POLish Bifurcation Optimal Treatment Strategy Study for Left Main Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) (POLBOS LM)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03508219 |
Recruitment Status :
Suspended
(COVID-19)
First Posted : April 25, 2018
Last Update Posted : December 19, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Coronary Stenosis | Device: BiOSS LIM C | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 260 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | POLish Bifurcation Optimal Treatment Strategy Study for Left Main Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) |
Actual Study Start Date : | August 10, 2018 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | April 2021 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: BiOSS LIM C
The treatment strategy consists of contemporary PCI of the left-main bifurcation, using the BiOSS LIM C stent system, following diagnostic angiography demonstrating significant distal unprotected left main disease and local Heart Team discussion applying the anatomic SYNTAX Score.
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Device: BiOSS LIM C
The BiOSS LIM C (Bifurcation Optimization Stent System, Balton, Warsaw, Poland). The BiOSS LIM C is a dedicated bifurcation stent covered with a mixture of a biodegradable polymer and the antiproliferative substance sirolimus. BiOSS LIM C will be used for treatment of the Left-Main bifurcation, according to its instructions for use. The Alex-Plus cobaltchromium sirolimus eluting stent (Balton, Warsaw, Poland) will be used for treatment of distal left-main side branches according to its instructions for use (i.e. proximal segments of the left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries as well as the ramus intermedius if the latter vessel is part of a trifurcation). All other lesions (other than left-main bifurcations) will be treated with XIENCE family everolimus-eluting coronary stent systems. Other Names:
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- Non-inferiority comparison of Patient-oriented composite endpoint (PoCE) of BiOSS LIM C to a pre-specified objective performance goal (OPC). [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
POCE defined as a composite measure of: All-cause mortality, Stroke (Modified Ranking Scale (mRS) ≥1), Any Myocardial infarction (MI) (includes non target vessel territory), Any unplanned revascularization for ischemia (includes all target and nontarget vessels).
OPC based on data collected in Excel-study
- POCE defined as composite of all-cause death, stroke, any MI, and any revascularization [ Time Frame: 30 days; 6 months ]
- Target Vessel Failure defined as cardiac death, Target vessel MI, and clinically indicated target vessel revascularization [ Time Frame: 30 days; 6 months; 12 months ]
- Target Lesion Failure (device oriented composite endpoint) defined as cardiac death, target vessel MI, and clinically indicated target lesion revascularization [ Time Frame: 30 days; 6 months ; 12 months ]
- Mortality [ Time Frame: 30 days; 6 months; 12 months ]
- Stroke [ Time Frame: 30 days; 6 months; 12 months ]
- Myocardial infarction [ Time Frame: 30 days; 6 months; 12 months ]
- Revascularization [ Time Frame: 30 days; 6 months; 12 months ]
- Stent thrombosis according to Academic Research Consortium classification [ Time Frame: 30 days; 6 months; 12 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient has distal unprotected Left-Main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease with angiographic diameter stenosis (DS) ≥50% requiring revascularization.
- Left-Main Medina classification 100, 110, 101, 011, 010, 111
- Clinical and anatomic eligibility for PCI as agreed by the local Heart Team including anatomic SYNTAX Score (<33).
- Distal left main reference vessel diameter ≥3.0 mm and ≤5.5 mm. All target lesions must be located in a native coronary artery.
- Patient with silent ischemia, chronic stable angina or stabilized acute coronary syndromes with normal cardiac biomarker values
- Able to understand and provide informed consent and comply with all study procedures including follow-up
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior PCI of the left main bifurcation at any time prior to enrollment
- Currently participating in another trial and not yet at its primary endpoint.
- Prior PCI of any other (non left main bifurcation) coronary artery lesion within 6 months (<6 months) prior to enrollment.
- Left-Main Medina classification 001.
- Any segment of the left main bifurcation (distal left main, ostial Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) or ostial Left Circumflex Artery (LCX) presenting with a chronic total occlusion, or containing a visible thrombus.
- Excessive angulation of the left main bifurcation (i.e. an angulation >90° between proximal LAD and proximal LCX)
- Direct stenting of the left main bifurcation
- Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG) at any time prior to enrollment
- Patient requiring or may require additional surgery (cardiac or non-cardiac) within one year
- Ongoing myocardial infarction or recent myocardial infarction with cardiac biomarker levels still elevated.
- Known renal insufficiency (e.g. serum creatinine >2.5mg/dL, or creatinine clearance ≤30mL/min, or patient on dialysis).
- Known contraindication or hypersensitivity to sirolimus, everolimus, cobalt-chromium, or to medications such as aspirin, heparin, bivalirudin, and all of the following four medications: clopidogrel bisulfate, ticlopidine, prasugrel, ticagrelor.
- Patients unable to tolerate, obtain or comply with dual antiplatelet therapy for at least 12 months.
- Patient is a woman who is pregnant or nursing (a pregnancy test must be performed within 7 days prior to the index procedure in women of child-bearing potential).
- Concurrent medical condition with a life expectancy of less than 12 months.
- The patient is unwilling/not able to return for outpatient clinic at 12 month follow-up.
- Currently participating in another trial and not yet at its primary endpoint.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03508219
France | |
Research Centre FRA-001 | |
Aix en Provence, France | |
Research Centre FRA-004 | |
Bron, France | |
Research Centre FRA-003 | |
Grenoble, France | |
Research Centre FRA-002 | |
Saint-Denis, France | |
Italy | |
Research Centre ITA-001 | |
Naples, Italy | |
Research Centre ITA-002 | |
Ragusa, Italy | |
Research Centre ITA-003 | |
Syracuse, Italy | |
Poland | |
Research Centre PL-006 | |
Katowice, Poland | |
Research Centre PL-007 | |
Krakow, Poland | |
Research Centre PL-004 | |
Olsztyn, Poland | |
Research Centre PL-005 | |
Poznan, Poland | |
Research Centre PL-001 | |
Warsaw, Poland | |
Research Centre PL-008 | |
Warsaw, Poland | |
Research Centre PL-002 | |
Zabrze, Poland | |
Research Centre PL-003 | |
Zabrze, Poland |
Study Chair: | Patrick W Serruys, Prof. | Imperial College London | |
Principal Investigator: | Robert Gil, Prof. | Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior in Warsaw |
Responsible Party: | ECRI bv |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03508219 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ECRI-010 |
First Posted: | April 25, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 19, 2020 |
Last Verified: | December 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Left Main Bifurcation |
Coronary Stenosis Coronary Disease Myocardial Ischemia |
Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases |