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Silent sTROke duriNG MitraClip Implantation

Silent sTROke duriNG MitraClip Implantation - STRONG-MitraClip

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03104556
Acronym
STRONG
Enrollment
54
Registered
2017-04-07
Start date
2017-04-14
Completion date
2020-12-03
Last updated
2020-12-16

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Conditions

Mitral Regurgitation, Silent Stroke

Brief summary

The MitraClip-procedure offers an interventional treatment for high risk patients with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation. The number of new cerebral ischemic lesions without clinical manifestations is high. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of cerebral embolisms and cerebral lesions during the MitraClip-procedure using transcranial doppler ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.

Detailed description

Mitral regurgitation is the second most common manifestation of valvular heart disease in adults. Surgical reconstruction is considered treatment of choice. For some patients the surgical risk is to high an operation is refused. For those Patients the MitraClip system (Abbott Vascular, Menlo Park, CA, USA) offers a much less invasive treatment option. Occurrence of a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) is one of the potential complications during this procedure. 1% of all patients have an acute stroke. The number of new ischemic lesions without clinical manifestations is much higher (up to 85%). The impact of these lesions on the global cognitive function is unclear. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of cerebral embolisms related to predefined procedural intervals and postprocedural cerebral lesions using Transcranial Doppler ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. Furthermore we want to study the correlation between cerebral embolisms seen as high intensity signals in transcranial duplex ultrasound and cerebral lesions seen in the cMRT. The results should build a basis for further studies that want to reduce the amount of cerebral lesions.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

Patients undergoing a MitraClip-procedure due to mitral regurgitation in the study period Written consent Procedure recommended by a Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Conference

Exclusion criteria

Patients who are not able to give consent Patients \<18 years Participation in another interventional Trial Pregnant or lactating females Contraindication to MRI

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Total amount of high intensity signals (HITS) during the predefined procedural intervalsduring the procedure

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Total amount of high intensity signals and cerebral lesions related to primary and secondary mitral regurgitation0-72h
Localizations of cerebral lesions after MitraClip-procedure0-72h
Incidence of peri- and postprocedural stroke0-72h
Incidence of delirium after MitraClip0-72h

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026