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Safety and Efficacy Study of the BioVentrix PliCath HF System

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure
Interventions
Device: PliCath HF System
Registration Number
NCT01568164
Lead Sponsor
BioVentrix
Brief Summary

The purpose of this prospective, single-armed, multi-center clinical trial is to further establish the safety and feasibility of using the BioVentrix PliCath HF System for the treatment of left ventricular dysfunction in appropriate cohorts of humans suffering from heart failure.

Detailed Description

Congestive heart failure is the "epidemic" of cardiovascular disease (Eugene Braunwald, NEJM 1997), yet there is no cure. The American Heart Association reports the nearly five million Americans are afflicted. Approximately 1.5 million admissions in the US are due to heart failure; it is the number one cost-item for Medicare, comprising 6% of its total expenditures.

BioVentrix has developed the PliCath heart failure system, which is used to place permanent cardiac implants into the heart for the purpose of excluding scar, reconfiguring abnormal cardiac geometry that is causing dysfunction, by excluding an abnormal portion of the ventricular wall. Conceptually, the final configuration in SVR can be achieved by placing these implants.

The procedure called PliCath Epicardial Catheter-based Ventricular Restoration System (ECVR) is designed for left ventricular volume reduction in patients with heart failure in a magnitude similar to that of the predicate surgical procedure, but much less invasively. The PliCath HF System utilizes anchors that are implanted into the scarred portion of the heart, which when deployed, exclude some of the scar similar to what is excluded by cinching the purse string suture with the patch, rendering the ventricle smaller, and is employed in a surgical setting, with and without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.

The PliCath HF System has anchors (implants) that are deployed using fluoroscopic imaging.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Device TreatmentPliCath HF SystemTreatment with the investigational device.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Primary Safety Endpoint - Overall rate of serious adverse events.24 Months

An assessment of the overall rate of serious adverse events (SAEs) at 1 year and 2 years as adjudicated by the Data Monitoring Committee (DMC).

Primary Efficacy Endpoint - Reduction in LV Volume24 Months

An assessment of measurable decrease in LV volume by either an echo or a CMR at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary Safety Endpoint: Assessment of overall rate of serious adverse device effects.24 Months post operatively

The secondary safety endpoint will be an assessment of the overall rate of serious adverse device effects (SADEs) through 2 years as adjudicated by the DMC.

Secondary Efficacy Endpoint: Clinical utility24 Months

Change in NYHA Class, Change in a standardized 6-minute corridor walk test; Change in Quality of Life (QOL) by Minnesota Living with Heart Failure (MLHF) Questionnaire.

Secondary Efficacy Endpoint: Hospital readmission for HF24 Months

Hospital readmission for HF including surgical intervention such as Ventricular Assist Device, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, or transplant;

Secondary Efficacy Endpoint: • Change in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction24 Months

Change in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF)as measured by ECHO or MRI.

Secondary Efficacy Endpoint: NT-proBNP24 Months

Change in NT-proBNP levels

Trial Locations

Locations (19)

Vilnius Hospital Santariskiu Klinikus

🇱🇹

Vilnius, Lithuania

Hospital Pitie Sal Petirere Institute of Cardiology

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Spedali Civili di Cardiochirurgia

🇮🇹

Brescia, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera S.Camillo-Forlanini

🇮🇹

Rome, Italy

Kings College Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Jagiellonian University

🇵🇱

Krakow, Poland

Ospedale Le Molinetto

🇮🇹

Torino, Italy

Bordeaux University Hospital Cardiology

🇫🇷

Bordeaux, France

The Royal Brompton Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

NA Holmoce Hospital

🇨🇿

Prague, Czechia

Ospedale San Raffaele

🇮🇹

Milan, Italy

Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center

🇬🇷

Athens, Greece

Padova University Hospital

🇮🇹

Padova, Italy

IRCCS Istituto Policlinico San Donato

🇮🇹

Milan, Italy

Pauls Stradins Clinical University

🇱🇻

Riga, Latvia

Hospital Clinic and University of Barcelona

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Polish American Hospital

🇵🇱

Katowice, Poland

CHVNGaia / Espinho Hospital

🇵🇹

Porto, Portugal

Medical University Innsbruck

🇦🇹

Innsbruck, Austria

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