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Cardiovalve Transfemoral Mitral Valve System

Early Feasibility Study of the Cardiovalve Transfemoral Mitral Valve System

Status
Terminated
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03813524
Acronym
AHEAD
Enrollment
1
Registered
2019-01-23
Start date
2019-03-26
Completion date
2020-03-31
Last updated
2026-06-25

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Conditions

Mitral Regurgitation

Brief summary

This study is to evaluate the safety and technical performance of the Cardiovalve Transfemoral Mitral Valve System with its associated procedure, to minimize mitral regurgitation. Data collected in this clinical study will include 30-day safety and performance of the device and delivery system, and long-term clinical outcomes over a follow-up of 5 years.

Detailed description

The Cardiovalve offers a replacement valve delivered through a transfemoral access and transseptal approach, and is intended to reduce mortality and adverse event rates in selected patients for whom surgical options are not feasible. Innovation: A truly transfemoral, trans venous delivery of the valve which minimizes procedural risk. The Cardiovalve implant has a very low left ventricle (LV) protrusion footprint thus reducing the risk of LV outflow tract obstruction and/or interference with the LV. The experience to date is limited but thus far none of the clinical programs has been halted for safety reasons. Most of the technologies have focused on a transapical delivery approach (with mini-thoracotomy access) to further simplify the delivery method, with only a few allowing trans-septal delivery with femoral venous access.

Interventions

The Cardiovalve Transfemoral Mitral Valve System is intended for use symptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation who are at elevated risk for surgical mitral valve repair or replacement and who are anatomically eligible for transfemoral mitral valve replacement with transseptal access to the left atrium.

Sponsors

Cardiovalve Ltd.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York
CollaboratorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 84 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 85\>Age ≥ 18 years * Symptomatic (Stage D) severe MR confirmed by the echo core lab * Cardiac Index \> 2.0 * Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) is ≥ 30% (within 90 days prior to subject enrollment based upon TTE) * New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Class II, III or ambulatory IVa * Prior treatment with Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) for heart failure for at least 30 days prior to index procedure * Patient deemed a high surgical risk per MVARC definition by the site's Heart Team (as a minimum, one MV cardiac surgeon and one interventional cardiologist, and a cardiac imaging expert).

Exclusion criteria

* MR etiology that is exclusively Primary (degenerative) * Echocardiographic or angiographic evidence of severe mitral annular calcification * Echocardiographic evidence of EROA \< 0.3cm2 * Untreated clinically significant coronary artery disease requiring revascularization. * Hypertrophic/restrictive cardiomyopathy, constrictive pericarditis, or other structural heart disease causing heart failure other than other than cardiomyopathy of either ischemic or non-ischemic etiology * Hypotension (systolic pressure \< 90 mm Hg)/Cardiogenic shock or other hemodynamic instability requiring the need for inotropic * Fixed pulmonary artery systolic pressure \> 2/3 of systemic systolic blood pressure * LVEDD \>75 mm * Severe tricuspid regurgitation or evidence of severe right ventricular dysfunction. * Anatomy deemed not suitable for the Cardiovalve * Elevated Creatine Kinase-MB (CK-MB) * UNOS Status 1 heart transplant or prior orthotropic heart transplantation. * Life Expectancy \< 1 year due to non-cardiac conditions * NYHA functional class IVb * Chronic Kidney Disease with Creatinine clearance \<30 ml/min/1.73m2 * Any prior mitral valve surgery or transcatheter mitral valve procedure * Stroke or transient ischemic event within 30 Days prior to index procedure * Modified Rankin Scale \> 4 disability * Class I indication for biventricular pacing (in patient with CRT device not implanted) * Implant or revision of any rhythm management device (CRT or CRT-D) or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator within one month prior to index procedure * Need for cardiovascular surgery (other than MV disease) * Echocardiographic evidence of intracardiac mass, thrombus, or vegetation * Active endocarditis * Known severe symptomatic carotid stenosis (\> 70 % via ultrasound) * Active infections requiring current antibiotic therapy * Active cancer with expected survival \< one year * Pregnant or planning pregnancy within next 12 months. * Currently participating in an investigational drug or another device study * Any condition making it unlikely the patient will be able to complete all procedures * Patient (or legal guardian) unable or unwilling to provide written, informed consent before study enrollment * Subjects in whom transesophageal echocardiography is contraindicated * Known hypersensitivity or contraindication to procedural, post procedural medication (e.g., contrast solution, heparin, anticoagulation therapy) or hypersensitivity to nickel or titanium.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Cardiovalve Technical Success30 Days1. Successful access, delivery and retrieval of the delivery system; and 2. Successful deployment and correct positioning of the first intended implant; and 3. Freedom from emergency surgery or reintervention related to the device or access procedure Without any procedural mortality, stroke, and device dysfunction (Central MR grade \> 1 or paravalvular leak moderate or severe, mean mitral gradient \> 6 mm Hg, LVOT obstruction (gradient increase ≥10 mm Hg)) at 30-day follow up.
Number of Participants With Major Device Related Adverse Events Through 30 Days30 Days1. Death (Cardiovascular mortality vs non-cardiovascular); 2. Reintervention (operative or transcatheter) due to progressive or recurrent MR or device related complications; 3. Disabling Stroke; 4. Myocardial infarction (MVARC definition); 5. Major access site and vascular complications 6. Fatal or Life-threatening bleeding (MVARC Type III- V) 7. Life-threatening arrhythmia; 8. Renal Failure requiring dialysis;

Countries

United States

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
1 Participants
Age, Continuous1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 0
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
1 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
1 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
1 / 1
other
Total, other adverse events
1 / 1
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1 / 1

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 26, 2026