STRATegy SUccesS in High-Risk PCI With Impella CP: Evaluation of Hemodynamic Protection in Complex PCI

Randomized Pilot Study to Mechanistically Evaluate Automatic Flow Mode on Impella CP Device During Protected Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

STRATUS-PCI is a pilot clinical trial that compares two ways of running a small heart pump called Impella CP during a high-risk procedure to open blocked heart arteries (percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI) in patients with weakened heart muscle. The pump is placed temporarily through an artery in the leg and sits across the aortic valve to help maintain blood flow during the procedure.

Fifty patients will be randomly assigned in equal numbers to one of two pump settings: an automatic mode that adjusts flow up to higher levels as needed, or a fixed lower-flow mode (P-2). The doctor performing the heart procedure will not know which setting is being used (double-blind). A separate doctor monitors blood pressure and is allowed to change the pump setting at any time if the patient becomes unstable.

The main question is whether the automatic mode helps doctors complete the planned heart procedure more successfully and without drops in blood pressure or other complications. Results will help design a larger future trial.

STRATUS-PCI is an investigator-initiated, double-blind, randomized controlled pilot study evaluating two operating modalities of the Impella CP transvalvular axial-flow pump in patients undergoing protected complex high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Eligible participants are randomized 1:1 to either Impella CP Auto-mode (experimental) or Impella CP P-2 mode (active comparator, 1.3-2.1 L/min).

Inclusion Criteria:

• signed written informed consent
• age ≥ 18 years
• presentation in chronic coronary syndrome or acute coronary syndrome (STEMI ≥ 24h)
• LV-EF ≤ 40 % and one of the following parameters:

Last remaining artery Unprotected LM-PCI + severe RCA stenosis or CTO Unprotected LM-PCI + left dominance Unprotected LM-PCI + severe aortic stenosis Unprotected LM-PCI + severe mitral regurgitation RCA PCI + unprotected severe LM stenosis RCA PCI + proximal LAD stenosis + proximal LCx stenosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• no written informed consent
• pregnancy
• acute infection
• recent ST-elevation myocardial infarction (< 24 hours) or not normalized CK-MB enzymes