Effect of High-intensity Statin With Ezetimibe COmbination theRapy Versus High-intensity sTatin Monotherapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-eluting Stents; the ESCORT Trial

NCT ID: NCT05782777

Last Updated: 2026-01-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

4310 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-07

Study Completion Date

2027-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study sought to evaluate whether ezetimibe combination to high-intensity statin therapy will have more prominent beneficial effect compared to high-intensity statin monotherapy in patients who underwent coronary revascularization with newer generation drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. Furthermore, the optimal OCT-based optimal expansion criteria as well as the efficacy and safety of newer generation will be investigated.

Detailed Description

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All eligible patients who underwent coronary revascularization with newer generation DES implantation will be enrolled according to inclusion/exclusion criteria after voluntary agreement with informed consent. At the time of enrollment, we will stratify the patients according to LDL-cholesterol \<100mg/dL, acute coronary syndrome, and DES type, and randomly assign them in two groups according to lipid-lowering therapy with a 1:1 ratio: "Combination therapy group" vs. "Statin monotherapy group". In this study, four types of new generation DES will be used: Orsiro (Biotronik), Firehawk (Microport), Genoss (Genoss) or D+Storm (CGBIO).

In this study, OCT substudy will be performed for the patients with diffuse long lesions requiring total stented length ≥30 mm (targeted for 700 patients in the trial). Corresponding patients will be randomly assigned into two groups according to the OCT-based optimal expansion criteria with a 1:1 ratio: meeting "Absolute expansion" vs. "Relative expansion". The absolute expansion criteria is defined as a minimum stent area (MSA) \>4.5mm2, while the relative expansion criteria is defined as achieving an MSA ≥ 80% of the mean reference lumen area or ≥ 100% of the distal reference lumen area. The patients will receive DES implantation under OCT guidance and stent optimization will be performed to satisfy the assigned expansion criteria.

Conditions

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Coronary Artery Disease Requiring Coronary Revascularization With Newer Generation DES Implantation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Combination therapy group

Ezetimibe/high-intensity statin combination therapy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ezetimibe/high-intensity statin combination therapy (ezetimibe 10mg plus atoravastatin 40mg)

Intervention Type DRUG

The initial dose of lipid-lowering therapy will be ezetimibe 10mg plus atoravastatin 40mg. During follow-up, the dose of ezetimibe 10mg plus atoravastatin 40mg is strongly recommended to be maintained.

Statin monotherapy group

High-intensity statin monotherapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

high-intensity statin monotherapy (atoravastatin 40mg)

Intervention Type DRUG

The initial dose of lipid-lowering therapy will be atoravastatin 40mg. During follow-up, the dose of atoravastatin 40mg is strongly recommended to be maintained.

Interventions

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ezetimibe/high-intensity statin combination therapy (ezetimibe 10mg plus atoravastatin 40mg)

The initial dose of lipid-lowering therapy will be ezetimibe 10mg plus atoravastatin 40mg. During follow-up, the dose of ezetimibe 10mg plus atoravastatin 40mg is strongly recommended to be maintained.

Intervention Type DRUG

high-intensity statin monotherapy (atoravastatin 40mg)

The initial dose of lipid-lowering therapy will be atoravastatin 40mg. During follow-up, the dose of atoravastatin 40mg is strongly recommended to be maintained.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 19-85 years
2. Patients who underwent coronary revascularization with newer generation DES implantation

Exclusion Criteria

1. Allergy or hypersensitive to ezetimibe or statin
2. Active liver disease or persistent unexplained serum AST/ALT elevation more than 2 times the upper limit of normal range
3. History of any adverse drug reaction requiring discontinuation of statin
4. Pregnant women, women with potential childbearing, or lactating women
5. Life expectancy less than 3 years
6. Inability to follow the patient over the period of 1 year after enrollment, as assessed by the investigator
7. Inability to understand or read the informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Yonsei University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Byeong-Keuk Kim

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

Locations

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Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Byeong-Keuk Kim

Role: CONTACT

82-2228-8460

Facility Contacts

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Byeong-Keuk Kim

Role: primary

82-2228-8460

Other Identifiers

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4-2022-1335

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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