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CAPRA-EVO: a Randomized Serial PCCT Trial of Early Evolocumab After ACS
Sponsor: West China Hospital
Summary
The CAPRA-EVO trial is a single-center, randomized, open-label study with blinded endpoint assessment comparing early evolocumab plus standard lipid-lowering therapy versus standard-of-care lipid-lowering therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome after successful percutaneous coronary intervention. The study will use serial photon-counting coronary computed tomography angiography at baseline and 52 weeks to assess changes in non-culprit coronary plaque burden and stenosis severity. Secondary outcomes include changes in high-risk plaque features, lipid and inflammatory biomarkers, cardiovascular events, and safety outcomes. The trial aims to determine whether early intensive LDL-C lowering with evolocumab can reduce coronary plaque progression and support PCCT-CCTA as a noninvasive tool for monitoring atherosclerotic plaque dynamics.
Official title: A Single-center, Randomized Controlled Comparison of Effect of Evolocumab Versus Standard Lipid Lowering Therapy on Plaque Progression in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome by Serial PCCT(CAPRA-EVO Trial)
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
233
Start Date
2026-05-19
Completion Date
2029-01-31
Last Updated
2026-06-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Evolocumab
Evolocumab will be administered early after randomization in participants assigned to the experimental arm, in addition to standard-of-care lipid-lowering therapy. The treatment is intended to achieve intensive low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction and to evaluate its effect on coronary plaque progression or stabilization over 52 weeks.
Serial photon-counting coronary computed tomography angiography
All participants will undergo photon-counting coronary computed tomography angiography at baseline and at 52 weeks. Imaging will be used to assess changes in total atherosclerotic volume, stenosis severity, and high-risk plaque features in non-culprit coronary vessels.
Standard Lipid-Lowering Therapy
Participants will receive guideline-directed standard lipid-lowering therapy according to contemporary clinical practice and investigator judgment.
Locations (1)
West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan, China