A Placebo-controlled Trial of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Relief of Stable Angina (ORBITA-2)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03742050 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : November 15, 2018
Last Update Posted : September 6, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Stable Angina | Procedure: Percutaneous coronary intervention | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Placebo-controlled Trial of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Relief of Stable Angina |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 12, 2018 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | January 1, 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | January 1, 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Percutaneous coronary intervention
Percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents and modern techniques
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Procedure: Percutaneous coronary intervention
Percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents aiming to achieve complete revascularisation
Other Name: Coronary angioplasty |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo percutaneous coronary intervention
Placebo percutaneous coronary intervention
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Procedure: Percutaneous coronary intervention
Percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents aiming to achieve complete revascularisation
Other Name: Coronary angioplasty |
- Change in angina symptom score between groups [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in treadmill exercise time [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Angina severity as assessed by Canadian Cardiovascular Society class [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Physical limitation, angina stability, quality of life, angina frequency, freedom from angina as assessed with the Seattle Angina Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Quality of life as assessed with the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in dobutamine stress echocardiography score [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Need for anti-anginal medication introduction and up-titration [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Admission for acute coronary syndrome or unscheduled coronary angiography [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Freedom from angina on symptom score [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
ORBITA-2 will enrol patients who meet all 3 of the following criteria:
- Angina or angina-equivalent symptoms
- Anatomical evidence of significant coronary stenosis in at least one vessel, either: a. Invasive diagnostic coronary angiogram indicating ≥ 70% stenosis b. CT coronary angiography indicating ≥ 90% stenosis
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Evidence of ischaemia, arising from at least one of the following options:
- Positive dobutamine stress echocardiography
- Positive cardiac MRI perfusion scan
- Positive nuclear medicine myocardial perfusion scan
- Invasive pressure wire assessment suggestive of ischaemia, as judged by the interventional cardiologist, at the time of diagnostic angiogram or research angiogram
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age younger than 18
- Age older than 85
- Recent acute coronary event
- Previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Significant left main stem coronary disease
- Chronic total occlusion in the target vessel
- Contraindication to percutaneous coronary intervention or drug-eluting stent implantation
- Contraindication to antiplatelet therapy
- Severe valvular disease
- Severe LV systolic impairment
- Severe respiratory disease
- Life expectancy less than 2 years, pregnancy, unable to consent

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03742050
Contact: Rasha Al-Lamee, MRCP | 020 7594 5735 | rasha.al-lamee@nhs.net | |
Contact: Christopher A Rajkumar, MRCP | 020 7594 5735 | christopher.rajkumar@nhs.net |
United Kingdom | |
Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Recruiting |
Basildon, United Kingdom | |
Contact: Thomas Keeble, MD thomas.keeble@btuh.nhs.uk | |
Royal Bournemouth Hospital | Recruiting |
Bournemouth, United Kingdom, BH77DW | |
Contact: Peter O'Kane peter.o'kane@rbch.nhs.uk | |
Wycombe Hospital | Recruiting |
High Wycombe, United Kingdom, HP11 2TT | |
Contact: Ricardo Petraco | |
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | Recruiting |
London, United Kingdom, W12 0HS | |
Contact: Rasha K Al-Lamee, MRCP 07517551868 rasha.al-lamee@nhs.net | |
Contact: Christopher A Rajkumar, MRCP 02075945735 christopher.rajkumar@nhs.net | |
Principal Investigator: Rasha K Al-Lamee, MRCP | |
Royal Free Hospital | Recruiting |
London, United Kingdom | |
Contact: Tushar Kotecha | |
Queen Alexandra Hospital | Recruiting |
Portsmouth, United Kingdom | |
Contact: Peter Haworth | |
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | Recruiting |
Reading, United Kingdom | |
Contact: Neil Ruparelia, MRCP neil.ruparelia@nhs.net | |
Harefield Hospital | Recruiting |
Uxbridge, United Kingdom, UB9 6JH | |
Contact: Vas Panoulas V.Panoulas@rbht.nhs.uk |
Study Chair: | Darrel Francis, MRCP | Imperial College London | |
Study Director: | Christopher A Rajkumar | Imperial College London | |
Principal Investigator: | Rasha Al-Lamee | Imperial College London |
Responsible Party: | Imperial College London |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03742050 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
18SM4531 |
First Posted: | November 15, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 6, 2022 |
Last Verified: | September 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Stable Angina |
Angina Pectoris Angina, Stable Myocardial Ischemia Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |
Vascular Diseases Chest Pain Pain Neurologic Manifestations |