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Carotid Artery Disease: Is there a New Gold Standard in Therapy?
RICHARD R. HEUSER, MD, FACC, FACP, FESCDirector Of Cardiology, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Phoenix, ArizonaMedical Director, Phoenix Heart Center, Phoenix, ArizonaClinical Professor of Medicine Univ. of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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Stroke
• 731,000 strokes each year
• 160% increase in incidence by the year 2050
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Carotid Endarterectomy
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Surgical versus medical therapy
NASCET: no advantage for stenosis <50%disadvantage for stenosis <30%
for symptomatic stenoses the periop. risk should be <6% (AHA)Recommendations:asymptomatic stenosis >70%: recanalization
<70: conservative, repeated follow-upsymptomatic stenosis >50%: recanalization
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Recommendations applicable for PTA/Stent?
no trials comparing PTA vs medical therapy
is PTA equal to surgery (CEA)?
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Carotid Stent types
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CEA: plaque removal
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Stenting: Plaque containment
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•• Enrollment 1992 to 1997Enrollment 1992 to 1997•• 504 patients (96% symptomatic) randomized504 patients (96% symptomatic) randomized•• Randomized Randomized
–– 253 to CEA253 to CEA–– 251 PTA (251 PTA (25% 25% stentstent))
•• Identical medical Rx in both armsIdentical medical Rx in both arms•• High medical and surgical risk pts excludedHigh medical and surgical risk pts excluded•• 3 year follow up3 year follow up•• No EPDNo EPD
Lancet 2001;357:1729Lancet 2001;357:1729
The CAVATAS TrialThe CAVATAS Trial
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CAVATASCAVATAS
PTA PTA CEACEA pp--valuevalue(n= 251)(n= 251) (n=253)(n=253)
30d Death (%)30d Death (%) 33 22 NSNS30d 30d DisablDisabl Stroke (%)Stroke (%) 44 4 4 NSNS30d MI30d MI 00 11 NSNS30d Non30d Non--disabldisabl stroke (%)stroke (%) 44 44 NSNS30d 30d DeathDeath±±disabldisabl stroke (%) 6stroke (%) 6 66 NSNS30d Death 30d Death ±± any stroke (%)any stroke (%) 1010 1010 NSNS33--Yr Yr DthDth±±disabldisabl stroke (%)stroke (%) 1414 1414 NSNS
Lancet 2001;357:1729Lancet 2001;357:1729
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D.D.H.8-22-00
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D.D.H.8-22-00
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D.D.H.8-22-00
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Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High
Risk for Endarterectomy(The SAPPHIRE Study)
AHA Scientific SessionsAHA Scientific SessionsNovember 19, 2002November 19, 2002
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Device Specifications
.014” Emboli Prevention Guidewire
Filter pore size 100 microns
ANGIOGUARDTM PRECISETM
Nitinol Self-Expanding Stent
5.5 & 6 French Delivery Systems
Inventor of Device
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C.S.W.8-22-00
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C.S.W.8-22-00
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C.S.W.8-22-00
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WHO WON?
5.8% 12.6%
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SAPPHIRE360-Day Primary Endpoint
13.5
7.9 7.5
20.1
7.46.2
3.0
12.2
0
5
10
15
20
25
Death Stroke MI Primary Endpt
CEA (n=167)Stent (n=167)
p=0.08
p=0.60 p=0.07
p=0.05
%
*30 day MACE + death/ipsilateral stroke from 31-360 days post-procedure
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SAPPHIREOther Outcomes at 360 Days
4.34.9
0.60
0
12
34
5
67
89
10
TLR CN Palsy
CEA (n=167)Stent (n=167)
%
p=0.004p=0.04
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CAS versus CEA - SAPPHIRE
Yadav et al., NEJM 2004; 351: 1493
84% asymptomatic high risk stenoses, what about symptomatic stenoses in normal risk patients?
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CAS versus CEA - SAPPHIRE
3 years
CEA: 30.3%
CAS: 25.5%
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Protection or not?
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We now have evidence-based clinical data in
patients who are high-risk with severe carotid
disease…
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Patient History
• 55 yo male– No carotid symptoms– Prior neck radiation for unknown carcinoma– Surveillance CT initially performed 2/2006
showed severe bilateral carotid disease; repeat CT performed 2/2007 showed no significant changes
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CTA Feb 2007
• Bilateral occluded ICA’s• Patent circle of Willis• 85% stenosis distal right CCA with 90%
ECA stenosis• Occluded right vertebral artery at origin• Patent small left vertebral artery• Collateral circulation thought to derive
from external carotid arteries
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Right Pre Left
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Left vertebral
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Strategy• Medical therapy• Endarterectomy• Six-pack and a fishing pole• Scratch your head• PTA/Stent
– Embolic protection?– Consent / risks?
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Right Pre Right Post
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EVA 3-S
Unprotected CAS – trial suspended
Trial restarted with protected CAS
Trial suspended October 2005 (527 patients enrolled)
Procedural stroke risk 9.6% (CAS) vs. 3.9% (CEA) (primary endpoint)
New Engl J Med 2006; 355: 1660-71
Concerns: complication rate very high (unusual)some interventionalists performed their first CAS during trial under coaching
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• 1.8 patients enrolled per center in the 5years the study took
• 2.4% didn’t even receive Heparin or similaragents during the procedure.
• Most of the operators were vascularsurgeons with no previous interventional
experience
EVA-3S
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Same procedure again!!
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What did we learn from EVA-3S?
Three years into the trial…the investigators thought embolic protection might be important.
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What did we learn from EVA-3S?
Three years into the trial the investigators thought ASA/Plavixshould be begun 3 days before.
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What did we learn from EVA-3S?
They felt 5 cases done investigatorswas adequate training.
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What did we learn from EVA-3S?
Some sites randomized patients with the 1st enrollment of treatment.
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What did we learn from EVA-3S?
They treated 85.4% of the enrolled patients with ASA/Plavix.
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What did we learn from EVA-3S?
5 % of patients had failure of carotid stenting and had to have CEA.
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What did we learn from EVA-3S?
The median carotid stenting time was 70 minutes.
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SPACE The Final Frontier???
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SPACE-Trial
• Prospective multicenter trial
• Inclusion criteria: >70% symptomatic stenosis
• Primary endpoints: stroke & death in 30 days
• Secondary endpoints: stroke & death after 1 year
• Trial powered to 1.900 patients – stopped after 1.200
• Non-inferiority trial – margin set at 2.5%
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SPACE• No MI Endpoint.• No contralateral CVA endpoint.• Procedure failure 3%?• Why antiplatelet agents in only 79%?• Why EPD’s in only 27%?• Why are no Cardiologists involved?• Lots of low volume centers.
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SPACE
Why would a patient select a more invasive procedure for symptomatic carotid therapy if the outcomes were the same?
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Conclusion From the Two Studies
• Failure to adequately treat patients with dual agents is unacceptable.
• The procedure needs to be performed by an experienced operator.
• The use of embolic protection is mandatory and if the use of embolic protection is not possible because of anatomy, the patient might be better off with CEA or other medical therapy.
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CEA: plaque removal
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Facts on carotid Stenting
• ASA/Plavix should be given for 5 days prior.• Embolic Protection is essential• In 2007 the interventionist should have
done a minimum of 100 carotid angio’s and 25 carotid interventions before performing a CAS procedure.
• The filter time should be less than 20 minutes.
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Perhaps there is a new battle brewing.
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• We do know high risk patients are helped with CAS and EPD compared to CEA.
• What about > 80 year old patients?• Experience, use of EPD, use of antiplatelet agents,
and technique are crucial in CAS (and CEA).• We don’t know about low risk patients… CEA or
CAS.• If CAS is found to be equivalent to CEA in low
risk patients it will be the patient preferred procedure of choice.
Conclusion
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• CREST, ICSS, and ACT I need to be completed.• These low risk trials will give us direction to
determine whether the treatment of carotid disease has truly changed.
• Perhaps there is a role for a trial of aggressive medical therapy compared to CEA and CAS similar to the COURAGE trial.
Conclusion