Outcomes Following Myocardial Revascularization: On and Off Cardiopulmonary Bypass

NCT ID: NCT00032630

Last Updated: 2014-05-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

2203 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-04-30

Study Completion Date

2008-04-30

Brief Summary

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Ischemic heart disease is one of the most frequent diagnoses in the VA system. Moreover, 5,819 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG-only) procedures were performed in the VA in Fiscal Year (FY) 1999. Throughout VA and non-VA cardiac surgery programs nationwide, myocardial revascularization is now being performed using two surgical techniques. One technique is performed with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) usually with cardioplegic arrest ("on-pump") and the other without CPB on a beating heart ("off-pump"). The overall purpose of this proposed randomized, controlled, clinical trial is to rigorously evaluate the impact of using an on-pump versus off-pump surgical technique for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG-only) procedures (performed with a traditional median sternotomy incision) upon patient clinical outcomes and resource utilization.

Detailed Description

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Primary Hypotheses: The study has two primary hypotheses to evaluate the impact of using an off-pump versus an on-pump surgical technique for CABG procedures. One is a short term objective to assess the immediate impact of the two surgical techniques while the second assesses the long-term impact of the two techniques: 1) Short-Term Null Hypothesis: For patients having CABG-only procedures performed, there will be no difference in the short-term composite clinical outcome (30 day death or major morbidity) between patients randomized to the on-pump and off-pump procedures, 2) Long-Term Null Hypothesis: For patients undergoing CABG-only procedures, there will be no difference in long-term clinical outcome as measured by one year mortality and/or acute myocardial infarction prior to one year and/or a subsequent revascularization procedure within one year between patients randomized to the on-pump and off-pump procedures.

Secondary Hypotheses: Major secondary objectives are to determine if there are differences in patients undergoing CABG-only procedures using the on-pump and off-pump techniques for 1) long-term completeness of revascularization, 2) one year graft patency and stenosis rates as determined by angiography at one year, and 3) short-term completeness of revascularization. Other secondary objectives are to evaluate the two surgical techniques on 1) changes in neuropsychological function, 2) traditional clinical outcomes, 3) general and disease specific quality of life, and 4) use of system resources.

Intervention: Patients requiring an elective or urgent CABG-only (no other procedures to be done) surgical procedure will be randomized to either the off-pump procedure or to the on-pump procedure.

Primary Outcomes: The short-term primary outcome measure is a composite measure of death, repeat cardiac surgery, new technical support, cardiac arrest, coma, prolonged stroke and/or renal failure requiring dialyses occurring within 30 days of surgery or prior to discharge, whichever is latest. The long-term primary outcome measure is a composite of death, acute myocardial infarction, and/or subsequent revascularization procedure prior to one year post-surgery.

Study Abstract: Ischemic heart disease is one of the most frequent diagnoses in the VA system. Moreover, 5,819 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG-only) procedures were performed in the VA in FY 1999. Throughout VA and non-VA cardiac surgery programs nationwide, myocardial revascularization is now being performed using two surgical techniques. One technique is performed with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) usually with cardioplegic arrest ("on-pump") and the other without CPB on a beating heart ("off-pump"). The overall purpose of this proposed randomized, controlled, clinical trial is to rigorously evaluate the impact of using an on-pump versus off-pump surgical technique for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG-only) procedures (performed with a traditional median sternotomy incision) upon patient clinical outcomes and resource utilization.

Conditions

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Ischemic Heart Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Arm 1

Coronary artery bypass - on-pump

Group Type OTHER

Coronary artery bypass - on-pump

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

CABG procedure performed on heart lung machine

Arm 2

Coronary artery bypass - off-pump

Group Type OTHER

Coronary artery bypass - off-pump

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

CABG procedure performed without the use of the heart lung machine

Interventions

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Coronary artery bypass - on-pump

CABG procedure performed on heart lung machine

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Coronary artery bypass - off-pump

CABG procedure performed without the use of the heart lung machine

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Elective or Urgent CABG
* CABG only procedure to be performed

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient's surgeon is not a participant that meets study off-pup criteria
* Valve or Valve/CABG procedure
* Emergent, hemodynamically unstable, or in cardiogenic shock preoperatively
* Moderate, moderate, to severe, or severe valvular disease
* Enrolled in another therapeutic or interventional study
* Majority of diffusely diseased distal vessels
* Clinical Care Team has reservations
* History of on-compliance
* Patient preference for treatment arm
* Inability to provide informed consent
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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US Department of Veterans Affairs

FED

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Frederick Grover, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver

Locations

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VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

VA Medical Center, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

VA Greater Los Angeles HCS, Sepulveda

Sepulveda, California, United States

Site Status

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver

Denver, Colorado, United States

Site Status

VA Medical Center, DC

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status

VA Medical Center, Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status

New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Site Status

VA Medical Center, Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

VA Medical Center, Durham

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

VA Medical Center, Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

VA Medical Center, Portland

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

VA Pittsburgh Health Care System

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status

VA South Texas Health Care System, San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status

Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Shroyer AL, Grover FL, Hattler B, Collins JF, McDonald GO, Kozora E, Lucke JC, Baltz JH, Novitzky D; Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. On-pump versus off-pump coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 5;361(19):1827-37. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0902905.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19890125 (View on PubMed)

Wagner TH, Hattler B, Bishawi M, Baltz JH, Collins JF, Quin JA, Grover FL, Shroyer AL; VA #517 Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. On-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a multisite trial. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Sep;96(3):770-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.074. Epub 2013 Aug 2.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23916805 (View on PubMed)

Hattler B, Carr BM, Messenger J, Spertus J, Ebrahimi R, Bishawi M, Quin JA, Almassi GH, Collins JF, Kozora E, Grover FL, Shroyer ALW. Clinical and Angiographic Predictors of Patient-Reported Angina 1 Year After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Apr;12(4):e005119. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005119.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31001997 (View on PubMed)

Bishawi M, Hattler B, Almassi GH, Spertus JA, Quin JA, Collins JF, Grover FL, Shroyer AL; VA #517 Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. Preoperative factors associated with worsening in health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass grafting in the Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) trial. Am Heart J. 2018 Apr;198:33-38. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.12.014. Epub 2017 Dec 24.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29653645 (View on PubMed)

Almassi GH, Carr BM, Bishawi M, Shroyer AL, Quin JA, Hattler B, Wagner TH, Collins JF, Ravichandran P, Cleveland JC, Grover FL, Bakaeen FG; Veterans Affairs #517 Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. Resident versus attending surgeon graft patency and clinical outcomes in on- versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Dec;150(6):1428-35, 1437.e1; discussion 1435-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.124. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26470910 (View on PubMed)

Almassi GH, Wagner TH, Carr B, Hattler B, Collins JF, Quin JA, Ebrahimi R, Grover FL, Bishawi M, Shroyer AL; VA #517 Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. Postoperative atrial fibrillation impacts on costs and one-year clinical outcomes: the Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass Trial. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Jan;99(1):109-14. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.035. Epub 2014 Nov 6.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25442992 (View on PubMed)

Hattler B, Messenger JC, Shroyer AL, Collins JF, Haugen SJ, Garcia JA, Baltz JH, Cleveland JC Jr, Novitzky D, Grover FL; Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. Off-Pump coronary artery bypass surgery is associated with worse arterial and saphenous vein graft patency and less effective revascularization: Results from the Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) trial. Circulation. 2012 Jun 12;125(23):2827-35. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.069260. Epub 2012 May 16.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22592900 (View on PubMed)

Novitzky D, Baltz JH, Hattler B, Collins JF, Kozora E, Shroyer AL, Grover FL. Outcomes after conversion in the Veterans Affairs randomized on versus off bypass trial. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Dec;92(6):2147-54. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.122. Epub 2011 Oct 5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21978872 (View on PubMed)

Zenati MA, Shroyer AL, Collins JF, Hattler B, Ota T, Almassi GH, Amidi M, Novitzky D, Grover FL, Sonel AF. Impact of endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest technique on late coronary artery bypass grafting patient outcomes in the ROOBY (Randomized On/Off Bypass) Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Feb;141(2):338-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.004. Epub 2010 Dec 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21130476 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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517

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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