Official Title
Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Long-Covid Syndrome and Angina: the Long-Covid INOCA Trial.
Brief Summary

Long-Covid INOCA is an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomized, sham-controlled,single center study. Its objective is to investigate the benefits of tailored medicaltherapy according to the results of the coronary functional testing (CFT) against theroutine standard of care and the prevalence and type of ischemia with non-obstructivecoronary arteries (INOCA) in patients with LCS and chest pain. All LCS patient with newonset of chest pain will be enrolled. Invasive coronary angiogram and epicardialphysiological assessment will be performed to exclude significant epicardial coronaryartery disease. Patients without significant epicardial coronary disease will undergo CFTwhich include Acetylcholine test and Coronary microvascular function test. Patients willbe randomized into 2 groups: 1) tailored treatment group guided by the results of CFT(intervention) and 2) the routine standard of care group (sham). All patients willundergo the angina symptom and the quality-of-life (QoL) assessment at baseline, 3, 6,and 12 months using the Seattle Questionnaire of Angina (SAQ). In the sham group,patients and physicians will be blinded to the results of coronary functional testing for3 months. Treatment of INOCA will be provided in both groups. The main hypothesis of theLong-Covid INOCA study states that, in LCS patients with chest pain, treatment guided byCFT will demonstrate better angina symptom control and improvement in quality of life(QoL) comparing to the routine standard of care.

Detailed Description

Long-Covid INOCA is an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomized, sham-controlled,
single center study intended to compare the benefits in angina symptom and Quality of
Life assessed by the Seattle Questionnaire of Angina (SAQ) between tailored medical
therapy guided by the results of the coronary functional testing (CFT) and the routine
standard of care in patient with LCS and new onset of chest pain. Secondary objective is
to investigate the prevalence and type of INOCA in LCS patients with chest pain. This
study will be conducted at Hospital Cliníco San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

All patients with the history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, either with acute infection
confirmed by PCR or antigen testing, or with past infection demonstrated by serological
testing, with symptoms suggestive of LCS such as post exertional malaise, persistent
fatigue, difficulty concentrating or shortness of breath who present with typical angina
or angina equivalent chest pain starting after SARS-CoV2 infection will be enrolled in
this study.

After obtaining patient's informed consent. patients will be randomized by simple
randomization in a 1:1 ratio using a central online module to 1) tailored treatment
guided by the results of CFT (intervention) or 2) the routine standard of care treatment
(sham). All patients will undergo an invasive coronary angiogram as a first step.
Patients with severe epicardial coronary artery stenosis define by stenosis ≥ 90% by
angiogram will be excluded for further testing. Patients with intermediate coronary
artery stenosis will undergo a wire-based physiological assessment of epicardial
stenosis. If there is a significant epicardial coronary artery disease defined by
fractional flow reserve (FFR) ≤ 0.80 or non-hyperemic pressure ratio (NPHR) ≤ 0.89, the
patients will be excluded for further testing. In patients without significant epicardial
coronary artery disease, coronary functional testing which include coronary microvascular
dysfunction test and Acetylcholine test will be performed. Both tests will be performed
in a standard fashion according to the protocol from the guidelines. The results of the
CFT will be reported as follow: 1) normal coronary functional testing 2) vasomotor
disorder (including both epicardial and microvascular) 3) coronary microvascular
dysfunction (including both structural and functional) and 4) combined vasomotor disorder
and coronary microvascular dysfunction.

All patients will receive the medications for treatment of INOCA at an out-patient
clinic. In intervention group, patient and physician will receive the CFT's results and
medications will be prescribed according to patient's type of INOCA and follow with the
recommendations in the EAPCI Consensus Document on INOCA and ESC Guidelines. In sham
group, patient and physician will be blinded from the CFT's results for 3 months and
medications will be prescribed according to physician's decision during this period.
After 3 months, the CFT's result will be given to all patients and the treatment will
follow with the recommendations from the guideline. Angina symptom and Quality of life in
both groups will be assessed by the Seattle Questionnaire of Angina (SAQ), Duke Activity
Status Index (DASI) and Euro-Quality of life 5D (EQ-5D) at baseline and each follow up
which will occur at 3, 6 and 12 months.

Active, not recruiting
Long Covid
Angina (Stable)
INOCA (Ischemia With Non Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease)
Chronic Coronary Syndrome

Diagnostic Test: Coronary functional test

CFT will be reported as follow: 1) normal coronary functional testing 2) vasomotor
disorder (including both epicardial and microvascular) 3) coronary microvascular
dysfunction (including both structural and functional) and 4) combined vasomotor disorder
and coronary microvascular dysfunction.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients with the history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, either with acute infection
confirmed by PCR or antigen testing, or with past infection demonstrated by serological
testing, with symptoms suggestive of LCS such as post exertional malaise, persistent
fatigue, difficulty concentrating or shortness of breath who present with typical angina
or angina equivalent chest pain starting after SARS-CoV2 infection

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previously been diagnosed with coronary artery disease

- Severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF) < 30%

- Any moderate to severe concomitant structural heart disease (e.g. moderate to severe
valvular heart abnormalities, severe left ventricular hypertrophy)

- Severely reduced renal function (glomerular filtration rate < 30 ml/min/1.73m2)

- Contraindications to the administration of Adenosine or Acetylcholine

- A life expectancy of less than 2 years

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: 18 Years ~ Maximum: N/A
Countries
Spain
Locations

Hospital Clinico San Carlos
Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Not Provided

Fundacion Investigacion Interhospitalaria Cardiovascular
NCT Number
Keywords
long COVID
Chest pain
Ischemia with non obstructive coronary artery disease
MeSH Terms
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
Angina, Stable
Chest Pain