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Adenosine versus regadenoson comparative evaluation in myocardial perfusion imaging: Results of the ADVANCE phase 3 multicenter international trial

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Abstract

Background

Earlier phase 1 and 2 studies have shown that regadenoson has desirable features as a stress agent for myocardial perfusion imaging.

Methods and Results

This multicenter, double-blinded phase 3 trial involved 784 patients at 54 sites. Each patient underwent 2 sets of gated single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging studies: an initial qualifying study with adenosine and a subsequent randomized study with either regadenoson (2/3 of patients) or adenosine. Regadenoson was administered as a rapid bolus (<10 seconds) of 400 μg. The primary endpoint was to demonstrate noninferiority by showing that the difference in the strength of agreement in detecting reversible defects, based on blinded reading, between sequential adenosine-regadenoson images and adenosine-adenosine images, lay above a prespecified noninferiority margin. Other prospectively defined safety and tolerability comparisons and supporting analyses were also performed. The average agreement rate based on the median of 3 independent blinded readers was 0.63±0.03 for regadenoson-adenosine and 0.64±0.04 for adenosine-adenosine—a 1% absolute difference with the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval lying above the prespecified noninferiority margin. Side-by-side interpretation of regadenoson and adenosine images provided comparable results for detecting reversible defects. The peak increase in heart rate was greater with regadenoson than adenosine, but the blood pressure nadir was similar. A summed symptom score of flushing, chest pain, and dyspnea was less with regadenoson than adenosine (P=.013).

Conclusions

This phase 3 trial shows that regadenoson provides diagnostic information comparable to a standard adenosine infusion. There were no serious drug-related side effects, and regadenoson was better tolerated than adenosine.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 318 LHRB-1900 University Blvd, 35294-0006, Birmingham, AL

    Ami E. Iskandrian

  2. Cardiovascular Consultants, Kansas City, Mo, USA

    Timothy M. Bateman

  3. CV Therapeutics, Palo Alto, Calif, USA

    Luiz Belardinelli, Brent Blackburn, Hsiao Lieu, Ann Olmsted & Whedy Wang

  4. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Manuel D. Cerqueira

  5. Midwest Heart Specialists, Fox River Grove, Ill, USA

    Robert C. Hendel

  6. The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center at The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex, USA

    John J. Mahmarian

  7. Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England

    S. Richard Underwood

  8. Quanta Medicina Nuclear, Federal University Medical School, Curitiba, Brazil

    João Vitola

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Iskandrian, A.E., Bateman, T.M., Belardinelli, L. et al. Adenosine versus regadenoson comparative evaluation in myocardial perfusion imaging: Results of the ADVANCE phase 3 multicenter international trial. J Nucl Cardiol 14, 645–658 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.06.114

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