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Phase 3 N=2,136 Randomized Treatment

Comparison of Surgical and Medical Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease

Cardiovascular Diseases · Coronary Disease · Heart Failure, Congestive · Heart Diseases

Enrolled (actual)
2,136
Serious AEs
12.3%
Results posted
Jul 2017
Primary outcome: Primary: H01: All Cause Mortality — 244; 218 participants — p=0.12

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Interventions
CABG surgery plus MED (Procedure); Active Medication Alone (Drug); CABG plus MED and SVR (Procedure)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Duke University
Primary completion
Nov 2015

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
H01: All Cause Mortality
398; 359 0.02 sig
PRIMARY
H01: All Cause Mortality
398; 359 0.02 sig
PRIMARY
H02: All-cause Mortality or Cardiovascular Hospitalization
289; 292 0.90
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiovascular Mortality (Defined as Sudden Death or Death Attributed to Recurrent MI, HF, a Cardiovascular Procedure, Stroke, or Other Cardiovascular Etiology).
168; 201 0.05
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiovascular Mortality (Defined as Sudden Death or Death Attributed to Recurrent MI, HF, a Cardiovascular Procedure, Stroke, or Other Cardiovascular Etiology).
168; 201 0.05
SECONDARY
H01: Mortality or Cardiovascular Hospitalization
524; 467 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H01: Mortality or Cardiovascular Hospitalization
524; 467 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: All-cause Mortality
141; 138 0.98
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause Mortality Within 30 Days After Randomization
7; 22 0.008 sig
SECONDARY
H02: All-cause Mortality Within 30 Days After Randomization
22; 30 0.275
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause Mortality or Heart-failure Hospitalization
450; 404 0.002 sig
SECONDARY
H02: All-cause Mortality or Heart-failure Hospitalization
211; 214 0.401
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause Mortality or Heart-failure Hospitalization
450; 404 0.002 sig
SECONDARY
H01: Heart Failure Hospitalization
201; 157
SECONDARY
H02: Heart Failure Hospitalization
95; 99
SECONDARY
H01: Heart Failure Hospitalization
201; 157
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiac Procedure: Heart Transplant
4; 1
SECONDARY
H02: Cardiac Procedure: Heart Transplant
2; 7
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiac Procedure: Heart Transplant
4; 1
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiac Procedure: Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
2; 4
SECONDARY
H02: Cardiac Procedure: Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
2; 2
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiac Procedure: Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
2; 4
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiac Procedure: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
118; 105
SECONDARY
H02: Cardiac Procedure: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
100; 86
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiac Procedure: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
118; 105
SECONDARY
H01: Stroke
41; 47
SECONDARY
H01: Stroke
41; 47
SECONDARY
H02: Stroke
31; 23
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause Mortality or Revascularization (CABG or PCI)
478; 388 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: All-cause Mortality or Revascularization (CABG or PCI)
174; 152 0.414
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause Mortality or Revascularization (CABG or PCI)
478; 388 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause Mortality, Heart Transplant or LVAD
400; 361 0.018 sig
SECONDARY
H02: All-cause Mortality, Heart Transplant or LVAD
148; 145 0.717
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause Mortality, Heart Transplant or LVAD
400; 361 0.018 sig
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause (Unplanned and Elective) Hospitalization
383; 349
SECONDARY
H02: All-cause (Unplanned and Elective) Hospitalization
272; 268
SECONDARY
H01: All-cause (Unplanned and Elective) Hospitalization
383; 349
SECONDARY
H01: 6 Minute Walk Distance
333.97; 333.04; 364.25; 376.46; 28.2; 37.76
SECONDARY
H02: 6 Minute Walk Distance
339.38; 357.23; 385.89; 407.03; 44.42; 46.09
SECONDARY
H01: Exercise Duration
6.85; 6.3; 7.78; 7.97; 0.71; 0.83
SECONDARY
H02: Exercise Duration
6.19; 7.16; 7.67; 8.41; 1.15; 0.47
SECONDARY
H01: LVEF by ECHO Core Lab During Follow-up
28.69; 28.43; 30.83; 30.66; 2.21; 2.06
SECONDARY
H02: LVEF by ECHO Core Lab During Follow-up
29.13; 29.49; 31.47; 33.35; 2.16; 3.04
SECONDARY
H01: LVEF by RN Core Lab During Follow-up
26.83; 26.66; 27.2; 27.81; 0.99; 2.65
SECONDARY
H02: LVEF by RN Core Lab During Follow-up
27.14; 26.55; 30.65; 33.5; 2.23; 6.49
SECONDARY
H01: LVEF by CMR Core Lab During Follow-up
29.51; 23.35; 28.6; 28.63; 0.07; 2.85
SECONDARY
H02: LVEF by CMR Core Lab During Follow-up
27.82; 27.25; 31.65; 34.37; 2.84; 7.1
SECONDARY
H01: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)
497.29; 478.73; 408.69; 484.39; -20.65; 33.37
SECONDARY
H02: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)
453.73; 452.45; 460.14; 467.83; 19.75; 72.23
SECONDARY
H01: SF-36 Mental Health Subscale
43.7; 44.4; 48.2; 47.2; 48.8; 47.0 0.015 sig
SECONDARY
H02: SF-36 Mental Health Subscale
41; 41; 50; 50; 53; 50 0.91
SECONDARY
H01:SF-36 Role Physical Subscale
36.1; 36.6; 43.0; 42.6; 45.7; 43.1 0.31
SECONDARY
H02: SF-36 Role Physical Subscale
28; 28; 42; 42; 49; 49 0.74
SECONDARY
H01:SF-36 Role Emotional Subscale
39.0; 40.0; 45.3; 44.6; 46.4; 45.9 0.063
SECONDARY
H02: SF-36 Role Emotional Subscale
34; 34; 55; 55; 55; 55 0.82
SECONDARY
H01:SF-36 Social Functioning Subscale
41.8; 42.1; 47.0; 45.8; 48.7; 46.1 0.039 sig
SECONDARY
H02: SF-36 Social Functioning Subscale
41; 35; 52; 52; 52; 52 0.36
SECONDARY
H01:SF-36 Vitality Subscale
46.4; 47.5; 51.6; 50.5; 52.2; 49.9 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: SF-36 Vitality Subscale
44; 44; 51; 51; 53; 51 0.31
SECONDARY
H01:SF-12 Physical Component Summary (PCS) Scale
37.8; 38.4; 40.2; 39.9; 41.0; 40.0 0.051
SECONDARY
H02: SF-12 Physical Component Summary (PCS) Scale
37; 37; 40; 40; 41; 41 0.71
SECONDARY
H01: SF-12 Mental Component Summary (MCS) Scale
44.6; 45.5; 50.5; 49.2; 51.8; 50.3 0.004 sig
SECONDARY
H02: SF-12 Mental Component Summary (MCS) Scale
42; 41; 54; 55; 57; 54 0.74
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Physical Limitation Scale
64.2; 64.7; 75.2; 73.1; 77.8; 73.4 0.050
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Physical Limitation Scale
63; 63; 83; 83; 84; 88 0.40
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Symptom Stability
53.3; 55.5; 58.6; 55.7; 52.8; 51.1 0.005 sig
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Symptom Stability
50; 50; 50; 50; 50; 50 0.38
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Symptom Frequency
70.5; 71.5; 79.8; 79.1; 82.4; 79.2 0.205
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Symptom Frequency
67; 71; 83; 88; 90; 90 0.19
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Symptom Burden
72.6; 73.4; 81.4; 79.6; 83.7; 79.8 0.050
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Symptom Burden
67; 75; 83; 83; 92; 92 0.23
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Total Symptoms
71.7; 72.6; 80.8; 79.5; 83.2; 79.6 0.085
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Total Symptoms
68; 71; 84; 88; 90; 88 0.18
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Quality-of-Life Scale
47.9; 50.1; 68.7; 63.3; 72.9; 65.6 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Quality-of-Life Scale
42; 33; 75; 75; 75; 75 0.70
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Social Limitation
56.4; 57.3; 72.3; 69.0; 76.4; 69.5 0.023 sig
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Social Limitation
44; 44; 75; 75; 81; 83 0.63
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Clinical Summary Score
68.2; 68.8; 78.2; 76.4; 80.6; 76.4 0.033 sig
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Clinical Summary Score
65; 68; 84; 84; 88; 86 0.26
SECONDARY
H01: KCCQ Overall Summary Score
60.3; 61.3; 74.3; 71.2; 77.5; 72.2 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: KCCQ Overall Summary Score
53; 54; 79; 79; 84; 82 0.53
SECONDARY
H01: Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) Anginal Frequency Subscale
74.3; 77.0; 90.5; 84.0; 90.6; 84.0 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) Anginal Frequency Subscale
70; 80; 100; 100; 100; 100 0.01 sig
SECONDARY
H01: Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) Anginal Stability Subscale
56.0; 57.8; 58.3; 55.8; 55.4; 53.3 0.029 sig
SECONDARY
H02: Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) Anginal Stability Subscale
50; 50; 50; 50; 50; 50 0.98
SECONDARY
H01:Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) Quality-of-Life Subscale
53.6; 57.6; 74.5; 67.5; 75.8; 69.1 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) Quality-of-Life Subscale
42; 42; 83; 83; 83; 83 0.86
SECONDARY
H01: EQ-5D Visual Analog Scale
56.7; 59.5; 68.5; 65.4; 69.2; 65.4 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: EQ-5D Visual Analog Scale
50; 50; 70; 70; 72; 70 0.96
SECONDARY
H01: EQ-5D Health Status Index Score
69.3; 72.3; 78.9; 77.4; 80.5; 77.6 0.007 sig
SECONDARY
H02: EQ-5D Health Status Index Score
69; 69; 85; 85; 85; 85 0.31
SECONDARY
H01: Percentage of Patients With a Score of >= 16 on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale
42.9; 43.4; 26.6; 27.5; 25.0; 26.9 0.86
SECONDARY
H02: Percentage of Patients With a Score of >= 16 on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale
50.5; 53.2; 29.6; 27.0; 24.4; 27.0 0.40
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiac Self-Efficacy (CSE) Maintain Functioning Subscale
46.8; 49.3; 56.0; 53.8; 56.7; 53.9 0.002 sig
SECONDARY
H02: Cardiac Self-Efficacy (CSE) Maintain Functioning Subscale
45; 45; 61; 63; 65; 64 0.40
SECONDARY
H01: Cardiac Self-Efficacy (CSE) Control Symptoms Subscale
62.9; 64.8; 69.2; 68.7; 68.7; 67.4 0.036 sig
SECONDARY
H02: Cardiac Self-Efficacy (CSE) Control Symptoms Subscale
63; 63; 75; 75; 75; 75 0.75
SECONDARY
H01: General Health Rating Scale
56.0; 57.6; 67.3; 64.0; 68.7; 63.7 0.0002 sig
SECONDARY
H02: General Health Rating Scale
50; 50; 70; 70; 70; 70 0.60
SECONDARY
H01: Cost of Care
50,032; 8,315; 5,405; 408; 55,437; 8,723 <0.0001 sig
SECONDARY
H02: Cost of Care
50,939; 64,202; 5,183; 6,515; 56,122; 70,717 0.006 sig

Summary

This study will compare medical therapy with coronary bypass surgery and/or surgical ventricular reconstruction for patients with congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease (CAD).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • LV less than 35%, as defined by echocardiogram, left ventriculogram, CMR, or gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) studies
  • Coronary anatomy suitable for revascularization

Exclusion Criteria

  • Failure to provide informed consent.
  • Aortic valvular heart disease clearly indicating the need for aortic valve repair or replacement.
  • Cardiogenic shock (within 72 hours of randomization), as defined by the need for intraaortic balloon support or the requirement for intravenous inotropic support.
  • Plan for percutaneous intervention of CAD.
  • Recent acute MI judged to be an important cause of left ventricular dysfunction.
  • History of more than 1 prior coronary bypass operation.
  • Noncardiac illness with a life expectancy of less than 3 years.
  • Noncardiac illness imposing substantial operative mortality.
  • Conditions/circumstances likely to lead to poor treatment adherence (eg, history of poor compliance, alcohol or drug dependency, psychiatric illness, no fixed abode).
  • Previous heart, kidney, liver, or lung transplantation.
  • Current participation in another clinical trial in which a patient is taking an investigational drug or receiving an investigational medical device.

MED Therapy Eligibility Criteria

  • Absence of left main CAD as defined by an intraluminal stenosis of 50% or greater.
  • Absence of CCS III angina or greater (angina markedly limiting ordinary activity).

SVR Eligibility Criterion

  • Dominant akinesia or dyskinesia of the anterior left ventricular wall amenable to SVR.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00023595). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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