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Chronic Limb Threatening IschemiaNCT07465627

Vessel Recoil in Specific CLTI Populations

An observational study of Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia, run by Medical University of Graz at 1 site in Austria.

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Trial summary

Chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) represents the most advanced stage of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and is characterized by ischemic rest pain, non-healing wounds, or ischemic gangrene. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia
What is being tested?
Vessel recoil measurement 15 minutes post final treatment (angiographically)
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteAustria
Study dates
1 Jul 2026to Sep 2028
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients with below-the knee (BTK) peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who are either with chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring hemodialysis for at least 6 months (cohort 1) and/or diabetics (cohort 2) in Rutherford classes (RC) 4 or 5, with ≥ 50% females in each cohort

General Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject is willing and able to provide informed consent
  2. Subject is able to comply with the study protocol and with follow-up
  3. Life expectancy >1 year in the investigator's opinion
  4. Subject is > 18 years of age
  5. Subject must have symptoms of limb ischemia, determined by clinical symptoms of RC 4 or 5, including rest pain (RC 4) and/or minor tissue loss (RC 5), that in the opinion of the investigator are not amenable to conservative medical therapy and require endovascular intervention for alleviation of symptoms and tissue preservation
  6. Subject has stenotic, restenotic or occlusive lesions located in BTK vessels in pre-screening with CTA, MRA or angiography prior to the index procedure.
  7. Subject suffers from diabetes and/or receives chronic hemodialysis for KD (for at least 6 months)
  • Diabetes cohort: Subject requires for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 25ml/min (within 30 days of procedure)
  • Hemodialysis cohort: Subject has been receiving hemodialysis treatment for ≥ 6 months. (Note: subjects with diabetes who also receive chronic hemodialysis will be excluded from the diabetes cohort and will be included only in the hemodialysis cohort).

Angiographic Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Target lesion can be successfully crossed with a guidewire.
  2. Target lesion must be located in BTK arteries. Treatment of the distal popliteal segment (P3) is permitted provided that sizing remains appropriate (no more than 4.5 mm in diameter).
  3. Target vessel reconstitutes at or above the medial ankle, with the target treated segment extending no more than 10 mm beyond the ankle.
  4. If the anterior tibial or posterior tibial arteries are treated, there must be inline flow to the foot.
  5. If the peroneal artery is treated, there must be at least one collateral supplying the foot.
  6. Target vessel reference diameter is measured to be between 2.5 mm to 4.5 mm in diameter.
  7. Only one artery may be treated with the Spur device.
  8. Non-target infrapopliteal lesions requiring treatment must be treated prior to treatment of the target lesion. Treatment of the target vessel/lesion with the Spur device may be performed only if treatment of the non-target vessel(s)/lesion(s) does not result in a complication which may compromise the outflow of the target lesion or result in a major adverse limb event.
  9. The treated segment is defined as the total length of artery treated with the Spur device. Total target treatment length must be < 250mm with a maximum segment of 220 mm separated by 30 mm of healthy tissue between treated lesions.
  10. Successful pre-dilatation of the target lesion as outlined in the procedure instructions, defined as resulting in stenosis ≤ 50%, without resulting flow limiting (Type D or greater) dissection, thrombus, or aneurysm by angiography prior to the insertion of the Spur device.
  11. Iliac, SFA and popliteal inflow lesions can be treated during the index procedure. Inflow lesions treated intraprocedure must be treated first, prior to consideration of treatment of infrapopliteal lesions. Inflow lesions must have a healthy vessel segment of >30 mm between the study lesion and the treated segment, defined as ≤ 50% stenosis.
  12. The Spur must be deployed from antegrade access.

General Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject is unwilling or unlikely to comply with the duration of the study (up to 12 months +/-30 days post intervention) in the opinion of the investigator
  2. Subject is pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the course of the trial
  3. Subject is breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed during the course of the trial
  4. Subject has an active and uncontrolled systemic infection, including septicemia or bacteremia
  5. Subject has documented active osteomyelitis proximal to the phalanges of the target limb. Osteomyelitis in the digit(s) of the target foot is permitted.
  6. Subject has a wound above the ankle and/or a heel wound
  7. Subject has planned or had previous major (above the ankle) amputation of the target limb. A planned or previous minor (transmetatarsal amputation or digit amputation) is permitted.
  8. Subject with poor and insufficient general condition and/or comorbidities not allowing for endovascular treatment as per the investigator's discretion
  9. Diabetes cohort: subject has impaired renal function as defined by an eGFR < 25 mL/min within 30 days of procedure
  10. Hemodialysis cohort: subject has been receiving hemodialysis treatment for less than 6 months
  11. Subject with inability to comply with antiplatelet and/or anticoagulation therapy as per the facility's standard of care
  12. Subject with known allergies or sensitivities to heparin, antiplatelet drugs, other anticoagulant therapies which do not allow for an adequate peri- and post-procedural treatment
  13. Subject with known allergies or sensitivities to Paclitaxel or Sirolimus balloon coatings
  14. Subject with known allergies or sensitivities to contrast media that cannot be adequately pre-treated prior to the index procedure
  15. Subject with known allergies or sensitivities to nitinol or nickel
  16. Subject is currently enrolled in another investigational device or drug trial that interferes with the study endpoints.
  17. Subject with prior stent(s) within the target vessel, or bypass surgery of or within the target vessel
  18. Subject had previous treatment of the target vessel <30 days prior to index procedure

Angiographic exclusion criteria:

  1. Angiographic evidence of thrombus within target limb
  2. Inability to obtain antegrade access in the limb from which the Spur can be deployed
  3. Any lesion characteristics, that in the investigator's opinion, would not be amenable to endovascular standard techniques
  4. Significant > 50% stenosis of inflow arteries or unsuccessful treatment of inflow lesions
  5. > 50% stenosis, flow-limiting dissection (Type D or greater), aneurysm or thrombus of the target lesion following pre-dilation
  6. Inability to obtain additional imaging 15 minutes after target lesion treatment for recoil evaluation.

Trial locations and contacts

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

Austria1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Medical University of Graz, Division of Angiology

    Graz

    Katharina Kurzmann-Guetl, +43 316 385 12911, katharina.guetl@medunigraz.at

    Recruiting

Other trials in Austria

About this study

Official title: Early Vessel Recoil Following Below-the-knee (BTK) Artery Treatment With the Spur Peripheral Retrievable Scaffold System in Specific Patient Populations With Chronic Limb-threatening Ischemia (CLTI) - The DEEPER CHALLENGE Single Center Prospective Study

Chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) represents the most advanced stage of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and is characterized by ischemic rest pain, non-healing wounds, or ischemic gangrene. High-risk PAD populations including patients with end-stage renal disease and or diabetes also experience worse outcomes with significantly increased rates of amputation and mortality.

Although some patients with PAD are best treated with a combination of medical management, exercise and lifestyle modification, revascularization is indicated in those with advanced stages of disease and particularly in the presence of CLTI. Revascularization of below-the-knee (BTK) arteries is required for most patients suffering from CLTI, but treatment faces numerous challenges comprising calcification, small vessel size, long-lesion length and early elastic recoil. With regard to these challenges, numerous innovative techniques and devices have been developed within the past decades to optimize endovascular treatment of BTK vessels.

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The Spur Peripheral Retrievable Scaffold System (Spur) was developed to directly address many of these pitfalls of infrapopliteal arterial disease. The premise of the design of the Spur is to provide temporary mechanical scaffolding and to prepare the vessel for treatment with a drug-coated balloon (DCB) to enhance drug absorption by creating channels in the endothelium by the deployed Spur.

The objective of this study is to perform a prospective, single-center, single-arm, non-randomized study to evaluate acute vessel recoil following BTK treatment with the Spur Retrievable Scaffold System in combination with a commercially available DCB in specific patients populations. Specific patient populations that are selected to participate in this study are either at high risk to discover unfavorable outcomes with standard techniques due to a high complexity of lesions and/or patients that are not adequately mirrored in available studies. The patient cohorts that will be studied are diabetics and patients on hemodialysis (for at least 6 months). As women are commonly under-represented in comparable trials, this study requires at least 50% of women for each cohort.

The primary endpoint is vessel recoil within 15 minutes post treatment assessed with angiography. Secondary endpoints will be followed out to 12 months.

Being tested
Vessel recoil measurement 15 minutes post final treatment (angiographically)
Keywords
vessel recoil, peripheral arterial disease, endovascular revascularization, below-the-knee, chronic limb-threatening ischemia
Medical subject headings
Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia, Peripheral Arterial Disease

What participants receive

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

  • Vessel recoil measurement 15 minutes post final treatment (angiographically)Other

    This study will evaluate early recoil following optimized endovascular treatment (Spur Peripheral Retrievable Scaffold System in combination with a DCB) of BTK vessels in specific high-risk patient populations with CLTI.

Study groups in NCT07465627
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CLTI patients on chronic hemodialysisNot described
Receives: Other: Vessel recoil measurement 15 minutes post final treatment (angiographically)
CLTI patients with diabetesNot described
Receives: Other: Vessel recoil measurement 15 minutes post final treatment (angiographically)

What is being measured

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

  1. Vessel recoil assessed with angiography

    Measured: 15 minutes post treatment

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Freedom from unplanned major (above the ankle) amputation

    Measured: Up to 12 months

  2. Freedom from major adverse limb events (MALE)

    Measured: Up to 12 months

  3. Freedom from all-cause mortality

    Measured: Up to 12 months

  4. Freedom from clinically driven target lesion revascularisation (CD-TLR)

    Measured: Up to 12 months

  5. Target vessel patency determined by duplex ultrasound (DUS)

    Measured: 30 days

  6. Change in ankle brachial index (ABI, or toe brachial index (TBI) alternatively) from baseline

    Measured: 30 days

  7. Change in Rutherford Class from baseline

    The Rutherford Class (RC) ranges from 0 to 6, with a higher class indicating more severe disease.

    Measured: 30 days

  8. Change in Wound, Ischemic, and foot Infection score (WIfI) from baseline

    The WIfI score ranges from 0 to 9, with a higher point score indicating more severe disease.

    Measured: 30 days

Timeline

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

  1. First posted12 Mar 2026
  2. Study start1 Jul 2026
  3. Primary completionJun 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completionSep 2028 (estimated)

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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
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07465627
Sponsor's protocol ID
1469/2025
Status last verified
Jun 2026
First submitted
6 Mar 2026
Last updated
14 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia, run by Medical University of Graz at 1 site in Austria.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

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 14 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 1 site in Austria. 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?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Vessel recoil assessed with angiography (time frame: 15 minutes post treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 14 Oct 2026.

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