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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/08/072646 [Registered on: 19/08/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 18/04/2026
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   To compare the images taken by saline and contrast optical coherence tomography during coronary angioplasty 
Scientific Title of Study   Saline Vs Contrast Optical Coherence Tomography: A Prospective Multicenter Trial 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
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


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


MAHARASHTRA
411040
India 
Phone  9592903488  
Fax    
Email  drankushgupta@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences (AICTS) Department of Cardiology Golibar Maidan, Pune 411040 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Principal Investigator 
Address  Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences (AICTS) Department of Cardiology Golibar Maidan Pune 411040 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self funding] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
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 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 2  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee Armed Forces Medical College e   Approved 
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: I25||Chronic ischemic heart disease,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  OCT to be performed with Contrast and Saline  Patients with IHD taken up for angiography. FD-OCT imaging will be done pre and post PCI in patients with significant coronary stenosis on Angiography. First Oct run shall be done with contrast followed by heparinized saline with catheter placed at same position. Repeat OCT shall be done with heparinized saline only. Pairs of OCT images shall be compared. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  90.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  All patients are at least 18 years of age, undergoing OCT-guided PCI for acute or chronic coronary syndrome and willing to participate in this study will be enrolled 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patients having ST elevation myocardial infarction
Patients with end stage renal disease
Patients with significant Ostial left main disease 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Pairs of OCT runs will be analysed at core lab by an expert investigator who is blinded to the identify of the runs. Three anatomically identical frames will be compared for measurements between saline and contrast run.  At baseline 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
No secondary endpoint  NIL 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="688"
Sample Size from India="688" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="0" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   27/08/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) 02/09/2025 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details
Modification(s)  
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Advances, 20 March 2026 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary   This will be a Prospective, Multicentre Observational study at various centers across India.  The present study is being conducted at multiple centres to do a head to head comparison of images and dimensions obtained during Contrast and Saline FD-OCT during per-cutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Pairs of OCT runs will be analysed at core lab an expert investigator who is blinded to the identify of the of the runs. Three anatomically identical frames will be compared for measurements between saline and contrast run. Pre PCI pair of runs will be analysed and compared for luminal area (MLA), proximal reference diameter (PRD), distal reference diameter (DRD) and post PCI runs will be analysed for minimum stent area (MSA) and PRD/DRD at stent edges. To ensure that the quantitative analysis is done at the same anatomical point in both the heparinised saline and contrast runs, anatomical landmarks like side branch, macrophages, calcium thickness, cholesterol crystal and dissections will be identified during OCT analysis. PRD and DRD will be measured using the external elastic lamina wherever possible, otherwise luminal dimensions will be noted. Multiple markers will be used to confirm that the vessel dimensions were measured at the same anatomical position in both the runs regardless of the distance from the MLA as vessel length may vary considerably during the cardiac cycle.

 
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