COMBINE-INTERVENE: COMBINEd Ischemia and Vulnerable Plaque Percutaneous INTERVENtion to Reduce Cardiovascular Events

Last updated: January 31, 2025
Sponsor: Diagram B.V.
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Myocardial Ischemia

Atherosclerosis

Chest Pain

Treatment

PCI revascularization strategy based FFR assessment

PCI revascularization strategy based on combined FFR and OCT assessment

Clinical Study ID

NCT05333068
9357
  • Ages 30-80
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The COMBINE-INTERVENE Trial will investigate whether a PCI revascularization strategy based on combined FFR and OCT assessment is superior to a PCI revascularization strategy based on FFR-alone in patients with MVD with any presentation.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients undergoing PCI, aged 30-80 years with any clinical presentation

  2. Angiographic criteria: presence of ≥ 2 de novo target lesions* located in 2different native coronary arteries feasible for treatment with PCI (operator / Heartteam decision)

Angiographic criteria target lesion* (all criteria I-IV should be applicable):

I. DS ≥ 50% on visual estimation II. de novo lesion located in native (non-grafted) vessel III. lesion reference diameter of ≥ 2.0 mm IV. Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 3 flow in all vessels (with exclusion of culprit lesions if MI at presentation)

*Target lesions are either culprit MI lesions or lesions where FFR will be performed. Patients are eligible if they have ≥ 2 target lesions or one culprit and ≥ 1 target lesion.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with MVD requiring coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) treatment (operator / local heart team decision)

  2. Lesion located in a grafted segment or in a vein graft

  3. In-stent restenosis lesions

  4. Left main trifurcation

  5. Left main lesion stand-alone (without other lesions)

  6. Patients with severe tortuous lesions (where FFR and OCT is judged impossible ordangerous)

  7. Chronic total occlusion

  8. Spontaneous coronary dissection

  9. Patients with severe valvular heart disease likely to require cardiac surgery withinthe next 2 years

  10. Patients with left ventricle (LV) function less than 30%

  11. Renal insufficiency (Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) < 29 ml/min/1.73m2; KidneyDisease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) stage 4 and 5)

  12. Life expectancy less than 3 years

Study Design

Total Participants: 1222
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: PCI revascularization strategy based FFR assessment
Phase:
Study Start date:
March 16, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2026

Study Description

The published COMBINE trial shows that patients carrying an OCT-detected thin-cap atheroma have a fivefold higher rate of the primary endpoint compared to patients without vulnerable lesion morphology, despite absence of ischemia. The most important finding of this trial is that not ischemia, but underlying lesion morphology could be the most important factor that predicts future adverse events. Together with the recently published ISCHEMIA trial, where ischemia guided revascularization failed to improve clinical outcomes compared to medical treatment, the COMBINE trial leads to a new way of thinking in interventional cardiology and also opens the door for new treatment strategies where a combined ischemic and morphologic assessment could lead to better clinical outcomes.

The COMBINE-INTERVENE Trial will investigate whether a PCI revascularization strategy based on combined FFR and OCT assessment is superior to a PCI revascularization strategy based on FFR-alone in patients with MVD with any presentation. The COMBINE-INTERVENE Trial is the first in line trial that will test focal percutaneous stenting for vulnerable plaque lesions independently from ischemia.

Connect with a study center

  • Monash Medical

    Clayton,
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • McGill University Health Centre

    Montreal,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Hamilton Health Sciences

    Ontario,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Niagara Health System - St. Catherines Site

    Ontario,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Aarhus University Hospital

    Aarhus,
    Denmark

    Site Not Available

  • North-Estonia Medical Centre

    Tallinn,
    Estonia

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille

    Lille,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Clinique Louis Pasteur

    Nancy,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    Berlin,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt

    Frankfurt,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Apex Heart Institute

    Ahmedabad,
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Apollo Hospitals

    Bangalore,
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical education and Research

    Chandigarh,
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Humanitas Research Hospital

    Milan,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Policlinico Universitario Fondazione Agostino Gemelli

    Rome,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • National University Corporation Institute of Science Tokyo

    Bunkyo,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Yokohama City University Medical Center

    Yokohama,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • National Heart Institute

    Kuala Lumpur,
    Malaysia

    Site Not Available

  • OLVG

    Amsterdam,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Albert Schweitzer Hospital

    Dordrecht,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Medisch Spectrum Twente

    Enschede,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital

    Tilburg,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Wellington Hospital

    Wellington,
    New Zealand

    Site Not Available

  • Medical University of Silesia

    Katowice,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Jagiellonian University; John Paul II Hospital

    Krakow,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospital Krakow

    Krakow,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Miedziowe Centrum Zdrowia

    Lubin,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Warsaw Medical University

    Warsaw,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Regional Specialist Hospital

    Wroclaw,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • C.C. Iliescu Institute of Cardiology Bucharest

    Bucharest,
    Romania

    Site Not Available

  • Different countries in Europe, Asia Pacific and Canada

    Bucharest,
    Romania

    Active - Recruiting

  • Nicolae Stăncioiu Heart Institute

    Cluj-Napoca,
    Romania

    Site Not Available

  • Clinic Hospital Targu Mures & S.C. Cardio Med SRL

    Targu Mures,
    Romania

    Site Not Available

  • Middle Slovak Institute of Cardiovascular Disease

    Banska Bystrica,
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Bellvitge Barcelona

    Barcelona,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

    Barcelona,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Clinico San Carlos

    Madrid,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Gregorio Marañón Madrid

    Madrid,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal

    Madrid,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital de La Princesa

    Madrid,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospital La Paz

    Madrid,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital

    Santander,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital La Fe Valencia

    Valencia,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Linköping University

    Linköping,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Lund University

    Lund,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Danderyd Hospital

    Stockholm,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Universitetssjukhuset Örebro

    Örebro,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

    New Taipei City,
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Cheng Hsin General Hospital

    Taipei City,
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei City,
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

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