Transapical Beating-Heart Septal Myectomy in Patients With Symptomatic Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Xiang Wei

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Treatments: Procedure: Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05952154

2023-S015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, the safety and the efficacy of the transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for the treatment of nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This is a prospective, single-arm, single-center study.

Full description

Medical therapy is first recommended for patients with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy administrated at onset of heart failure symptoms. As the disease progresses, patients with global ejection fraction < 50% should be evaluated with respect to eligibility and motivation for heart transplant. However, for those with preserved ejection fraction and drug-refractory heart failure symptoms, there is still no optimal therapy. Some patients with increased left atrial volume and/or diastolic dysfunction can be recognized as a result of excessive myocardial hypertrophy, and the septal resection for these patients may be beneficial. However, conventional septal myectomy is hindered by the demanding expertise that is needed to sufficient resection of hypertrophied septal myocardium while guarantee safety. To increase the visualization and minimize the surgical injury of conventional septal myectomy, we have invented a novel beating-heart myectomy device. Through a mini-thoractomy, septal myectomy could be accomplished via a transapical access in the beating heart using the beating-heart myectomy device. The whole process of resection is monitored, navigated, and evaluated by real-time transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography. Left ventricular morphology and hemodynamics are evaluated each time after resection. Multiple resections are performed to tailor sufficient enlargement of left ventricular end-diastolic volume and improvement of mitral regurgitation, while preventing iatrogenic injuries. After transapical beating-heart septal myectomy, patients are scheduled to be seen for follow-up visits at discharge (about 7 days post operation) and 3 months.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients whose maximal ventricular septal wall thickness ≥ 15 mm.
2. Patients with heart function of New York Heart Association ≥ class II.
3. Patients with drug-refractory symptoms or intolerable to pharmaceutical therapies.
4. Patients who was informed the nature of the clinical trial, consented to participate in all of the activities of the clinical trial, and signed the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients who were pregnant.
2. Patients who had concomitant diseases such as intrinsic valvular disease or coronary artery disease that needed open-heart surgery.
3. Patients who had severe heart failure with left ventricle ejection fraction < 40%.
4. Patients whose estimated life expectancy < 12 m.
5. Patient who were non-compliant.
6. Patients under circumstances which were considered not suitable or prohibitive for participating the clinical trial at the discretion of the attending medical team and the researchers.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Nonbstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Experimental group

Description:

Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for the patient with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure.

Treatment:

Procedure: Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy