DISRUPT CAD Pooled

Patient-pooled analysis of the global DISRUPT CAD I-IV clinical program demonstrates consistently high rates of procedural success with low rates of post-IVL procedural angiographic complications of severely calcified coronary lesions treated with Shockwave IVL.

DISRUPT CAD POOLED logo
DISRUPT CAD Pooled logo

Key Findings

Study Design & Characteristics

Objective:

To assess the cumulative safety and effectiveness of the Shockwave Medical Coronary IVL System for the treatment of severely calcified lesions in coronary arteries

Key inclusion criteria:

  • Presence of fluoroscopic calcium visible on both sides of the arterial wall without cardiac motion
  • Total calcified segment ≥ 15 mm that extends into the target lesion
  • Intravascular imaging showing a calcium arc ≥ 270° in at least one cross-section

Primary safety endpoint:

Freedom from major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) at 30 days

Primary effectiveness endpoint:

Procedural success, defined as stent delivery with residual in-stent stenosis ≤30% as assessed by the angiographic core laboratory and without in-hospital MACE

Study cohort represents the largest systematic assessment of complex patients with severely calcified coronary lesions treated with Shockwave IVL.
Shockwave IVL has been evaluated as a safe and effective strategy for modification of severely calcified coronary lesions prior to stenting across geographies in the DISRUPT CAD Pooled studies.
  • Flag of Australia Australia
  • Flag of Belgium Belgium
  • Flag of Denmark Denmark
  • Flag of France France
  • Flag of Germany Germany
  • Flag of Italy Italy
  • Flag of Japan Japan
  • Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
  • Flag of Spain Spain
  • Flag of Sweden Sweden
  • Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
  • Flag of United States United States

Statistics Callout

This section presents key statistical information with numbers and descriptions.

  • 628
    Patients
  • 72
    Sites
  • 12
    Countries

Statistics Callout

This section presents key statistical information with numbers and descriptions.

  • 97
    %
    Severe calcium
  • 42
    mm
    Calcium length
  • 99
    %
    Shockwave IVL crossing & therapy delivery
  • 12
    %
    Residual stenosis*
  • 92.4
    %
    Procedural success
  • 99
    %
    Successful Shockwave IVL delivery
  • 0.3
    %
    Serious angiographic complications*
  • 1.7
    mm
    Acute luminal gain*

Low Rates of Post-IVL & Post-Stent Procedural Complications

Shockwave Medical is the only Wavemaker with published post-IVL procedural outcomes demonstrating the first-in-class safety of Shockwave IVL.

Event Rate Across the DISRUPT CAD Studies

Bar chart showing the event rate of any angiographic complications, flow-limiting dissections, perforations, abrupt closures, slow flows, and no-reflows across the DISRUPT CAD studies

Immediately following IVL treatment (n = 561) and post-stent (n = 628) demonstrated a low rate of flow-limiting dissections (grade D or greater) with no perforation, abrupt closure, or no-reflow events following IVL treatment. Core laboratory assessed.

Shockwave IVL Facilitates Stent Delivery with Low Residual Stenosis Within Severe Calcium

Shockwave IVL increased minimal luminal diameter (MLD) and improved diameter stenosis immediately following therapy.

Procedural Angiographic Outcomes Following IVL Treatment

Graphic of two charts showing the procedural angiographic outcomes following IVL treatment. Chart one is a line chart of the cumulative frequency; chart two is a bar chart of the diameter stenosis pre-procedure, post-IVL, and post-stent

Core laboratory-assessed minimum luminal diameter cumulative frequency curves demonstrate an increase in minimal lumen diameter (MLD) immediately following Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) treatment with further increase post-stent. Core laboratory-assessed diameter stenosis demonstrates a significant decrease in diameter stenosis immediately following IVL treatment (p<0.0001) and post-stent (p<0.0001). For MLD and diameter stenosis measurements, pre-procedure n=625, post-IVL n=555, and post-stent n=625. Post-stent assessments of MLD and diameter stenosis include post-dilation in 94.1% of patients.

Consistently High Procedural Success & Low 30-day MACE Globally

The DISRUPT CAD Pooled analysis saw no statistical difference in procedural success and 30-day MACE across geographies. 30-day MACE was driven by non-Q-wave myocardial infarction (MI).

Safety & Effectiveness Across the DISRUPT CAD Studies

Graphic of two bar charts showing the safety and effectiveness of IVL across the DISRUPT CAD studies. Bar chart one shows the 30-day MACE rate percentage; bar chart two shows the procedural success percentage

DISRUPT CAD major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) rates at 30 days and procedural success, defined as successful stent delivery with in-stent residual stenosis ≤30% (core laboratory assessed) without in-hospital MACE, demonstrated consistent outcomes among the individual DISRUPT CAD studies. Heterogeneity among studies was evaluated using logistic regression with study as a fixed effect. All p values were not statistically significant, indicating consistency across the four studies for 30-day MACE (p = 0.56) and procedural success (p = 0.84). AUS = Australia; EU = Europe; US = United States.

Read the complete DISRUPT CAD Pooled Study results.


*Procedural angiographic outcomes post stent. Independent angiographic core lab assessment.

Kereiakes et al. Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Calcified Coronary Lesions: Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of the Disrupt CAD Studies. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jun 28;14(12):1337-1348.