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The primary objective of the present study is to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and clinical outcomes of surgeon-modified fenestrated stent grafts used to treat patients with failed previous infrarenal repairs (failed EVAR) and complex aortic aneurysms (thoracoabdominal, juxtarenal, pararenal, and paravisceral aneurysms).
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The study is a prospective, non-randomized evaluation of endovascular repair of patients with failed previous infrarenal repairs (failed EVAR) and complex thoracoabdominal/juxtarenal/pararenal/paravisceral aortic aneurysm repair, including those with penetrating ulcers and aneurysms resulting from aortic dissections, who (1) have anatomy that is not suitable for endovascular repair using grafts currently marketed in the United States, (2) are deemed unsafe to wait the required time necessary for commercial endograft manufacturing, and (3) are at high risk for open surgical repair.
Depending on the location of the aneurysm, patients with failed EVAR and complex aortic pathology requiring fenestrated and branched endovascular repair will be treated with physician-modified Cook Zenith devices (Zenith Flex, Zenith Fenestrated stent graft (Zfen), Cook Alpha Thoracic Endovascular Graft, Cook dissection TX2), and their associated commercially approved ancillary components. Whenever possible, the Zenith fenestrated universal bifurcated device will be used for patients requiring repair down to the iliac arteries. The Gore Excluder Endoprosthesis or the Gore Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis (IBE) will be used whenever the Zenith universal bifurcated device is not available. Safety and effectiveness will be assessed acutely (i.e., treatment success and technical success), at 30 days (i.e., the rate of major adverse events (MAE)), at 6 months, at 12 months, and annually to 5 years (i.e., the proportion of treatment group subjects that achieve and maintain treatment success).
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Inclusion criteria
Age: ≥ 18 years old
The subject has one or more of the following:
a. Anatomic i. Previous abdominal surgery ii. Previous left-sided thoracotomy (if the proposed open repair would require dissection of the thoracic aorta) iii. Previous aortic surgery b. Physiological high risk For this IDE, physiological risk will be assessed using two systems. First, this study will use the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)/American Association for Vascular Surgery (AAVS) medical comorbidity grading system recommended for use by the SVS to describe the severity of medical comorbidities in patients with complex aortic aneurysm disease. However, as the current SVS/AAVS grading system has yet to be validated in prospective studies or in a large cohort of patients treated for aortic disease, the American Association of Anesthesiologists grading system will also be utilized due to its widely adopted use and simplicity although it relies on subjective parameters and lacks specific metrics that affect outcomes.
American Association of Anesthesiologists grading system: subjects with ASA scores of 3-5 will be considered for study inclusion though final subject approval will be at the discretion of the treating vascular specialist; subjects with ASA scores of 6 will be excluded.
SVS/AAVS grading system: high risk (8-20% mortality risk) subjects will be considered for study inclusion though final subject approval will be at the discretion of the treating vascular specialist; prohibitive high risk (31-70% mortality risk) subjects will be excluded.
Medical Inclusion Criteria
SVS/AAVS grading system: low risk (0.12-1% mortality risk), medium risk (1.7-4.9% mortality risk), and high risk (8-20% mortality risk) subjects will be considered for study inclusion though final subject approval will be at the discretion of the treating vascular specialist; prohibitive high risk (31-70% mortality risk) subjects will be excluded.
Anatomical Inclusion Criteria
Iliac or femoral access vessel morphology that is compatible with vascular access techniques, devices, or accessories, with or without use of a surgical conduit
Extent of aorta to be treated: infrarenal aortic aneurysms with < 10 mm neck length, juxtarenal or pararenal aneurysms that include 1 or 2 renal arteries; paravisceral and extent IV-V thoracoabdominal aneurysms, Extent I-III thoracoabdominal aneurysm including those patients requiring a carotid-left subclavian bypass in order to achieve, at least, 20 mm of proximal landing zone
Non-aneurysmal aortic segment proximal to the aneurysm (neck) with a:
Minimum branch vessel diameter of 5 mm or greater Iliac artery distal fixation site greater than 45 mm in length and diameter in the range of 8 mm to 17 mm
Exclusion criteria
Age: < 18 years old
Does not meet the above inclusion criteria
Can be treated in accordance with the instructions for use with a commercially approved and marketed endovascular prosthesis
Is eligible for enrollment in a manufacturer-sponsored IDE at the investigational site with the exception of percutaneous aortic valve surgery
Unwilling or unable to comply with the follow-up schedule
Inability or unwillingness of patient or patient's legally authorized representative to provide informed consent.
Subject is pregnant or breastfeeding
Any other circumstance or condition which, at the discretion of the sponsor-investigator, makes the patient unsuitable for inclusion Medical Exclusion Criteria
Known sensitivities or allergies to the materials of construction of the devices, including but not limited to titanium and PTFE.
Known hypersensitivity or contraindication to anticoagulation or contrast media that cannot be adequately medically managed
Uncorrectable coagulopathy
Body habitus that would inhibit x-ray visualization of the aorta or exceeds the safe capacity of the equipment
Subject has had a major surgical or interventional procedure unrelated to the treatment of the aneurysm planned < 30 days of the endovascular repair
Unstable angina (defined as angina with a progressive increase in symptoms, new onset at rest, or nocturnal angina)
Systemic or local infection that may increase the risk of endovascular graft infection
Baseline creatinine greater than 2.0 mg/dL
History of connective tissue disorders (e.g., Marfan Syndrome, Ehler's Danlos Syndrome) with the exception of patients who have had prior open surgical aortic replacement where a surgical graft would serve as a "landing zone" for the investigational stent-graft Anatomical Exclusion Criteria
Significant occlusive disease, tortuosity, or calcification that would prevent endovascular access
Proximal neck length ≤20 mm
Proximal neck, measured outer wall to outer wall on a sectional image (CT)
Proximal neck angulated more than 60 degrees relative to the long axis of the aneurysm
Proximal neck diameter changes over the length of the proximal seal zone >4 mm
Proximal seal site with a circumferential thrombus/atheroma
Iliac artery diameter, measured inner wall to inner wall on a sectional image (CT) <7.0 mm at any point along access length (prior to deployment)
Ipsilateral iliac artery fixation site diameter, measured inner wall on a sectional image (CT) >21 mm at distal fixation site
Iliac artery distal fixation site <10 mm in length
Non-bifurcated segment of any artery to be stented < 15 mm in length
Artery to be stented with a maximum diameter <3 mm or >10 mm at the vessel ostium
Inability to maintain at least one patent hypogastric artery
Bilateral renal artery stenosis >80%
Superior mesenteric artery stenosis >80%
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25 participants in 2 patient groups
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Jesse Manunga, MD, FSVS, FACS; JoAnne Goldman
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