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Valve Heart DiseaseBASELINENCT04843072

Balloon vs. Self Expanding Transcatheter Valve for Degenerated Bioprosthesis

A study testing EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX bioprosthesis, Edwards Sapien S3/Ultra bioprosthesis and MYVAL/Octacor/Octapro bioprosthesis in people with Valve Heart Disease, run by Erasmus Medical Center at 14 sites in 12 countries.

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Trial summary

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) serves a growing spectrum of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS). Approximately 80% of surgical aortic valve replacements are performed using a bioprosthesis. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Valve Heart Disease
What is being tested?
EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX bioprosthesis, Edwards Sapien S3/Ultra bioprosthesis and MYVAL/Octacor/Octapro bioprosthesis
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
600 participants
Where
14 sitesin 12 countries
Study dates
1 May 2021to 1 May 2029
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Failing surgical aortic bioprosthesis requiring valve replacement and eligible for transfemoral TAVI with balloon expandable or self-expanding platform per heart team consensus based on multi-modality imaging assessment (including echocardiography and multidetector CT).
  • Written informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Not eligible for Transfemoral TAVI with EVOLUT, SAPIEN or MYVAL THV series
  • Multi-valve defects requiring intervention
  • Clinically unstable and/or inotropic/vasopressor /mechanical support.
  • Known mural thrombus in the left ventricle
  • Presence of a mechanical aortic valve
  • History of recent (within 1 month) stroke or TIA

Trial locations and contacts

14 sites in 12 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Rutger-Jan Nuis, MD, PhD contact

+31614858291

r.nuis@erasmusmc.nl

14 sites in 12 countries

Germany2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany

    Düsseldorf

    Verena Veulemans, MD PhD

    Recruiting
  • University Hospital Mainz

    Mainz

    Stephan Von Bardeleben, MD

    Stephan Von Bardeleben, MD

    Not yet recruiting

Other trials in Germany

Italy2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Institute, Brescia, Italy

    Brescia

    Diego Maffeo, MD PhD

    Recruiting
  • University Hospital of Padova

    Padua

    Giusepe Tarantini, MD

    Giusepe Tarantini, MD

    Not yet recruiting

Other trials in Italy

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Cedars Sinai

    Los Angeles, California, 90048

    Raj Makkar, MD

    Raj Makkar, MD

    Recruiting

Other trials in United States

Austria1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Vienna General Hospital

    Vienna

    Christian Hengstenberg, MD, PhD

    Christian Hengstenberg, MD, PhD

    Recruiting

Other trials in Austria

Canada1 site, 1 recruiting
  • St Paul's and Vancouver General Hospital

    Vancouver

    John Webb, MD

    John Webb, MD

    Not yet recruiting

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Denmark1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Rigshospitalet

    Copenhagen

    Lars Sondergaard, MD

    Lars Sondergaard, MD

    Not yet recruiting

Other trials in Denmark

France1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Institut Cœur Poumon

    Lille

    Eric Van Belle, MD

    Eric Van Belle, MD

    Recruiting

Other trials in France

Greece1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

    Athens

    Ioannis Iakovou, MD PhD

    Recruiting

Other trials in Greece

Netherlands1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Erasmus Medical Centre

    Rotterdam, 3015 GD

    Rutger-Jan Nuis, +31614858291, r.nuis@erasmusmc.nl

    Recruiting

Other trials in Netherlands

Portugal1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental

    Lisbon

    Rui Teles, MD

    Rui Teles, MD

    Recruiting

Other trials in Portugal

Switzerland1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Inselspital, University Hospital

    Bern

    Thomas Pilgrim, MD

    Thomas Pilgrim

    Not yet recruiting

Other trials in Switzerland

United Kingdom1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals

    Leeds

    Daniel Blackman, MD

    Daniel Blackman, MD

    Not yet recruiting

Other trials in United Kingdom

About this study

Official title: Balloon Expandable vs. Self Expanding Transcatheter Valve for Degenerated Bioprosthesis. THE BASELINE TRIAL.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) serves a growing spectrum of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS). Approximately 80% of surgical aortic valve replacements are performed using a bioprosthesis. Durability of surgical bioprostheses varies according to patient age at the time of implantation, prosthesis type and size, among other factors. TAVI has become an established treatment option for patients with a degenerated surgical aortic bioprosthesis. The time from index surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) to bioprosthetic valve degeneration is typically 8-10 years. TAVI in this setting has shown favorable outcomes. Balloon-expandable and self-expanding transcatheter heart valves (THVs) can both be used for the treatment of a degenerated surgical aortic bioprosthesis and have specific advantages and limitations. Valve-in-valve TAVI may be associated with coronary obstruction, THV migration, paravalvular regurgitation, and prosthesis-patient mismatch.

Objective:

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To compare valve-in-valve TAVI with balloon-expandable SAPIEN/MYVAL THV series versus the self-expanding EVOLUT THV series. The primary analysis evaluates device success at 30 days in the primary cohort. Continued enrollment will additionally support a secondary comparison of the safety and efficacy of the SAPIEN and MYVAL THV series.

Study design: International multicenter randomized study with 1:1 randomization to TAVI with the EVOLUT THV series or the SAPIEN/MYVAL THV series.

Study population:

The primary cohort comprises 440 patients with a failing surgical aortic bioprosthesis (aortic stenosis with or without aortic regurgitation) selected for transfemoral TAVI by heart-team consensus. Enrollment of the primary cohort has been completed.

The continued-enrollment cohort comprises 160 additional patients and will increase the total study population to 600 patients, with a target distribution of 300 patients treated with the EVOLUT THV series, 150 with the SAPIEN THV series, and 150 with the MYVAL THV series.

Investigational intervention:

Transfemoral valve-in-valve TAVI with a balloon-expandable SAPIEN or MYVAL THV series or a self-expanding EVOLUT THV series.

Main study parameters/endpoints:

  1. Primary endpoint is device success at 30 days Defined by:
  • Absence of procedural mortality; AND
  • Technical success at exit from the procedure room defined as freedom from mortality, successful access, delivery of the device and retrieval of the delivery system, correct positioning of a single prosthetic heart valve into the proper anatomical location, and freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device or to a major vascular or access-related, or cardiac structural complication; AND
  • Intended performance of the prosthetic heart valve (no severe prosthesis-patient mismatch and mean aortic valve gradient <20 mmHg or peak velocity <3 m/s, Doppler velocity index ≥0.25, and no moderate or severe prosthetic valve regurgitation). Severe prosthesis-patient mismatch is defined as an indexed effective orifice area (EOAi) ≤0.65 cm²/m² (≤0.55 cm²/m² if BMI ≥30 kg/m²).
  1. Safety endpoint at 1 year defined by the composite of all-cause death, disabling stroke, rehospitalization for heart failure, or valve-related problems.
  2. Secondary objective is comparison of the safety and efficacy of the SAPIEN versus MYVAL THV series, including the incidence of moderate or severe prosthesis-patient mismatch.

The continued-enrollment cohort is designed to support this comparison.

Being tested
EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX bioprosthesis, Edwards Sapien S3/Ultra bioprosthesis, MYVAL/Octacor/Octapro bioprosthesis
Medical subject headings
Heart Valve Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX bioprosthesisDevice

    To compare EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX bioprosthesis versus Edwards SAPIEN 3/Ultra bioprosthesis or Myval/Octacor/ Octapro in failing surgical bioprostheses

  • Edwards Sapien S3/Ultra bioprosthesisDevice

    Edwards Sapien S3/Ultra bioprosthesis

  • MYVAL/Octacor/Octapro bioprosthesisDevice

    MYVAL/Octacor/Octapro bioprosthesis

Study groups in NCT04843072
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX bioprosthesisExperimentalStudy subjects will receive a self-expanding valve from the EVOLUT THV series (EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX).
Receives: Device: EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX bioprosthesis
SAPIEN 3/Ultra or MYVAL/Octacor/Octapro bioprosthesisActive comparatorStudy subjects will receive a balloon-expandable valve from either the SAPIEN THV series (SAPIEN 3, SAPIEN 3 Ultra) or the MYVAL THV series (Myval Octacor, Myval Octapro).
Receives: Device: Edwards Sapien S3/Ultra bioprosthesis; Device: MYVAL/Octacor/Octapro bioprosthesis

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Device success

    Defined by:

    • Absence of procedural mortality; AND
    • Technical success at exit from the procedure room defined as freedom from mortality, successful access, delivery of the device and retrieval of the delivery system, correct positioning of a single prosthetic heart valve into the proper anatomical location, and freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device or to a major vascular or access-related, or cardiac structural complication; AND
    • Intended performance of the prosthetic heart valve (no severe prosthesis-patient mismatch and mean aortic valve gradient <20 mmHg or peak velocity <3 m/s, Doppler velocity index ≥0.25, and no moderate or severe prosthetic valve regurgitation).

    Severe prosthesis-patient mismatch is defined as an indexed effective orifice area (EOAi) ≤0.65 cm²/m² (≤0.55 cm²/m² if BMI ≥30 kg/m²).

    Measured: 30 days post transcatheter valve implantation

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Composite of all-cause death, disabling stroke, rehospitalization for heart failure or valve related problems

    Safety endpoint

    Measured: 1 year post transcatheter valve implantation

  2. Moderate or severe prosthesis-patient mismatch

    Moderate or severe prosthesis-patient mismatch is defined as EOAi ≤0.85 cm²/m² (≤0.70 cm²/m² if BMI ≥30 kg/m²). This endpoint will be compared between patients treated with the SAPIEN and MYVAL THV series.

    Measured: 30 days post transcatheter valve implantation

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Apr 2021
  2. Study start1 May 2021
  3. Primary completion1 Jun 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 May 2029 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
600 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04843072
Sponsor's protocol ID
BASELINE TRIAL
Acronym
BASELINE
Status last verified
Oct 2026
First submitted
24 Mar 2021
Last updated
13 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Nuis RJ, van Belle E, Teles R, Blackman D, Veulemans V, Santos IA, Pilgrim T, Tarantini G, Saia F, Iakovou I, Mascherbauer J, Vincent F, Geleijnse M, Sathananthan J, Wood D, Makkar R, Van Mieghem NM; BASELINE Investigators. BAlloon expandable vs. SElf expanding transcatheter vaLve for degenerated bioprosthesIs: design and rationale of the BASELINE trial. Am Heart J. 2023 Feb;256:139-147. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2022.11.013. Epub 2022 Nov 19.

    PubMed 36410441

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing EVOLUT R/PRO/PRO+/FX bioprosthesis, Edwards Sapien S3/Ultra bioprosthesis and MYVAL/Octacor/Octapro bioprosthesis in people with Valve Heart Disease, run by Erasmus Medical Center at 14 sites in 12 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 14 sites in Germany, Italy, United States, Austria, Canada and 7 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Rutger-Jan Nuis, MD, PhD (+31614858291, r.nuis@erasmusmc.nl), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Device success (time frame: 30 days post transcatheter valve implantation). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04843072, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Oct 2026.

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