Multicenter Study to Rule Out Myocardial Infarction by Cardiac Computed Tomography (ROMICAT-II)
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| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01084239 |
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Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 10, 2010
Results First Posted : May 7, 2014
Last Update Posted : May 7, 2014
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| Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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| Acute Coronary Syndrome Myocardial Infarction Unstable Angina Pectoris | Radiation: Cardiac Computed Tomography | Phase 3 |
Patients with acute chest pain and normal or non-diagnostic electrocardiograms (ECGs) represent a cohort whose management is notably inefficient and diagnostically challenging. Because in less than 30% of EDs diagnostic testing (e.g. nuclear imaging, echocardiography, and exercise treadmill ECG) that would allow physicians to rule out the occurrence of myocardial ischemia is performed as part of the initial evaluation, most of these patients are hospitalized for 24 to 36 hours to exclude the presence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Of the six million acute chest pain patients admitted each year in the U.S. under these conditions, less than 10% of them ultimately receive a diagnosis of ACS at discharge. Moreover, inpatient care for negative evaluations imparts an economic burden in excess of $8 billion annually.
Since acute myocardial ischemia and necrosis are rare in the absence of coronary artery disease, a technology that reliably identifies CAD may allow physicians to discharge chest pain patients directly from the ED. Cardiac CT is a safe, high-speed, noninvasive imaging technique that accurately detects coronary atherosclerotic plaque and stenosis, and also allows physicians to assess global and regional LV function.
Observational studies have demonstrated that approximately 40% of acute chest pain patients have no evidence of atherosclerosis on cardiac CT, and that an additional 30% have no evidence of hemodynamically significant (>50%) coronary artery stenosis. Both of these criteria are powerful predictors of the absence of both ACS and major adverse cardiovascular events (negative predictive value [NPV] of 98%). The specificity of cardiac CT is further increased when global and regional LV function is normal. Several studies have demonstrated that cardiac CT, with its high NPV, can be effectively used to rule out ACS, but little is known about the willingness ability of ED physicians to use this information to augment patient management.
We therefore performed a trial at 9 clinical sites and randomized 1000 patients with acute chest pain and normal or non-diagnostic ECGs, to receive either standard ED evaluation (no intervention) or a cardiac CT (experimental) in the evaluation of acute chest pain in the emergency room. (Rule Out Myocardial Infarction using Computer Assisted Computed Tomography [ROMICAT II]).
| Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Actual Enrollment : | 1000 participants |
| Allocation: | Randomized |
| Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
| Masking: | None (Open Label) |
| Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
| Official Title: | Rule Out Myocardial Ischemia/Infarction by Computer Assisted Tomography |
| Study Start Date : | April 2010 |
| Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2012 |
| Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2012 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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No Intervention: Standard of care
Subjects in this arm (50% of the total cohort) continued to receive standard non-invasive evaluation of acute chest pain symptoms in the emergency department - mostly comprising of, but not limited to - exercise treadmill test, stress test with imaging and stress echocardiography.
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Experimental: Cardiac CT
Subjects in this arm (50% of the total cohort) were randomized to receive a cardiac computed tomography scan as part of the initial evaluation of acute chest pain symptoms, upon presentation to the emergency department.
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Radiation: Cardiac Computed Tomography
A contrast enhanced cardiac CT was performed in addition to standard evaluation. Reconstructed data sets were evaluated for the presence of coronary artery calcium, coronary atherosclerotic plaque and stenosis, LV function and incidental findings. |
- Length of Hospital Stay [ Time Frame: Duration of stay in the hospital during the initial visit ]
- Time to Diagnosis [ Time Frame: Time from ED arrival to first positive test (all tests except Echocardiography Rest and including troponins ) if discharge diagnosis is ACS, otherwise time to performance of last test (all tests except Echocardiography Rest and including troponins ). ]
- Healthcare Utilization [ Time Frame: Duration of stay in the hospital during the initial visit ]Number of patients with diagnostic testing (CCTA, ETT, SPECT, stress echocardiography, and invasive coronary angiography)
- MACE [ Time Frame: 72 hours after discharge up to 28 days after enrollment. ]Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events, All though these events are called MACE they do not qualify as adverse or serious adverse events. As these events are expected in some individuals in this population. Only MACE that occured within 72 hours after hospital discharge were considered serious adverse events in this trial. There were no such events.
- Cost-effectiveness [ Time Frame: Duration of stay in the hospital during the initial visit ]Total cost during index hospitalization
- Rate of ED Discharge [ Time Frame: Duration of stay in the hospital during the initial visit ]Direct discharge from Emergency Department
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| Ages Eligible for Study: | 40 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participant had at least five minutes of chest pain or equivalent (chest tightness; pain radiating to left, right, or both arms or shoulders, back, neck, epigastrium, jaw/throat; or unexplained shortness of breath, syncope/presyncope, generalized weakness, nausea, or vomiting thought to be of cardiac origin) at rest or during exercise within 24 hours of ED presentation, warranting further risk stratification, as determined by an ED attending.
- 2 or more cardiac risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, current smoker and family history of coronary artery disease).
- Able to provide a written informed consent.
- <75 years of age, but >40 years of age.
- Able to hold breath for at least 10 seconds.
- Sinus rhythm.
Exclusion Criteria:
- New diagnostic ischemic ECG changes (ST-segment elevation or depression > 1 mm or T-wave inversion > 4 mm) in more than two anatomically adjacent leads or left bundle branch block
- Documented or self-reported history of CAD (MI, percutaneous coronary interventions [PCIs], coronary artery bypass graft [CABG], known significant coronary stenosis [>50%])
- Greater than 6 hours since presentation to ED.
- BMI >40 kg/m2
- Impaired renal function as defined by serum creatinine >1.5 mg/dL*
- Elevated troponin-T (> 0.09 ng/ml)
- Hemodynamically or clinically unstable condition (BP systolic < 80 mm Hg, atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, persistent chest pain despite adequate therapy)
- Known allergy to iodinated contrast agent
- Currently symptomatic asthma
- Documented or self-reported cocaine use within the past 48 hours (acute)
- On Metformin therapy and unable or unwilling to discontinue for 48 hours after the CT scan
- Contraindication to beta blockers (taking daily antiasthmatic medication): This exclusion only applies to patients with a heart rate >65 bpm at sites using a non-dual source CT scanner
- Participant with no telephone or cell phone numbers or no address (preventing follow-up)
- Participant with positive pregnancy test. Women of childbearing potential, defined as <2 years of menopause in the absence of hysterectomy or tube ligation, must have a pregnancy test performed within 24 hours before the CT scan.
- Participant unwilling to provide a written informed consent.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01084239
| United States, Massachusetts | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | |
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Responsible Party: | Udo Hoffmann, MD MPH, Director of Cardiac Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01084239 |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
2009P002331 |
| First Posted: | March 10, 2010 Key Record Dates |
| Results First Posted: | May 7, 2014 |
| Last Update Posted: | May 7, 2014 |
| Last Verified: | April 2014 |
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acute chest pain emergency department cardiac computed tomography |
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Myocardial Infarction Acute Coronary Syndrome Angina Pectoris Angina, Unstable Infarction Ischemia Pathologic Processes Necrosis |
Myocardial Ischemia Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases Chest Pain Pain Neurologic Manifestations Signs and Symptoms |