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DEFIANCE: RCT of ClotTriever System Versus Anticoagulation In Deep Vein Thrombosis

DEFIANCE - ClotTriever® Thrombectomy System vs. Anticoagulation Alone for Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05701917
Acronym
DEFIANCE
Enrollment
300
Registered
2023-01-27
Start date
2023-01-06
Completion date
2028-07-31
Last updated
2026-09-09

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

Conditions

Deep Venous Thrombosis, Post-Thrombotic Syndrome, Venous Thromboembolism

Keywords

Venous Thromboembolism, Deep Venous Thrombosis, Post-Thrombotic Syndrome, Anticoagulation, Percutaneous Mechanical Thrombectomy

Brief summary

This study is a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of an interventional strategy using the ClotTriever System to achieve and maintain vessel patency (ClotTriever Intervention Arm) versus conservative medical management using anticoagulation therapy alone (Conservative Medical Management Arm) in the treatment of subjects with symptomatic unilateral iliofemoral DVT. The study will collect data on demographics, comorbidities, details from the DVT diagnosis and treatment, and clinical outcomes through the 6-month follow up visit.

Detailed description

The study will compare the clinical outcomes of patients treated with an interventional strategy using the ClotTriever System to achieve and maintain vessel patency (ClotTriever Intervention Arm) versus conservative medical management using anticoagulation therapy alone (Conservative Medical Management Arm) in the treatment of symptomatic unilateral iliofemoral DVT. Approximately 300 subjects will be enrolled and randomized. All subjects who sign informed consent and who meet all of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be randomized (1:1, ClotTriever Intervention Arm or Conservative Medical Management Arm).

Interventions

DEVICEClotTriever System

Mechanical thrombectomy

DRUGCommercially available/market approved anticoagulation medication including but not limited to: Heparin Sodium, Coumadin, Rivaroxaban, Apixaban, etc.

Anticoagulants are a group of medications that decrease your blood's ability to clot.

Sponsors

Inari Medical
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years * Proximal lower extremity unilateral DVT involving at least the common femoral, external iliac, or common iliac veins, alone or in combination * Symptom onset within 12 weeks of enrollment in the study * Significant symptoms, as defined by a Villalta score \> 9 * Willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Bilateral iliofemoral DVT * Prior venous stent in the target venous segment * IVC aplasia/hypoplasia or other congenital anatomic anomalies of the IVC or iliac veins * IVC filter in place at the time of enrollment * Limb-threatening circulatory compromise (e.g., phlegmasia) * Clot in transit including IVC thrombus presenting as extension of \>2cm into the IVC from the CIV * Symptomatic PE with right heart strain where the physician judges that a DVT intervention is inappropriate at this time. * Inability to be a candidate for intervention due to medical or technical reasons based on physician judgement * Severe allergy, hypersensitivity to, or thrombocytopenia from heparin * Severe allergy to iodinated contrast agents that cannot be mitigated * Hemoglobin \< 8.0 g/dL, INR \> 1.7 before warfarin was started, or platelets \< 50,000/µl which cannot be corrected prior to enrollment * Severe renal impairment (estimated GFR \< 30 ml/min) in patients who are not yet on dialysis * Inability to provide therapeutic anticoagulation per Investigator discretion * Uncontrolled severe hypertension on repeated readings (systolic \> 180mmHg or diastolic \> 105mmHg) * Recently (\< 30 days) had DVT interventional procedure * Subject is participating in another study that may interfere with this study * Life expectancy \< 6 months or chronic non-ambulatory status * Known hypercoagulable states that, in the opinion of the Investigator, cannot be medically managed throughout the study period * Subject has any condition for which, in the opinion of the Investigator, participation would not be in the best interest of the subject (e.g., contraindication to use of ClotTriever per local approved labeling, compromise the well-being or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments) * Subject has previously completed or withdrawn from this study * Patient unwilling or unable to conduct the follow up visits per protocol

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Composite clinical endpoint constructed as a win ratio, a hierarchy of the following:180 Days (+-14 Days)1. Occurrence of treatment failure or therapy escalation 2. Assessment of PTS severity, as defined by the Villalta scale

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Composite clinical endpoint constructed as a win ratio, a hierarchy of the following:10 Days (+- 3 Days)1. Vessel compressibility assessed by duplex ultrasound 2. Pain as assessed by the NPRS 3. An improvement of edema as assessed by leg calf circumference measurements
Assessment of PTS Severity:180 Days (+-14 Days)a. Assessment of PTS severity, as defined by the Villalta scale

Countries

Austria, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

CONTACTMark Sung
mark.sung@stryker.com949-466-9458
CONTACTSara Willis
sara.willis@stryker.com
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSteven Abramowitz, MD

MedStar Health Research Institution

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORXhorlina Marko, MD

Henry Ford Health

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORStephen Black, MD

St Thomas' Hospital (UK)

Outcome results

None listed

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