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The PEERLESS II Study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Pulmonary Embolism
Interventions
Device: FlowTriever System
Drug: Anticoagulation Agents
Registration Number
NCT06055920
Lead Sponsor
Inari Medical
Brief Summary

This study is a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of the FlowTriever System plus anticoagulation compared to anticoagulation alone for intermediate-risk acute PE.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1200
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age at enrollment ≥ 18 years

  2. Objective evidence of a proximal filling defect in at least one main or lobar pulmonary artery, as confirmed by CTPA, pulmonary angiography, or other imaging modality

  3. RV dysfunction, as defined as one or more of the following: RV/LV ratio ≥ 0.9 or RV dilation or hypokinesis

  4. At least two additional risk factors, identified by at least one measure in two separate categories noted below:

    a. Hemodynamic: i. SBP 90-100mmHg ii. Resting heart rate > 100 bpm b. Biomarker: i. Elevated* cardiac troponin (troponin I or troponin T, conventional or high sensitivity) ii. Elevated* BNP or NT-proBNP iii. Elevated venous lactate ≥2 mmol/L * Elevated, meaning at or above the upper limit of normal, per local standards for the assay used c. Respiratory: i. O2 saturation < 90% on room air ii. Supplemental O2 requirement ≥ 4 L/min iii. Respiratory rate ≥ 20 breaths/min iv. mMRC score > 0

  5. Symptom onset within 14 days of confirmed PE diagnosis

  6. Willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Unable to be anticoagulated with heparin, enoxaparin or other parenteral antithrombin

  2. Presentation with hemodynamic instability* that meets the high-risk PE definition in the 2019 ESC Guidelines1, including ANY of the following

    1. Cardiac arrest OR
    2. Systolic BP < 90 mmHg or vasopressors required to achieve a BP ≥ 90 mmHg despite adequate filling status, AND end-organ hypoperfusion OR
    3. Systolic BP < 90 mmHg or systolic BP drop ≥ 40 mmHg, lasting longer than 15 min and not caused by new-onset arrhythmia, hypovolemia, or sepsis * Patients who are stable at time of screening or randomization (i.e., SBP ≥ 90 mmHg and adequate organ perfusion without catecholamine or vasopressor infusion) may be included despite initial presentation including temporary, low-dose catecholamines or vasopressors, or temporary fluid resuscitation.
  3. Known sensitivity to radiographic contrast agents that, in the Investigator's opinion, cannot be adequately pre-treated

  4. Imaging evidence or other evidence that suggests, in the opinion of the Investigator, the patient is not appropriate for catheter-based intervention (e.g., inability to navigate to target location, clot limited to segmental/subsegmental distribution, predominately chronic clot)

  5. End stage medical condition with life expectancy < 3 months, as determined by the Investigator

  6. Current participation in another drug or device study that, in the investigator's opinion, would interfere with participation in this study

  7. Current or history of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) or chronic thromboembolic disease (CTED) diagnosis, per 2019 ESC Guidelines1

  8. If objective testing was performed*, estimated RV systolic pressure > 70 mmHg on standard of care echocardiography * If clinical suspicion of acute-on-chronic PE, chronic obstruction, or chronic thromboembolism, echocardiographic estimated RVSP must be confirmed ≤70 mmHg to meet eligibility. Pressure assessment not required if Investigator attests to absence of such clinical suspicion

  9. Administration of advanced therapies (thrombolytic bolus, thrombolytic drip/infusion, catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy, mechanical thrombectomy, or ECMO) for the index PE event within 30 days prior to enrollment

  10. Ventricular arrhythmias refractory to treatment at the time of enrollment

  11. Known to have heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)

  12. Subject has any condition for which, in the opinion of the investigator, participation would not be in the best interest of the subject (e.g., compromise the well-being or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments). This includes a contraindication to use of FlowTriever System per local approved labeling

  13. Subject is currently pregnant

  14. Subject has previously completed or withdrawn from this study

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
FlowTrieverFlowTriever SystemMechanical thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism using the FlowTriever System.
AnticoagulationAnticoagulation AgentsCommercially available/market approved anticoagulation medication including but not limited to: Heparin Sodium, Coumadin, Rivaroxaban, Apixaban, etc. Anticoagulants are a group of medications that decrease your blood's ability to clot.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Composite clinical endpoint constructed as a win ratio, a hierarchy of the following, which are assessed post-randomization:through discharge or 30 days, whichever is sooner / dyspnea at 48 hours

* Clinical deterioration, defined by hemodynamic or respiratory worsening, through discharge or up to 30 days after randomization, whichever is sooner, or

* All-cause hospital re-admission by 30 days, or

* Bailout therapy, either after a deterioration or after documented failure to progress, through discharge or up to 30 days after randomization, whichever is sooner, or

* Dyspnea, by mMRC at the 48-hour visit

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Composite clinical endpoint constructed as a win ratio hierarchy of the following three components, assessed post randomization:up to 30 days

* All-cause mortality, by 30 days, or

* Clinical deterioration defined by hemodynamic or respiratory worsening, through discharge or up to 30 days after randomization, whichever is sooner, or

* All-cause readmission, by 30 days

All-cause and PE-related mortalityAt 30 and 90 days
PE-related quality of life, by PEmb-QoLAt the 1- and 3-month visits

Pulmonary Embolism Quality of Life: (higher = better)

All-cause and PE-related readmissionsAt 30 and 90 days
Major Bleeding, defined by the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC), level 3b, 3c, 5a, or 5bAt 30 and 90 days

3b: Overt bleeding plus hemoglobin drop of ≥ 5 g/dL (provided hemoglobin drop is related to bleed); cardiac tamponade, bleeding requiring surgical intervention for control (excluding dental/nasal/skin/hemorrhoid); bleeding requiring intravenous vasoactive agents 3c: Intracranial hemorrhage (does not include microbleeds or hemorrhagic transformation, does include intraspinal), subcategories confirmed by autopsy or imaging or lumbar puncture, intraocular bleed compromising vision.

5a: Probable fatal bleeding; no autopsy or imaging confirmation but clinically suspicious 5b: Definite fatal bleeding; overt bleeding or autopsy or imaging confirmation

Dyspnea severity by mMRC scoreAt the 48-hour, 1-month, and 3-month visits

0, no breathlessness except on strenuous exercise;

* 1, shortness of breath when hurrying on the level or walking up a slight hill;

* 2, walks slower than people of same age on the level because of breathlessness or has to stop to catch breath when walking at their own pace on the level;

* 3, stops for breath after walking ∼100 m or after few minutes on the level; and

* 4, too breathless to leave the house, or breathless when dressing or undressing

RV/LV ratioAt the 48-hour visit
Clinical deteriorationThrough discharge or up to 30 days after randomization, whichever is sooner

defined by hemodynamic or respiratory worsening

Bailout therapyThrough discharge or up to 30 days after randomization, whichever is sooner

either after a deterioration or after documented failure to progress,

General health-related quality of life, by EQ-5D-5LAt the 1- and 3-month visits

Higher score = worse

6-minute walk distanceAt the 1-month visit
Post-PE Impairment diagnosis (PPEI)Through the 3-month visit

Trial Locations

Locations (83)

UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Brookwood Medical Center

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Huntington Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Pasadena, California, United States

University of Colorado, Denver

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Yale University

🇺🇸

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

HCA FL Largo Medical Center

🇺🇸

Largo, Florida, United States

AdventHealth Orlando

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Emory University

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Northwestern University

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Baptist Health Louisville

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Louisville, Kentucky, United States

McLaren Greater Lansing

🇺🇸

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Metropolitan Heart & Vascular Institute

🇺🇸

Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States

Mayo Clinic

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Mercy Hospital Springfield

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Springfield, Missouri, United States

Nebraska Medical Center

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Virtua Health

🇺🇸

Camden, New Jersey, United States

Valley Health

🇺🇸

Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States

Montefiore Medical Center

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Bronx, New York, United States

SUNY, The University of Buffalo/Gates Vascular

🇺🇸

Buffalo, New York, United States

Northwell Health

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Jamaica Hospital

🇺🇸

Queens, New York, United States

University of Rochester Medical Center

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

Stony Brook University Hospital

🇺🇸

Stony Brook, New York, United States

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Ohio State University - Wexner Medical Center

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

St. Luke's University Hospital

🇺🇸

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

AHN Saint Vincent Hospital

🇺🇸

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

UPMC Hamot

🇺🇸

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

UPMC Harrisburg

🇺🇸

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

The University of Pennsylvania

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Thomas Jefferson University

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Universitäts-Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen

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Bad Krozingen, Germany

Allegheny Health Network Research Institute

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Wellspan York Hospital

🇺🇸

York, Pennsylvania, United States

HCA Tristar

🇺🇸

Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

UTMC Knoxville

🇺🇸

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Parkland Hospital

🇺🇸

Dallas, Texas, United States

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital

🇺🇸

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Methodist Main Hospital

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Baylor Scott & White - Temple

🇺🇸

Temple, Texas, United States

Inova Fairfax

🇺🇸

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Sentara Vascular Specialists

🇺🇸

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

University of Washington

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Providence Sacred Heart

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

Charleston Area Medical Center

🇺🇸

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

West Virginia University Ruby Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Aurora Saint Luke's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis

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Aalst, Belgium

Royal Columbian Hospital

🇨🇦

New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Surrey Memorial Hospital

🇨🇦

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver General Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Aarhus University Hospital

🇩🇰

Aarhus, Denmark

CHU Lille

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Lille, France

Hôpital Louis Pradel

🇫🇷

Lyon, France

AP-HM Hopital La Timone

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

Hôpital Nord Marseille

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

University Hospital Augsburg

🇩🇪

Augsburg, Germany

Charité Campus Virchow Clinic - Klinik fuer Radiologie

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

Unfall Krankenhaus Berlin

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

University Hospital Cologne

🇩🇪

Cologne, Germany

HerzZentrum Dresden Universitaetsklinik

🇩🇪

Dresden, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Dὒsseldorf

🇩🇪

Düsseldorf, Germany

Elisabeth Hospital GmbH

🇩🇪

Essen, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Essen

🇩🇪

Essen, Germany

CCB Frankfurt

🇩🇪

Frankfurt, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

University Hospital - Heidelberg

🇩🇪

Heidelberg, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Saarlandes Homburg

🇩🇪

Homburg, Germany

Westpfalz Klinikum

🇩🇪

Kaiserslautern, Germany

Klinikum rechts der Isar (TUM)

🇩🇪

Munich, Germany

Ludwig Maximilians-University

🇩🇪

Munich, Germany

University Hospital Regensburg

🇩🇪

Regensburg, Germany

Helios Kliniken Schwerin

🇩🇪

Schwerin, Germany

Schwarzwald-Baar-Klinikum

🇩🇪

Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

John Paul II Hospital

🇵🇱

Kraków, Poland

Hopital Clinico Universitario San Carlos

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Universitaetsspital Basel

🇨🇭

Basel, Switzerland

Universitätsspital Bern

🇨🇭

Bern, Switzerland

Luzerner Kantonsspital

🇨🇭

Luzern, Switzerland

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