This document summarizes a presentation on using fractional flow reserve (FFR) to guide management of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). It discusses evidence that practice variations in treating NSTEMI can increase mortality, and that FFR may help reduce variations. The FAMOUS-NSTEMI trial found that FFR-guided management increased medical therapy without revascularization compared to angiography alone. Ongoing and planned trials involving over 10,000 patients total aim to further evaluate FFR's role in guiding treatment of culprit and non-culprit lesions in acute coronary syndrome patients.
3. Body text
1.Practice variations, incomplete
revascularisation, and prognosis.
2.FFR in culprit and non-culprit
disease in patients with recent
NSTEMI
Learning objectives
4. Body text
2013
80,724 MIs, 61% NSTEMI
2010
£3.6 billion expenditure & losses
£9.8 billion societal loss
NSTEMI: 2013/2014
commonest indication for invasive angio.
Angiograms, n = 26,510
PCI, n = 23,053
Economic costs
Revascularisation
5. Body text
Practice variation in NSTEMI
increases 30-day mortality
Revascularisation
Hospitals Median (IQR)
%
30-day Mortality
Rat of revascularisation
Half in UK (19.2%) vs Sweden (34.8%) with twice the variation (21.9% vs. 10.2%)
Practice variation was directly associated with 30-day mortality
%
Chung, James, Gale, Hemingway et al BMJ 2015
6. Cx
Cx
LAD
Clinical conundrums: NSTEMI – which lesion(s) to treat ?
Can functional testing reduce practice variation ?
Subjective visual interpretation
9. Body text
Conclusions
FAME - NSTEMI
“.. It is desirable to confirm
these findings in a
prospective trial in NSTEMI.”
Pijls and de Bruyne
Sels et al JACC Intervention 2011
10. Body text
FFR → ↓ deferred management
↑ medical therapy, ↓ stents
Carrick, Berry
Am J Cardiol 2013
Inter-observer variability for treatment decisions
5 Cardiologists: Treatment decision before & after FFR disclosure
Consensus ≥ 3 of 5, n = 100 NSTEMI patients
Left shift with FFR disclosure
11. The BHF FAMOUS
NSTEMI Trial
For the FAMOUS NSTEMI Investigators
ESC Hotline for Myocardial Infarction, 1 Sep 2014
J. Layland, K.G. Oldroyd, N. Curzen, A. Sood, K.
Balachandran, R. Das, S. Junejo, N. Ahmed, M. Lee,
A. Shaukat, A. O'Donnell, J. Nam, A. Briggs,
R. Henderson, A. McConnachie, C. Berry
12. Body text
Berry C et al Am Heart J 2013; NCT01764334
FAMOUS-NSTEMI trial
• Hypothesis
Routine FFR is feasible in NSTEMI patients
and adds diagnostic, clinical and economic
benefits, compared to standard
angiography-guided management.
• Objective
Developmental trial for evidence-synthesis
to inform a definitive health outcome trial.
ESC Hotline - Sep 2014
14. Body text
FFR-disclosure
Impact on initial treatment
pan
Initial
treatment
Change
post-FFR
Final
decision
FFR treatment change ~ 22% of patients
15. Body text
FFR-guided management increased
medical therapy without PCI / CABG
0
5
10
15
20
25
Post-Randomisation 1-year
FFR-guided Angiography-guided
%
p = 0.022 p = 0.054
Costs and quality of life were similar ESC Hotline - Sep 2014
16. Body text
Myocardial infarction type
FFR-guided vs. Angio-guided
Type 4 MI
Procedure-related
Types 1-3 MI
Spontaneous
Angiography - guided
FFR - guided
FFR - guided
Angiography - guided
p = 0.12 p = 0.56
17. NSTEMI
– Non-culprit √
– Culprit ? / X
Is the FFR ≤ 0.80 decision
threshold valid in ACS?
Is FFR valid in ACS ?
18. Body text
FAMOUS – NSTEMI: Diagnostic accuracy
3.0 T stress perfusion MRI sub-study
106 patients
20% pre-angio, 80% post-angio
•3T MRI vs. FFR; IV adenosine
• 168 arteries (57% infarct related)
Infarct size 5.4% LV mass
• Area-at-risk (MRI) vs. FFR
Correlation, r = - 0.85
• FFR ≤ 0.80
PPV 91.4%, NPV 91.4%
19. NSTEMI practice guidelines
ESC NSTEMI guideline, 2015
5.6.1.3.
FFR may be overestimated and the haemodynamic
relevance of a coronary stenosis underestimated.(320)
So far, the value of FFR-guided PCI in this setting has
not been properly addressed.
5.6.5.1
While FFR is considered the invasive gold standard for
the functional assessment of lesion severity in stable
CAD, its role in NSTE-ACS still needs to be defined.
20. Body text
Conclusions: FFR in NSTEMI
1. Incomplete revascularisation and
practice variations are common &
prognostically important.
2. FFR is safe, valid in non-culprit vessels,
and diagnostically useful.
3. Phase 3 trials of FFR in NSTEMI - focus
on prognosis & timing of intervention
4. The clinical utility of FFR in NSTEMI will
be defined within 5 – 7 years.
22. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016, September; Editorial Fearon, de Bruyne & Pijls
n = 576
206 ACS
370 SIHD
ROC for MACE
FFR ACS 0.84, SIHD 0.81
35% of the ACS cohort were
discharged on DAPT
23. Body text
Layland, Oldroyd, Berry et al
Circ Cardiovasc Int 2013
Non-culprit Angina NSTEMI STEMI
IMR is similar in patients with
angina vs. NSTEMI; not STEMI
IMR
n=140
50 angina
50 NSTEMI
40 STEMI
Culprit
24. Primary PCI for STEMI or very high-risk NSTEMI
Exclude:
Previous CABG
Left main disease
Shock
≥ 1 non-culprit lesion(s)
50 - 99% severity
vessels diameter ≥ 2.5 mm;
FFR-guided PCI
to non-culprit lesions
Index admission*
Eligible but not
randomised
Registry follow-up
Randomization
Initial conservative
management of non-culprit
lesions
Visual assessment
All-cause mortality and non fatal MI
30 days and at least 1 year
Residual non-culprit disease
Felix Böhm, Stefan James, et al, 2016
n = 2026 n = 2026
n = 4052
25. PRESSUREwire
Observational cohort study of real-world practice
Purpose: to assess the routine use of FFR and alternate
indices in stable CAD and ACS.
Primary Objectives: FFR
1. Disclosure and impact on decisions.
2. FFR-guided PCI and outcomes in ACS.
3. FFR vs. resting indices, stable CAD & outcome
Secondary Objective: IMR, CFR, RRR
Impact on decisions & outcomes.
Outcomes: 2000 patients, 200 sites, 12 month MACE
Colin Berry et al, 2016
26. STEMI
COMPARE-ACUTE International 885 patients,
COMPLETE International 4000 patients,
staged PCI
FLOWER-AMI France 1170 patients
FULL REVASC International 4052
PRIMULTI UK under review
NSTEMI
FAMOUS-NSTEMI-2 UK under-review
PRESSUREWire International registry
Total >> 10,000 patients
Current & future trials of FFR use in ACS
27. Body text
Myocardial FFR
Pressure sensor
Aorta
3 cm
Fractional flow reserve (FFR)
= distal coronary pressure / proximal aortic pressure
hyperaemia ⇒ resistance is minimal ⇒ pressure α flow
Wire
Editor's Notes
Hypothesis
Routine FFR is feasible in NSTEMI patients and adds diagnostic, clinical and economic benefits, compared to standard angiography-guided management.
Objective
Developmental trial for evidence-synthesis to inform a definitive health outcome trial.
This is the flow diagram of the clinical trial.
Of 853 patients who gave informed consent, 350 were randomised. Consent was obtained in the urgent clinical care pathway before going to the cath lab. Then, after the angiogram was obtained, the patient remained eligible if there was at least one mild stenosis of at least 30% severity. At that point, the cardiologist then stated the treatment plan based on all of the usual clinical data and the angiographic findings. All treatment options were possible, including OMT, PCI or CABG.
The patient was then randomised to either the FFR disclosed group or the FFR not disclosed group.
FFR was obtained in all patients but only disclosed in the FFR-guided group.
Following a decision for the initial treatment plan for CABG, PCI or CABG, FFR disclosure changed the plan in 22% of patients in the FFR-guided group.
The reduction in the use of PCI and CABG was sustained during follow-up to 1 year, and quality of life was similar in the two groups.
For spontaneous MI (types 1 – 3), no differences were detected between the FFR-guided and Angiography-guided groups.
In summary,
Trial popn represented more than 40% of all-comers.
FFR was successful in 100% of patients
and safe (2 dissections in 706 lesions).
3.Randomisation & adherence to protocol were successful.
FFR-disclosure commonly changed therapy, reduced PCIs & Type 4 MIs and was cost neutral.
5. Health outcomes were similar.