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Added Value of Patient-specific Computer Simulation in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Completed
Conditions
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Interventions
Other: Computer simulation
Registration Number
NCT03196596
Lead Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Center
Brief Summary

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is increasingly used to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at increased risk for surgical aortic valve replacement and is projected to be the preferred treatment modality. As patient selection and operator experience have improved, it is hypothesised that device-host interactions will play a more dominant role in outcome. This, in combination with the increasing number of valve types and sizes, confronts the physician with the dilemma to choose the valve that best fits the individual patient. This necessitates the availability of pre-procedural computer simulation that is based upon the integration of the patient-specific anatomy, the physical and (bio)mechanical properties of the valve and recipient anatomy derived from in-vitro experiments. Patient-specific computer simulation may improve outcome of TAVI by proposing the valve size that best fits the individual patient.

The aim of this study is to assess the added value of patient-specific computer simulation in valve size selection.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • Native severe aortic valve stenosis
  • Planned for TAVI with the Evolut R Valve
Exclusion Criteria
  • Bicuspid aortic valve
  • Extensive subannular calcifications
  • Non-transfemoral access
  • Poor CT quality
  • Lack of written informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Computer simulationComputer simulationPatients in whom a computer simulation model will be obtained based on pre procedural CT
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Decision 2- Valve size decision after knowledge of the computer simulation resultsan average of 1 day before TAVI, before TAVI but after computer simulation

Valve size decision after availability of the results of computer simulation

Decision 1- Valve size decision based on pre TAVI MSCTan average of 2 days before TAVI, before TAVI and computer simulation

Valve size decision based on pre TAVI Multislice Computed Tomography (MSCT), which is performed in all patients referred for TAVI in accordance to clinical routine, during the heart team meeting

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Depth of implantation target 2an average of 1 day before TAVI, before TAVI but after computer simulation

Depth of implantation strategy after availability of computer simulation

Correlation between predicted contact pressure and observed new conduction abnormalityan average of 4 days after TAVI, at hospital discharge

To compare the predicted maximum contact pressure, contact pressure index and conduction abnormalities with the observed occurrence of new conduction abnormalities after TAVI

Incidence of the aforementioned outcome measures in a prospective group in whom no computer simulation will be perfomedan average of 4 days after TAVI, at hospital discharge

To compare the clinical based valve size decision and the angiographic and echocardiographic valve performance, depth of implantation, new conduction disorders and MACCE in a prospectively collected group of patients in whom no computer simulation will be performed

MACCEan average of 4 days after TAVI, at hospital discharge

To assess the incidence of Major Adverse Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Event (MACCE)

Decision 3- Change of initial valve size decision during TAVIan average of 5 minutes after TAVI, directly after TAVI

Change of valve size decision during TAVI due to computer simulation

Decision 3- Change of initial depth of implantation strategy during TAVIan average of 5 minutes after TAVI, directly after TAVI

Change of depth of implantation strategy during TAVI due to computer simulation

Depth of implantation targetan average of 2 days before TAVI, before TAVI and computer simulation

Initial depth of implantation strategy

Aortic regurgitationan average of 4 days after TAVI, at hospital discharge

To compare the predicted (simulation) and observed degree of aortic regurgitation (echo post TAVI - Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC-2) criteria for aortic regurgitation)

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen

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Edegem, Belgium

Rigshospitalet

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København, Denmark

University Hospital Cologne-Heart Center

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Cologne, Germany

Ospedale di San Raffaele

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Milano, Italy

Erasmus Medical Center

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Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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