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Multicentric, Prospective, Randomized, Comparing Trial Between Bypass of the Femoropoplitea by PTFE and Heparin Bounded PTFE

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Registration Number
NCT00147979
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Ghent
Brief Summary

Comparison of two kinds of protheses for bridging of the femoropoplitea and/or femorotibiale: PTFE with or without bounded heparin

Detailed Description

Comparison of two kinds of protheses for bridging of the femoropoplitea and/or femorotibiale: PTFE with or without bounded heparin.

Evaluation of this comparison by clinical systems: ankle-arm index, duplex echo, follow-up of 2 years

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
596
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with Peripheral Vascular Diseases with complaints of invalidating claudication, rest pain, ucera or gangrene
  • Patients with damage of the arteria femoralis superficialis or poplitea, longer than 6 cm
  • Reasonable outflow arteria
  • Informed consent
  • Patient able to take part in all follow-up examinations
Exclusion Criteria
  • Acute ischemia of the leg
  • Patients with a ipsilateral inflow stenosis of more than 70% which can not be corrected before or during the surgery
  • < 18 years
  • Pregnancy
  • Recent heart attack (< 1 month)
  • Life expectancy less than 12 months
  • Known allergy to heparin
  • Known contrast allergy
  • Known bleeding or coagulation disorder

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Primary patency after 2 yearsafter 2 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary patencyafter 2 years
Limb salvageafter 2 years
Mortalityafter 2 years
Re-interventionafter 2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Ghent

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Ghent, Belgium

University Hospital Ghent
🇧🇪Ghent, Belgium

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