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. 2023 Jul 17;19(4):e286–e296. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00201

Table 2. Quantitative flow ratio and 3D-quantitative coronary angiography analysis.

Primary endpoint All patients Alirocumab N=94 Placebo N=99 Difference % (95% CI) OR (95% CI) p-value
Patients with QFR increase 50 (53% [43-63]) 40 (40% [31-50]) 13% (–2 to 28) 1.7 (0.9-3.0) 0.076
Primary endpoint Patients with QFR ≤0.95 N=57 N=50
Patients with QFR increase 37 (65% [52-76]) 22 (44% [31-58]) 20.9% (0.5-41.0) 2.4 (1.1 to 5.2) 0.031
Secondary endpoints [all patients (vessels)] Baseline 1-year follow-up Change between baseline and 1-year follow-up
Alirocumab [N=94 (133)] Placebo [N=99 (149)] p-value Alirocumab [N=94 (133)] Placebo [N=99 (149)] Alirocumab [N=94 (133)] Placebo [N=99 (149)] Difference in change p-value
QFR 0.96 (0.91-0.98) 0.96 (0.91-0.99) 0.593 0.96 (0.92-0.98) 0.95 (0.89-0.98) 0.00 (–0.02 to 0.02) –0.01 (–0.03 to –0.01) - -
Diameter stenosis, % 36.96±7.88 36.63±8.46 0.742 35.93±9.58 38.33±11.31 –1.03±7.28 1.70±8.27 −2.50 (−4.43 to −0.57) 0.011
Area stenosis, % 50.18±12.69 49.64±12.32 0.715 48.84±14.06 51.50±14.94 –1.35±11.68 1.86±11.74 −2.80 (−5.73 to 0.14) 0.062
Lesion length, mm 18.45±9.94 18.45±10.23 0.999 18.22±9.84 17.92±9.21 –0.23±8.29 –0.53±9.46 0.37 (−1.83 to 2.58) 0.739
Proximal diameter, mm 3.05±0.58 2.85±0.63 0.006 3.01±0.57 2.83±0.57 –0.05±0.31 –0.00±0.28 −0.02 (−0.10 to 0.05) 0.520
Minimum lumen diameter, mm 2.00±0.53 1.82±0.52 0.004 1.99±0.53 1.76±0.56 –0.01±0.26 –0.06±0.28 0.05 (−0.02 to 0.12) 0.130
Distal diameter, mm 2.88±0.68 2.57±0.63 <0.001 2.85±0.95 2.56±0.60 –0.03±0.68 –0.01±0.28 −0.02 (−0.10 to 0.05) 0.520
For the primary endpoint analyses, values are count (%). Patients with a QFR increase are those whose mean change in contrast vessel QFR across vessels is positive. The odds ratio (OR), associated 95% confidence interval (CI) and corresponding p-values were computed using a logistic model. For secondary endpoint analyses, p-values for continuous QFR at baseline are from Wilcoxon tests. For other variables, values are mean (SD) across vessels and differences in change are marginal differences with robustified 95% CIs and p-values computed using repeated mixed-effect models accounting for multiple vessels imaged per patient. Samples sizes correspond to number of patients (vessels). As per substudy design, vessels with diameter stenosis ≤25% were excluded. 3D: three-dimensional; QFR: quantitative flow ratio; SD: standard deviation