SPYRAL PIVOTAL - SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Study

NCT ID: NCT02439749

Last Updated: 2025-03-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

366 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-06-30

Study Completion Date

2023-10-25

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that renal denervation decreases blood pressure and is safe when studied in the absence of antihypertensive medications.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hypertension Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Renal Denervation

Renal angiography and Renal Denervation (Symplicity Spyral™ multi-electrode renal denervation system)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Symplicity Spyral™ multi-electrode renal denervation system

Intervention Type DEVICE

After a renal angiography according to standard procedures, subjects remain blinded and are immediately treated with the renal denervation procedure after randomization.

Sham Procedure

Renal angiography

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham Procedure

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

After a renal angiography according to standard procedures, subjects remain blinded and remain on the catheterization lab table for at least 20 minutes prior to introducer sheath removal.

Interventions

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Symplicity Spyral™ multi-electrode renal denervation system

After a renal angiography according to standard procedures, subjects remain blinded and are immediately treated with the renal denervation procedure after randomization.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham Procedure

After a renal angiography according to standard procedures, subjects remain blinded and remain on the catheterization lab table for at least 20 minutes prior to introducer sheath removal.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Renal angiography Renal Denervation Renal angiography

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Individual has office systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 150 mmHg and \<180 mmHg and a diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 90 mmHg after being off medications.
* Individual has 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) average SBP ≥ 140 mmHg and \< 170 mmHg.
* Individual is willing to discontinue current antihypertensive medications.

Exclusion Criteria

* Individual lacks appropriate renal artery anatomy.
* Individual has estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of \<45.
* Individual has type 1 diabetes mellitus or poorly-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus.
* Individual has one or more episodes of orthostatic hypotension.
* Individual requires chronic oxygen support or mechanical ventilation other than nocturnal respiratory support for sleep apnea.
* Individual has primary pulmonary hypertension.
* Individual is pregnant, nursing or planning to become pregnant.
* Individual has frequent intermittent or chronic pain that results in treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for two or more days per week over the month prior to enrollment.
* Individual has stable or unstable angina within 3 months of enrollment, myocardial infarction within 3 months of enrollment; heart failure, cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack, or atrial fibrillation at any time.
* Individual works night shifts.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medtronic Vascular

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Raymond Townsend, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pennsylvania

David Kandzari, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Piedmont Hospital

Michael Böhm, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universitätskliniken des Saarlandes

Kazuomi Kario, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Jichi Medical University

Locations

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Heart Center Research, LLC

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Site Status

Honor Health Research Institute

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Site Status

Kaiser Permanente LA Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Stanford Hospital and Clinics

Stanford, California, United States

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Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

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Tallahassee Research Institute

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

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Emory University Hospital Midtown

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Piedmont Heart Institute

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Iowa Heart Center

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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St Joseph Mercy Oakland

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

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Providence Hospital

Southfield, Michigan, United States

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Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Hattiesburg Clinic

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

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Cardiology Associates Research LLC

Tupelo, Mississippi, United States

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Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Livingston, New Jersey, United States

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North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset, New York, United States

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Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, New York, United States

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular Institute

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

The Miriam Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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AnMed Health

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

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Centennial Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital

Dallas, Texas, United States

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Charleston Area Medical Center

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

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Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Alfred Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen

Wels, , Austria

Site Status

St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Institut de cardiologie de Montréal / Montreal Heart Institute

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen GmbH

Bad Krozingen, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

Erlangen, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes

Homburg, , Germany

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Herzzentrum Leipzig, Universitätsklinik

Leipzig, , Germany

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Sana Kliniken Lübeck

Lübeck, , Germany

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Hippokration General Hospital of Athens

Athens, , Greece

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University General Hospital of Thessaloniki (AHEPA)

Thessaloniki, , Greece

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Galway University Hospital

Galway, , Ireland

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Jichi Medical University Hospital

Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

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Mitsui Memorial Hospital

Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

Exeter, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United States Australia Austria Canada Germany Greece Ireland Japan United Kingdom

References

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Weber MA, Schmieder RE, Kandzari DE, Townsend RR, Mahfoud F, Tsioufis K, Kario K, Pocock S, Tatakis F, Ewen S, Choi JW, East C, Lee DP, Ma A, Cohen DL, Wilensky R, Devireddy CM, Lea JP, Schmid A, Fahy M, Bohm M. Hypertension urgencies in the SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal trial. Clin Res Cardiol. 2022 Nov;111(11):1269-1275. doi: 10.1007/s00392-022-02064-5. Epub 2022 Jul 19.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35852582 (View on PubMed)

Bohm M, Tsioufis K, Kandzari DE, Kario K, Weber MA, Schmieder RE, Townsend RR, Kulenthiran S, Ukena C, Pocock S, Ewen S, Weil J, Fahy M, Mahfoud F. Effect of Heart Rate on the Outcome of Renal Denervation in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Sep 7;78(10):1028-1038. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.06.044.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34474735 (View on PubMed)

Mahfoud F, Townsend RR, Kandzari DE, Kario K, Schmieder RE, Tsioufis K, Pocock S, David S, Patel K, Rao A, Walton A, Bloom JE, Weber T, Suppan M, Lauder L, Cohen SA, McKenna P, Fahy M, Bohm M, Weber MA. Changes in Plasma Renin Activity After Renal Artery Sympathetic Denervation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Jun 15;77(23):2909-2919. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.044. Epub 2021 May 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33957242 (View on PubMed)

Bohm M, Kario K, Kandzari DE, Mahfoud F, Weber MA, Schmieder RE, Tsioufis K, Pocock S, Konstantinidis D, Choi JW, East C, Lee DP, Ma A, Ewen S, Cohen DL, Wilensky R, Devireddy CM, Lea J, Schmid A, Weil J, Agdirlioglu T, Reedus D, Jefferson BK, Reyes D, D'Souza R, Sharp ASP, Sharif F, Fahy M, DeBruin V, Cohen SA, Brar S, Townsend RR; SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal Investigators. Efficacy of catheter-based renal denervation in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal): a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial. Lancet. 2020 May 2;395(10234):1444-1451. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30554-7. Epub 2020 Mar 29.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32234534 (View on PubMed)

Bohm M, Townsend RR, Kario K, Kandzari D, Mahfoud F, Weber MA, Schmieder RE, Tsioufis K, Hickey GL, Fahy M, DeBruin V, Brar S, Pocock S. Rationale and design of two randomized sham-controlled trials of catheter-based renal denervation in subjects with uncontrolled hypertension in the absence (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal) and presence (SPYRAL HTN-ON MED Expansion) of antihypertensive medications: a novel approach using Bayesian design. Clin Res Cardiol. 2020 Mar;109(3):289-302. doi: 10.1007/s00392-020-01595-z. Epub 2020 Feb 7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32034481 (View on PubMed)

Townsend RR, Mahfoud F, Kandzari DE, Kario K, Pocock S, Weber MA, Ewen S, Tsioufis K, Tousoulis D, Sharp ASP, Watkinson AF, Schmieder RE, Schmid A, Choi JW, East C, Walton A, Hopper I, Cohen DL, Wilensky R, Lee DP, Ma A, Devireddy CM, Lea JP, Lurz PC, Fengler K, Davies J, Chapman N, Cohen SA, DeBruin V, Fahy M, Jones DE, Rothman M, Bohm M; SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED trial investigators*. Catheter-based renal denervation in patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED): a randomised, sham-controlled, proof-of-concept trial. Lancet. 2017 Nov 11;390(10108):2160-2170. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32281-X. Epub 2017 Aug 28.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28859944 (View on PubMed)

Kandzari DE, Kario K, Mahfoud F, Cohen SA, Pilcher G, Pocock S, Townsend R, Weber MA, Bohm M. The SPYRAL HTN Global Clinical Trial Program: Rationale and design for studies of renal denervation in the absence (SPYRAL HTN OFF-MED) and presence (SPYRAL HTN ON-MED) of antihypertensive medications. Am Heart J. 2016 Jan;171(1):82-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.08.021. Epub 2015 Sep 11.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26699604 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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