Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease
Keywords: Fractional flow reserve adenosine regadenoson
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 46
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine if regadenoson is as safe and effective as adenosine when used in the cardiac catheterization lab during measurement of coronary flow reserve and fractional flow reserve. The study hypothesis is the assessment of Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) in the catheterization lab can be performed with equivalent accuracy when hyperemia is induced with IV Regadenoson compared with IV Adenosine without compromising patient safety.

Detailed description:
Patients with clinical indications to be assessed by fractional flow reserve (FFR) will be included. Following diagnostic angiography in the catheterization lab, the patient will have a guide catheter placed in the artery to be assessed followed by placing a pressure guidewire down the coronary vessel and past the lesion of interest. FFR will be measured in the traditional manner, with intravenous adenosine infusing at 140 mcg/kg/min until maximal steady state hyperemia is reached. At this point, the FFR will be recorded as Pd (distal pressure from the pressure wire in the coronary artery) divided by Pa (proximal pressure from the guide catheter). The adenosine infusion will then be stopped and the patient's hemodynamics allowed to return to baseline. Once baseline state is again achieved, an intravenous bolus of regadenson (0.4 mg) will be given and FFR will be remeasured as the lowest steady state Pd/Pa. Patients will be enrolled at two sites, The University of Florida - where FFR will be measured alone, and Saint Louis University, where coronary flow will be measured simultaneously to evaluate the effect of regadenoson on coronary flow velocity as compared to adenosine. The primary endpoint of the study will be to compare the FFR achieved with adeonsine to that obtained with regadenoson.

Arms:
arm 1: Adenosine infusion will be compared to Regadenoson for efficacy and safety/side effects. Arterial blood pressure, coronary pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and coronary flow, FFR, and coronary flow velocity will be assessed. Safety will be assessed by monitoring for any side effects such as chest pain, headache, flushing, nausea, or arrhythmias. Adenosine infusion will be administered at 140 mcg/kg for 2 minutes and once mean coronary flow velocity returns to within 15% of pre-dose value, Regadenoson IV bolus 0.4 mg/5 ml will be administered followed by a 5 cc normal saline flush.

Interventions: intervention 1: adenosine intervention 2: regadenoson
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Measuring FFR and Coronary Flow Reserve after administration of IV adenosine 140 mcg/kg/min for 2 minutes. intervention 2: Measuring FFR and Coronary Flow Reserve after administration of IV regadenoson 0.4 mg over 10 seconds.

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