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Aortic StenosisNCT05235555

EffecTAVI Registry

An observational study of Aortic Stenosis and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, run by Federico II University at 1 site in Italy.

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Trial summary

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease among elderly population, with a increasing prevalence due to population ageing. In developed countries, the prevalence of severe AS among ≥75 years is approximately 3.4%. The onset of symptoms is associated with a poor prognosis. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 55 to 100 years
What is being tested?
Transcatheter heart valve (THV) with CE approval
Type of treatment
Medical device
How many people
1,000 participants
Where
1 siteItaly
Study dates
1 Sep 2015to 1 Jan 2030
How long will I take part?
10 Years
Phase
Observational
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 55 to 100 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients with symptomatic severe AS candidate to TAVI, established by the multi-disciplinary Heart Team according to the current guidelines.

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with symptomatic severe AS or degenerated bioprosthetic aortic valve and suitable for TAVI according to Heart Team evaluation;
  • Ability to provide informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Contraindications to TAVI: e.g. evidence of intracardiac mass, thrombus or vegetation, endocarditis;
  • Poor adherence to scheduled follow-up;
  • Unable to understand and follow study-related instructions.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Giovanni Esposito, MD, PhD contact

+390817463075

espogiov@unina.it

Anna Franzone, MD, PhD contact

+390817464325

anna.franzone@unina.it

Italy1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Federico II University of Naples

    Naples, 80131

    Anna Franzone, MD,PhD, 0817464325 ext. 0039, anna.franzone@unina.it

    MD, PhD, 0817464325 ext. 0039, anna.franzone@unina.it

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About this study

Official title: Safety and Effectiveness of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation - EffecTAVI Registry

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease among elderly population, with a increasing prevalence due to population ageing. In developed countries, the prevalence of severe AS among ≥75 years is approximately 3.4%. The onset of symptoms is associated with a poor prognosis. Indeed, mortality increases once symptoms appears.

For several decades, surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has been the standard of care for symptomatic AS. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was introduced as alternative treatment in inoperable patients in 2002. In the last two decades TAVI has led to a paradigm shift in the treatment of severe AS, representing a less invasive alternative to surgery. TAVI has shown to be non-inferior or superior to SAVR in several large-scale randomized clinical trials (RCTs) across the full spectrum of surgical risks. The newly available evidence has led to an expansion of guideline recommendations for TAVI. Furthermore, newer generations of transcatheter heart valve (THV) design, better patient selection, and technical enhancements have driven improvement in safety and reduction of procedural complications over time.

This observational study aim to prospectively evaluate the safety and efficacy of the procedure and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing TAVI.

Read the detailed description

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease among elderly population, with a increasing prevalence due to population ageing. In developed countries, the prevalence of severe AS among ≥75 years is approximately 3.4%. The onset of symptoms is associated with a poor prognosis. Indeed, mortality increases once symptoms appears.

For several decades, surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has been the standard of care for symptomatic AS. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was introduced as alternative treatment in inoperable patients in 2002. In the last two decades TAVI has led to a paradigm shift in the treatment of severe AS, representing a less invasive alternative to surgery. TAVI has shown to be non-inferior or superior to SAVR in several large-scale randomized clinical trials (RCTs) across the full spectrum of surgical risks. The newly available evidence has led to an expansion of guideline recommendations for TAVI.

This observational study aim to prospectively evaluate the safety and efficacy of the procedure and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing TAVI.

EffectTAVI is an observational, monocentric registry promoted by Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences of University of Naples Federico II.

The aim is to collect clinical, procedural, echocardiographic data and to evaluate the clinical outcomes of TAVI procedure.

Study population: consecutive patients with symptomatic severe AS candidate to TAVI, established by the multi-disciplinary Heart Team according to current guidelines recommendations.

Severe AS will be defined according to the following echocardiographic criteria:

  • Aortic valve area: < 1 cm2
  • Indexed aortic valve area: < 0,6 cm2/m2
  • Mean aortic valve gradient: ≥ 40 mmHg
  • Peak aortic jet velocity: ≥ 4,0 m/sec

TAVI can be performed using several arterial access: transfemoral, transapical, trans-subclavian and trans-aortic.

Written informed consent will be obtained for all patients for participation in this registry.

After hospital discharge, clinical follow-up will be performed at 30-day, 6 months and 1-year after TAVI. All adverse events were systematically collected and classified according to the definitions of the Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC)-3 criteria.

Clinical, procedural and follow-up data will be anonymously entered in a web-based database RedCap (https://www.redcap.unina.it/redcap/). Patients will be entered with a pseudonym generated by the data collection system.

The pseudonym does not allow the identification of the patient and, therefore, meets the European criteria for the acquisition of data online.

The access to the online database is allowed through the use of a personal password, provided to the Primary Investigator and to the Co-Investigators involved in the study.

Data analysis will be performed by the investigators of the Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences.

The extensive case studies that investigators expect to collect will be useful to establish clinical, procedural and follow-up data in short, medium and long term of patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing TAVI.

Being tested
Transcatheter heart valve (THV) with CE approval
Keywords
Aortic Stenosis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, TAVI
Medical subject headings
Aortic Valve Stenosis

What participants receive

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

  • Transcatheter heart valve (THV) with CE approvalDevice

    TAVI trough femoral access or alternative routes

Study groups in NCT05235555
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Patients with symptomatic severe AS undergoing TAVI.Not described
Receives: Device: Transcatheter heart valve (THV) with CE approval

What is being measured

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

  1. All cause mortality

    All cause mortality

    Measured: 30 days

  2. All cause mortality

    All cause mortality

    Measured: 1 year

Secondary outcomes (26)
  1. Cardiovascular mortality

    Cardiovascular mortality

    Measured: 30 days

  2. Cardiovascular mortality

    Cardiovascular mortality

    Measured: 1 year

  3. Number of participants with neurological events

    Neurological events

    Measured: 30 days

  4. Number of participants with neurological events

    Neurological events

    Measured: 1 year

  5. Number of participants with bleeding events

    Bleeding events

    Measured: 30 days

  6. Number of participants with bleeding events

    Bleeding events

    Measured: 1 year

  7. Vascular and access-related complications

    Vascular and access-related complications

    Measured: 30 days

  8. Vascular and access-related complications

    Vascular and access-related complications

    Measured: 1 year

  9. Number of participants with new conduction disturbances and arrhythmias

    New conduction disturbances and arrhythmias

    Measured: 30 days

  10. Number of participants with new conduction disturbances and arrhythmias

    New conduction disturbances and arrhythmias

    Measured: 1 year

  11. Number of participants with acute kidney injury

    Acute kidney injury

    Measured: 30 days

  12. Number of participants with acute kidney injury

    Acute kidney injury

    Measured: 1 year

  13. Number of participants with myocardial infarction

    Myocardial infarction

    Measured: 30 days

  14. Number of participants with myocardial infarction

    Myocardial infarction

    Measured: 1 year

  15. Hospitalization or re-hospitalization

    Any admission after the index hospitalization or study enrolment to an inpatient unit or hospital ward for ≥24 h, including an emergency department stay.

    Measured: 30 days

  16. Hospitalization or re-hospitalization

    Any admission after the index hospitalization or study enrolment to an inpatient unit or hospital ward for ≥24 h, including an emergency department stay.

    Measured: 1 year

  17. Cardiac structural complications

    Any cardiac structure occurring during the procedure involving the aortic annulus, left ventricle outflow tract, ventricular septum, left or right ventricle, left or right atrium, mitral valve apparatus, tricuspid valve apparatus, coronary sinus, and pericardial effusion.

    Measured: 30 days

  18. Cardiac structural complications

    Any cardiac structure occurring during the procedure involving the aortic annulus, left ventricle outflow tract, ventricular septum, left or right ventricle, left or right atrium, mitral valve apparatus, tricuspid valve apparatus, coronary sinus, and pericardial effusion.

    Measured: 1 year

  19. Number of participants with bioprosthetic valve dysfunction

    Bioprosthetic valve dysfunction

    Measured: 30 days

  20. Number of participants with bioprosthetic valve dysfunction

    Bioprosthetic valve dysfunction

    Measured: 1 year

  21. Number of participants with leaflet thickening

    Hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening (HALT)

    Measured: 30 days

  22. Number of participants with leaflet thickening

    Hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening (HALT)

    Measured: 1 year

  23. Number of participants with leaflet reduced motion

    Reduced leaflet motion (RLM)

    Measured: 30 days

  24. Number of participants with leaflet reduced motion

    Reduced leaflet motion (RLM)

    Measured: 1 year

  25. Number of participants with clinically significant valve thrombosis

    Clinically significant valve thrombosis

    Measured: 30 days

  26. Number of participants with clinically significant valve thrombosis

    Clinically significant valve thrombosis

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted11 Feb 2022
  2. Study start1 Sep 2015
  3. Primary completion9 Sep 2021
  4. Study completion1 Jan 2030 (estimated)

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
1,000 participants (estimated)
Target duration
10 Years
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05235555
Sponsor's protocol ID
231/18
Status last verified
Feb 2024
First submitted
28 Jan 2022
Last updated
23 Feb 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Otto CM, Nishimura RA, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP 3rd, Gentile F, Jneid H, Krieger EV, Mack M, McLeod C, O'Gara PT, Rigolin VH, Sundt TM 3rd, Thompson A, Toly C. 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2021 Feb 2;143(5):e35-e71. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000932. Epub 2020 Dec 17.

    PubMed 33332149
  • Leon MB, Smith CR, Mack M, Miller DC, Moses JW, Svensson LG, Tuzcu EM, Webb JG, Fontana GP, Makkar RR, Brown DL, Block PC, Guyton RA, Pichard AD, Bavaria JE, Herrmann HC, Douglas PS, Petersen JL, Akin JJ, Anderson WN, Wang D, Pocock S; PARTNER Trial Investigators. Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation for aortic stenosis in patients who cannot undergo surgery. N Engl J Med. 2010 Oct 21;363(17):1597-607. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1008232. Epub 2010 Sep 22.

    PubMed 20961243
  • Leon MB, Mack MJ, Hahn RT, Thourani VH, Makkar R, Kodali SK, Alu MC, Madhavan MV, Chau KH, Russo M, Kapadia SR, Malaisrie SC, Cohen DJ, Blanke P, Leipsic JA, Williams MR, McCabe JM, Brown DL, Babaliaros V, Goldman S, Herrmann HC, Szeto WY, Genereux P, Pershad A, Lu M, Webb JG, Smith CR, Pibarot P; PARTNER 3 Investigators. Outcomes 2 Years After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients at Low Surgical Risk. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Mar 9;77(9):1149-1161. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.12.052.

    PubMed 33663731
  • Popma JJ, Deeb GM, Yakubov SJ, Mumtaz M, Gada H, O'Hair D, Bajwa T, Heiser JC, Merhi W, Kleiman NS, Askew J, Sorajja P, Rovin J, Chetcuti SJ, Adams DH, Teirstein PS, Zorn GL 3rd, Forrest JK, Tchetche D, Resar J, Walton A, Piazza N, Ramlawi B, Robinson N, Petrossian G, Gleason TG, Oh JK, Boulware MJ, Qiao H, Mugglin AS, Reardon MJ; Evolut Low Risk Trial Investigators. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Self-Expanding Valve in Low-Risk Patients. N Engl J Med. 2019 May 2;380(18):1706-1715. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1816885. Epub 2019 Mar 16.

    PubMed 30883053
  • Mack MJ, Leon MB, Thourani VH, Makkar R, Kodali SK, Russo M, Kapadia SR, Malaisrie SC, Cohen DJ, Pibarot P, Leipsic J, Hahn RT, Blanke P, Williams MR, McCabe JM, Brown DL, Babaliaros V, Goldman S, Szeto WY, Genereux P, Pershad A, Pocock SJ, Alu MC, Webb JG, Smith CR; PARTNER 3 Investigators. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients. N Engl J Med. 2019 May 2;380(18):1695-1705. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1814052. Epub 2019 Mar 16.

    PubMed 30883058
  • VARC-3 WRITING COMMITTEE; Genereux P, Piazza N, Alu MC, Nazif T, Hahn RT, Pibarot P, Bax JJ, Leipsic JA, Blanke P, Blackstone EH, Finn MT, Kapadia S, Linke A, Mack MJ, Makkar R, Mehran R, Popma JJ, Reardon M, Rodes-Cabau J, Van Mieghem NM, Webb JG, Cohen DJ, Leon MB. Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research. Eur Heart J. 2021 May 14;42(19):1825-1857. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa799.

    PubMed 33871579

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Aortic Stenosis and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, run by Federico II University at 1 site in Italy.

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 2 inclusion and 3 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 23 Feb 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Italy. 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 Giovanni Esposito, MD, PhD (+390817463075, espogiov@unina.it), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

All cause mortality (time frame: 30 days). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT05235555, which also lists 6 linked publications.

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 23 Feb 2024.

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