Swedish Evaluation of Left Ventricular Assist Device as Permanent Treatment in End-stage Heart Failure

NCT ID: NCT02592499

Last Updated: 2023-04-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-06-30

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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The study is a prospective, randomized, non-blinded, national, multi-center study. The study will consist of the assignment of eligible patients to treatment with either a HeartMate III (HM III) left ventricular assist device system or to pharmacological treatment (optimal medical management, OMM) according to current guidelines. Eighty (80) patients will be enrolled in this study and randomized in a 1:1 fashion between the HM III and OMM, based on a modified power calculation.

Detailed Description

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The primary objective is to compare survival between left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) destination therapy and optimal medical management in a Swedish end stage heart failure population ineligible for cardiac transplantation.

The secondary objective is to compare treatment groups with respect to organ function, functional capacity, quality of life and adverse events.

All patients enrolled in the study will be followed through 2 years. Patients who continue to be on going with the HM III or on OMM past 2 years will continue be followed for their outcomes and adverse events for up to 5 years. Patient recruitment was expected to occur over 24 months, but due to difficulties in recruiting patients will be longer (approximately 48 months)

The study will be conducted in Sweden at all 7 University Hospitals and implantations will be performed in 5 sites.

Conditions

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End-stage Heart Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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HM III

Patients randomized to mechanical circulatory support will be treated with the HeartMate III (HM III) left ventricular assist device system.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HM III

Intervention Type DEVICE

OMM, Optimal Medical Management

Patients randomized to OMM will be treated according to international guidelines.

ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2012 of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J. 2012 Jul;33(14):1787-84

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

OMM, optimal medical management

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients randomized to OMM will be treated according to international guidelines. All patients should receive a beta blocker, an ACE-inhibitor or an Angiotension II receptor blocker, and a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist if tolerated and at optimally titrated doses according to guidelines. Loop diuretics should also be used as needed to control fluid retention. Other drugs that may relieve symptoms and improve prognosis can be used (incl ivabradin, digoxin, hydralazine,isosorbiddinitrate, anticoagulant agents). Patients that have an indication for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and/or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) should receive such therapy. Surgical interventions that may be indicated for specific underlying or contributing causes of heart failure.

Interventions

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HM III

Intervention Type DEVICE

OMM, optimal medical management

Patients randomized to OMM will be treated according to international guidelines. All patients should receive a beta blocker, an ACE-inhibitor or an Angiotension II receptor blocker, and a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist if tolerated and at optimally titrated doses according to guidelines. Loop diuretics should also be used as needed to control fluid retention. Other drugs that may relieve symptoms and improve prognosis can be used (incl ivabradin, digoxin, hydralazine,isosorbiddinitrate, anticoagulant agents). Patients that have an indication for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and/or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) should receive such therapy. Surgical interventions that may be indicated for specific underlying or contributing causes of heart failure.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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left ventrical assist device, LVAD

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Signed informed consent
2. Adult (≥ 18 years)
3. Chronic heart failure ≥ 45 days or stable not supported by mechanical circulatory support since \>7days on single inotrope.
4. Left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 30%.
5. NYHA IIIB-IV, INTERMACS profile 2-6
6. At least 2 of 4 adverse prognostic criteria:

* SHFM estimated 1-year survival ≤75%
* NTproBNP ≥ 2000 ng/l
* VO2 max \< 14 ml/kg/min or \<50% of predicted VO2max with attainment of anaerobic threshold (AT), or unable to perform.
* Need for continuous or intermittent inotropic support or \>2 hospitalizations during last 6 months.
7. Receiving medical management with optimal doses of betablockers, ACE-inhibitors or ARBs, and MRAs for at least 30 days if tolerated.
8. Receiving CRT if indicated for at least 45 days.
9. Receiving ICD if indicated and appropriate.
10. Ineligible for cardiac transplantation (e.g. high age and/or co-morbidities)
11. Considered suitable for the study by a multidisciplinary board

Exclusion Criteria

1. Eligible for heart transplantation or is likely to become eligible after VAD treatment (bridge-to-candidacy)
2. Indication for revascularisation, valvular surgery or other cardiac intervention expected to improve cardiac function and prognosis (CABG, PCI TAVI, mitraclip etc.)
3. INTERMACS profile 1 "crash and burn"
4. On-going mechanical circulatory support.
5. Heart failure due to restrictive cardiomyopathy pericardial disease, active myocarditis or uncorrected thyroid disease.
6. Mechanical aortic valve that will not be converted to a bioprosthesis or patch
7. Moderate to severe aortic insufficiency without plans for correction
8. Technical obstacles, which pose an inordinately high surgical risk
9. Active, uncontrolled infection

11\. Stroke within 90 days or carotid artery stenosis \> 80 % 12. Significant vascular disease. 13. Severe COPD or severe restrictive lung disease. 14. Intrinsic hepatic disease as defined by liver enzyme values (AST or ALT or total bilirubin) \> 5 times the upper limit of normal, or INR \> 2.0, which is not due to anti-coagulant therapy.

15\. Intolerance to anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapies or any other operative therapy the patient will require based upon the patient's health status.

16\. Platelet count \< 50,000. 17. Measured GFR \<20 ml/min/1.73m2 unresponsive to inotrope treatment or chronic dialysis.


a. Severe TI b. TAPSE \< 0.72 cm c. RVEDD/LVEDD \> 0.72 d. CVP \> 16 mm Hg e. MPAP - RAP \< 10 mmHg SPAP-DPAP/CVPm \>1 ok, \<0.5 very bad, in between borderline f. CVP/PCWP \> 0.63 g. RVSWI \< 300 mm Hg x ml/m2 h. Bilirubin \> 34 micromol/L 19. Body Mass Index (BMI) \> 42 kg/m2. 20. Psychiatric disease, cognitive dysfunction, alcohol or drug abuse, or psychosocial issues that are likely to impair study compliance 21. Female of childbearing age with a positive pregnancy test or not willing to use adequate contraceptive precautions during the study.

22\. Condition, other than heart failure, that could limit survival to less than 2 years.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Karolinska University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Linkoeping

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Skane University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Uppsala University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Umeå

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Region Örebro County

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vastra Gotaland Region

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Kristjan Karason, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Vastra Gotaland Region

Locations

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Sahlgrenska Univesitetssjukhustet, Transplantationscentrum

Gothenburg, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Linköping Univ Hospital

Linköping, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Skåne University Hospital

Lund, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Örebro Univ Hospital

Örebro, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Karolinska Univ Hospital

Stockholm, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Univ Hospital of Umeå

Umeå, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Uppsala Univ Hospital

Uppsala, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Sweden

Central Contacts

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Göran Dellgren, MD

Role: CONTACT

+4631-342 88 63

Facility Contacts

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Göran Dellgren

Role: primary

+46 31-342 88 63

Peter Wodlin, MD

Role: primary

Oscar Braun, MD

Role: primary

Barna Szado, MD

Role: primary

Lars Lund, MD

Role: primary

Krister Lindmark, MD

Role: primary

Ola Vedin, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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635-14

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ver 6.0

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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