Assessment of Superficial Femoral Artery Lesions With FFR From the ACIST Navvus® Catheter (FLO THRU)

Acist Medical Systems

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Superficial Femoral Artery Stenosis; Peripheral Arterial Disease

Treatments: Device: Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR); Device: High Definition Intravascular Ultrasound (HD-IVUS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT05079906

US102

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is intended to help establish standard procedures for use of FFR in the peripheral arterial system and to evaluate the correlation of post-procedural FFR values and clinical outcomes in Superficial Femoral artery (SFA) interventions in subjects ages 18 to 79 with PAD.

Full description

The ACIST Navvus Rapid Exchange FFR MicroCatheter is a rapid exchange catheter with a pressure sensor located at the distal tip that allows the operator to use their preferred standard 0.014-inch coronary guidewire for peripheral vascular intervention (PVI), eliminating the need for a wire exchange. The fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements obtained with Navvus represent the degree of stenosis in an artery via comparison of the distal lesion value to the proximal lesion value.

While FFR has evolved as the gold standard for identifying coronary stenoses that may cause myocardial ischemia, it remains underutilized in the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral lesions. FFR cutoff values which could guide PVI decisions are yet to be defined and accepted. Routine use of FFR in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) may play an important role in determining the appropriateness of interventions in the peripheral vasculature by introducing a more objective assessment. Shishehbor and Agarwal further highlighted the potential economic benefit of FFR use in peripheral vessels by stating "The Affordable Care Act and higher emphasis on quality rather than quantity should support the use of [IVUS or FFR] to make peripheral interventions more accurate, safer, and better".

This study is intended to help establish standard procedures for use of FFR in the peripheral arterial system and to evaluate the correlation of post-procedural FFR values and clinical outcomes in Superficial Femoral artery (SFA) interventions in subjects ages 18 to 79 with PAD (Rutherford Classification 2, 3, 4, or 5). FFR measurements will be collected using the Navvus catheter pre- and post-PVI. A subset of study subjects will also have post-intervention IVUS imaging performed with the Kodama catheter.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 79 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-79 at the time of planned SFA intervention
• SFA lesion requires intervention (according to ACC/AHA/SCAI/SIR/SVM 2018 Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Artery Intervention, ABI, imaging, and/or clinical symptoms)
• Index SFA lesion is ≤150 mm
• Rutherford Classification of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is Class 2, 3, 4, or 5
• Minimum two vessel run-off without a hemodynamically significant lesion below the treatment lesion (in at least one vessel to the foot) in the opinion of the treating physician

Exclusion criteria

• Study lesion is a Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)
• Clinically significant (in the opinion of the treating physician) inflow disease of the aorta, common iliac, external iliac, or common femoral artery
• Presence of an additional hemodynamically significant stenosis within the SFA in the opinion of the treating physician
• Active cancer (any type)
• Life expectancy less than 1 year
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Main study arm

Other group

Description:

All subjects will have their SFA lesion assessed with FFR measurement.

Treatment:

Device: Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)

Sub-study

Other group

Description:

Last 50 enrolled subjects will have HD-IVUS in addition to FFR.

Treatment:

Device: High Definition Intravascular Ultrasound (HD-IVUS)

Device: Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)