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Peri-device Leakage Closure After LAAO

Completed
Conditions
Leakage of Cardiac Device
Atrial Fibrillation
Stroke
Bleeding
Interventions
Device: Peri-device leakage closure after left atrial appendage occlusion
Registration Number
NCT04590898
Lead Sponsor
Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt
Brief Summary

The investigators thought to evaluate the safety and feasibility of peri-device leakage closure after left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO, either surgical or interventional) with different devices.

Detailed Description

The global burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) is high and thromboembolic stroke may be one of the fatal complications. Oral anticoagulation has been the mainstay therapy for decades to mitigate stroke risk. However, in poor candidates for long-term anticoagulation non-pharmacological stroke prevention with percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is a considerable treatment option. LAA shape and size varies widely and incomplete LAA closure or new leaks, due to LAA remodeling after the procedure, are observed in up to 30% of patients. Those leaks may cause turbulent flow and increase the risk for thrombus formation and subsequent thromboembolic events. However, the clinical significance after percutaneous LAAO has yet to be determined.

If significant leaks are present, patients usually remain on oral anticoagulation. In very few cases, an interventional approach is used to close peri-device leaks.

This is the first systematic study, trying to include a respectable number of patients who underwent peri-device leakage closure after LAAO. In this multi-center, collaborative study the investigators aim to identify different peri-device leak closure strategies with associated clinical outcomes and evaluate safety and feasibility of the procedure.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
85
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients after interventional or surgical left atrial appendage occlusion with severe leakage, who underwent interventional peri-device leakage closure
Exclusion Criteria
  • n/a

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
significant peri-device leakage after LAA occlusionPeri-device leakage closure after left atrial appendage occlusionPeri-device leakage closure after left atrial appendage occlusion
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Procedure-related clinically relevant pericardial effusionIn-hospital stay, assessed up to 30days

Number of participants experiencing pericardial effusion with hemodynamic relevance, treated with therapeutic pericardiocentesis or surgical intervention, requiring blood transfusion or resulting in shock and/or death, which was procedure related

Procedural mortalityIn-hospital stay, assessed up to 30days

Rate of all-cause mortality during the index procedure, number of participants experiencing a procedure-related death within 30days or during in-hospital stay for the index procedure (if\>30days)

Procedure-related ischemic strokeIn-hospital stay, assessed up to 30days

Number of participants experiencing an acute episode of focal cerebral, spinal, or retinal dysfunction caused by infarction of central nervous system tissue, which was procedure related

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Vascular access site complicationsduring procedure, assessed up to 7 days

Number of participants experiencing retroperitoneal haematoma, AV-fistula, arterial complications, venous complications, symptomatic peripheral ischemia, nerve injury with clinical symptoms \>24h, vascular surgical repair at access site, pulmonary embolism, ipsilateral deep vein thrombosis, access site-related infection requiring iv. antibiotics or extended hospitalization

Liver- and kidney failure associated with the procedureIn-hospital stay, assessed up to 30days

Number of participants experiencing liver- and kidney failure potentially associated with the procedure evaluated by using the definitions of Munich consensus document on definitions, endpoints, and data collection requirements for clinical studies

Device-associated complicationsthrough study completion, an average of 1 year

Number of participants experiencingdevice migration, perforation, laceration, erosion, device infection, pericarditis, device-related thrombus and persistent or occurrence of new peri-device leakage

Bleeding complicationsthrough study completion, an average of 1 year

Number of participants experiencing bleeding complications evaluated by using VARC-2 criteria with LAAO specific modifications (after the Munich consensus document on definitions, endpoints, and data collection requirements for clinical studies)

Ischemic stroke or transitory ischemic attackthrough study completion, an average of 1 year

Number of participants experiencing an acute episode of focal cerebral, spinal, or retinal dysfunction caused by infarction of central nervous system tissue not directly related to the procedure

Trial Locations

Locations (16)

Scripps Health

🇺🇸

La Jolla, California, United States

Austin Heart

🇺🇸

Austin, Texas, United States

Aarhus University Hospital

🇩🇰

Aarhus, Denmark

Rigshospitalet Copenhagen

🇩🇰

Copenhagen, Denmark

Cardio Vascular Center Frankfurt

🇩🇪

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Inselspital Bern

🇨🇭

Bern, Switzerland

Poznan University of Medical Sciences

🇵🇱

Poznan, Poland

Nuffield Health

🇬🇧

Headington, United Kingdom

Hospital Universitario de Salamanca

🇪🇸

Salamanca, Spain

Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute

🇺🇸

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf

🇩🇪

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Mayo Clinic Hospital - Saint Mary's Campus

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

University of Utah Hospital

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Vanderbilt Heart Institute

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF)

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

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