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The Merit WRAPSODY AV Access Efficacy Study (WAVE)

Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Study Comparing the Merit WRAPSODY™ Endovascular Stent Graft to Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Treatment of Venous Outflow Circuit Stenosis or Occlusion in Hemodialysis Patients. The WAVE Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04540302
Acronym
WAVE
Enrollment
357
Registered
2020-09-07
Start date
2021-03-09
Completion date
2025-07-25
Last updated
2026-06-10

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

Conditions

Venous Occlusion, Venous Stenosis

Keywords

AVF, AVG, AV fistula, AV graft

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the Merit WRAPSODY Endovascular Stent Graft for treatment of stenosis or occlusion within the dialysis access outflow circuit

Interventions

Target lesion treated with stent graft placement

DEVICEPTA

Target lesion treated with standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA)

Sponsors

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

The study comprises 2 independent cohorts: 1. Up to 244 AVF Peripheral Subjects (1:1 randomization, with approximately 122 in the study treatment and control groups) 2. Up to 113 AVG Anastomosis Subjects (no randomization, comparison to Performance Goals)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Subject provides written informed consent * Subject is male or female, with an age ≥ 18 years at date of enrollment. * Subject is willing to undergo all follow-up assessments. * Subject has a life expectancy ≥ 12 months. * Subject is undergoing chronic hemodialysis. * Subject has either a mature AVF or AVG in the arm. * Target lesion(s) involves a de novo stenotic or non-stented restenotic lesion. * Target lesion has ≥50% stenosis. * Target lesion(s) reference vessel diameter is between 5.0 mm and 14.0 mm

Exclusion criteria

* Subject has a known or suspected infection of the hemodialysis access site, systemic infection and/or septicemia. * Subject has a stroke diagnosis within 3 months prior to enrollment. * Subject has a history of unstable angina or myocardial infarction within 60 days prior to enrollment. * Subject is pregnant, breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant within the next year. * Target lesion is located within a stent / stent graft.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Subjects Without Any Localized or Systemic Safety Events (Primary Safety Endpoint)30 daysPercentage of subjects without any localized or systemic safety events through 30 days post-index procedure that affect the access or venous outflow circuit and resulted in reintervention, hospitalization, or death (not including stenosis or thrombosis). Endovascular procedures performed to treat safety events after the index study procedure will be considered surgeries.
Subjects With Target Lesion Primary Patency (TLPP) (Primary Effectiveness Endpoint:)6 monthsPercentage of subjects with Target Lesion Primary Patency (TLPP) at 6 Months. TLPP is defined as freedom from clinically-driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR) or target lesion thrombosis measured through 6 months post-procedure, which is the time interval of uninterrupted patency after study procedure to the next intervention performed on the target lesion or uncorrectable target lesion occlusion.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Subjects With Target Lesion Primary Patency12 monthsPercentage of subjects with Target Lesion Primary Patency (TLPP) at 12 Months. TLPP is defined as freedom from clinically-driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR) or target lesion thrombosis measured through 6 months post-procedure, which is the time interval of uninterrupted patency after study procedure to the next intervention performed on the target lesion or uncorrectable target lesion occlusion.
Subjects With Assisted Target Lesion Primary Patency (aTLPP)6 monthsKaplan Meier Estimate Percent Probability of Assisted Target Lesion Primary Patency at 6 months. aTLPP was defined as time to loss of Assisted Primary Patency of the target lesion, which is the time from post-procedure until uncorrectable target lesion occlusion. Participants who did not experience loss of aTLPP were censored at the time of last available follow-up.
Subjects With Access Circuit Primary Patency (ACPP)6 months
Subjects With Post-Procedure Secondary Patency6 monthsKaplan Meier Estimate Percent Probability of Post-Procedure Secondary Patency at 6 months. Post-Procedure Secondary Patency was defined as the interval post-procedure until access circuit abandonment. Participants who did not experience loss of Post-Procedure Secondary Patency were censored at the time of last available follow-up.
Rates of Procedure-related Adverse Events Involving the Access CircuitIndex procedureRates of procedure-related adverse events involving the access circuit at index procedure
Rates of Device-related Adverse Events Involving the Access CircuitIndex procedureRates of device-related adverse events involving the access circuit at index procedure

Countries

Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMahmood K Razavi, MD

St. Joseph's Hospital, Orange, CA

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORRobert Jones, MD

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Age, Continuous61.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.96
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
41 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
250 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
167 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
161 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Brazil
18 participants
Region of Enrollment
Canada
1 participants
Region of Enrollment
United Kingdom
7 participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
282 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
54 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
51 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
24 / 12225 / 12321 / 112
other
Total, other adverse events
107 / 122121 / 123104 / 112
serious
Total, serious adverse events
75 / 12285 / 12382 / 112

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026