Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

From groundbreaking late-breaking clinical trials to featured clinical research shaping the future of cardiovascular medicine, ACC.26 is where the biggest discoveries make their debut. Be among the first to hear the data that will define tomorrow's practice, offering new insights into emerging therapies and long-term outcomes from established treatments.

With seven Late-Breaking Clinical Trial sessions, five Featured Clinical Research sessions, three Investigative Horizons sessions, and two LBCT Deep Dive sessions, you'll leave ACC.26 up to date on the latest clinical research.

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials I (Session 102)
Saturday, March 28 ● 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. CT
Main Tent, Great Hall

  • Ultrasound-Facilitated Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Vs Anticoagulation Alone For Acute Intermediate-High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Primary Results of the HI-PEITHO Randomized Clinical Trial
  • Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Randomized to Receive Left Atrial Appendage Closure or Oral Anticoagulation: Primary Results of the CHAMPION-AF Clinical Trial
  • Primary Left Ventricular Unloading in Anterior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Without Cardiogenic Shock: Results From the STEMI-Door to Unload Randomized Clinical Trial

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials II (Session 105)
Saturday, March 28 ● 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. CT
Main Tent, Great Hall

  • Kardinal: A Phase 2 Study of Tonlamarsen For the Treatment of Uncontrolled Hypertension
  • Evolocumab in Patients Without Significant Atherosclerosis: Results From VESALIUS-CV
  • Intensive Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Targeting in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
  • DASH-Patterned Groceries to Reduce Blood Pressure Among Adults With Treated Hypertension: Results From the GoFreshRx Randomized Clinical Trial

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials III (Session 106)
Sunday, March 29 ● 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. CT
Main Tent, Great Hall

  • Controlled Trial of High-Risk Coronary Intervention With Percutaneous Left Ventricular Unloading (CHIP-BCIS3)
  • A Large-Scale, Global Randomized Trial of Coronary Physiology Derived From Conventional Angiography Compared With An Invasive Pressure Wire-Based Approach to Guide Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Stable Angina- ORBITA-CTO Trial
  • Fractional Flow Reserve or 3d-quantitative Coronary Angiography-Based Vessel-Ffr Guided Revascularization – The Fast Iii Trial

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials IV (Session 107)
Sunday, March 29 ● 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. CT
Main Tent, Great Hall

  • Spironolactone in the Treatment of Heart Failure
  • Efficacy and Safety of Sotatercept in Combined Post- and Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Results From the Phase 2 Cadence Trial
  • Lung Impedance-Guided Therapy in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
  • Mavacamten in Symptomatic Adolescent Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results From the Phase 3 Scout-HCM Trial

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials V (Session 110)
Sunday, March 29 ● 4 – 5 p.m. CT
Main Tent, Great Hall

  • Redo-Surgery Versus Transcatheter Valve-In-Valve For Mitral Bioprosthetic Dysfunction: The SURVIV Trial
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Without Routine Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Protect The Head To Head Trial: Randomized Comparison of Emboliner Embolic Protection Catheter Vs. Sentinel Cerebral Protection System During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Two-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Without Cross-over in the Randomized Tri-fr Trial

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials VI (Session 111)
Monday, March 30 ● 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. CT
Main Tent, Great Hall

  • Heartline Study: A Decentralized Randomized Trial of Apple Watch and iPhone-Facilitated AF Detection and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older Adults Without Known Atrial Fibrillation
  • Digoxin in Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
  • Discontinuation of β-blocker Therapy in Stabilized Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction
  • Effect of Intensive Triglyceride Lowering With Olezarsen on Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis: A Coronary Cta Substudy of The Essence-TIMI 73b Randomized Trial

Late-Breaking Clinical Trials VII (Session 112)
Monday, March 30 ● 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. CT
Main Tent, Great Hall

  • Primary Efficacy and Safety Results From the Phase 3 Sirolimus-Coated Balloon For Infra-inguinal Peripheral Arterial Disease (SirPAD) Trial
  • Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance For Complex High-Risk Indicated Procedures – The Ivus Chip Trial
  • Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Versus Angiography-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention In Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease – The Optimal Trial
  • Ivus Or Angiography Guidance For PCI in Complex Coronary Bifurcation Lesions

Featured Clinical Research

Featured Clinical Research I (Session 201)
Saturday, March 28 ● Noon – 1 p.m. CT
La Nouvelle B

  • A Prospective Multicenter Registry to Define Coronary Vasomotor Disorders in Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries: Primary Results of Discover Inoca
  • Impact of Ivabradine on Orthostatic Intolerance, Quality of Life and Heart Rate in Post-Covid Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Results From the Recover-Autonomic Trial
  • Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Determine Sex Differences in Underlying Causes of Myocardial Infarction With No Obstructive Coronary Arteries
  • A Sham Controlled Randomised Trial Evaluating the Safety, Acceptability and Efficacy of Autonomic Neuromodulation Using Trans-Cutaneous Vagal Sensory Stimulation in Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients

Featured Clinical Research II (Session 216)
Saturday, March 28 ● 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. CT
La Nouvelle B

  • Effects of Tirzepatide Compared With Dulaglutide on Expanded Cardiorenal Outcomes
  • Prevalence and Clinical Impact of Hypercortisolism in Individuals With Resistant Hypertension: Primary Results From the Momentum Study
  • Reliability of CAC=0 to Exclude Coronary Plaque in Diverse Global Cohorts: A Global Probability Study of Coronary Artery Disease (GPS-CAD) Analysis
  • Community-to-Clinic Linkage Implementation Program to Prevent Hypertension in Barbershops

Featured Clinical Research III (Session 276)
Sunday, March 29 ● 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. CT
La Nouvelle B

  • 10-year Follow-up of Clopidogrel Vs Aspirin Monotherapy in Stable Coronary Artery Disease After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-eluting Stent
  • Coronary CT Derived Fractional Flow Reserve-guided Management of Patients With Stable CAD: 3-year Outcomes From A Multicentre, Pragmatic, Open-label, Randomised Controlled Trial in China
  • Role of Screening With Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Lipid Management in an Asymptomatic Chinese Population: A Community-Based, Parallel-Group, Open-Label, Randomized Clinical Trial (RESPECT2)
  • Targeted Assessment in High-Risk Patients With Diabetes to Identify Undiagnosed Heart Failure

Featured Clinical Research IV (Session 291)
Sunday, March 29 ● 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. CT
La Nouvelle B

  • Automated Notifications to Improve Referral and Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation: Outcomes From the Randomized Alert Trial
  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Just-in-Time Adaptive Mobile Application Intervention to Reduce Sodium Intake and Blood Pressure in Patients With Hypertension
  • NOTIFY-HF: A Randomised Pilot Trial of Patient-Facing Heartlogic Alerts in Heart Failure Patients
  • MUTTON-HF (Medically Utilized Tailored Traditional Foods to Optimize Nutrition in Heart Failure): A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Indigenous Food is Medicine Intervention

Featured Clinical Research V (Session 321)
Monday, March 30 ● 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. CT
La Nouvelle B

  • Two-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement For Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation: The TRISCEND II Randomized Trial
  • Efficacy and Safety of BHB/HRS-1893 in Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results From A 12-week Phase 2 Study
  • The Role of Atrial Pacing Support in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Non-inferiority Randomized Trial
  • Prehospital Heparin Administration in Patients With STEMI Undergoing Primary PCI

Investigative Horizons

Investigative Horizons I (Session 336)
Monday, March 30 ● 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. CT
La Nouvelle B

  • Effect of Anti-Fibrotic Therapy on Regression of Myocardial Fibrosis After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) in Aortic Stenosis Patients With High Fibrotic Burden: The Reduce-MFA DZHK 25-trial
  • Efficacy and Safety of Enlicitide Decanoate, An Oral Macrocyclic Peptide Inhibitor of PCSK9, Compared With Bempedoic Acid, Ezetimibe, Or Bempedoic Acid Co-Administered With Ezetimibe in Statin-Treated Adults With Hypercholesterolemia: Phase 3 CORALreef AddOn Trial
  • Anti-Inflammatory Actions and Safety of the NLRP3 Inhibitor VTX3232 Alone or in Combination With Semaglutide in Participants With Obesity: A Phase 2a, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
  • Prospective Multi-Center Clinical Trial of Artificial-Intelligence Analysis of Retinal Images For Identifying Elevated Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk

Investigative Horizons II (Session 351)
Monday, March 30 ● 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. CT
La Nouvelle B

  • Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of AAVrh.10hFXN (LX2006) Gene Therapy in Friedreich Ataxia Cardiomyopathy
  • Effect of Financial Support on Quality of Life and Medication Adherence Among Low-Income Patients Following Hospitalization For Heart Failure: The FUND-HF Trial
  • Adaptive AI For Cardiovascular Event Adjudication: Identifying Cardiovascular Events Across Changing Definitions in the Odyssey and Euclid Trials
  • Artificial Intelligence Based Screening For Structural Heart Disease Using An ECG: Results From the PREVUE-VALVE Study

Investigative Horizons III (Session 366)
Monday, March 30 ● 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. CT
La Nouvelle B

  • Artificial Intelligence Model For Evaluating Surgical Techniques of Cardiac Surgeons
  • The Npr1 Agonist Xxb750 in Heart Failure
  • Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of AAVrh.10hPKP2 (LX2020) Gene Therapy in PKP2- Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
  • Durability of Enlicitide For Lipid Lowering: On-treatment Analysis of Data From CORALreef Lipids and CORALreef HeFH Trials
  • Long-Term Survival Benefits and Disease Stabilization With Acoramidis In Patients With Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)
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