ABILITY Diabetes Global (ABILITY)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04236609 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : January 22, 2020
Last Update Posted : October 4, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Diabetes Coronary Artery Disease Acute Coronary Syndrome | Device: Abluminus DES+ Sirolimus Eluting Stent System (SES) Device: XIENCE Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System (XIENCE family) | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 3050 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Target lesions should be treated in accordance with the randomization schedule after meeting the clinical and angiographic inclusion and exclusion criteria following the instruction for use of the study stent. Additional lesions (other vessels) may be staged up to 45 days post-index procedure but must be treated with the same stent. Dual antiplatelet therapy must be prescribed in alignment with the Instructions for Use of the DES and the guidelines |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Other |
Official Title: | Randomized Comparison of Abluminus DES+ Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Versus Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Coronary Artery Disease Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Global - ABILITY Diabetes Global |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 15, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | September 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Abluminus DES+ sirolimus- eluting stents (SES)
Enrolled patients will undergo angioplasty with Abluminus DES+ sirolimus- eluting stents (SES) and will be followed for two years. The DES procedure will be conducted in accordance with the CE mark instructions for use for the Abluminus DES+ sirolimus- eluting stents (SES).
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Device: Abluminus DES+ Sirolimus Eluting Stent System (SES)
The Sirolimus-eluting stent manufactured by Envision and distributed by Concept Medical |
Active Comparator: XIENCE Everolimus-Eluting Stents (EES)
Enrolled patients will undergo angioplasty with XIENCE Everolimus-Eluting Stents (EES) and will be followed for two years. The DES procedure will be conducted in accordance with the CE mark instructions for use for the XIENCE Everolimus-Eluting Stents (EES).
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Device: XIENCE Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System (XIENCE family)
The Everolimus-eluting stent manufactured and distributed by Abbott Vascular Santa Clara, CA |
- Rate of Ischemia-driven TLR [ Time Frame: 1 year FU ]powered for non-inferiority and sequentially superiority
- Rate of Target lesion failure TLF [ Time Frame: 1 year FU, powered for non-inferiority ]composite of cardiovascular death, target vessel myocardial infarction [MI], or ischemia driven target lesion revascularization [idTLR])
- Safety composite endpoint [ Time Frame: 1 year (non-inferiority) ]Safety composite endpoint of the occurrence of cardiovascular death and target-vessel myocardial infarction (MI)
- co-primary TLR endpoint [ Time Frame: 2 Year FU ]In case the co-primary TLR endpoint (TLR for non-inferiority) will be demonstrated at 1 year, then the occurrence of ischemia-driven TLR at 2-year FU will be evaluated (efficacy endpoint - superiority)
- Composite of cardiovascular death, target vessel MI and ischemia-driven TLR (TLF) [ Time Frame: 1 year FU ]
Cardiovascular death is defined as death resulting from cardiovascular causes. The following categories may be collected:
- Death caused by acute MI
- Death caused by sudden cardiac, including unwitnessed, death
- Death resulting from heart failure
- Death caused by stroke
- Death caused by cardiovascular procedures
- Death resulting from cardiovascular hemorrhage
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Death resulting from other cardiovascular cause Any MI not clearly attributable to a non-target vessel will be considered as target-vessel MI.
- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) related MI is termed type 4a MI.
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) related MI is termed type 5 MI. Revascularization is clinically driven if the target lesion diameter stenosis is > 50% by quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) and the subject has clinical or functional ischemia which cannot be explained by another native coronary or bypass graft lesion.
- Bleeding [ Time Frame: 2 year ]Bleeding BARC 2 or greater
- Composite of cardiovascular death, target vessel MI and ischemia-driven TLR (TLF) [ Time Frame: 2 year FU ]
Cardiovascular death is defined as death resulting from cardiovascular causes. Any MI not clearly attributable to a non-target vessel will be considered as target-vessel MI.
Revascularization is clinically driven if the target lesion diameter stenosis is > 50% by quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) and the subject has clinical or functional ischemia which cannot be explained by another native coronary or bypass graft lesion.
- Occurrence of cardiovascular death and target-vessel myocardial infarction (MI) [ Time Frame: 2 year ]
Cardiovascular death is defined as death resulting from cardiovascular causes. The following categories may be collected:
- Death caused by acute MI
- Death caused by sudden cardiac, including unwitnessed, death
- Death resulting from heart failure
- Death caused by stroke
- Death caused by cardiovascular procedures
- Death resulting from cardiovascular hemorrhage
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Death resulting from other cardiovascular cause. Any MI not clearly attributable to a non-target vessel will be considered as target-vessel MI.
- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) related MI is termed type 4a MI.
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) related MI is termed type 5 MI.
- All-cause mortality [ Time Frame: up to 2 years from procedure ]all deaths are considered cardiovascular unless an alternate cause is unequivocally established, even among subjects with serious noncardiac comorbidities.
- Stroke [ Time Frame: up to 2 years from procedure ]according to Neuro-ARC stroke/TIA criteria
- Stent thrombosis [ Time Frame: 2 year ]defined for grade and timing according to the Academic Research Consortium2
- Technical success [ Time Frame: 2 year ]Technical success is defined as the ability to cross the occluded segment with both a wire and a balloon, and successfully open the artery; the restoration of antegrade TIMI flow 2 or 3 and a <30% residual stenosis. (As applies to chronic total occlusion - CTO - lesions)
- Clinical procedural success [ Time Frame: 2 year ]
In the case of percutaneous intervention for obstructive lesions, procedural success is defined as the achievement of a final residual diameter stenosis < 30% by angiography at the end of the procedure (and without flow limiting arterial dissection and hemodynamically significant translesional pressure gradient) without any in-hospital major adverse events (death, acute onset of limb ischemia, need for urgent/emergent vascular surgery). The balloon inflation and/or stent placement may be preceded by use of adjunctive devices (e.g., percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy, directional or rotational atherectomy, laser, chronic total occlusion crossing device).
Ideally, the assessment of the residual stenosis at the end of the procedure should be performed by an angiographic core laboratory.
- Occurrence of ischemia-driven TLR [ Time Frame: 2 year FU ]Revascularization is clinically driven if the target lesion diameter stenosis is > 50% by quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) and the subject has clinical or functional ischemia which cannot be explained by another native coronary or bypass graft lesion.
- Target vessel revascularization (TVR) [ Time Frame: up to 2 years ]TLR is a repeat percutaneous intervention of the target lesion or bypass surgery of the target vessel performed for restenosis or other complication of the target lesion.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Clinical Inclusion Criteria
- Patient understands the trial requirements and the treatment procedures and provides written informed consent;
- Age ≥ 18 years of age (> 19 years of age for South Korea and ≥ 21 years of age for Singapore);
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Diabetic patient: either:
- Patient with a previous documented diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (Type 1 or Type 2) and currently undergoing pharmacological treatment (oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin)
- Newly diagnosed diabetes: either:
i. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≥126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L). Fasting is defined as no caloric intake for ≥8 hours1 or ii. Two-hour plasma glucose ≥200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) following a 75g oral glucose tolerance test or iii. HbA1c level ≥ 7% (53 mmol/mol) Patients who are newly diagnosed are included even if they are not on pharmacological treatment (oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin)
- Symptomatic coronary artery disease including chronic stable angina, silent ischemia, and non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS)
- Patient is eligible for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); Previous PCI (with balloon angioplasty or stenting) is allowed if performed >12 months before index procedure;
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Patient is willing and able to comply with all protocol-required follow-up evaluations.
Angiographic Inclusion Criteria (visual estimate)
- Presence of ≥1 de novo coronary artery stenosis >50% in a native coronary artery which can be treated with a stent ranging in diameter from 2.25 to 4.0 mm and can be covered with 1 or multiple stents; and
- No limitation to the number of treated lesions, number of vessels, or lesion length if the patient is judged eligible for PCI by the treating physician according to the local standard of care.
Exclusion Criteria:
Clinical Exclusion Criteria
- Patient lacking capacity (i.e. patient suffering from dementia and others) to provide informed consent
- Patient in cardiogenic shock;
- Patient has known allergy to the study stent system or protocol-required concomitant medications (e.g. aspirin, clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor, heparin, stainless steel, platinum, chromium, sirolimus, everolimus, radiographic contrast material) that cannot be adequately pre-medicated;
- Planned surgery (cardiac and non-cardiac) within 6 months after the index procedure unless the dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) can be maintained throughout the peri-surgical period;
- Patient undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
- Patient is pregnant, nursing, or is a woman of child-bearing potential who is not surgically sterile, < 2 years postmenopausal, or does not consistently use effective methods of contraception*;
- Patient has any other serious medical illness (e.g., cancer, end-stage congestive heart failure) that may reduce life expectancy to less than 12 months;
- Acute or chronic renal dysfunction (creatinine >3.0 mg/dl);
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Currently participating in another investigational drug or device study.
Angiographic Exclusion Criteria
- In-stent restenotic lesions;
- Lesions involving venous or arterial bypass grafts.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04236609

Study Chair: | Roxana Mehran | Mount Sinai Heart |
Other Publications:
Responsible Party: | Concept Medical Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04236609 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
COMED.CT.DES.001 |
First Posted: | January 22, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 4, 2022 |
Last Verified: | October 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 |
Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Ischemia Coronary Disease Acute Coronary Syndrome Diabetes Mellitus Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Arteriosclerosis Arterial Occlusive Diseases |
Vascular Diseases Sirolimus Everolimus Antineoplastic Agents Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Antifungal Agents |