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Registration number
NCT02089217
Ethics application status
Date submitted
13/03/2014
Date registered
17/03/2014
Date last updated
14/08/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Trial
Scientific title
Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Trial
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
U01NS080168
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
13-004051
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
CREST-2
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Carotid Stenosis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Diseases of the vasculature and circulation including the lymphatic system
Other 0 0 0 0
Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Surgery - Carotid endarterectomy (CEA)
Treatment: Devices - Carotid Stenting (CAS)
Other interventions - Intensive Medical Management - no CEA
Other interventions - Intensive Medical Management - no CAS

Active comparator: Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) - Carotid Endarterectomy

Active comparator: Carotid Stenting (CAS) - Carotid Stenting

Experimental: Intensive Medical Management - no CEA - Intensive Medical Management alone - no CEA

Experimental: Intensive Medical Management - no CAS - Intensive Medical Management alone - no CAS


Treatment: Surgery: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA)
Carotid endarterectomy

Treatment: Devices: Carotid Stenting (CAS)
Carotid stenting

Other interventions: Intensive Medical Management - no CEA
Intensive Medical Management alone - no CEA

Other interventions: Intensive Medical Management - no CAS
Intensive Medical Management alone - no CAS
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Treatment: Surgery
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Treatment: Devices
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Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Stroke and death
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4 years
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Cognitive Function
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4 years
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Major Stroke
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4 years
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Effect modification
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4 years

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
General Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients =35 years old.
2. Carotid stenosis defined as:

* Stenosis =70% by catheter angiography (NASCET Criteria); OR
* by Doppler ultrasonography (DUS) with =70% stenosis defined by a peak systolic velocity of at least 230 cm/s plus at least one of the following:

1. an end diastolic velocity =100 cm/s, or
2. internal carotid/common carotid artery peak systolic velocity ratio =4.0, or
3. computed tomography angiography (CTA) with = 70% stenosis, or
4. magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) with = 70% stenosis.
3. No medical history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) ipsilateral to the stenosis within 180 days of randomization. Life-long asymptomatic patients will be defined as having no medical history of stroke or transient ischemic attack and negative responses to all of the symptom items on the Questionnaire for Verifying Stroke-free Status (QVSS).
4. Patients must have a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 0 or 1 at the time of informed consent.
5. Women must not be of childbearing potential or, if of childbearing potential, have a negative pregnancy test prior to randomization.
6. Patients must agree to comply with all protocol-specified follow-up appointments.
7. Patients must sign a consent form that has been approved by the local governing Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Medical Ethics Committee (MEC) of the respective clinical site.
8. Randomization to treatment group will apply to only one carotid artery for patients with bilateral carotid stenosis. Management of the non-randomized stenosis may be done in accordance with local PI recommendation. Treatment of the non-study internal carotid artery must take place at least 30 days prior to randomization, or greater than 44 days after randomization and 30 days after the study procedure is completed (whichever is longer).
9. Carotid stenosis must be treatable with carotid endarterectomy (CEA), carotid artery stenting (CAS), or either procedure.

General
Minimum age
35 Years
Maximum age
100 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria

1. Intolerance or allergic reaction to a study medication without a suitable management alternative.
2. GI hemorrhage within 1 month prior to enrollment that would preclude antiplatelet therapy.
3. Prior major ipsilateral stroke in the past with substantial residual disability (mRS = 2) that is likely to confound study outcomes.
4. Severe dementia.
5. History of major symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage within 12 months that was not related to anticoagulation.
6. Prior Intracranial hemorrhage that the investigator believes represents a contraindication to the perioperative or periprocedural antithrombotic and antiplatelet treatments necessary to complete endarterectomy or stenting per protocol.
7. Current neurologic illness characterized by fleeting or fixed neurologic deficits that cannot be distinguished from TIA or stroke.
8. Patient objects to future blood transfusions.
9. Platelet count <100,000/microliter or history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
10. Anticoagulation with Phenprocoumon (Marcumar®), warfarin, or a direct thrombin inhibitor, or anti-Xa agents.
11. Chronic atrial fibrillation, unless the patient has had successful atrial appendage closure (e.g., Watchman Device) and no longer requires chronic therapeutic anticoagulation.
12. Any episode of atrial fibrillation within the past 6 months or history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation that is deemed to require chronic anticoagulation.
13. Other high-risk cardiac sources of emboli, including left ventricular aneurysm, severe cardiomyopathy, aortic or mitral mechanical heart valve, severe calcific aortic stenosis (valve area < 1.0 cm2), endocarditis, moderate to severe mitral stenosis, left atrial thrombus, or any intracardiac mass, or known unrepaired patent foramen ovale (PFO) with prior paradoxical embolism.
14. Unstable angina defined as rest angina with electrocardiogram (ECG) changes that is not amenable to revascularization (patients should undergo planned coronary revascularization at least 30 days before randomization).
15. Left Ventricular Ejection fraction <30% or admission for heart failure in prior 6 months.
16. Respiratory insufficiency with life expectancy < 4 years or forced expiratory volume (FEV1) <30% of predicted value.
17. Known malignancy other than basal cell non-melanoma skin cancer. There are two exceptions to this rule: patients with prior cancer treatment and no recurrence for >5 years are eligible for enrollment and cancer patients with life expectancy of greater than 5 years are eligible for enrollment.
18. Any major surgery, major trauma, revascularization procedure, or acute coronary syndrome within the past 1 month.
19. Either the serum creatinine is = 2.5 mg/dl or the estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is < 30 cc/min.
20. Major (non-carotid) surgery/procedures planned within 3 months after enrollment.
21. Currently listed or being evaluated for major organ transplantation (i.e. heart, lung, liver, kidney).
22. Actively participating in another drug or aortic arch or cerebrovascular device trial for which participation in CREST-2 would be compromised with regard to follow-up assessment of outcomes or continuation in CREST-2.
23. Inability to understand and cooperate with study procedures or provide informed consent.
24. Non-atherosclerotic carotid stenosis (dissection, fibromuscular dysplasia, or stenosis following radiation therapy).
25. Previous ipsilateral CEA or CAS.
26. Ipsilateral internal or common carotid artery occlusion.
27. Intra-carotid floating thrombus.
28. Ipsilateral intracranial aneurysm > 5 mm.
29. Extreme morbid obesity that would compromise patient safety during the procedure or would compromise patient safety during the periprocedural period.
30. Coronary artery disease with two or more proximal or major diseased coronary arteries with 70% stenosis that have not, or cannot, be revascularized.

Specific Carotid Endarterectomy Exclusion Criteria

Patients who are being considered for revascularization by CEA must not have any of the following criteria:

1. Serious adverse reaction to anesthesia not able to be overcome by pre-medication.
2. Distal/intracranial stenosis greater than index lesion.
3. Any of the following anatomical: radical neck dissection; surgically inaccessible lesions (e.g. above cervical spine level 2 (C2)); adverse neck anatomy that limits surgical exposure (e.g. spinal immobility - inability to flex neck beyond neutral or kyphotic deformity, or short obese neck); presence of tracheostomy stoma; laryngeal nerve palsy contralateral to target vessel; or previous extracranial-intracranial or subclavian bypass procedure ipsilateral to the target vessel.

Specific Carotid Artery Stenting Exclusion Criteria

Patients who are being considered for revascularization by CAS must not have any of the following criteria:

1. Allergy to intravascular contrast dye not amenable to pre-medication.
2. Type III, aortic arch anatomy.
3. Angulation or tortuosity (= 90 degree) of the innominate and common carotid artery that precludes safe, expeditious sheath placement or that will transmit a severe loop to the internal carotid after sheath placement.
4. Severe angulation or tortuosity of the internal carotid artery (including calyceal origin from the carotid bifurcation) that precludes safe deployment of embolic protection device or stent. Severe tortuosity is defined as 2 or more = 90 degree angles within 4 cm of the target stenosis.
5. Proximal/ostial common carotid artery (CCA), innominate stenosis or distal/intracranial stenosis greater than index lesion.

Excessive circumferential calcification of the stenotic lesion defined as >3mm thickness of calcification seen in orthogonal views on fluoroscopy.(Note: Anatomic considerations such as tortuosity, arch anatomy, and calcification must be evaluated even more carefully in elderly subjects (= 70 years).)
6. Target ICA vessel reference diameter <4.0 mm or >9.0 mm. Target internal carotid artery (ICA) measurements may be made from angiography of the contralateral artery. The reference diameter must be appropriate for the devices to be used.
7. Inability to deploy or utilize an FDA-approved Embolic Protection Device (EPD).
8. Non-contiguous lesions and long lesions (>3 cm).
9. Qualitative characteristics of stenosis and stenosis-length of the carotid bifurcation (common carotid) and/or ipsilateral external carotid artery, that preclude safe sheath placement.
10. Occlusive or critical ilio-femoral disease including severe tortuosity or stenosis that necessitates additional endovascular procedures to facilitate access to the aortic arch or that prevents safe and expeditious femoral access to the aortic arch. "String sign" of the ipsilateral common or internal carotid artery.
11. Angiographic, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) or ultrasound evidence of severe atherosclerosis of the aortic arch or origin of the innominate or common carotid arteries that would preclude safe passage of the sheath and other endovascular devices to the target artery as needed for carotid stenting.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
9/12/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/02/2026
Actual
Sample size
Target
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Final
2486
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Fiona Stanley Hospital - Perth
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- Perth
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Thomas G. Brott, M.D.
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Carotid revascularization for primary prevention of stroke (CREST-2) is two independent multicenter, randomized controlled trials of carotid revascularization and intensive medical management versus medical management alone in patients with asymptomatic high-grade carotid stenosis. One trial will randomize patients in a 1:1 ratio to endarterectomy versus no endarterectomy and another will randomize patients in a 1:1 ratio to carotid stenting with embolic protection versus no stenting. Medical management will be uniform for all randomized treatment groups and will be centrally directed.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02089217
Trial related presentations / publications
Kamtchum-Tatuene J, Saba L, Heldner MR, Poorthuis MHF, de Borst GJ, Rundek T, Kakkos SK, Chaturvedi S, Topakian R, Polak JF, Jickling GC; Carotid Atherosclerosis and Stroke Collaboration (CASCO). Interleukin-6 Predicts Carotid Plaque Severity, Vulnerability, and Progression. Circ Res. 2022 Jul 8;131(2):e22-e33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.320877. Epub 2022 Jun 17.
Lazar RM, Wadley VG, Myers T, Jones MR, Heck DV, Clark WM, Marshall RS, Howard VJ, Voeks JH, Manly JJ, Moy CS, Chaturvedi S, Meschia JF, Lal BK, Brott TG, Howard G. Baseline Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis in the CREST-2 Trial. Stroke. 2021 Dec;52(12):3855-3863. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032972. Epub 2021 Aug 26.
Haley W, Shawl F, Charles Sternbergh W 3rd, Turan TN, Barrett K, Voeks J, Brott T, Meschia JF. Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Guidelines in Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Aug;30(8):105918. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105918. Epub 2021 Jun 18.
Turan TN, Meschia JF, Chimowitz MI, Roldan A, LeMatty T, Luke S, Breathitt L, Eiland R, Foley J, Brott TG. Mitigating the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on controlling vascular risk factors among participants in a carotid stenosis trial. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Dec;29(12):105362. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105362. Epub 2020 Sep 30.
Turan TN, Voeks JH, Chimowitz MI, Roldan A, LeMatty T, Haley W, Lopes-Virella M, Chaturvedi S, Jones M, Heck D, Howard G, Lal BK, Meschia JF, Brott TG. Rationale, Design, and Implementation of Intensive Risk Factor Treatment in the CREST2 Trial. Stroke. 2020 Oct;51(10):2960-2971. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030730. Epub 2020 Sep 21.
Lal BK, Meschia JF, Roubin GS, Jankowitz B, Heck D, Jovin T, White CJ, Rosenfield K, Katzen B, Dabus G, Gray W, Matsumura J, Hopkins LN, Luke S, Sharma J, Voeks JH, Howard G, Brott TG; CREST-2 Investigators. Factors influencing credentialing of interventionists in the CREST-2 trial. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Mar;71(3):854-861. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.05.035. Epub 2019 Jul 26.
Musialek P, Roubin GS. Commentary: Double-Layer Carotid Stents: From the Clinical Need, through a Stent-in-Stent Strategy, to Effective Plaque Isolation... the Journey Toward Safe Carotid Revascularization Using the Endovascular Route. J Endovasc Ther. 2019 Aug;26(4):572-577. doi: 10.1177/1526602819861546. No abstract available.
Lal BK, Meschia JF, Brott TG. Clinical need, design, and goals for the Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis trial. Semin Vasc Surg. 2017 Mar;30(1):2-7. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2017.04.004. Epub 2017 Apr 27.
Demaerschalk BM, Brown RD Jr, Roubin GS, Howard VJ, Cesko E, Barrett KM, Longbottom ME, Voeks JH, Chaturvedi S, Brott TG, Lal BK, Meschia JF, Howard G; CREST-2 Investigators. Factors Associated With Time to Site Activation, Randomization, and Enrollment Performance in a Stroke Prevention Trial. Stroke. 2017 Sep;48(9):2511-2518. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.016976. Epub 2017 Aug 2.
Howard VJ, Meschia JF, Lal BK, Turan TN, Roubin GS, Brown RD Jr, Voeks JH, Barrett KM, Demaerschalk BM, Huston J 3rd, Lazar RM, Moore WS, Wadley VG, Chaturvedi S, Moy CS, Chimowitz M, Howard G, Brott TG; CREST-2 study investigators. Carotid revascularization and medical management for asymptomatic carotid stenosis: Protocol of the CREST-2 clinical trials. Int J Stroke. 2017 Oct;12(7):770-778. doi: 10.1177/1747493017706238. Epub 2017 May 2.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Thomas G. Brott, MD
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Mayo Clinic
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CREST-2 Administrative Center
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02089217