OCT or Angiography Guided De-escalation of DAPT

Summary

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers a high-resolution intravascular imaging modality to accurately assess vessel and lumen geometry and identify the hallmark of a culprit lesion including plaque disruption and thrombus. In addition, the incorporation of the MLD MAX algorithm into daily practice guides an efficient and easily-memorable workflow for optimized OCT-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES). Regarding the antithrombotic therapy after revascularization, the 2023 ESC guidelines recommend the P2Y12 receptor inhibitor de-escalation (i.e. switching from ticagrelor to clopidogrel) in ACS patients may be considered as an alternative strategy to the default treatment regimen in order to reduce the risk of bleeding events. Based on the above conclusions, we designed a single-center, prospective, randomized controlled, exploratory study trial to evaluate whether the utility of OCT for guiding PCI with DES followed by antiplatelet de-escalation therapy could further reduce the stent-induced intimal hyperplasia of STEMI patients after stent implantation.

Timeline

Start

2024-04-01

Primary completion

2026-12-01

Completion

2026-12-01

Publications

• Background Ali ZA, Karimi Galougahi K, Thomas SV, Abu-Much A, Chau K, Dakroub A, Shlofmitz ES, Jeremias A, West N, Matsumura M, Mintz GS, Maehara A, Shlofmitz RA. Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Practical Application. Interv Cardiol Clin. 2023 Apr;12(2):215-224. doi: 10.1016/j.iccl.2022.12.003. Epub 2023 Jan 31.
• Background Giugliano RP, Braunwald E. The year in acute coronary syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Jan 28;63(3):201-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.041. Epub 2013 Nov 13. No abstract available.
• Background Bliden KP, Tantry US, Storey RF, Jeong YH, Gesheff M, Wei C, Gurbel PA. The effect of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel on high on-treatment platelet reactivity: combined analysis of the ONSET/OFFSET and RESPOND studies. Am Heart J. 2011 Jul;162(1):160-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.11.025. Epub 2011 Jun 12.
• Background Capodanno D, Alfonso F, Levine GN, Valgimigli M, Angiolillo DJ. ACC/AHA Versus ESC Guidelines on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: JACC Guideline Comparison. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Dec 11;72(23 Pt A):2915-2931. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.09.057.
• Background Cuisset T, Deharo P, Quilici J, Johnson TW, Deffarges S, Bassez C, Bonnet G, Fourcade L, Mouret JP, Lambert M, Verdier V, Morange PE, Alessi MC, Bonnet JL. Benefit of switching dual antiplatelet therapy after acute coronary syndrome: the TOPIC (timing of platelet inhibition after acute coronary syndrome) randomized study. Eur Heart J. 2017 Nov 1;38(41):3070-3078. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx175.
• Background Sibbing D, Aradi D, Jacobshagen C, Gross L, Trenk D, Geisler T, Orban M, Hadamitzky M, Merkely B, Kiss RG, Komocsi A, Dezsi CA, Holdt L, Felix SB, Parma R, Klopotowski M, Schwinger RHG, Rieber J, Huber K, Neumann FJ, Koltowski L, Mehilli J, Huczek Z, Massberg S; TROPICAL-ACS Investigators. Guided de-escalation of antiplatelet treatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (TROPICAL-ACS): a randomised, open-label, multicentre trial. Lancet. 2017 Oct 14;390(10104):1747-1757. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32155-4. Epub 2017 Aug 28.
• Background Bonello L, Laine M, Kipson N, Mancini J, Helal O, Fromonot J, Gariboldi V, Condo J, Thuny F, Frere C, Camoin-Jau L, Paganelli F, Dignat-George F, Guieu R. Ticagrelor increases adenosine plasma concentration in patients with an acute coronary syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Mar 11;63(9):872-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.067. Epub 2013 Nov 27.
• Background Kim CJ, Park MW, Kim MC, Choo EH, Hwang BH, Lee KY, Choi YS, Kim HY, Yoo KD, Jeon DS, Shin ES, Jeong YH, Seung KB, Jeong MH, Yim HW, Ahn Y, Chang K; TALOS-AMI investigators. Unguided de-escalation from ticagrelor to clopidogrel in stabilised patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (TALOS-AMI): an investigator-initiated, open-label, multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised trial. Lancet. 2021 Oct 9;398(10308):1305-1316. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01445-8.
• Background Byrne RA, Rossello X, Coughlan JJ, Barbato E, Berry C, Chieffo A, Claeys MJ, Dan GA, Dweck MR, Galbraith M, Gilard M, Hinterbuchner L, Jankowska EA, Juni P, Kimura T, Kunadian V, Leosdottir M, Lorusso R, Pedretti RFE, Rigopoulos AG, Rubini Gimenez M, Thiele H, Vranckx P, Wassmann S, Wenger NK, Ibanez B; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes. Eur Heart J. 2023 Oct 12;44(38):3720-3826. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad191. No abstract available.

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