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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/09/073616 [Registered on: 09/09/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 06/05/2026
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Other (Specify) [Prospective]  
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   To study whether side branch strut opening using kissing balloon inflation after provisional left main stenting will improve the side branch outcome. 
Scientific Title of Study   Impact of Kissing balloon inflation on provisional Left Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Trial(IKISS-LM Trial) 
Trial Acronym  IKISS-LM 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Ankush Gupta 
Designation  Professor of Medicine Interventional Cardiologist 
Affiliation  Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences 
Address  Department of Cardiology, Ground Floor, Room No.5, Golibar Maidan

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411040
India 
Phone  9592903488  
Fax    
Email  drankushgupta@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Ankush Gupta 
Designation  Professor of Medicine Interventional Cardiologist 
Affiliation  Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences 
Address  Department of Cardiology, Ground Floor, Room No.5, Golibar Maidan

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411040
India 
Phone  9592903488  
Fax    
Email  drankushgupta@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Ankush Gupta 
Designation  Professor of Medicine Interventional Cardiologist 
Affiliation  Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences 
Address  Department of Cardiology, Ground Floor, Room No.5, Golibar Maidan

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411040
India 
Phone  9592903488  
Fax    
Email  drankushgupta@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Army Institute of Thoracic Sciences (AICTS) Department of Cardiology Golibar Maidan Pune 411040 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Principal Investigator 
Address  Army Institute of Thoracic Sciences (AICTS) Department of Cardiology Golibar Maidan Pune 411040 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 6  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Ankush Gupta  Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences  Department of Cardiology, Ground Floor, Room No.5, Golibar Maidan
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9592903488

drankushgupta@gmail.com 
Dr Sujatha Vipperla  INDUS Hospitals  Department of Cardiology, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh,530002
Visakhapatnam
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9912222431

vipperlasujatha@gmail.com 
Dr Sajan Narayanan  Little Flower Hospital & Research Centre  Department of Cardiology, P.B. No. 23, Angamaly, Kerala
Ernakulam
KERALA 
8086842627

sajannarayanan@gmail.com 
Dr S Selvamani  Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre  Department of Cardiology, Lake area, Melur Road, Madurai, 625107
Madurai
TAMIL NADU 
9842158868

maniselvacardio@gmail.com 
Dr Arun Gopi  Metromed International Cardiac Centre Pvt. Ltd.  Department of Cardiology, Thondayad Bypass road, Kozhikode, Kerala
Kozhikode
KERALA 
8157047371

arungopi@gmail.com 
Dr Rajesh Vijayvergiya  Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research  Department of Cardiology, Advanced Cardiac Centre, PGIMER, 3rd Floor, C Block, Room No. 3002
Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH 
9815221856

rajeshvijay999@hotmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 10  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Army Hospita; (R&R) Delhi  Approved 
Arneja Heart & Multispeciality Hospital  Approved 
Indus Hospitals  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee Armed Forces Medical College   Approved 
Little Flower Hospital &Rsearch Centre  Approved 
Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre  Approved 
Metromed International Cardiac Centre Pvt. Ltd.  Approved 
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
ST. GREGORIOS MEDICAL MISSION HOSPITAL  Approved 
The Madras medical Mission  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: I251||Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Kissing Balloon Inflation (KBI)  In KBI group SB is rewired through the distal stent struts, which can be confirmed by imaging (in L mode for IVUS and 3D reconstruction of SBO for OCT) and/or stent boost guidance and a final kissing balloon inflation will be done. For KBI, MB balloon is sized as per its DRD and SB balloon is sized 0.5mm less than SB DRD (10 mm from the ostium). Operators are encouraged to use NC balloon for the KBI and to perform Re-POT after KBI. After KBI both MB and SB is imaged and beside stent expansion, apposition, edge dissection, plaque prolapse and geographical miss, number of stent struts across SBO and MB stent deformation is noted. SB imaging is studied for any significant dissection caused due to KBI. 
Comparator Agent  Non-Kissing Inflation Balloon (Non-KBI)  After placement of stent from LM to main branch and POT of LM, side branch is not rewired and imaging will be done in main branch only. Imaging run will be assessed for expansion, apposition, edge dissection, plaque prolapse and geographical miss. Stent is optimized to get expansion of more than 85% in both LM and LAD separately. In case of OCT, 3D reconstruction of SBO will be done and assessed for number of stent struts across SBO, link free or link connecting type carina. If IVUS is used as the imaging modality, L mode is analyzed for counting the number of stent struts across SBO.  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  90.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Non-complex distal LM bifurcation disease requiring percutaneous coronary intervention.
2. Unprotected left main
3. Patient ≥18 years old and willing to participate in the trial
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Complex LM bifurcation disease requiring upfront two-stent strategy.
2. Patients previously underwent CABG
3. Patients who underwent previously stenting to LM to LAD or LCX
4. Allergic to antiplatelets (Aspirin, Clopidogrel, Ticagrelor, Prasugrel) or unable to use dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)
5. Life expectancy less than 1 year
6. Patient unable to give informed consent
7. Women of child-bearing potential or lactating
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Other 
Method of Concealment    
Blinding/Masking    
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Primary endpoint of the study will be angiographically significant stenosis (greater than 50 percent stenosis by visual estimation) at the end of one year.   At the end of one year.  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
A composite of cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction or target vessel failure at the end of 1 year. Other secondary end points include target vessel failure, stent thrombosis.  1 year 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="630"
Sample Size from India="630" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   24/09/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   With the advent of newer generation drug eluting stents (DES) and the subsequent reduction in restenosis rates, stenting of left main (LM) for distal bifurcation lesions has become a potential alternative to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). 
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