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Randomized Controlled Trial of Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension

Phase 3
Conditions
Hypertension
Interventions
Device: Radiofrequency ablation catheter
Registration Number
NCT02900729
Lead Sponsor
Shanghai WiseGain Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
Brief Summary

Hypertension represents a significant global public health problem, contributing to vascular and renal morbidity, cardiovascular mortality, and economic burden. For a mostly asymptomatic disease, there is a huge challenge to maintain a good adherence and longtime persistence of drug use so as to adequately control it. Even so, a significant proportion of patients will develop resistant hypertension. In recent years, renal denervation has been argued as an effective means to address blood pressure problem in several non-Chinese clinical trials. The technique is to deliver low level radiofrequency energy through the renal artery wall to target the sympathetic nervous system and then modulate blood pressure.

Shanghai WiseGain Medical Devices Co., LTD has developed the WiseGo Catheter System, which is an irrigated radiofrequency ablation Catheter. With this Catheter, it is expected to improve blood pressure status among patients with resistant hypertension failing polypharmacy. The purpose of this randomized control trial is to obtain an assessment of the efficacy and safety of WiseGo renal denervation technique in the presence of three standard antihypertensive medications in Chinese patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
254
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Subject with primary hypertension has 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure ≥ 135 mmHg and office systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg /office diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg after a 4-week standardised triple therapy.
  2. Subject is ≥ 18 and < 80 years old at time of randomization.
  3. Subject agrees to have all study procedures performed, and willing to provide written informed consent to participate in this clinical study.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Subject has acute or serious systemic infection.
  2. Subject has a history of renal artery interventional therapy.
  3. Subject lacks suitable renal artery anatomy for percutaneous renal sympathetic nerve radiofrequency ablation surgery, including not limited to a presence of serious aorta or renal-artery tortuosity or renal-artery stenosis.
  4. Subject has experienced a myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, syncope, or a cerebrovascular accident within three months of the screening period, or has widespread atherosclerosis, with documented intravascular thrombosis.
  5. Subject has aortic dissection aneurysm.
  6. Subject has primary pulmonary hypertension.
  7. Subject has an estimated glomerular filtration rate of less than 40 mL/min/1.73m² according to Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula.
  8. Subject had a definite diagnose of coronary heart disease requiring beta blockers
  9. Subject has a Class III - IV of heart failure or left ventricular ejection fraction <45%.
  10. Subject had atrial fibrillation.
  11. Subject has a significant bleeding tendency or blood system disease(s).
  12. Subject has a malignancy or end-stage disease(s).
  13. Subject has secondary hypertension.
  14. Subject has type 1 diabetes mellitus.
  15. Subject has other conditions inappropriate for participation at the investigator's discretion.
  16. Subject has a medical ethics of concern at the investigator's discretion, such as a presence of 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring average systolic blood pressure ≥ 170 mmHg after a 4-week standardised triple therapy.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Renal Denervation plus MedicationsAmlodipine, losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazideRenal denervation procedure after randomization plus maintenance of baseline standardised triple anti-hypertensive medications for 90 days and then medically necessary adjustment of antihypertensive medications for another 90 days
MedicationsAmlodipine, losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazideMaintenance of baseline standardised triple antihypertensive medications after randomization for 90 days and then medically necessary adjustment of antihypertensive medications for another 90 days, after which, subjects will be allowed to cross over to perform renal denervation if they still meet the inclusion criteria for the study.
Renal Denervation plus MedicationsRadiofrequency ablation catheterRenal denervation procedure after randomization plus maintenance of baseline standardised triple anti-hypertensive medications for 90 days and then medically necessary adjustment of antihypertensive medications for another 90 days
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in average 24-hour systolic blood pressure by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring from baseline3 months post-randomization
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of achieving target blood pressure6 months post-randomization

Target blood pressure is defined as daytime ambulatory blood pressure \<135/85mmHg, nighttime ambulatory blood pressure \<120/70mmHg or average 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure \<130/80mmHg, respectively

Incidence of adverse eventThrough study completion, up to 6 months
Change in daytime and nighttime ambulatory systolic blood pressure from baseline3 months post-randomization
Change in 24 hour average, daytime and nighttime ambulatory diastolic blood pressure from baseline3 months post-randomization
Change in serum creatinine from baseline6 months post-randomization

Trial Locations

Locations (13)

The First Hospital affiliated to Wenzhou Medical College

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Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Changhai Hospital affiliated to Second Military Medical University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Putuo Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

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Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fu Dan University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Shanghai Chest Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Xinhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Chongming Branch

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Taizhou Hospital

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Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

The Second Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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