NCT04656366

Brief Summary

Coronary artery disease is one of the biggest health issue worldwide: It is estimated that cardiovascular diseases cause around 45% of all death in Sweden and in the West World. The treatment, in a large part of the patients, implicates a so called bypass-operation, that consists in to connect new vascular conduits (grafts) beyond the narrowed coronary vessels to improve the blood supply to the heart. One of the graft that is commonly used is the saphenous vein from the leg. The disadvantage of the saphenous vein graft is the predisposition to early obstruction. The international literature shows the following grades of occlusion: 15% in the first year and 40% after 10 years. At the Cardio-Thoracic Clinic of the University hospital of Örebro has been developed a new method to harvest the saphenous vein together with the surrounding fat-tissue. This technique, called no-touch technique, has the advantage to reduce the damages to the vein during the harvesting, showing a substantially reduced risk for future occlusion (5% after 18 months and 10% after 8,5 years). 2020-05-20 2020-11-16 Project created in: FoU Region Örebro län Resultat av Koronarangiografi hos patienter som tidigare CABG opererats Project number : 274418 Created by: Gabriele Ferrari, 2020-05-20 Last revised by: Gabriele Ferrari, 2020-11-16 Ongoing The aim of the PhD project is to evaluate the results of the no-touch technique in compare to the conventional technique for the venous graft harvesting. The focus of the study is to analyze all the operated patients in our clinic who underwent a post-operative coronary angiography do to angina pectoris (heart pain). One will compare the patency rate, the rate of MACE (major adverse cardiac events) and the quality of life in the two groups (no-touch vs. conventional). This study is the first and the only one in the world that will examine the long-term angiographic results of the no-touch technique in patients that had angina pectoris after the operation.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
1,000

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Nov 2020

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

November 1, 2020

Completed
29 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

November 30, 2020

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

December 7, 2020

Completed
12 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2021

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

February 1, 2022

Completed
Last Updated

December 8, 2020

Status Verified

December 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

1.1 years

First QC Date

November 30, 2020

Last Update Submit

December 4, 2020

Conditions

Keywords

vein graftno-touchanginacoronary angiographygraft patency

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Rate of Graft Patency

    Grade of freedom from stenosis in the saphenous vein graft used during the primary CABG

    after the primary CABG (until June the 30th 2020)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Rate of MACE

    after the primary CABG (until June the 30th 2020)

Study Arms (2)

No-touch

Participants that operated at the time of the coronary artery bypass grafting with a "no-touch" venous graft.

Diagnostic Test: Coronary Angiography

Conventional

Participants that operated at the time of the coronary artery bypass grafting with a "conventional" venous graft.

Diagnostic Test: Coronary Angiography

Interventions

Coronary AngiographyDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Diagnostic Coronary angiography for patients that presented angina after a previous CABG operation; eventually interventional procedure with PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention)

Also known as: Previously: coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
ConventionalNo-touch

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

All the subjects that previously were operated with a coronary artery bypass grafting at the Cardiothoracic department of the University hospital of Orebro (from1992 until June 30th 2020) and that underwent a percutaneous coronary intervention in a venous graft between January the 1st, 2006 and June the 30th, 2020.

You may qualify if:

  • Angina after CABG requiring diagnostic coronary angiography
  • CABG operation between 1992 and June 30th 2020
  • Coronary angiography between 2006 and June 30th 2020

You may not qualify if:

  • Coronary angiography within 30 days from the CABG operation date

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Kärl-Thoraxkliniken; University Hospital of Örebro

Örebro, 70185, Sweden

RECRUITING

Related Publications (10)

  • Souza D. A new no-touch preparation technique. Technical notes. Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1996;30(1):41-4. doi: 10.3109/14017439609107239. No abstract available.

    PMID: 8727856BACKGROUND
  • Souza DS, Dashwood MR, Tsui JC, Filbey D, Bodin L, Johansson B, Borowiec J. Improved patency in vein grafts harvested with surrounding tissue: results of a randomized study using three harvesting techniques. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Apr;73(4):1189-95. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03425-2.

    PMID: 11996262BACKGROUND
  • Souza DS, Johansson B, Bojo L, Karlsson R, Geijer H, Filbey D, Bodin L, Arbeus M, Dashwood MR. Harvesting the saphenous vein with surrounding tissue for CABG provides long-term graft patency comparable to the left internal thoracic artery: results of a randomized longitudinal trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Aug;132(2):373-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.04.002.

    PMID: 16872965BACKGROUND
  • Samano N, Geijer H, Bodin L, Arbeus M, Mannion JD, Dashwood M, Souza D. The no-touch saphenous vein graft in elderly coronary bypass patients with multiple comorbidities is a promising conduit to substitute the left internal thoracic artery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Aug;154(2):457-466.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.048. Epub 2017 Mar 24.

    PMID: 28433355BACKGROUND
  • Bourassa MG. Fate of venous grafts: the past, the present and the future. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1991 Apr;17(5):1081-3. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90835-w. No abstract available.

    PMID: 2007707BACKGROUND
  • Hindnavis V, Cho SH, Goldberg S. Saphenous vein graft intervention: a review. J Invasive Cardiol. 2012 Feb;24(2):64-71.

    PMID: 22294536BACKGROUND
  • Goldman S, Zadina K, Moritz T, Ovitt T, Sethi G, Copeland JG, Thottapurathu L, Krasnicka B, Ellis N, Anderson RJ, Henderson W; VA Cooperative Study Group #207/297/364. Long-term patency of saphenous vein and left internal mammary artery grafts after coronary artery bypass surgery: results from a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Dec 7;44(11):2149-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.08.064.

    PMID: 15582312BACKGROUND
  • Lee MS, Park SJ, Kandzari DE, Kirtane AJ, Fearon WF, Brilakis ES, Vermeersch P, Kim YH, Waksman R, Mehilli J, Mauri L, Stone GW. Saphenous vein graft intervention. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Aug;4(8):831-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.05.014.

    PMID: 21851895BACKGROUND
  • Stone GW, Goldberg S, O'Shaughnessy C, Midei M, Siegel RM, Cristea E, Dangas G, Lansky AJ, Mehran R. 5-year follow-up of polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stents compared with bare-metal stents in aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts the randomized BARRICADE (barrier approach to restenosis: restrict intima to curtail adverse events) trial. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Mar;4(3):300-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2010.11.013.

    PMID: 21435608BACKGROUND
  • Ferrari G, Loayza R, Azari A, Geijer H, Cao Y, Carlsson R, Bojo L, Samano N, Souza D. Superior long-term patency of no-touch vein graft compared to conventional vein grafts in over 1500 consecutive patients. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Oct 1;19(1):570. doi: 10.1186/s13019-024-03057-3.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Angina Pectoris

Interventions

Coronary Angiography

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Myocardial IschemiaHeart DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesVascular DiseasesChest PainPainNeurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cardiac Imaging TechniquesDiagnostic ImagingDiagnostic Techniques and ProceduresDiagnosisAngiographyRadiographyDiagnostic Techniques, CardiovascularHeart Function Tests

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

November 30, 2020

First Posted

December 7, 2020

Study Start

November 1, 2020

Primary Completion

December 1, 2021

Study Completion

February 1, 2022

Last Updated

December 8, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-12

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