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PARTNER 3 Trial: Safety and Effectiveness of the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve in Low Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Aortic Stenosis
Registration Number
NCT02675114
Lead Sponsor
Edwards Lifesciences
Brief Summary

To establish the safety and effectiveness of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) in patients with severe, calcific aortic stenosis who are at low operative risk for standard aortic valve replacement.

Detailed Description

Prospective, randomized, controlled, multi-center trial. Patients having an operative mortality \< 4% (low operative risk) for surgical aortic valve replacement will be randomized 1:1 to receive either transcatheter heart valve replacement (TAVR) with the Edwards SAPIEN 3 or aortic valve replacement with a commercially available surgical bioprosthetic valve. Patients will be seen for follow-up visits at discharge, 30 days, 6 months, and annually through 10 years.

A subset of PARTNER 3 randomized patients will be enrolled in the Actigraphy/Quality of Life. Additional patients will be enrolled in either the Bicuspid Registry, Underrepresented Populations Registry (UPR) or the Alternative Access Registry.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1000
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Severe, calcific aortic stenosis
  2. New York Heart Association Functional Class ≥ 2 OR exercise tolerance test that demonstrates a limited exercise capacity, abnormal BP response, or arrhythmia OR asymptomatic with Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) <50%
  3. Heart team agrees the patient has a risk of operative mortality and has an Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score < 4
  4. The study patient has been informed of the nature of the study, agrees to its provisions and has provided written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Native aortic annulus size unsuitable for sizes 20, 23, 26, or 29 mm transcatheter heart valve

  2. Iliofemoral vessel characteristics that would preclude safe passage of the introducer sheath

  3. Evidence of an acute myocardial infarction ≤ 30 days before randomization

  4. Aortic valve is unicuspid, bicuspid, or non-calcified

  5. Severe aortic regurgitation (>3+)

  6. Severe mitral regurgitation (>3+) ≥ moderate stenosis

  7. Pre-existing mechanical or bioprosthetic valve in any position

  8. Complex coronary artery disease:

    1. Unprotected left main coronary artery
    2. Syntax score > 32
    3. Heart Team assessment that optimal revascularization cannot be performed
  9. Symptomatic carotid or vertebral artery disease or successful treatment of carotid stenosis within 30 days of randomization

  10. Leukopenia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy, or hypercoagulable states

  11. Hemodynamic or respiratory instability requiring inotropic support, mechanical ventilation or mechanical heart assistance within 30 days of randomization

  12. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with obstruction

  13. Ventricular dysfunction with LVEF < 30%

  14. Cardiac imaging evidence of intracardiac mass, thrombus or vegetation

  15. Inability to tolerate or condition precluding treatment with antithrombotic/anticoagulation therapy during or after the valve implant procedure

  16. Stroke or transient ischemic attack within 90 days of randomization

  17. Renal insufficiency and/or renal replacement therapy at the time of screening.

  18. Active bacterial endocarditis within 180 days of randomization

  19. Severe lung disease or currently on home oxygen

  20. Severe pulmonary hypertension

  21. History of cirrhosis or any active liver disease

  22. Significant frailty as determined by the Heart Team

  23. Significant abdominal or thoracic aortic disease that would preclude safe passage of the delivery system or cannulation and aortotomy for surgical aortic valve replacement

  24. Hostile chest or conditions or complications from prior surgery that would preclude safe reoperation

  25. Patient refuses blood products

  26. Body mass index > 50 kg/m2

  27. Estimated life expectancy < 24 months

  28. Absolute contraindications or allergy to iodinated contrast that cannot be adequately treated with pre-medication

  29. Immobility that would prevent completion of study procedures

  30. Patient is not a candidate for both arms of the study

  31. Currently participating in an investigational drug or another device study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
All-cause Mortality, All Stroke, and Rehospitalization (Valve-related or Procedure-related and Including Heart Failure)1 year

Number of patients that had any of these events

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Death, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) Score < 45 or KCCQ Score Decrease ≥ 10 Points30 days

Number of patients that had any of these events

New Onset Atrial Fibrillation30 days

Number of patients with this event

Length of Index HospitalizationDischarge (expected average of 7 days)

Number of days from index procedure to discharge

Death or Stroke30 days

Number of patients that died or had a stroke

All Stroke30 days

Number of patients that had a stroke

Trial Locations

Locations (77)

University of Alabama

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Banner University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Mills/Peninsula Health Services

🇺🇸

Burlingame, California, United States

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Los Angeles, California, United States

University of California, Los Angeles/Ronald Reagan Medical Center

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Hoag Hospital

🇺🇸

Newport Beach, California, United States

Stanford Hospital and Clinics

🇺🇸

Palo Alto, California, United States

Sutter Health Sacramento

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

UC Health Northern Colorado/Medical Center of the Rockies

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Loveland, Colorado, United States

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University of Alabama
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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