RETRIEVE-AMI Study

Summary

Heart attacks are caused by the sudden formation of a clot inside a diseased coronary artery which reduces blood flow beyond the blockage site. During conventional treatment of the blockage with what is known as a stent; a stainless steel tub that keeps the artery open, the clot that has formed is disrupted and is pushed further down leading to damage in smaller blood vessels supplying the heart muscle. This additional damage can lead to long-term heart muscle damage influencing recovery and wellbeing. The original concept that was tested to prevent this 'clot shower' was that of a suction device to withdraw the clot before stenting. However, this approach has not translated to patient benefit. Amongst the reasons put forward for the inefficacy of the suction device was that it does not remove the entire clot as it does not interact with it. A new device that physically interacts with the clot and traps it before pulling it out - the stent retriever - is now routinely used in stroke therapy to remove clots in the arteries supplying the brain. This device has been successfully used as a last resort to remove clots in a small number of heart attacks. The investigators hypothesize that stent retriever therapy will be more effective in clot removal than the current standard of care; suction or stenting. To study this, the investigators propose the RETRIEVE-AMI randomised controlled trial.

Conditions

• Myocardial Infarction
• Thrombus
• Coronary Artery Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

Retriever Thrombectomy

The SolitaireTM X revascularisation device is a self-expanding stent designed for dynamic clot integration with radiopaque markers that enhance visualisation of the optimal working length. After a thrombotic occlusion has been identified and crossed with a guidewire, the stent-retriever thrombectomy proceeds. A microcatheter (e.g., PhenomTM, MarksmanTM) is advanced over the guidewire and once it has traversed the thrombotic occlusion, the SolitaireTM X device is advanced through the microcatheter until the usable length of the stent extends past each side of the thrombus in the vessel. As the microcatheter is retracted to the proximal radiopaque marker of the stent, the stent self-expands and entangles the thrombus. The microcatheter and SolitaireTM X Revascularisation Device are withdrawn as a unit into the guide catheter under continuous aspiration. PCI then proceeds driven by clinical decision making and department guidelines.

PROCEDURE

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Standard of care

PROCEDURE

Thrombus Aspiration

Standard of care treatment with manual thrombectomy catheter

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medtronic

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Terumo Corporation

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Giovanni Luigi De Maria · Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

90 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-05-06

Primary Completion

2024-10-24

Completion

2025-05-28

Countries

• United Kingdom

Study Locations