Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) is a novel method for evaluating the functional significance of coronary stenosis. The purpose of the FAVOR II China study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of on-line QFR with FFR as the reference standard. The secondary purpose is to compare the diagnostic accuracies between online QFR and online QCA, with FFR as the reference standard.
Patients at high risk of having one or more coronary stenosis are evaluated routinely by invasive coronary angiography. Lesions are often quantified by QCA, but fractional flow reserve is increasingly used to assess functional significance of identified stenosis. FFR is assessed during CAG by advancing a wire with a pressure transducer towards the stenosis and measure the ratio in pressure between the two sides of the stenosis during medical induced maximum blood flow (hyperemia). The solid evidence for FFR evaluation of coronary stenosis and the relative simplicity in performing the measurements have supported adoption of an FFR based strategy in many centers but the need for interrogating the stenosis by a pressure wire, the cost of the wire, and the drug inducing hyperemia limits more widespread adoption. QFR is a novel method for evaluating the functional significance of coronary stenosis by calculation of the pressure drop in the vessel based on two angiographic projections. The FAVOR Pilot study (Tu et al.) showed promising results for core laboratory QFR analysis in selected patients. However, the accuracy of QFR when assessed online in the catheterization laboratory is unknown. The purpose of the FAVOR II China study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of on-line QFR with FFR as the reference standard. The secondary purpose is to compare the diagnostic accuracies between online QFR and online QCA, with FFR as the reference standard. It is a prospective and multi-center trial with a total of 308 patients conducted at 5 Chinese centers.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
308
FFR measured by pressure wire, QFR computed by coronary angiographic images
Fuwai Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Chinese PLA General Hospital
Beijing, China
Peking University Third Hospital
Beijing, China
Guangdong General Hospital
Guangzhou, China
Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Diagnostic accuracy of online QFR to determine presence or absence of hemodynamically-significant coronary artery stenosis at the vessel level using binary outcomes when compared to FFR as the reference standard.
Presence of hemodynamically-significant coronary artery stenosis : FFR \<= 0.80.
Time frame: 1 hour
In comparison to online 2D QCA, sensitivity and specificity of online QFR to determine presence or absence of hemodynamically-significant coronary artery stenosis at the vessel level using binary outcomes when compared to FFR as the reference standard
Sensitivity: Proportion of patients with positive QFR of FFR positive patients (true positives) compared to proportion of patients with positive percentual diameter stenosis (DS%) assessed by 2D QCA of FFR positive patients (true positives). Specificity: Proportion of patients with negative QFR of FFR negative patients (true negatives) compared to proportion of patients with negative DS% assessed by 2D QCA of FFR negative patients (true negatives).
Time frame: 1 hour
The numerical difference between online QFR and core lab QFR.
Time frame: 1 hour
The numerical difference between online QFR and FFR.
Time frame: 1 hour
The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of online QFR in determining presence or absence of hemodynamically-significant coronary artery stenosis at the vessel level using binary outcomes when compared to FFR as the reference standard
Presence of hemodynamically-significant coronary artery stenosis : FFR \<= 0.80.
Time frame: 1 hour
Feasibility of online computation of QFR
Percentage of successful QFR in all vessels sent to QFR computation
Time frame: 1 hour
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