About this trial

Prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter, open-label trial to study whether multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is superior over culprit-lesion only PCI in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

NSTEMI as suggested by high-sensitivity troponin algorithms

Multivessel coronary artery disease

Identifiable culprit lesion

Informed consent

Disqualifiers

Age <18 years

Cardiogenic shock

Sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF)

Contraindication for coronary revascularization

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Culprit-lesion revascularization
  • Non-culprit-lesion revascularization

Treatment groups

3,390 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

58
Austria
LKH Univ. Klinikum Graz, Clinical Department of Cardiology8036, Graz Austria
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin III6020, Innsbruck Austria
Klinik Ottakring, 3. medizinische Abteilung1160, Vienna Austria
Germany
Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Klinik für Kardiologie99437, Bad Berka Germany

Sponsors and collaborators

Leipzig Heart Science gGmbH

Lead sponsor

Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig

Collaborator

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Collaborator

IHF GmbH - Institut für Herzinfarktforschung

Collaborator

Stiftung IHF - Institut für Herzinfarktforschung

Collaborator