Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Jean-Francois Legare
ORCID ID
Contact details
New Halifax Infirmary
1796 Summer St
Rm 2269
Halifax
B3H 3A7
Canada
+1 (0)902 473 3808
jean.legare@cdha.nshealth.ca
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
REB 2004-121
Study information
Scientific title
A randomised clinical trial comparing total arterial grafting versus internal mammary and saphenous vein grafting for coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Total arterial grafting (TAG) will result in improved graft patency and patient outcomes when compared to conventional (coronary artery bypass graft) CABG surgery using the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) and saphenous vein (SV).
Ethics approval
Capital Health Authority, New Halifax Infirmary Research Ethics Board (REB), 21/12/2004, ref: REB 2004-121
Study design
Randomised unblinded controlled clinical trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Ischaemic heart disease
Intervention
Consented patients will undergo CABG surgery using TAG (experimental group) or LIMA/SV (control group) based on the randomisation assignment and followed for 6 months post surgery with coronary angiography.
Surgical technique:
Standard induction of anaesthesia will be performed using a combination of benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics. Once intubated, appropriate anesthetic management will be carried out with a combination of muscle relaxant, opioid narcotic and inhaled halogenated and non-halogenated gases. All surgical interventions will be carried out in a standardised fashion to minimise intra-operative patient-to-patient variability.
Post-operative management:
All post-operative cardiac surgery patients will be taken immediately to a dedicated cardiovascular intensive care unit. Each patient is required to meet standard criteria both prior to extubation and prior to transfer to the intermediate-care unit. Discharged patients will be transferred to an intermediate-care unit or general-care ward under the care of the same team, and all patients will be monitored continuously for a minimum of 24 hours. Serial electrocardiograms will be obtained pre-operatively, at day 1 post-operatively and at the time of discharge. Routine medications to all enrolled patients will include acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), ß-blockers, lipid-lowering agents and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors unless contraindicated.
CT angiography:
All patients will undergo CT angiography at 6 months post-coronary artery bypass graft operation. This will be performed on a 64 slice multidetector CT scanner (Siemens Sensation 64, Erlangen, Germany), using the following scan parameters: 330 ms gantry rotation, detector collimation 32 x 0.6 mm (with a rapidly alternating focal spot resulting the acquisition of 64 slices per gantry rotation with effective special resolution of 0.4 mm), tube voltage 120 kV, maximum obtainable tube current (800 - 900 mAs) scanning in a caudo-cranial direction. 100 mL of contrast agent (Isovue 370, Bracco, Italy) will be injected into a right antecubital vein via an 18-guage cannula at a flow rate of 5 mL/s, followed by 40 mL of normal saline bolus chaser at a rate of 5 mL/s. All patients with heart rate greater than 65 beats per minute will, unless contra-indicated, receive beta blocker in the form of 50 mg oral metoprolol, 0.2 µg of sublingual glycerol trinitrate +/- 1 - 2 mg oral lorazepam prior to being scanned in order to reduce heart rate and maximise the lumen diameter of the coronary artery bypass grafts.
Intervention type
Procedure/Surgery
Phase
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Six-month graft patency in patients who undergo TAG compared to those who undergo conventional coronary artery revascularisation with LIMA/SV grafts. Grafts will be assessed as patent, occluded or stenosed greater than 50%. For grafts with sequentially supply more than one vessel, each inter-anastomotic segment will be assessed separately.
Secondary outcome measures
Rates of adverse cardiovascular events in patients who undergo TAG compared to those who undergo conventional coronary artery revascularisation with LIMA/SV grafts. Results will be reported separately and as composite outcomes. Adverse cardiovascular events will be defined as:
1. Short term event: in-hospital mortality and in-hospital morbidity:
1.1. All cause mortality with the cause of death recorded
1.2. Morbidity: peri-operative myocardial infarction, re-intervention (percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] or CABG), low output syndrome, prolonged mechanical ventilation, sternal wound infection and prolonged length of hospitalisation
2. Late adverse cardiovascular events defined as:
2.1. All cause mortality
2.2. Readmission to hospital for cardiac reason
Overall trial start date
01/01/2009
Overall trial end date
01/06/2010
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Consecutive patients between the ages of 60 and 75 years of age*, either sex
2. Undergoing non-emergent isolated CABG surgery for 3 vessel coronary disease
3. Have not already been enrolled in another study
*The average age of patients undergoing CABG surgery at the QEII is approximately 70 with 50% of patients between the age restrictions. The age limit of 75 is an attempt at increasing long-term follow-up of patients which would be limited in octogenarians.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
60
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Scheduled to undergo emergency or emergency salvage surgery
2. Angiographically ungraftable coronary territories
3. Prior surgical coronary revascularisation
4. Evidence of varicose veins on pre-operative physical examination which would preclude the use of the greater saphenous vein as a graft conduit
5. Previous radiation treatment to their chest area (which would make the utility of internal mammary arteries questionable)
6. Relative contraindications to computed tomography (CT) angiography such as pregnancy, chronic renal insufficiency (creatinine greater than 120 umol/L), or allergy to contrast media
Recruitment start date
01/01/2009
Recruitment end date
01/06/2010
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Trial participating centre
New Halifax Infirmary
Halifax
B3H 3A7
Canada
Sponsor information
Organisation
Capital Health Authority, New Halifax Infirmary (Canada)
Sponsor details
c/o Jean-Francois Legare
1796 Summer St
Rm 2269
Halifax
B3H 3A7
Canada
+1 (0)902 473 3808
jean.legare@cdha.nshealth.ca
Sponsor type
Hospital/treatment centre
Website
Funders
Funder type
University/education
Funder name
Dalhousie University (Canada) - Department of Surgery
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2015 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25567131