The Supplementary Role of Non-invasive Imaging to Routine Clinical Practice in Suspected Non-ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction - Full Text View

Purpose

Approximately half of patients with acute chest pain, a very common reason for emergency department visits worldwide, have a cardiac cause. Two-thirds of patients with a cardiac cause are eventually diagnosed with a so-called non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. The diagnosis of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction is based on a combination of symptoms, electrocardiographic changes, and increased serum cardiac specific biomarkers (high-sensitive troponin T). Although being very sensitive of myocardial injury, increased high-sensitive troponin T levels are not specific for myocardial infarction. Invasive coronary angiography is still the reference standard for coronary imaging in suspected non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. This study investigates whether non-invasive imaging early in the diagnostic process (computed tomography angiography (CTA) or cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR)) can prevent unnecessary invasive coronary angiography. For this, patients will be randomly assigned to either one of three strategies: 1) routine clinical care and computed tomography angiography early in the diagnostic process, 2) routine clinical care and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging early in the diagnostic process, or 3) routine clinical care without non-invasive imaging early in the diagnostic process.

Condition	Intervention
Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction Acute Coronary Syndrome Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Ischemia	Other: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Other: Computed Tomography Angiography


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: None (Open Label) Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Official Title:	The Supplementary Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography Angiography to Routine Clinical Practice in Suspected Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Primary Outcome Measures:

Total number of patients with at least one invasive coronary angiography during initial admission [ Time Frame: During initial hospital admission, an expected average of 7 days ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Thirty-day clinical outcome (a composite of major adverse cardiac events [MACE] and major procedure related complications) [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
One-year clinical outcome (a composite of major adverse cardiac events [MACE] and major procedure related complications) [ Time Frame: One-year ]
Quality of life [ Time Frame: One-year ]
Cost-effectiveness [ Time Frame: After study completion, expected after 3 years ]
The economic evaluation will be a cost-effectiveness analysis, with quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) as outcome measure. Effects will be calculated in terms of QALYs. To investigate the cost-effectiveness of the three strategies, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) will be calculated. Cost-effectiveness acceptability curves (CEACs) are derived in order to show the probability of each strategy being the optimal choice, for a range of possible maximum values a decision maker is willing to pay for a QALY.
Cardiogoniometry [ Time Frame: After study completion, expected after 3 years ]
A retrospective analysis will be performed to investigate whether CGM performed on the cardiac emergency department can differentiate between a coronary and non-coronary etiology in suspected NSTEMI


Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	April 2012
Study Completion Date:	June 19, 2017
Primary Completion Date:	May 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Routine clinical care plus early CMR	Other: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Routine clinical care plus cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging early in the diagnostic process
No Intervention: Routine clinical care
Routine clinical care plus early CTA	Other: Computed Tomography Angiography Routine clinical care plus computed tomography angiography early in the diagnostic process

Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Prolonged symptoms suspected of cardiac origin (angina pectoris or angina equivalent), and presentation on the cardiac emergency department <24 hours after symptom onset
- Increased levels of high-sensitive Troponin-T (>14ng/L)
- Age >18 years and <85 years
- Willing and capable to give written informed consent
- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Ongoing severe ischemia requiring immediate invasive coronary angiography
Shock (mean arterial pressure < 60 mmHg) or severe heart failure (Killip Class ≥ III)
ST-elevation myocardial infarction (ST-elevation in 2 contiguous leads: ≥0.2mV in men or ≥0.15 mV in women in leads V2-V3 and/or ≥0.1 mV in other leads or new left bundle branch block)
Chest pain highly suggestive of non-cardiac origin:
- Acute aortic dissection
- Acute pulmonary embolism (high risk patient defined as Wells score >6)
- Musculoskeletal or gastro-intestinal pain
- Other (pneumothorax, pneumonia, rib fracture, etc.)
Previously known coronary artery disease, defined as:
- Any non-invasive diagnostic imaging test positive for coronary artery disease
- Coronary stenosis >50% on any previous invasive coronary angiography or computed tomography angiography
- Documented previous myocardial infarction
- Documented previous coronary artery revascularization
- Known cardiomyopathy
Pregnancy
Life threatening arrhythmia on the cardiac emergency department or prior to presentation
Tachycardia (≥100/bpm)
Atrial fibrillation
Angina pectoris secondary to anemia (<5.6 mmol/L), untreated hyperthyroidism, aortic valve stenosis (aortic valve area ≤ 1.5 cm2), or severe hypertension (>200/110 mmHg)
Life expectancy <1 year (malignancy, etc.)
Contraindications to cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: metallic implant (vascular clip, neuro-stimulator, cochlear implant), pacemaker or implantable cardiac defibrillator, claustrophobia

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01559467

Locations


Netherlands
Maastricht University Medical Center
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, 6202 AZ

Sponsors and Collaborators

Maastricht University Medical Center

Dutch Heart Foundation

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Harry J Crijns, MD, PhD	Maastricht University Medical Center
Principal Investigator:	Joachim Wildberger, MD, PhD	Maastricht University Medical Center

More Information

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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Smulders MW, Kietselaer BL, Das M, Wildberger JE, Crijns HJ, Veenstra LF, Brunner-La Rocca HP, van Dieijen-Visser MP, Mingels AM, Dagnelie PC, Post MJ, Gorgels AP, van Asselt AD, Vogel G, Schalla S, Kim RJ, Bekkers SC. The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography angiography in suspected non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: design and rationale of the CARdiovascular Magnetic rEsoNance imaging and computed Tomography Angiography (CARMENTA) trial. Am Heart J. 2013 Dec;166(6):968-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.09.012. Epub 2013 Oct 23.


Responsible Party:	Maastricht University Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01559467 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	NL37574.068.11 / METC 11-2-077
First Submitted:	March 12, 2012
First Posted:	March 21, 2012
Last Update Posted:	July 5, 2017
Last Verified:	July 2016

Keywords provided by Maastricht University Medical Center:


Myocardial infarction Randomized Controlled Trial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Coronary Angiography Tomography, X-Ray Computed	Mortality Complications Quality of Life Cost-Benefit Analysis

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Infarction Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Ischemia Coronary Disease Myocardial Infarction Ischemia Acute Coronary Syndrome Chest Pain Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction Pathologic Processes	Necrosis Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Arteriosclerosis Arterial Occlusive Diseases Vascular Diseases Pain Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases Signs and Symptoms

The Supplementary Role of Non-invasive Imaging to Routine Clinical Practice in Suspected Non-ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (CARMENTA)