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Early Feasibility Study - Edwards APTURE Transcatheter Shunt System (ALT-FLOW US)

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Edwards Lifesciences

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Heart Failure

Treatments

Device: Transcatheter Atrial Shunt System

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT03523416
2018-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate initial clinical safety, device functionality and effectiveness of the Edwards Transcatheter Atrial Shunt System.

Full description

The early feasibility study of the Edwards Transcatheter Atrial Shunt System is a multi-center, prospective, early feasibility study to evaluate initial clinical safety, device functionality, and effectiveness of the Edwards Transcatheter Atrial Shunt System.

Enrollment

71 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Symptomatic Heart Failure (HF):

    • NYHA class II with a history of > II; III; or ambulatory IV AND
    • ≥ 1 HF hospital admission; or treatment with IV or oral diuresis within 12 months; OR an NT-pro BNP value > 150 pg./ml in normal sinus rhythm, > 450 pg./ml in atrial fibrillation, or a BNP value > 50 pg./ml in normal sinus rhythm, > 150 pg./ml in atrial fibrillation within the past 6 months prior to study entry.
  • On stable Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) for heart failure

  • At rest: elevated LAP (or PCWP) of > 15 mmHg and LAP (or PCWP) exceeds right atrial pressure (RAP) by > 5 mmHg AND/OR supine ergometer exercise, elevated LA (or PCWP) pressure of > 25 mmHg and LA (or PCWP) exceeds right atrial pressure (RAP) by > 10 mmHg

  • Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ≤ 40%

  • Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR) < 4.0 WU

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe HF:

    • Stage D, non-ambulatory NYHA Class IV, transplant list
    • If BMI < 30, Cardiac index < 2.0 L/min/m2
    • If BMI ≥ 30, cardiac index < 1.8 L/min/m2
    • Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Diameter (LVEDD) > 8 cm
    • LVEF < 20%
  • Valve disease: MR > 3+ or > moderate MS, TR > 2+, AR > 2+ or > moderate AS

  • MI or therapeutic invasive cardiac procedure < 3 months

  • TIA, stroke, CRT implanted < 6 months

  • RV dysfunction > mild by TTE OR TAPSE < 1.2 OR RV size ≥ LV size by TTE, OR right ventricular fractional area change (RVFAC) ≤ 25%

  • Dialysis OR renal dysfunction (S-CR > 2.5 mg/dl OR eGFR < 25 ml/min/1.73m2)

  • 6MWT < 50m OR > 600m

  • Active endocarditis or infection < 3 months

  • Mean Right Atrial Pressure (mRAP) > 15 mmHg at rest

  • Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 45 kg/m2

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

71 participants in 1 patient group

Edwards Transcatheter Atrial Shunt System
Experimental group
Treatment:
Device: Transcatheter Atrial Shunt System

Trial contacts and locations

15

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Central trial contact

Melissa Arteaga; Natalie Alon

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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