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Polytetrafluoroethylen (PTFE) Vascular Prostheses With Heparin Bonded Luminal Surfaces vs Crude ePTFE

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Ischemia Lesions
Interventions
Procedure: revascularization
Device: Propaten®
Device: Crude PTFE
Registration Number
NCT03430076
Lead Sponsor
Nantes University Hospital
Brief Summary

Open repair could be recommended in a first line of treatment to revascularize critical limb ischemia patients or performed in a second line of treatment in case of failure of endovascular repair. A good quality vein is one of the main factors that influence the clinical success of open revascularization for below-knee popliteal. In the absence of an suitable autologous vein, prosthesis such as polytetrafluoroethylen (PTFE) graft could be an option but demonstrated worse clinical and morphological results compared to autologous greater saphenous vein. Consequently, there is still a room for improvement in CLI patients in the absence of an suitable autologous vein in whom endovascular repair failed.

Recently, PTFE with heparin-bound to the luminal surface (Hb-PTFE) significantly reduced the overall risk of primary graft failure by 37%, in particular, risk reduction was 50% in femoropopliteal bypass cases in cases with critical ischemia (58% Primary patency for crude ePTFE versus 80% primary patency for PROPATEN at 1 year follow-up) (Lindholt, et. al. 2011).

Additionally, a weighted average from the literature suggests a 76% primary patency for below knee bypasses performed with PROPATEN at one year follow-up, whereas a published meta-analysis suggests a 59% primary patency for below knee crude ePTFE at one year follow-up. At two year follow-up using the same approach, the average primary patency for PROPATEN was 67% versus 43% for standard ePTFE.

The aim of this study is to assess PTFE with heparin-bound to the luminal surface as an alternative to crude PTFE in absence of good venous conduit in patients with CLI.

Detailed Description

Patient inclusion in this study will be proposed 60 to 1-days period preceding the surgical procedure. The patient will be randomized in the crude PTFE or in the Propaten groups. Regarding the intervention, the technique used during the therapeutic procedure shall be left to the operator's discretion, except the type of the graft. Demographic, intraoperative and postoperative data will be collected prospectively. Patient will be assessed and followed up according a current care. The cost difference between both groups will be identified.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
228
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient ≥18 years
  • Patient presented critical limb ischemia (Rutherford classification: 4-6)
  • Indication of below the knee bypass with an artificial graft
  • Absence of an suitable autologous vein
  • Patient is affiliated to the Social Security or equivalent system
  • Patient has been informed of the nature of the study, agrees to its provisions and has signed the informed consent form prior to any study related procedure
  • Patient agrees to undergo all protocol required follow-up examinations and requirements at the investigational site
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Exclusion Criteria
  • No atheromatous disease
  • Female of child bearing potential
  • Patient has a history of coagulopathy or will refuse blood transfusions
  • Patient is receiving or scheduled to receive anticancer therapy for malignancy within 1 year prior to or after the procedure
  • Severe concomitant disease with life expectation < one year
  • Known allergy to heparin
  • Indication for ipsilateral major amputation
  • Patient is not able to give informed consent
  • Patient is currently participating in an investigational drug or device study that has not completed the primary endpoint or that clinically interferes with the current study endpoints Note: Trials requiring extended follow-up for products that were investigational, but have become commercially suitable since then, are not considered investigational trials
  • In the Investigator's opinion patient has (a) co-morbid condition(s) that could limit the patient's ability to participate in the study, compliance with follow-up requirements or impact the scientific integrity of the study
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Revascularization by Crude PTFErevascularization-
Revascularization by (Propaten)®Propaten®Revascularization by PTFE with heparin bonded luminal surface (Propaten)®
Revascularization by (Propaten)®revascularizationRevascularization by PTFE with heparin bonded luminal surface (Propaten)®
Revascularization by Crude PTFECrude PTFE-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Primary patency at 1 year:1 year

It was defined as a patent graft without any intervention to open up or prevent a graft occlusion. Demonstrably patent graft should be by a duplex ultrasound color-flow scan.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Perioperative complications2 years

defined as any general complications or local complications that caused or prolonged hospitalization and/or re-intervention, lymphorrhea of more than 3-days and post-operative paresthesia that required drugs. The general complications included death from any cause, MACE. Local complications included MALE, hematoma, active bleeding, local infection, thrombosis, delayed wound healing and false aneurysm

Technical success defined as a patent bypass without stenosis of the proximal and the distal anastomoses.2 years

Stenosis was defined as \>30% diameter stenosis noted on intraoperative arteriography.

Death1, 12 and 24 months post procedure

Death (all cause)

Secondary patency1, 12 and 24 months post procedure

secondary patency in which graft patency is lost (occlusion) and restored by thrombectomy, thrombolysis, or transluminal angioplasty, and/or any problems with the graft itself or one of its anastomoses require revision or reconstruction. Demonstrably patent graft should be by a duplex ultrasound color-flow scan.

Ankle brachial index1, 6, 12 and 24 months post procedure

Post-operative assessment (clinical, morphological, hemodynamic criteria)

Quality of life at inclusion, .1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 months

assessed according the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire

Secondary sustained clinical improvement1, 12 and 24 months post procedure

defined as primary sustained clinical improvement including the need for repeated graft it self or anastomoses.

MALE (Major Adverse Limb Event)-free survival rates in subjects with CLI randomized to Propaten vs. crude ePTFE.1, 6, 12 and 24 months

MALE is defined as above-ankle amputation of the index limb or major reintervention (new bypass graft, jump/interposition graft revision, or thrombectomy/ thrombolysis).

Limb salvage defined as freedom from above-ankle amputation of the index limb1, 12 and 24 months post procedure
Assisted patency1, 12 and 24 months post procedure

: Assisted patency at 1, 12 and 24 months post procedure, in which patency was never lost but maintained by prophylactic intervention. Demonstrably patent graft should be by a duplex ultrasound color-flow scan.

Primary sustained clinical improvement1, 12 and 24 months post procedure

defined as a wound healing and rest pain resolution for patients in CLI, without the need for repeated graft it self or anastomoses in surviving patients.

Major adverse cardiovascular events1, 12 and 24 months post procedure

defined as MACEs including all cardiac deaths, Q wave infarction, stroke

cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA)2 years

The Measure of outcome for CEA will be the number of Life Years Gained (LYG) at 2 years

Primary patency1 and 24 months post procedure

defined as a patent graft without any intervention to open up or prevent a graft occlusion. Demonstrably patent graft should be by a duplex ultrasound color-flow scan.

Cost utility analysis (CUA)2 years

In CUA, the outcomes of an intervention are evaluated in terms of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs). QALYs are a numerical index that encompasses both the length of life and the health-related quality-of-life.

Trial Locations

Locations (21)

Brest University Hospital

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Brest, France

Nantes University Hospital

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Nantes, France

Bichat Hospital

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Paris, France

Timone hospital

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Marseille, France

Saint Joseph Hospital

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Paris, France

Hopital Pasteur

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Nice, France

Reims university Hospital

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Reims, France

Nouvel Hopital Civil

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Strasbourg, France

Dijon University Hospital

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Dijon, France

Angers University Hospital

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Angers, France

Besançon University Hospital

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Besançon, France

Bordeaux University Hospital - Hôpital Pellegrin

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Bordeaux, France

Ambroise Paré university Hospital

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Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Nancy University Hospital

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Nancy, France

Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

Lille University Hospital

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Lille, France

Lyon University Hospital - Hopital Edouard Herriot

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Lyon, France

Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

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Paris, France

Saint Etienne University Hospital

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Saint Etienne, France

Poitiers University Hospital

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Poitiers, France

Valenciennes University Hospital

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Valenciennes, France

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