News | FFR Technologies | October 23, 2020

FFR-guided PCI Optimization Strategy May Lead to Improved Outcomes

Results from the TARGET FFR study reported at TCT Connect

Fractional Flow reserve (FFR) selection on the Abbott, St. Jude FFR system console. The TARGET FFR study at #TCT2020 #TCTconnect.

October 23, 2020 – Results from the randomized controlled TARGET FFR trial show that while a physiology-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) optimization strategy did not achieve a significant increase in the proportion of patients with final fractional flow reserve (FFR) ≥0.90, it reduced the proportion of patients with a residual FFR ≤0.80 following PCI.

The research was reported today at 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).

“When assessing the proposed optimal post-PCI FFR cutoff value of ≥0.90, we found that the majority of patients with angiographically acceptable PCI results actually have a physiologically suboptimal outcome,” said Damien Collison, M.D., interventional cardiologist at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland. “Up to 30% of patients may even have a final FFR result that remains below the guideline-directed threshold for performing revascularization in the first place. In our randomized controlled trial, application of an FFR-guided optimization strategy after stenting led to improvements in both FFR and CFR and significantly reduced the proportion of patients with a final post-PCI FFR ≤0.80.”

The study enrolled 260 patients that were randomized between March 2018 and November 2019 at a single site. Following angiographically successful PCI procedures, patients were randomized (1:1) to receive either a physiology-guided incremental optimization strategy (PIOS intervention group, n=131) or blinded post-PCI coronary physiology measurements (control group, n=129). Patients undergoing successful, standard-of-care PCI for either stable angina or medically stabilized non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) were eligible for randomization.

The trial’s primary endpoint was defined as the proportion of patients with a final post-PCI FFR result ≥0.90. The study found that the incidence of final FFR ≥0.90 was 10% higher in the PIOS group than the control group but that the difference was not statistically significant (38.1 vs. 28.1%, p=0.099). However, the study’s secondary endpoint, the proportion of patients with final FFR ≤0.80, was significantly lower in the PIOS group (18.6 vs. 29.8%, p=0.045).

Based on FFR pullback assessment of the stented vessel, a target for further optimization was present in 60 of the 131 (46%) patients randomized to PIOS, and operators considered it appropriate to perform additional post-dilatation +/- stenting in 40 of these 60 (66%) patients. Among patients who had further intervention/optimization performed, mean post-PCI FFR increased significantly from 0.76 to 0.82 (p<.001) and mean coronary flow reserve (CFR) increased from 3 to 4 (p=.02).

The TARGET FFR trial was funded by NHS National Waiting Times Centre Board endowment funds. Dr. Collison reported the following disclosures: consulting fees/honoraria from Abbott Medical and MedAlliance.
 

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