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Real-World Data Collection of the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis When Used as a Bridging Stent With Branched and Fenestrated Endografts in the Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms Involving the Renal-Mesenteric Arteries

Real-World Data Collection of the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis When Used as a Bridging Stent With Branched and Fenestrated Endografts in the Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms Involving the Renal-Mesenteric Arteries

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05143138
Acronym
EMBRACE
Enrollment
259
Registered
2021-12-03
Start date
2022-03-23
Completion date
2026-12-31
Last updated
2025-08-22

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

Conditions

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Brief summary

Multicenter, single-arm retrospective and prospective registry is being conducted to confirm the clinical performance and safety of GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis when used as a Bridging Stent with Branched and Fenestrated Endografts in the Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms Involving the Renal-Mesenteric Arteries.

Detailed description

Up to 15 sites in Europe will be required to enroll a minimum of 220 patients that have had treatment with GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis when used as a Bridging Stent with Branched and Fenestrated Endografts in the Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms Involving the Renal-Mesenteric Arteries. The registry procedures consist of two phases, retrospective phase and prospective phase. The retrospective phase consists only of the collection of retrospective data (baseline, treatment and FU data) from the source documents available at the site from the time of the treatment until the enrollment date (ICF signature). The prospective phase consists in collection of follow-up visits from the enrollment up to 5 years. The FU data collected prospectively can change from subject to subject depending on the index procedure date. Diagnostic imaging, treatment interventions, and follow up will be determined by physicians based on clinical practice standards.

Interventions

DEVICEGORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis

Patients treated with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis as a Bridging Stent

Sponsors

W.L.Gore & Associates
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
OTHER

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients treated with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis as a Bridging Stent in conjunction with a branched/fenestrated stent graft to allow endovascular aneurysm repair from 31 December 2021 until 01 January 2017 2. Age ≥18 years at the time of implant 3. Provision of informed consent by the patient or next of kin/legal representative (for deceased patients at registry entry, unless a waiver was granted), according to local regulations.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patient treated for ruptured aneurysm or who were otherwise hemodynamically unstable at the time of the procedure 2. Patient treated for acute or sub-acute dissection, \<90 days from onset of symptoms 3. Patient treated using physician-modified endovascular grafts 4. Patient intended to be treated with chimney, periscope, octopus, sandwich technique per the pre-treatment case plan 5. At the time of treatment, patient had known coagulation disorders including hypercoagulability that were not amenable to treatment 6. Patient was pregnant at the time of treatment. 7. Participation in another drug or device investigational study within one year of device implant, that can confound the registry endpoints. 8. Patient had known or suspected systemic infection (including treatment for mycotic aneurysm) at the time of implant.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Target Vessel Patency12 monthsUninterrupted patency with no occlusion or procedure performed to maintain patency on the VBX Stent Graft or native target vessel. Interventions intended to treat endoleak or stent disconnection do not count as loss of primary patency. Binomial proportions were calculated at 12 month follow-up.

Countries

Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden

Participant flow

Recruitment details

There were 259 patients enrolled and divided as follows: 136 subjects in the BEVAR cohort, 92 in the FEVAR cohort and 31 in the MIXED cohort Fourteen investigators at 14 sites participated in the registry within 6 European countries. All the 14 sites are still active and enrolled subjects.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
fEVAR
Patients treated with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis as a Bridging Stent in conjunction with a fenestrated stent graft to allow endovascular aneurysm repair GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis: Patients treated with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis as a Bridging Stent
92
bEVAR
Patients treated with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis as a Bridging Stent in conjunction with a branched stent graft to allow endovascular aneurysm repair GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis: Patients treated with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis as a Bridging Stent
136
fEVAR and bEVAR
Patients treated with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis as a Bridging Stent in conjunction with a branched and fenestrated stent graft to allow endovascular aneurysm repair GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis: Patients treated with the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis as a Bridging Stent
31
Total259

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002
Overall StudyDeath5351
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up240
Overall Studywithdrawal110

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicbEVARfEVAR and bEVARTotalfEVAR
Age, Continuous74 Years72 Years74 Years74 Years
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Denmark
19 participants6 participants44 participants19 participants
Region of Enrollment
Italy
62 participants5 participants83 participants16 participants
Region of Enrollment
Netherlands
21 participants0 participants32 participants11 participants
Region of Enrollment
Norway
1 participants7 participants30 participants22 participants
Region of Enrollment
Spain
15 participants6 participants32 participants11 participants
Region of Enrollment
Sweden
18 participants7 participants38 participants13 participants
Serum Creatinine1.1 mg/dL0.9 mg/dL1.1 mg/dL1.1 mg/dL
Sex: Female, Male
Female
37 Participants14 Participants63 Participants12 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
99 Participants17 Participants196 Participants80 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
5 / 9235 / 1361 / 31
other
Total, other adverse events
6 / 927 / 1363 / 31
serious
Total, serious adverse events
44 / 9289 / 13621 / 31

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants With Target Vessel Patency

Uninterrupted patency with no occlusion or procedure performed to maintain patency on the VBX Stent Graft or native target vessel. Interventions intended to treat endoleak or stent disconnection do not count as loss of primary patency. Binomial proportions were calculated at 12 month follow-up.

Time frame: 12 months

Population: Study endpoints were planned and calculated for the two primary cohorts only. Subjects that are not discontinued prior to 1 year window and with imaging within 1 year window.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
fEVARNumber of Participants With Target Vessel Patency78 Participants
bEVARNumber of Participants With Target Vessel Patency84 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 8, 2026