A Trial of Low-dose Adjunctive alTeplase During prIMary PCI

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

440 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-03-31

Study Completion Date

2019-05-08

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of reduced doses (10 mg and 20 mg) of intra-coronary alteplase compared with placebo as an adjunct to PCI in reducing MVO and its consequences in high risk patients with STEMI.

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Detailed Description

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Despite numerous interventions, there remains a need to develop new ways to prevent microvascular obstruction (MVO). The investigators aim to select patients with persistent S-T-elevation on the ECG and an occluded artery and heavy thrombus burden at initial angiography. These characteristics are causally linked to MVO. Patients with a thrombotic culprit coronary artery have reduced myocardial perfusion compared to those without and the presence of coronary thrombus is an independent predictor of adverse ischaemic outcomes post-MI. Intra-luminal thrombus, as revealed by intra vascular imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) in STEMI patients, has shown that thrombus commonly persists in the culprit coronary artery, including within the stent post-implantation, even when the thrombus is invisible with conventional angiography. The amount of persistent thrombus predicted the likelihood of persistent S-T-segment elevation, a marker of microvascular injury, and impaired perfusion.Therefore, coronary thrombus represents a therapeutic target in primary PCI. The pathophysiology of MVO and microvascular thrombosis has elucidated in MRI studies of reperfused MI in swine. The investigators demonstrated that LATE MVO corresponds closely with infarct zone haemorrhage as revealed by T2-weighted MRI and pathology. The investigators observations were validated by Robbers et al who showed that in swine 7 days post-MI, when LATE MVO and haemorrhage correspond (which is usually the case), there is severe capillary loss and disruption coupled with thrombosis and inflammation. They concluded that following reperfusion, acute inflammation and microvessel thrombosis result in degradation of endothelial integrity and capillary breakdown. Very interestingly, their histology also demonstrated diffuse microvascular thrombosis within the area of late gadolinium enhancement surrounding the haemorrhagic core which explains reduced perfusion (or wash during first pass of gadolinium contrast MRI) within the ischaemic area-at-risk. This observation points to the therapeutic potential of local thrombolysis within the culprit artery circulation.The study addresses the question of whether a pharmacological strategy involving reduced dose alteplase given early during the primary PCI procedure will both prevent and treat distal microvascular thrombosis and MVO and, subsequently, reduce infarct size.Current evidence around the potential safety and efficacy of reduced dose fibrinolysis in primary PCI is limited. These limitations set-the-scene and support the rationale for the clinical trial: Full systemic dose intravenous fibrinolysis to facilitate primary PCI is potentially harmful and increases the risk of off-target bleeding complications; therefore, the investigators will use reduced-dose fibrinolysis. They will directly infuse alteplase into the culprit artery to achieve effective and sustained local plasma concentrations and much lower systemic concentrations of unbound drug. It is anticipated that bleeding rates may be low; therefore, the investigators will measure fibrinogen in all patients. Fibrinogen and other haemostasis parameters will serve as a surrogate measure of bleeding (and safety). In line with contemporary practice, investigators advise that patients have radial artery access whenever possible. Previous trials have used streptokinase (non-fibrin specific and immunogenic); this study will use the fibrin-specific non-immunogenic second generation thrombolytic, alteplase The only previous trial involved thrombolysis at the end of primary PCI (when microvascular thrombosis may already be established after reperfusion); the efficacy of thrombolysis may be greatest when thrombus is most abundant at the beginning of primary PCI; persistent residual fibrin strands adherent within the culprit territory will be selectively targeted by fibrinolytic therapy during primary PCI; thrombus which forms during the primary PCI procedure could be treated by the sustained 'deep tissue' thrombolytic effects of locally administered intra-coronary alteplase; in terms of ease-of-use and feasibility, there may be advantages to giving alteplase as a single dose.T-TIME is a Phase II evaluation of two reduced doses of alteplase, delivered locally, compared to placebo in STEMI patients receiving PCI in a double-blind, randomised, parallel group, placebo-controlled dose-ranging clinical trial. The investigators believe the strategy with intracoronary fibrinolysis complements other therapeutic approaches which are currently being tested. Should the trial demonstrate EFFICACY then a future trial might involve a factorial design with placebo, alteplase and any other intervention that might also be shown to be effective in the intervening time in order to test the comparative EFFICACY of each (alone or in combination) on surrogate and/or clinical outcomes.

Conditions

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Myocardial Infarction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Control Arm

two placebo vials

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR