About this trial
Prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter, open-label trial to study whether multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is superior over culprit-lesion only PCI in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
NSTEMI as suggested by high-sensitivity troponin algorithms
Multivessel coronary artery disease
Identifiable culprit lesion
Informed consent
Disqualifiers
Age <18 years
Cardiogenic shock
Sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF)
Contraindication for coronary revascularization
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Culprit-lesion revascularization
Procedure/SurgeryPercutaneous coronary intervention of culprit-lesion
Non-culprit-lesion revascularization
Procedure/SurgeryComplete percutaneous coronary intervention of all angiographically significant non-culprit lesions
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Composite rate of cardiovascular death or rehospitalization for non-fatal myocardial infarction
Secondary outcomes
Rate of Cardiovascular death
Rate of Rehospitalization for non-fatal myocardial infarction
Rate of all-cause death
Rate of ischemia-driven revascularization
Sponsors and contacts
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Leipzig Heart Science gGmbH
Lead sponsor
Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig
Collaborator
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Collaborator
IHF GmbH - Institut für Herzinfarktforschung
Collaborator
Stiftung IHF - Institut für Herzinfarktforschung
Collaborator