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HEAL-LAA Clinical Trial

HEAL-LAA: Post-Market Real World Outcomes in WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05809596
Acronym
HEAL-LAA
Enrollment
949
Registered
2023-04-12
Start date
2023-10-03
Completion date
2025-09-18
Last updated
2025-11-04

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Conditions

Atrial Fibrillation, Bleeding, Stroke

Brief summary

The primary objective of this study is to collect real-world data on WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

Interventions

Treatment with a WATCHMAN FLX Pro Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device

Sponsors

Boston Scientific Corporation
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Subject is of legal age to participate in the study. * Subject has documented non-valvular atrial fibrillation (i.e., atrial fibrillation in the absence of moderate or greater mitral stenosis or a mechanical heart valve). * Subject is clinically indicated for and is treated or attempted to be treated with a WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro device. * Subject or legal representative is able to understand and willing to provide written informed consent to participate in the study. * Subject is able and willing to return for required follow-up visits and examinations.

Exclusion criteria

* Subject has a documented life expectancy of less than 6 months. * Subject is currently enrolled in another investigational study, except if the subject is participating in a mandatory governmental registry, or a purely observational registry with no associated treatment. * Intracardiac thrombus is present. * An atrial septal defect repair or closure device or a patent foramen ovale repair or closure device is present. * The LAA anatomy will not accommodate a Closure Device. * The patient has known hypersensitivity to any portion of the device material or the individual components such that the use of the WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro Device is contraindicated. * Any of the customary contraindications for other percutaneous catheterization procedure (e.g., patient size too small to accommodate transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probe or required catheters) or conditions (e.g., active infection, bleeding disorder) are present. * There are contraindications to the use of anticoagulation therapy, aspirin, or P2Y12 inhibitor. * Subject is of childbearing potential and is, or plans to become, pregnant during the time of the study (method of assessment per study physician's discretion).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Primary Efficacy Endpoint: The Rate of Device Leak >5 mm at 45-day Post-Implant TEE for the Primary Analysis Subjects45 daysIncomplete seal with peri-device gap \> 5mm in the primary analysis subset implanted patients with 45-day TEE imaging (as assessed by the core lab).
Primary Safety Endpoint: Composite Rate of All-cause Mortality, All Stroke, Systemic Embolism, and Major Bleeding for the Primary Analysis Subjects6 monthsComposite CEC-adjudicated all-cause mortality, all stroke, systemic embolism, and major bleeding in the Intention to Treat (ITT) population at 6 months.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Primary Analysis Subset
Initial 500 enrolled subjects
500
Total500

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyDeath16
Overall StudyMissed Visit2
Overall StudyOther3
Overall StudyPhysician Decision1
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject4

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPrimary Analysis Subset
Age, Customized
<75 years
188 Participants
Age, Customized
≥ 75 years
312 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
13 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
471 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
16 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
441 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
500 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
194 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
306 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
16 / 500
other
Total, other adverse events
70 / 500
serious
Total, serious adverse events
141 / 500

Outcome results

Primary

Primary Efficacy Endpoint: The Rate of Device Leak >5 mm at 45-day Post-Implant TEE for the Primary Analysis Subjects

Incomplete seal with peri-device gap \> 5mm in the primary analysis subset implanted patients with 45-day TEE imaging (as assessed by the core lab).

Time frame: 45 days

Population: Implanted primary analysis subjects with 45-day TEE imaging.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Primary Analysis SubsetPrimary Efficacy Endpoint: The Rate of Device Leak >5 mm at 45-day Post-Implant TEE for the Primary Analysis Subjects0 Participants
Primary

Primary Safety Endpoint: Composite Rate of All-cause Mortality, All Stroke, Systemic Embolism, and Major Bleeding for the Primary Analysis Subjects

Composite CEC-adjudicated all-cause mortality, all stroke, systemic embolism, and major bleeding in the Intention to Treat (ITT) population at 6 months.

Time frame: 6 months

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Primary Analysis SubsetPrimary Safety Endpoint: Composite Rate of All-cause Mortality, All Stroke, Systemic Embolism, and Major Bleeding for the Primary Analysis Subjects54 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026