Comparing two heart artery treatments in adults at high bleeding risk
Compares drug-coated balloons with drug-eluting stents in adults with heart artery disease.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Drug-Coated Balloon in Anticoagulated and Bleeding Risk Patients Undergoing PCI
Key facts
- Where
- Gijón and Vigo, SpainSee the 2 sites
- Phase
- Phase 4
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with stable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome who have a high risk of bleeding and need a coronary stent or balloon procedure (PCI).
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Stable angina or shortness of breath with a narrowed coronary artery causing poor blood supply to the heart, or acute coronary syndrome (UAP or NSTEMI). New narrowings (de novo lesions) in the heart's own arteries or bypass vein grafts, vessel 2.0-5.0mm wide, narrowing up to 40mm long.
- Earlier treatment
- People who had a stent before need proof of poor blood supply (a perfusion scan or pressure wire test), unless the narrowing is over 90%.
- Biomarker or test result
- High-sensitivity troponin rise (in the acute coronary syndrome group). High bleeding risk: at least one major or two minor bleeding risk criteria, such as long-term blood thinner pills, kidney disease, low hemoglobin, or age over 75.
Main reasons for not taking part
- STEMI (a certain type of heart attack)
- Vessel narrower than 2.0mm or wider than 5.0mm
- Re-narrowing inside an old stent, or a fully blocked artery (chronic total occlusion)
- Life expectancy under 12 months, or cardiogenic shock
- Cannot give written consent, or heart team decides bypass surgery is needed
Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
Where in Spain
- Hospital Universitario de CabueñesGijón, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Alvaro CunqueiroVigo, SpainTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- North Karelia Central Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT04814212EU 2023-504340-34-01
- Record updated
- 9 November 2023
- Original description
The purpose of this study is to compare DCB with DES in stable CAD or ACS patients who are at high risk of bleeding. The hypothesis of the DEBATE trial is that the strategy using DCB and a shorter DAPT regimen is non-inferior to the treatment using DES and longer DAPT duration on patients with high bleeding risk. If non-inferiority is shown, the superiority of the DCB strategy over DES strategy will be tested.Read full original descriptionShow less
Drug-Coated Balloon in Anticoagulated and Bleeding Risk Patients Undergoing PCI
The purpose of this study is to compare DCB with DES in stable CAD or ACS patients who are at high risk of bleeding. The hypothesis of the DEBATE trial is that the strategy using DCB and a shorter DAPT regimen is non-inferior to the treatment using DES and longer DAPT duration on patients with high bleeding risk. If non-inferiority is shown, the superiority of the DCB strategy over DES strategy will be tested.
Inclusion: Age ≥ 18 years; Informed written consent; At least one major or two minor bleeding risk criteria of Academic Research Consortium (ARC); Major Criteria; Long-term oral anticoagulation; Severe or end stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) (estimated glomerular - filtration rate [eGFR] <30 ml/min); Hemoglobin <110 g/l; Spontaneous bleeding requiring hospitalization and transfusion in the past 6 months; Moderate to severe baseline thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100 x 10e9/L); Chronic bleeding diathesis; Liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension; Active cancer in the past 12 months; Previous spontaneous ICH (at any time); Previous traumatic ICH within the past 12 months; Presence of known brain arteriovenous malformation; Moderate to severe ischemic stroke within the past 6 months; Nondeferrable major surgery on dual antiplatelet therapy; Recent major surgery or trauma within 30 days before PCI; Minor Criteria; Age >75 years; Moderate CKD (eGFR 30-59 ml/min); Hemoglobin 110-129 g/l for men and 110-119 g/l for women; Spontaneous bleeding requiring hospitalization or transfusion within the past 12 - months not meeting major criterion; Long term use of oral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs or steroids; Any ischemic stroke at any time not meeting major criterion; Either of the following:; Stabile angina or dyspnea and a coronary narrowing causing myocardial ischemia detected in the angiogram. In stable patients prior PCI, the evidence of ischemia is needed acquired either by perfusion imaging or by pressure wire measurement (FFR) during coronary angiography unless the coronary stenosis is > 90% in diameter; ACS (UAP or NSTEMI): symptoms of heart ischemia≥ 20 minutes and ≥ 0,5mm ST-depression or transient ST-elevation or T-wave inversion at least in two adjacent leads and/or a high sensitivity troponin (hs-tnt) rise at least one unit above the 99. percentil or at least 50% rise in hs-tnt between two samples taken 1-3 hours apart; At least one of the following:; ≥1 de novo lesions in native coronary arteries or bypass vein grafts; Reference diameter of the vessel is 2.0-5.0mm'; Lesion length ≤ 40mm; Lesion or lesions are suitable for PCI.
Exclusion: Need for bypass surgery by heart team decision; Inability to give written consent; STEMI; Reference diameter of the vessel is <2.0mm or >5.0 mm; Bifurcation lesion requiring the stenting of either of the branches after predilatation (TIMI<3 or significant recoil >30% in the main epicardial vessel: LAD, LCX or RCA) after predilatation); Dissection affecting the flow (TIMI<3) or significant recoil (>30% in the main epicardial vessel: LAD, LCX or RCA) after predilatation; in-stent restenosis; Chronic total occlusion; Life expectancy < 12 months; Cardiogenic shock at the arrival to the coronary angiography; Uncertainty about neurological recovery e.g. after resuscitation.