Physiology-guided vs Angiography-guided Non-culprit Lesion Complete Revascularization for Acute MI & Multivessel Disease (COMPLETE-2)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05701358 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : January 27, 2023
Last Update Posted : August 24, 2023
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COMPLETE-2 is a prospective, multi-centre, randomized controlled trial comparing a strategy of physiology-guided complete revascularization to angiography-guided complete revascularization in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) who have undergone successful culprit lesion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
COMPLETE-2 OCT is a large scale, prospective, multi-centre, observational, imaging study of patients with STEMI or NSTEMI and multivessel CAD in a subset of eligible COMPLETE-2 patients.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction Coronary Artery Disease | Procedure: Physiology-guided NCL PCI Procedure: Angiography-guided NCL PCI | Not Applicable |
COMPLETE-2 STUDY OBJECTIVES
- To determine whether a strategy of physiology-guided complete revascularization is non-inferior to a strategy of angiography-guided complete revascularization on the efficacy composite outcome of cardiovascular (CV) death, new myocardial infarction (MI) or ischemia-driven revascularization (IDR).
- To determine whether a physiology-guided complete revascularization strategy is superior to an angiography-guided complete revascularization strategy in reducing the safety composite outcome of clinically significant bleeding, stroke, stent thrombosis or contrast-associated acute kidney injury.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 5100 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized Trial of Physiology-guided vs Angiography-guided Non-culprit Lesion Complete Revascularization Strategies & an Observational Study of Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients With Acute MI & Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 22, 2023 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 2028 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 2028 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Physiology-guided Non-Culprit-Lesion (NCL) PCI
Patients randomized to this group will have their physiology assessment using RFR and/or FFR of all qualifying NCLs that were identified prior to randomization. Other validated non-hyperemic physiology ratios (eg. iFR) may only be used when RFR is not available.
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Procedure: Physiology-guided NCL PCI
For RFR, PCI will be performed as per local practice for all lesions with RFR ≤0.89. For FFR, PCI will be performed as per local practice for all NCLs with FFR ≤0.80. |
Angiography-guided NCL PCI
Patients randomized to this group will undergo routine staged PCI of all qualifying NCLs that were identified prior to randomization.
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Procedure: Angiography-guided NCL PCI
PCI will be performed as per local practice |
- Efficacy: Time to first occurrence of the composite of CV death, new MI, or IDR [ Time Frame: at study completion, a minimum of 2 years ]
- Safety: Time to first occurrence of the composite of clinically significant bleeding, stroke, stent thrombosis, or contrast-associated acute kidney injury. [ Time Frame: at study completion, a minimum of 2 years ]
- Time to first occurrence of the composite of CV death or new MI. [ Time Frame: at study completion, a minimum of 2 years ]
- Net clinical outcome: Time to first occurrence of the composite of CV death, new MI, clinically significant bleeding, stroke, stent thrombosis or contrast-associated acute kidney injury. [ Time Frame: at study completion, a minimum of 2 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients presenting with STEMI or type 1 NSTEMI and within 72 hours of successful culprit-lesion PCI
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Residual coronary artery disease defined as at least 1 additional non-infarct-related coronary artery stenosis that meets all of the following criteria:
- Amenable to successful treatment with PCI
- At least 50% diameter stenosis by visual estimation
- At least 2.5 mm in diameter
- Planned complete revascularization strategy for qualifying MI
Exclusion Criteria:
- Planned or prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
- Inability to clearly identify a culprit lesion for STEMI or NSTEMI based on angiographic appearance and/or ECG changes and/or regional wall motion abnormalities
- Prior PCI of a non-culprit lesion in a different vessel from the culprit lesion within 45 days of randomization
- Planned medical treatment of all qualifying non-culprit lesions (i.e., no PCI)
- Presence of severe non-culprit-lesion stenosis with reduced epicardial flow (TIMI flow ≤ 2) or >90% visual diameter stenosis
- Presence of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) if it is the only qualifying non-culprit lesion (patients with a CTO plus additional qualifying non-culprit lesions are eligible)
- The only qualifying non-culprit lesion is in the same vessel territory as the culprit lesion
- Baseline STEMI or NSTEMI was due to a suspected non-atherothrombotic mechanism such as type 2 MI (supply-demand mismatch), including spontaneous coronary artery dissection or coronary artery embolism
- Non-cardiovascular co-morbidity with expected life expectancy <2 years
- Any other medical, geographic, or social factor making study participation impractical or precluding 5 year follow-up

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05701358
Contact: COMPLETE-2 Project Office | (905) 521-2100 | complete-2@phri.ca |
Canada | |
Hamilton Health Sciences | Recruiting |
Hamilton, Canada | |
Contact: Matthew Sibbald, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Shamir Mehta, MD | Population Health Research Institute |
Responsible Party: | Population Health Research Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05701358 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
COMPLETE-2 |
First Posted: | January 27, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 24, 2023 |
Last Verified: | August 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
NSTEMI STEMI multi-vessel disease optical coherence tomography |
FFR RFR percutaneous coronary intervention |
Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Ischemia Coronary Disease Myocardial Infarction Infarction Ischemia Pathologic Processes |
Necrosis Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Arteriosclerosis Arterial Occlusive Diseases Vascular Diseases |