Carotid With Bivalirudin Angioplasty

NCT ID: NCT00812383

Last Updated: 2020-10-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

299 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-08-31

Study Completion Date

2019-12-31

Brief Summary

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Single center randomized clinical trial, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of carotid artery stenting using the RX ACCULINK™ Carotid Stent System with RX ACCUNET™ Embolic Protection System or PercuSurge GuardWire® 3-6 Temporary Occlusion and Aspiration System using Angiomax (bivalirudin)versus heparin as the anticoagulant for treatment of occlusive carotid artery disease in low and high risk patient cohorts.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Carotid Artery Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Bivalirudin

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

RX ACCULINK™ Carotid Stent System; RX ACCUNET™ Embolic Protection System; PercuSurge GuardWire® 3-6 Temporary Occlusion and Aspiration System

Intervention Type DEVICE

Angiomax (bivalirudin) versus standard anticoagulation with heparin during carotid artery stenting with distal protection clinical endpoint evaluation

Heparin

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

RX ACCULINK™ Carotid Stent System; RX ACCUNET™ Embolic Protection System; PercuSurge GuardWire® 3-6 Temporary Occlusion and Aspiration System

Intervention Type DEVICE

Angiomax (bivalirudin) versus standard anticoagulation with heparin during carotid artery stenting with distal protection clinical endpoint evaluation

Interventions

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RX ACCULINK™ Carotid Stent System; RX ACCUNET™ Embolic Protection System; PercuSurge GuardWire® 3-6 Temporary Occlusion and Aspiration System

Angiomax (bivalirudin) versus standard anticoagulation with heparin during carotid artery stenting with distal protection clinical endpoint evaluation

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The patient must be at least 18 years of age.
* The patient must have a significant diameter reduction of the extracranial or intracranial internal or common carotid artery, defined as ≥50% stenosis for symptomatic patients or ≥80% stenosis for asymptomatic patients determined by carotid duplex ultrasound scan and/or carotid angiography.
* Female patients with child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test.
* The patient and the patient's physician must agree to have the patient return for a 30-day and one-year clinical and ultrasound imaging follow-up evaluations as indicated in the protocol.
* Reference vessel diameter ≥ 3.5 mm - ≤ 9.0 mm diameter.

Exclusion Criteria

* The patient has had a recent (\<4 weeks) disabling stroke or dementia with major neurologic deficit (stroke scales: Barthel \<60, NIH \>15, or Rankin \>3) at pre-procedure neuro exam.
* The patient has had within four weeks of the treatment procedure an intracranial hemorrhage, hemorrhage stroke, major stroke, or any stroke with mass effect demonstrated on MRI or CT.
* The patient has a known allergy to heparin, bivalirudin, aspirin or to anti-platelet agents that prevents taking aspirin plus ticlopidine or aspirin plus clopidogrel.
* The patient has received fractionated or unfractionated heparin within 8 hours prior to the procedure.
* The patient has a history of prior life-threatening radiocontrast reaction that cannot be pre-treated.
* The patient has a history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy within 3 months.
* The patient is currently participating in another study protocol that may influence either procedure results or follow-up evaluations.
* Plasma/serum creatinine \> 3.0 mg/dl at time of intervention.
* Hemodynamic instability at the time of intervention.
* Previous stent placement in the ipsilateral carotid distribution.


* The patient has an intracranial tumor, or cerebral arterio-venous malformation(s) \> 5mm, aneurysms or severe intracranial stenosis distal to target lesion.
* The patient has inaccessible intracranial arterial stenosis greater in severity than the extracranial internal carotid artery lesion.
* There is angiographic evidence of significant intra-luminal thrombus burden with presumed increased risk of plaque fragmentation and consequent distal embolization.
* There is total occlusion of the ipsilateral carotid artery treatment site with TIMI 0 flow characteristics.
* The reference segment diameter (internal carotid artery segment cephalad to the lesion) is less than 3 millimeters by operator visual estimate.
* The patient has peripheral vascular, supra-aortic or internal carotid artery tortuosity precluding use of catheter-based techniques required for successful CSSA
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medstar Health Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lowell Satler, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medstar Health Research Institute

Locations

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Washington Hospital Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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COBRA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id