% diameter stenosis per visual assessment of angiogram.

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Inclusion criteria

  1. ≥18 years old
  2. At least 1 de-novo lesion in 1 or more major epicardial vessels of 40-90% angiographic stenosis with a reference vessel size ≥2.5mm in the diseased segment by visual estimate
  3. Able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presenting with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), or documented ACS within 4 weeks prior to the scheduled index procedure
  2. Cardiogenic shock (sustained (>10 min) systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg in absence of inotropic support or the presence of an intra-aortic balloon pump)
  3. Presence of cardiac arrhythmias (e.g., atrial fibrillation, AV-block)
  4. Prior cardiac surgery or implant, including CABG, heart transplant, surgical heart valve replacement or repair, TAVI/TAVR, presence of an ICD or pacemaker
  5. Target vessel supplied by a left main coronary artery demonstrating any disease present (isolated or non-isolated)
  6. Target vessel supplied by right coronary artery demonstrating any ostial disease (located immediately at the origin of the coronary vessels from the aorta)
  7. Target vessel with Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) in the ipsilateral territory or target vessel with an untreated CTO in the contralateral territory. Note: if a CTO existing in the contralateral territory is successfully opened, the target vessel in the contralateral territory can be included following CTO treatment.
  8. Target vessel with severe tortuosity (≥1 bends of 90° or more, or ≥3 or more bends of 45°- 90° proximal to the diseased segment)
  9. Target vessel with heavy calcification (multiple persisting opacifications of the coronary wall visible in more than one projection surrounding the complete lumen of the coronary artery at the site of the lesion.)
  10. Target vessel with TIMI flow grade 1 or 0
  11. Target vessel with severe diffuse disease (more than 75% of the length of the segment having a vessel diameter of 2mm, irrespective of the presence or absence of a lesion)
  12. Target lesion is at a bifurcation/trifurcation
  13. Target arteries supplying akinetic or severely hypokinetic territories if already known based on prior imaging
  14. Target vessel is supplied by major collaterals
  15. Target stenosis associated with myocardial bridge
  16. Any vascular abnormality precluding optimal contrast opacification (e,g, thrombus, ulceration)
  17. Severe aortic or mitral valve disease
  18. Known ejection fraction ≤30%
  19. Known severe renal insufficiency (eGFR\<30ml/min/1.72m2)
  20. Any fluoroscopic interference that renders the wire position unclear
  21. Contraindication for adenosine or other hyperemic agent (e.g., caffeine ingestion ≤18 hours, COPD, hypotension, AV block)
  22. Known pregnancy or planning to become pregnant
  23. Participating in another interventional investigational study
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
441 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Coronary Lesion Assessment with iFR

    Patients referred for cardiac catheterization for diagnostic and/or treatment purposes will undergo a screening angiogram to assess eligibility. Eligible patients will be those with at least one major epicardial vessel having a lesion of 40-90% diameter stenosis per visual assessment of angiogram.

    Diagnostic Test: iFR

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testiFR

    Patients will undergo standard of care diagnostic coronary angiography using established invasive physiological criteria for iFR and FFR to aid in clinical decision making for coronary revascularization. Angiograms will be made in at least two projections, and the treating physician will record his/her estimation of stenosis severity. Resting iFR and Pd/Pa measures will then be made distal to the target lesion; adenosine will be administered, and the FFR measures will be made without moving the wire. An iFR pullback will then be made after hyperemia as abated. Patients will be treated or deferred from treatment based on physician decision aided by the iFR measures.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Diagnostic accuracy of the image-derived iFR

    Diagnostic accuracy of the image-derived iFR and FFR estimate for a given lesion compared to the corresponding invasive iFR and FFR values.

    Time frame: 1 day

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Study locations

40 sites
  • VA Medical Center
    Long Beach, California 90822, United States
  • Colorado Heart and Vascular/St Anthony's
    Lakewood, Colorado 80228, United States
  • Yale University Hospital
    New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States
  • Memorial Regional Hospital
    Hollywood, Florida 33021, United States
  • Memorial Hospital- West
    Pembroke Pines, Florida 33028, United States
  • Emory University Hospital
    Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
  • Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Davenport, Iowa 52803, United States
  • Ascension St. John Hospital
    Detroit, Michigan 48236, United States
  • Catholic Medical Center
    Manchester, New Hampshire 03102, United States
  • South Side Hospital
    Bay Shore, New York 11706, United States
  • University at Buffalo
    Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
  • St Francis Hospital
    Roslyn, New York 11576, United States
  • Duke University Hospital
    Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
  • NC Heart & Vascular
    Goldsboro, North Carolina 27607, United States
  • Integris Heart Hospital
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112, United States
  • Bryn Mawr Hospital
    Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
  • Lankenau Medical Center
    Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 19096, United States
  • Centennial Heart
    Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute
    Dallas, Texas 75246, United States
  • Unversitatklinikum, Freiburg
    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
  • Gemeinschaftsklinikum, Koblenz
    Koblenz, Germany
  • Universitatklinikum, Mannheim
    Mannheim, Germany
  • Robert-Bosch Krankenhaus, Stuttgart
    Stuttgart, Germany
  • University Hospital Galway, CRFG
    Galway, Ireland
  • Gifu Heart Center
    Gifu, Japan
  • Ehime Medical University
    Matsuyama, Japan
  • Wakayama Medical University
    Wakayama, 99999, Japan
  • AMC Amsterdam
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Amphia Ziekenhuis Breda
    Breda, Netherlands
  • Medische Spectrum Twente
    Enschede, Netherlands
  • Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
    Leeuwarden, Netherlands
  • Sint Antonius Ziekenhuis
    Nieuwegein, Netherlands
  • Radboud UMC
    Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Hospital Universitario de Léon
    León, Spain
  • Hospital Clinico San Carlos
    Madrid, Spain
  • Basildon Univeristy Hospital
    Basildon, SS165NL, United Kingdom
  • Blackpool Victoria hospital
    Blackpool, United Kingdom
  • Royal Bournemouth hospital
    Bournemouth, BH7 7DW, United Kingdom
  • Imperial College of London- Hammersmith Hospital
    London, W12OHS, United Kingdom
  • University of Southampton
    Southampton, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Publications

  • Onuma Y, Ninomiya K, Sjauw K, Damman P, Matsuo H, von Birgelen C, Sevestre E, Ono M, O'Leary N, Garg S, van Lavieren MA, Inderbitzen B, Akasaka T, Escaned J, Patel MR, Serruys PW; ReVEAL iFR Investigators. Accuracy of instantaneous wave-free ratio and fractional flow reserve derived from single coronary angiographic projections. Am Heart J. 2025 Oct;288:111-121. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2025.03.001. Epub 2025 Mar 11. PubMed 40081745 ↗
  • Revaiah PC, Tsai TY, Chinhenzva A, Miyashita K, Tobe A, Oshima A, Ferraz-Costa G, Garg S, Biscaglia S, Patel M, Collet C, Akasaka T, Escaned J, Onuma Y, Serruys PW. Physiological Disease Pattern as Assessed by Pull Back Pressure Gradient Index in Vessels With FFR/iFR Discordance. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Apr 14;18(7):823-834. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.12.017. Epub 2025 Feb 19. PubMed 39985510 ↗
  • Ono M, Serruys PW, Patel MR, Escaned J, Akasaka T, Lavieren MAV, Haase C, Grass M, Kogame N, Hara H, Kawashima H, Wykrzykowska JJ, Piek JJ, Garg S, O'Leary N, Inderbitzen B, Onuma Y. A prospective multicenter validation study for a novel angiography-derived physiological assessment software: Rationale and design of the radiographic imaging validation and evaluation for Angio-iFR (ReVEAL iFR) study. Am Heart J. 2021 Sep;239:19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.05.004. Epub 2021 May 13. PubMed 33992606 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 1, 2021, 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
NCT03857503
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 28, 2019
Start date
Aug 1, 2019
Primary completion
Mar 12, 2021
Completion
Mar 12, 2021
Last update
Apr 1, 2021

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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