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The ABSORB BTK (Below The Knee) Clinical Investigation

A Clinical Evaluation of the Everolimus Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold System (BVS) for the Treatment of Subjects With Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) From Occlusive Vascular Disease of the Tibial Arteries

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01341340
Enrollment
2
Registered
2011-04-25
Start date
2011-11-30
Completion date
2012-11-30
Last updated
2019-04-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Atherosclerosis, Claudication, Critical Limb Ischemia, Lower Limb Disease, PAD, PAOD, Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, PVD

Keywords

Stent, Infrapopliteal, Tibial, Limb Salvage

Brief summary

The purpose of the ABSORB BTK Clinical Investigation is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Everolimus Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold System (BVS) in subjects with critical limb ischemia (CLI) following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the tibial arteries.

Interventions

DEVICEEverolimus Eluting BVS

Patients receiving the Everolimus Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold System (BVS)

Sponsors

Abbott Medical Devices
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Subject must be at least 18 and ≤ 80 years of age. 2. History of symptomatic critical limb ischemia (CLI) (Rutherford Becker Clinical Category 4 or 5). 3. Subject is able to take at least one type of thienopyridine (e.g. clopidogrel) and acetylsalicylic acid (eg. Aspirin/ASA). 4. The subject must have a life-expectancy of more than 1 year. 5. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have had a negative pregnancy test within 14 days before treatment, must not be nursing at the time of treatment, and must also agree at time of consent to use birth control during participation in this study up to and including the angiographic follow-up at 1 year. 6. Subject has been informed of the nature of the study, agrees to its provisions, and has signed the informed consent form prior to any study related procedure. 7. Subject must agree to undergo all protocol-required follow-up examinations and requirements at the investigational site. 8. Subject must agree not to participate in any other clinical investigation for a period of one year following the index procedure. This includes clinical trials of medications and invasive procedures. Questionnaire-based studies, or other studies that are non-invasive and do not require medication are allowed. Anatomic Inclusion Criteria 1. Up to two de novo lesions, each located in a separate native infrapopliteal vessel, with angiographically visible above-the-ankle reconstitution (proximal to the inferior cortical margin of the talus bone), only one of which can be designated as the target lesion and is suitable to be treated with a single BVS. 2. Target lesion length is visually estimated to be ≤ 24 mm. 3. Target vessel diameter at the location of the target lesion is ≥ 2.5 mm and ≤ 3.3 mm, as assessed by on-line quantitative angiography as per core laboratory guidelines. 4. The non-target lesion (if applicable) must be located in a separate infrapopliteal vessel, estimated to be ≤ 24 mm, and suitable to be treated with non-study percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon(s) and/or a non-study stent. 5. Inflow between the proximal iliac and distal popliteal is unobstructed (free from ≥ 50% stenosis) as confirmed by angiography. \[Note: Assessment may be made after interventions proximal to the target lesion.\] 6. Subjects with a significant lesion (≥ 50% stenosis) in the inflow artery(ies) must have the inflow artery(ies) treated successfully prior to enrollment and treatment of the target lesion. 7. If there is evidence of an ischemic lesion/ulcer on the foot, the distribution of the target vessel must supply the area of the lesion (angiosome), as confirmed by angiography. 8. At least one patent distal tibial outflow artery (\< 50% stenosis) that will provide a straight line of blood flow to the distal foot and (if applicable) wound area after treating a target lesion in the tibio-peroneal trunk. 9. Patent pedal outflow artery (\< 50% stenosis) that will provide a straight line of blood flow to the distal foot and (if applicable) wound area.

Exclusion criteria

1. Subject is unable to understand or unwilling to cooperate with study procedures. 2. The subject is mentally ill or belongs to a vulnerable population. 3. Subject is currently breast-feeding, pregnant, or intends to become pregnant prior to completion of the 1 year angiographic follow-up. 4. Subject has had any type of amputation to the ipsilateral or contralateral extremity. 5. Subject is unable to walk. (with assistance is accepted) 6. Subject has had recent major surgery (requiring general or regional anesthesia or impacting major organ systems) within the last 3 months. 7. Subject has received, or is on the waiting list for a major organ transplant. 8. Subject is diagnosed as Rutherford Becker Clinical Category 0, 1, 2, 3 or 6. 9. Subject has any type of infection, until treated successfully. 10. Subject has osteomyelitis present in the distal ipsilateral extremity. 11. Subject has a history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy or will refuse blood transfusions. 12. The subject has a history of prior life-threatening contrast media reaction. 13. Subject is receiving or scheduled to receive anticancer therapy for malignancy within 1 year prior to or after the procedure. 14. Subject is receiving immunosuppression therapy, or has known serious immunosuppressive disease (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus), or has severe autoimmune disease that requires chronic immunosuppressive therapy (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus, etc.). 15. Subject is receiving or will receive inhibitors of CYP3A or inducers of CYP3A within 30 days prior to or following the procedure. 16. Subject is receiving Phenprocoumon (Marcumar) or is scheduled to receive chronic anticoagulation therapy. 17. Subject has severe liver impairment as defined by total bilirubin \> 3 mg/dl or two times increase over the normal level of serum glutamic oxaloacetic transminase(SGOT) or serum glutamic pyruvic transminase (SGPT). 18. Subject has platelet count \< 100,000 cells/mm3 or \> 700,000 cells/mm3, a WBC \< 3,000 cells/mm3, or hemoglobin \< 10.0 g/dl. 19. Subject has elevated serum creatinine \> 2.0 mg/dl or \> 150μmol/L. 20. Subject has uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) (glucose \> 400 mg/dl). 21. Subject has had a myocardial infarction (MI) within the previous 30 days or has unstable angina (defined as rest angina with ECG changes). 22. Subject has had a stroke within the previous 30 days and/or has deficits from a prior stroke that limits the subject's mobility. 23. Subject has acute thrombophlebitis or deep vein thrombosis in either extremity 24. Subject has known allergies to the following: aspirin, thienopyridines, heparin, contrast agent (that cannot be adequately treated with pre-medication or substitution for an alternate thienopyridine), poly (L-lactide), poly (DL-lactide), or drugs similar to everolimus (i.e. tacrolimus, sirolimus, zotarolimus), or other macrolides. 25. Subject requires any planned procedure that would necessitate the discontinuation of thienopyridines following the procedure. If the subject is enrolled into the study and then requires a medical procedure, which would necessitate the discontinuation of these medications, then the subject is to resume protocol recommended medications as soon as possible. 26. Subject has other known medical illnesses (e.g., cancer or congestive heart failure) that may cause the subject to be non-compliant with protocol requirements, confound the data interpretation, or is associated with limited life-expectancy (i.e., less than 1 year). 27. Subject is already participating in another clinical investigation that has not yet reached its primary endpoint. Anatomic

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Freedom from major adverse limb events (MALE) within 1 year or peri-procedural (30-day) death (POD) (MALE+POD).1 yearMajor adverse limb events are defined as major amputations or major reinterventions. Major reinterventions include new bypass graft, jump/interposition graft revision, or thrombectomy /thrombolysis related to the target lesion, but do not include percutaneous endovascular reinterventions.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Technical SuccessFrom start of index procedure to end of index procedureDefined on a per lesion basis, as the achievement of successful delivery and deployment of the study device(s) at the intended target lesion, successful withdrawal of the delivery catheter, and attainment of a final residual stenosis of \< 30%.
Clinical SuccessWithin 48 hours after the index procedure or at hospital discharge, whichever is soonerOn a per subject basis, technical success without complications within 48 hours after the index procedure or at hospital discharge, whichever is sooner.
DeathFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospitalall cause
AmputationsFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospitalminor and major
Limb SalvageFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospitalFreedom from ipsilateral major amputations
Arterial thrombosis of the BVSFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Amputation-free survival (AFS)From start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Ipsilateral embolic eventsFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Freedom from target lesion revascularization (TLR)(ischemia driven and non-ischemia driven)From start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Ipsilateral extremity revascularization (IER)From start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Peak Systolic Velocity Ratio (PSVR)From start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Device SuccessFrom start of index procedure to end of index procedureOn a per device basis, the achievement of successful delivery and deployment of the study device(s) at the intended target lesion and successful withdrawal of the delivery catheter.
Secondary patency rateFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Rutherford Becker clinical category and change from baseline for the treated limbFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Ankle brachial index (ABI) and change from baseline for the treated limbFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Wound healing as measured by aggregate ulcer size and its change from baselineFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Walking capacity and change from baselineFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Quality of Life Measures and change from baselineFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Target lesion mean and maximum treated site percent diameter stenosis (%DS)1 year
Target lesion mean treated site late loss1 year
Target lesion treated site binary restenosis1 year
Treated site Peak Systolic Velocity (PSV)From start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital
Primary patency rateFrom start of procedure until discharge from treating or referral hospital

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026