CAOCT: Intra CoronAry Optical Computerized Tomography in out-of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients

Summary

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of sudden death in Europe and the United States. Mortality is currently close to 40% among those patients who had been successfully resuscitated after OHCA associated with ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia . Coronary artery disease is observed in up to 70% of patients with OHCA and immediate coronary angiography . Current European and American guidelines recommend immediate coronary angiography with primary angioplasty in OHCA patients with ST-segment elevation on ECG after successful resuscitation . Furthermore, the identification of the culprit lesion by coronary angiography among patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and no OHCA is challenging. In a recent cardiac magnetic resonance study, Heitner et al. found that in almost half of the patients with non-ST segment elevation ACS, the culprit lesion was not properly detected or identified by coronary angiography. In the Coronary Angiography after cardiac arrest (COACT) trial, a randomized controlled trial comparing immediate versus delayed coronary angiography after OHCA in patients without ST segment elevation on ECG, some degree of coronary artery disease was found in 64.5% of the patients in the immediate angiography group and an unstable coronary lesion was identified in only 13.6% of the patients. However, in survivors of OHCA without ST segment elevation on ECG, the use of intra coronary optical computerized tomography (OCT) led to identification of plaque rupture (27%), plaque erosion (36%) and coronary thrombosis (59%) undetected on angiography. There is hence a clear need to improve causality diagnosis among patients resuscitated after OHCA and without ST segment elevation on ECG, and, in the case of coronary artery disease detection, to better identify the culprit vessel/lesion ultimately leading to a targeted treatment. These are the reasons why we have designed a prospective, multi-centre, single cohort, diagnostic accuracy study: to better explore the incidence of a true ACS among OHCA survivors and to evaluate the accuracy of angiography to detect the culprit lesion when compared to OCT.

Conditions

• Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Optical Coherence Tomography

OCT (DragonFly, Abbott Vascular) will be performed after angiography. OCT images will be acquired using the 6F guide catheter compatible DragonFly System (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, USA). The catheter will be introduced into the first coronary artery via a standard 0.014-inch angioplasty wire, after prior injection of an intracoronary bolus of nitro-glycerine (according to the hemodynamic conditions of the patient). To remove all blood adequately from the imaging site, nonocclusive flushing will be performed using continuously inject via an automated power injector, and the OCT catheter will be pulled back at a speed of 18 mm/second to guarantee sufficient time to acquire images of a 54 mm long segment (frame density: 10 frames/mm).

PROCEDURE

Coronary Angiography

The coronary angiography will be performed according to the strategies described in the consensus statement from the European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)/Stent for Life (SFL) groups.Transradial or transfemoral 6F/7F approaches are recommended. The choice of diagnostic catheters, guiding catheters, guidewires, pre-dilatation, atherectomy devices, and post dilatation is let to the investigator's discretion.

PROCEDURE

Per cutaneous coronary intervention

Based on coronary angiography and OCT analyses by the investigators, PCI will be performed, preferentially for the identified culprit lesion(s) only. The guiding catheters, guidewires, pre-dilatation, atherectomy devices, and post dilatation are left to physician discretion. The use of semi- or non-compliant balloons number and diameter of drug eluting stent(s) will also be left to the physician discretion, but post dilation will be strongly recommended in case of PCI. OCT can eventually be performed after stent implantation to guide, post dilation strategy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Abbott

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Ceric Sàrl

  lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

• Olivier Varenne, MD, PHD

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

85 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-01-29

Primary Completion

2023-01-31

Completion

2023-01-31

Countries

• Belgium
• France
• Serbia

Study Locations