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Clinical Evaluation of the AccuCinch® Ventricular Restoration System in Patients Who Present with Symptomatic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF): the CORCINCH-HF Study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Interventions
Device: AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System
Drug: Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy
Registration Number
NCT04331769
Lead Sponsor
Ancora Heart, Inc.
Brief Summary

Prospective, randomized, open-label, international, multi-center clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Detailed Description

The CORCINCH-HF Study is a prospective, randomized, open-label, multicenter, international, clinical safety and efficacy investigation of the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System.

Subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio:

1. Treatment group: AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System plus guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) (n\~200)

2. Control group: Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) (n\~200)

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
400
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age 18-years or older

  2. Ejection Fraction: ≥20% and ≤40% measured by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and assessed by an echocardiography (echo) core lab

  3. LV end-diastolic diameter ≥55 mm measured by TTE and assessed by an echo core lab

  4. Symptom Status:

    1. NYHA III,
    2. NYHA ambulatory IV, or
    3. NYHA II with a heart failure hospitalization within the prior 12 months (of signing the consent)
  5. Able to complete six-minute walk test with distance between 100 m and 450 m.

  6. Diagnosis and treatment for heart failure should be established at least 90 days before the date of consent. Subjects should be on stable, optimally titrated medical therapy for at least 30 days, as recommended according to current guidelines as standard-of-care for Heart Failure therapy, with any intolerance documented.

    1. "Stable" is defined as no more than a 100% increase or a 50% decrease of total daily doses. Medication changes within this range do not require any additional waiting before the screening assessments
    2. When a total daily dose increase or decrease exceeds that which is considered stable, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed 30 days after the medication change
    3. When additional titration is required to optimize a subject's medication that exceeds what is considered stable, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed at least 30 days after achieving the optimal dose (provided the optimal dose remains outside of the stable parameters)
    4. When a dose-for-dose equivalent change in the class of medication change is made, no additional waiting is required before the screening assessments
    5. When a change in class medication change exceeds what is considered stable, OR a new class of medication is added, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed 30 days after the medication change
    6. If an SGLT2 inhibitor is added to a subject's medications, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed at least 30 days after the addition
    7. If an SGLT2 inhibitor dose changes per the stable definition above, no additional waiting is required before the screening assessments
    8. If an SGLT2 inhibitor dose change exceeds what is considered stable, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed at least 30 days after achieving the optimal dose (provided the dose remains outside of the stable parameters)
    9. When applicable, for guideline-directed device-based therapies: a CRT device must be placed > 90 days before the screening TTE and CT, and an ICD must be placed > 30 days before the screening TTE and CT
  7. Able and willing to complete all qualifying diagnostic and functional tests, willing to accept blood product transfusion if required and agrees to comply with study follow-up schedule

Exclusion Criteria

Cardiovascular

  1. Myocardial infarction or any percutaneous cardiovascular intervention, cardiovascular surgery, or carotid surgery within 90 days prior to consent

  2. Untreated clinically significant coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring revascularization

  3. Fluoroscopic or echocardiographic evidence of severe aortic arch calcification, mobile aortic atheroma, intracardiac mass, thrombus or vegetation

  4. Suboptimal ventricular anatomy or wall thickness as determined from screening echocardiography and/or CT scan

  5. Heart failure on the basis other than ischemic or non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (e.g., hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, amyloid cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, uncorrected congenital heart disease, constrictive pericarditis)

  6. Hemodynamic instability within 30 days prior to the implant defined as subject requiring inotropic support or mechanical hemodynamic support

  7. Any planned cardiac surgery or interventions within the next 180 days post-randomization (including therapeutic right heart procedures)

  8. Active bacterial endocarditis

  9. Severe RV dysfunction assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC) and/or TTE

  10. Fixed pulmonary hypertension with PA systolic pressure >70 mmHg not responsive to vasodilator therapy

  11. History of any stroke within the prior 90 days of consent or documented Modified Rankin Scale ≥ 2 disability from any prior stroke

    Valvular

  12. Mitral regurgitation grade 3+ (moderate-severe) or 4+ (severe)

  13. Untreated degenerative (primary) mitral valve disease (mild prolapse with no need for intervention is allowable)

  14. Prior mitral or aortic valve replacement

  15. Tricuspid regurgitation grade 4+ (severe)

  16. Moderate or severe aortic valve stenosis (AVA less than 1.5 cm2 or peak velocity AV Vmax >300 cm/sec)

  17. Aortic regurgitation grade 2+ (moderate), 3+ (moderate-severe), or 4+ (severe)

    Procedural

  18. Anatomical pathology or constraints preventing appropriate access/implant of the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System (e.g., femoral arteries will not support a 20F Introducer sheath)

  19. Renal insufficiency (i.e., eGFR of <25 ml/min/1.73 m2)

  20. Subjects in whom anticoagulation during the procedure is contraindicated

  21. Subjects in whom 90 days of antiplatelet therapy is contraindicated

  22. Known allergy to nitinol, polyester, or polyethylene

  23. Any prior true anaphylactic reaction to contrast agents; defined as known anaphylactoid or other non-anaphylactic allergic reactions to contrast agents that cannot be adequately pre-medicated prior to the index procedure

    General

  24. Life expectancy <1 year due to non-cardiac conditions

  25. Currently participating in another interventional investigational study

  26. Subjects on high dose steroids or immunosuppressant therapy

  27. Female subjects who are pregnant, of child-bearing potential without a documented birth control method, or who are lactating

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Device group: AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration SystemAccuCinch Ventricular Restoration SystemSubjects in this arm will receive the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System
Control group: Guideline-Directed Medical TherapyGuideline-Directed Medical TherapySubjects in this arm will receive guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Quality of Life Questionnaire (KCCQ) Score180 days

Higher scores in the KCCQ reflect better health status

A hierarchical composite endpoint of all-cause deaths, left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implants or heart transplants, heart failure hospitalizations, and changes from baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Overall Score (KCCQ-OS)365 days

A hierarchical composite endpoint of number of all-cause deaths, number of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implants or heart transplants, number of heart failure hospitalizations, and change from baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Overall Score (KCCQ-OS), evaluated using the Win Ratio method

Freedom from device- or femoral artery access-related major adverse events (MAE)365 days

MAE defined as:

1. All-cause death,

2. Myocardial infarction,

3. Stroke,

4. Need for non-elective cardiovascular surgery,

5. Worsening of heart-failure requiring mechanical circulatory support for more than 24 hours

6. Acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy

6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) distance (m)180 days

Change in 6MWT distance (m) from baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of all-cause deaths30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days
Changes in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline and from post-procedure/pre-hospital discharge as assessed by echo and CT180 days
Number of all-cause hospitalizations30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days
Incidence of all serious adverse events, including device- and procedure- related complications30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days
Changes from baseline in 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)30 days, 90 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days

Measure in meters

Changes in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline and from post-procedure/pre-hospital discharge as assessed by echo30 days, 90 days, 365 days, 730 days
Number of all-cause deaths or all-cause hospitalizations30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days
Changes from baseline in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days
Changes from baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Overall Score (KCCQ-OS)30 days, 90 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days

Higher scores in the KCCQ reflect better health status

Changes in left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) from baseline and from post-procedure/pre-hospital discharge as assessed by echo and CT180 days
Changes in left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) from baseline and from post-procedure/pre-hospital discharge as assessed by echo30 days, 90 days, 365 days, 730 days
Rate and number of cardiovascular death events30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days
Rate and number of heart failure-related hospitalizations30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days
Changes in left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) from baseline and from post-procedure/pre-hospital discharge as assessed by echo30 days, 90 days, 365 days, 730 days
Changes in left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) from baseline and from post-procedure/pre-hospital discharge as assessed by echo and CT180 days
Rate and number of heart failure death events30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days

Trial Locations

Locations (128)

Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

🇺🇸

Phoenix, United States

Immanuel Klinikum Bernau Herzzentrum Brandenburg Universitätsklinikum der Medizinischen Hochschule Brandenburg

🇩🇪

Bernau, Germany

CardioVasculäres Centrum

🇩🇪

Frankfurt, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale)

🇩🇪

Halle, Germany

Universitäres Herz- und Gefäßzentrum Hamburg

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Köln (AöR)

🇩🇪

Köln, Germany

IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas

🇮🇹

Milano, Lombardy, Italy

Grandview Medical Group Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of Alabama at Birmingham

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Phoenix Cardiovascular Research Group

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Tucson Medical Center

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Baptist Health Heart Failure & Transplant Institute

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

University of California San Diego

🇺🇸

La Jolla, California, United States

Scripps Health

🇺🇸

La Jolla, California, United States

University of Southern California

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

University of California, San Francisco

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

University of Colorado

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Hartford Health

🇺🇸

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Yale University

🇺🇸

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Medstar Health Research Institute

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

JFK Medical Center

🇺🇸

Atlantis, Florida, United States

HCA Florida Largo Hospital

🇺🇸

Largo, Florida, United States

University of Miami

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Ascension Sacred Heart

🇺🇸

Pensacola, Florida, United States

University of South Florida

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

Emory University

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Piedmont Heart Institute

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Northside Hospital

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Northwestern University

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Chicago Medical Center

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

🇺🇸

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States

University of Kansas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Cardiovascular Research Institute of Kansas

🇺🇸

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Norton Heart Specialists

🇺🇸

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Cardiovascular Institute of the South

🇺🇸

Houma, Louisiana, United States

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bangor, Maine, United States

University of Maryland Medical Center

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University of Massachusetts

🇺🇸

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

University of Michigan

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Spectrum Health

🇺🇸

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

William Beaumont Hospital

🇺🇸

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Ascension Providence Hospital

🇺🇸

Southfield, Michigan, United States

Metropolitan Heart and Vascular Institute & Mercy Hosp

🇺🇸

Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

University of Minnesota

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Jackson Heart Clinic

🇺🇸

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Washington University in St. Louis

🇺🇸

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Deborah Heart & Lung

🇺🇸

Browns Mills, New Jersey, United States

Hackensack University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Morristown Medical Center

🇺🇸

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

🇺🇸

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

New Mexico Heart Institute

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Montefiore Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

University at Buffalo

🇺🇸

Buffalo, New York, United States

Northwell Health

🇺🇸

Manhasset, New York, United States

Mount Sinai Hospital

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

NYU Langone Health

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

CUMC/New York Presbyterian Hospital

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Vassar Brothers Medical Center

🇺🇸

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

St. Francis Hospital

🇺🇸

Roslyn, New York, United States

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

🇺🇸

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

NC Heart and Vascular Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

The Christ Hospital

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

UH Cleveland Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Ohio State University

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Oklahoma Heart Hospital

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Oklahoma Heart Institute

🇺🇸

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Oregon Health & Science University

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Geisinger Clinic

🇺🇸

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute

🇺🇸

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Thomas Jefferson University

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Allegheny General Hospital

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Rhode Island Hospital

🇺🇸

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Medical University of South Carolina

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Prisma Health

🇺🇸

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Tennova Healthcare-Turkey Creek Medical Center

🇺🇸

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Ascension Saint Thomas

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Ascension Texas Cardiovascular

🇺🇸

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin Heart

🇺🇸

Austin, Texas, United States

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

🇺🇸

Dallas, Texas, United States

Houston Heart

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Baylor College of Medicine St. Luke's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston Methodist Hospital

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

UT Health

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Lubbock, Texas, United States

Baylor Scott & White

🇺🇸

Plano, Texas, United States

Methodist Healthcare System, San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Intermountain Medical Center

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

University of Virginia Health System

🇺🇸

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

🇺🇸

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

CJW Chippenham Medical Center

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Valley Health Winchester

🇺🇸

Winchester, Virginia, United States

University of Washington

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

Charleston Area Medical Center

🇺🇸

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Medical College of Wisconsin

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Republican Scientific and Practical Centre of Cardiology

🇧🇾

Minsk, Belarus

OLV Heart Centre

🇧🇪

Aalst, Belgium

AZ Sint-Jan-Oostende AV Campus Brugge

🇧🇪

Brugge, Belgium

St. Anne's University Hospital

🇨🇿

Brno, Czechia

Na Homolce Hospital

🇨🇿

Prague, Czechia

Hôpital de la Timone

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

CHU de Rennes - Hôpital Pontchaillou

🇫🇷

Rennes, France

Clinique-Pasteur

🇫🇷

Toulouse, France

Hygeia Hospital

🇬🇷

Athens, Greece

Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center

🇬🇷

Kallithéa, Greece

Interbalkan Medical Hospital of Thessaloniki

🇬🇷

Thessaloniki, Greece

Centro Cardiologico Monzino S.p.a

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

St. Antonius Ziekenhuis

🇳🇱

Nieuwegein, Netherlands

Erasmus Medical Center

🇳🇱

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina

🇷🇸

Belgrade, Serbia

Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases

🇷🇸

Belgrade, Serbia

University Clinical Centre of Serbia

🇷🇸

Belgrade, Serbia

University Clinical Center Niš

🇷🇸

Niš, Serbia

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