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Feasibility, Safety, and Effectiveness of the ACURATE neo2 Transcatheter Heart Valve for Severe Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis

Conditions
Aortic Stenosis
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Interventions
Device: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Registration Number
NCT06212050
Lead Sponsor
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Brief Summary

The goal of the NEO2 BAV registry is to investigate the safety, effectiveness, and clinical performance of TAVI using the ACURATE neo2 valve in patients with severe BAV stenosis.

The clinical, procedural, and imaging characteristics will be collected from patients with severe BAV stenosis, regardless of the phenotype, and treated with TAVI using the ACURATE neo2 bioprosthesis worldwide.

Detailed Description

As the use of TAVI in BAV anatomy expands, it is important to systematically evaluate clinical outcomes from various THV technologies among BAV patients. It is essential to consider short-, and longer-term events among patients with BAV undergoing TAVI. Short-term outcomes of interest include THV embolization, PVL, residual transvalvular gradients and patient prosthesis mismatch, aortic root rupture, the requirement for new PPI, and stroke. Longer-term term clinical events of interest include quality of life, THV durability, freedom from reintervention, maintained coronary access, the possibility of redo-TAVI, and mortality.

The ACURATE neo2 THV has design features that make it possible to successfully treat severe BAV stenosis and yield optimal short- and longer-term outcomes. A new active sealing skirt is designed to minimize residual PVL; this is especially relevant given the presence of severe calcifications in BAV. The supra-annular leaflet position is also likely to provide excellent haemodynamics and durability since they sit above the heavily calcified native valve leaflet calcification. The upper crown and stabilizing arches and the top-down deployment of the ACURATE neo2 should reduce the risk of device embolization. It is unclear however if the self-expanding frame of the neo2 has the optimal radial force to treat patients with severe calcification.

The plan is to collect systematic clinical, procedural, and imaging data on a large series of patients with severe symptomatic BAV stenosis who underwent TAVI using the ACURATE neo2 THV. This information will show if the ACURATE neo2 is suitable to treat BAV morphology and determine if there are specific BAV subtypes that are more suitable for alternative treatment strategies. It is also envisaged that this study will inform the procedural execution of ACURATE neo2 THV in BAV morphology and inform future iteration design of the ACURATE neo THV series.

All imaging data (Echocardiography, angiography, aortography and MSCT) will be meticulously analyzed in an independent imaging Core Lab (CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland).

The in-depth imaging analysis will allow the identification of patients that are suitable for TAVI using the ACURATE neo2 system and highlight patient or procedural features that render TAVI at elevated risk of adverse outcomes. Furthermore, a mechanistic understanding of the device-host interaction will be examined on post-TAVI multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and other available post-TAVI imaging studies.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients aged ≥ 18 years
  • Patients with severe AS and any BAV phenotype and indicated for TAVI based on the local heart team decision.
  • Patient treated with ACURATE neo2 THV.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Failure to obtain the patient's consent
  • Failure to obtain the follow-up clinical data or cardiac imaging required for the study primary endpoints.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Patients with severe symptomatic BAV stenosisTranscatheter Aortic Valve ImplantationPatients with severe symptomatic BAV stenosis who underwent TAVI using the ACURATE neo2 THV.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
VARC-3 device success30-Day

1. Number of patients with technical success.

2. Number of patients with death from any cause.

3. Number of patients with surgery or intervention related to the device or to a major vascular or access-related or cardiac structural complication.

4. Number of patients with intended performance of the valve (mean gradient \<20 mmHg, peak velocity \<3 m/s, Doppler velocity index ≥0.25, and less than moderate AR), defined as the presence of all of the following:

VARC-3 early safety30-Day

1. Number of patients with death from any cause.

2. Number of patients with stroke.

3. Number of patients with VARC type 2-4 bleeding.

4. Number of patients with major vascular, access-related, or cardiac structural complication.

5. Number of patients with acute kidney injury stage 3 or 4.

6. Number of patients with moderate or severe aortic regurgitation

7. Number of patients with new pacemaker due to procedure related conduction abnormalities

8. Number of patients with surgery or intervention related to the device

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
VARC-3 clinical efficacy (at 1 year and thereafter)1-year

1. Number of patients with death from any cause.

2. Number of patients with stroke.

3. Number of patients with hospitalization (procedure or Valve related causes).

Valve-related long-term clinical efficacy (at 5 years and thereafter)5-year

1. Number of patients with bioprosthetic Valve Failure (defined as: Valve related mortality OR Aortic valve re-operation/re-intervention or Stage 3 hemodynamic valve deterioration)

2. Number of patients with stroke.

3. Number of patients with VARC Type 2-4 bleeding secondary to or exacerbated by antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents, used specifically for valve-related concerns.

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Kerckhoff Heart and Lung Centre

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Bad Nauheim, Germany

Karolinska University Hospital

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Stockholm, Sweden

Galway University Hospital

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Galway, Ireland

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