Table 2: Summary of Results From the DEFER Study.
Year | Patients (n) | Participants | Endpoint | FFR cut-off | Adenosine | Mean FFR | Treatment | Event-free survival | Primary endpoint P value |
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2007 | 325 [comprising: 181 With FFR ≥0.75 randomised to PCI or Defer; 144 with FFR <0.75 allocated to registry] | Stable angina patients scheduled for PCI with single-vessel disease | Event-free survival | Defer if FFR ≥0.75 | IV (140 μg/kg/min) or IC (15 μg in the RCA or 20 μg in the LCA) | Defer (n=91): 0.87±0.07 Perform (n=90): 0.87±0.06 Registry (n=144): 0.56±0.16 | PCI/BMS versus FFR-guided deferral | Defer group (n=91) 79 % Perform group (n=90) 73 % | 0.52 |
BMS = bare-metal stent; FFR = fractional flow reserve; IC = intracoronary; IV = intravenous; LCA = left coronary artery; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA = right coronary artery. Source: Pijls, et al. 2007.