Autonomous Robotics for Transcatheter Cardiac Procedures (ARTERY)

Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Valve Diseases; Mitral Valve Disease; Structural Heart Abnormality

Treatments: Procedure: Percutaneous cardiac procedure

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04787757

ARTERY/08/2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cardiovascular diseases represent the most common cause of death worldwide. Percutaneous approaches with intravascular catheters are pivotal, since they allow to treat patients with high perioperative risks. However, catheter-based treatments require steep learning curves and are characterized by poor ergonomics and exposure to damaging radiation. ARTERY will offer a radiation-free approach based on shared-autonomy robotic catheters, with increased user engagement and easy interaction. Intraprocedural three-dimensional echocardiography as well as computed tomography images obtained during usual clinical practice will provide artificial intelligence algorithms that will turn catheter navigation to a simple task. Optical and electromagnetic sensing techniques will ensure a superior view upon the cardiovascular anatomy and will guide the autonomous catheter upon the interventionist supervision, who will be able to take over control at any instant.

Enrollment: 401 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patients
• patients admitted to hospital undergoing percutaneous cardiac procedure
• patients able to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• age <18 years
• refuse to give informed consent

Trial design

401 participants in 1 patient group

Percutaneous cardiac procedures

Description:

Patients undergoing percutaneous cardiac procedures

Treatment:

Procedure: Percutaneous cardiac procedure