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Safety and Clinical Effectiveness of Pipeline™ Shield Devices for Intracranial Aneurysms

Conditions
Intracranial Aneurysm
Stroke, Acute
Cerebral Aneurysm
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Cerebral Stroke
Neurologic Disorder
Interventions
Device: Pipeline™ Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology™
Registration Number
NCT03815149
Lead Sponsor
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Brief Summary

This observational, retrospective, single-arm, multi-centre cohort study will use real-world data (RWD) to develop real-world evidence (RWE) of the safety and clinical effectiveness of the Pipeline™ Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology™ in Australian patients that have received a flow diversion device to treat an intracranial aneurysm (IA). The medical records from 500 procedures completed at Gold Coast University Hospital in Queensland (QLD), Prince of Wales Hospital in New South Wales (NSW), and Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital in Western Australia (WA), will be analysed.

The study will report the risk and likelihood of stroke (ischaemic and haemorrhagic), delayed neurological adverse events and incomplete aneurysm occlusion within sub-groups of the patient cohort and determine the predictive or confounding factors that influence clinical outcomes under pragmatic or 'real-world' conditions.

Detailed Description

Methodology summary: Single-arm, longitudinal, retrospective, multi-centre cohort study. A collaboration of Australian Interventional Neuroradiologists will create a data bank of existing clinical and angiographic data extracted from medical records review. The data collection variables are pre-specified using grading scales and clinical assessment with the greatest reliability or significant to to accurately represent patient cohorts receiving treatment within all indications of use. The study will establish a minimum dataset to collect patient socio-demographics, aneurysm characteristics, device characteristics, and clinical outcomes for up to 500 procedures completed using Pipeline™ Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology™. A framework for data ab The prevalence, severity and outcomes of neurological adverse events of interest and bleeding events will be reported . Independent physician assessments of complete aneurysm occlusion from completed computed tomography scans (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans and Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) procedures will be determined according to the Raymond Roy Occlusion Classification (MRRC), O'Kelly Marotta scale (OKM) for aneurysm occlusion using flow diverting devices and the Consensus grading scale for endovascular aneurysm occlusion up to 12 months post procedure. Assessments of wall apposition and in-stent stenosis (ISS) will also be completed.

Quality Assurance plan includes - Framework data abstraction - manual of procedures, data dictionary, data abstraction manual, desired inter-rater reliability +0.80; intrarater reliability, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) 0.75 - 0.9;

Medical imaging review assessed by assess aneurysm occlusion by an independent interventional neuroradiologist or a local physician operator that did not complete the primary procedure. Physician level of agreement - interrater reliability to be reported;

Independent physician review of all post-op strokes (ischaemic, haemorrhagic) cases to determine aetiology/mechanism;

Study personnel training; Site visits; remote data monitoring, data audits.

Statistical analysis plan include descriptive statistics and regression models to report prevalence, mortality, time-to-event analyses and estimations of risk; Counts of medical records with insufficient data for analysis or where the patient is identified as 'lost follow-up', this will be reported.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
500
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients ≥ 18 years of age
  • Medical records from patients that have received a Pipeline™ Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology™ inclusive of all indications such as an elective procedure, unscheduled procedure or emergency procedure for an unruptured or ruptured intracranial aneurysm(s) at each study site
  • Medical records from patients that have received other neurovascular therapies such as coils, intracranial stents etc. with a Pipeline™ Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology™ used as an adjunctive device during the index procedure
Exclusion Criteria
  • Medical records from patients that have not received a Pipeline™ Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology™ to treat an intracranial aneurysm

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
patients with intracranial aneurysm(s)Pipeline™ Flex Embolization Device with Shield Technology™Standard of care elective, unscheduled or emergency procedures for the treatment of an unruptured or ruptured intracranial aneurysm(s) using a Pipeline™ Flex Embolization Device(s) with Shield Technology™
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Prevalence of stroke (short-term)30 days

Prevalence and severity of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke post procedure

Prevalence of stroke (long-term)12 months

Prevalence and severity of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke post procedure

Morbidity due to neurological adverse events of interest (short-term)30 days

Prevalence of neurological adverse events of interest post procedure

Mortality due to stroke (long-term)12 months

Number of deaths due to ischaemic and haemorrhagic post procedure

Mortality due to stroke (short-term)30 days

Number of deaths due to ischaemic and haemorrhagic post procedure

Morbidity due to neurological adverse events of interest (long-term)12 months

Prevalence of neurological adverse events of interest post procedure

Mortality due to neurological adverse events of interest (long-term)12 months

Deaths due to other neurological adverse events of interest

All cause mortality12 months

Deaths due to any cause

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Aneurysm occlusion - Consensus grading scale for endovascular occlusion (short-term)6 months

Proportion of aneurysms with Grade 0 - 5 aneurysm occlusion; Grade 0 is complete aneurysm occlusion (better outcome; maximum score) Grade 5 is less than 25% aneurysm occlusion (worse outcome; minimum score)

Aneurysm occlusion - O'Kelly Marotta Scale (OKM; long-term)12 months

Proportion of aneurysms with Grade D1 aneurysm occlusion on the O'Kelly Marotta Scale; Grade D1 indicates completed aneurysms occlusion as seen on the arterial phase of the cerebral angiogram due 0% filling (better outcome; maximum score). Grade A1 represents total filling of the aneurysm (\>95%) as seen on the arterial phase of the cerebral angiogram (worse outcome; minimum score).

Aneurysm occlusion - Modified Raymond Ray Classification (MRRC; long-term)12 months

Proportion of aneurysms with Class 1 occlusion. Class 1 indicates complete obliteration of the aneurysm neck, representing complete aneurysm occlusion (better outcome; maximum score). Class 3b indicates residual aneurysm with contrast along aneurysm wall, representing substantial blood flow into the aneurysm, poor occlusion of aneurysm neck (worst outcome; minimum score).

Aneurysm occlusion - In-stent stenosis (ISS; short-term)90 days

Proportion of aneurysms with Grade 2-4 ISS; ISS is a focal area of parent cerebral vessel narrowing caused by thrombosis or intimal hypoplasia.Grade 0 indicates no ISS is present (better outcome, maximum score). Grade 4 indicates occlusion of the cerebral parent vessel (worst outcome, minimum score).

Aneurysm occlusion - Wall appositionDay 0

Proportion of aneurysms with good wall apposition at post-operative time point

Aneurysm occlusion - In-stent stenosis (ISS; long-term)12 months

Proportion of aneurysms with Grade 2-4 ISS; ISS is a focal area of parent cerebral vessel narrowing caused by thrombosis or intimal hypoplasia.Grade 0 indicates no ISS is present (better outcome, maximum score). Grade 4 indicates occlusion of the cerebral parent vessel (worst outcome, minimum score).

Aneurysm occlusion - Modified Raymond Roy Classification (MRRC; short-term)6 months

Proportion of aneurysms with Class 1 occlusion. Class 1 indicates complete obliteration of the aneurysm neck, representing complete aneurysm occlusion (better outcome; maximum score). Class 3b indicates residual aneurysm with contrast along aneurysm wall, representing substantial blood flow into the aneurysm, poor occlusion of aneurysm neck (worst outcome; minimum score).

Aneurysm occlusion - Consensus grading scale for endovascular occlusion (long-term)12 months

Proportion of aneurysms with Grade 0 - 5 aneurysm occlusion; Grade 0 is complete aneurysm occlusion (better outcome; maximum score) Grade 5 is less than 25% aneurysm occlusion (worse outcome; minimum score)

Aneurysm occlusion - O'Kelly Marotta Scale (OKM; short-term)6 months

Proportion of aneurysms with Grade D1 aneurysm occlusion on the O'Kelly Marotta Scale. Grade D1 indicates completed aneurysms occlusion as seen on the arterial phase of the cerebral angiogram due to 0% filling (better outcome; maximum score). Grade A1 represents total filling of the aneurysm (\>95%) as seen on the arterial phase of the cerebral angiogram (worse outcome; minimum score).

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Liverpool Hospital

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

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Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Gold Coast University Hospital

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Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Prince of Wales Hospital

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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