Strategies to Prevent Transcatheter Heart Valve Dysfunction in Low Risk Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

NCT ID: NCT03557242

Last Updated: 2022-01-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

124 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-07-05

Study Completion Date

2023-07-30

Brief Summary

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100 subjects in the each of the treatment arms of the study (total 200 treatment arm subjects) and up to 100 subjects in the registry arm of the study.

Detailed Description

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This study aims to examine the optimal anticoagulation/antiplatelet regimen in low risk patients undergoing TAVR. The prospective randomized controlled arm of this study will assess the utility of short-term oral anticoagulation with warfarin compared to antiplatelet therapy alone after TAVR in low risk patients to reduce the incidence of structural valve deterioration manifest as clinical events, increased aortic valve gradients or transvalvular regurgitation, or subclinical leaflet thrombosis. Low risk subjects with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis will be enrolled to undergo TAVR. Following TAVR, subjects will be randomized to receive warfarin plus low dose Aspirin or low dose Aspirin monotherapy for 30-45 days. Subjects with other indications for anticoagulation (e.g. AF, DVT or PE) will not be randomized and instead will be followed in a separate registry arm. Baseline demographic, clinical, non-invasive imaging (echocardiography and CT), TAVR procedural details, clinical follow up data will be prospectively collected for all subjects. Echocardiography and contrast-enhanced 4D cardiac CT will be performed in all subjects between 30-45 days after TAVR to evaluate for evidence of structural valve deterioration.

This multicenter prospective randomized study will enroll 200 consecutive low risk subjects with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis into the treatment arms of the study. Up to 100 additional subjects with a pre-existing indication for anticoagulation (e.g. atrial fibrillation, deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) or who are not eligible for randomization after TAVR due to development of a new indication for anticoagulation will be enrolled into the registry arm of the study.

Inclusion of this registry arm will ensure that the secondary objective pooled analysis of patient level data from this study and the Low Risk TAVR (LRT) study, truly represents an all-comers cohort of low risk patients undergoing TAVR, and does not exclude a significant subgroup.

Conditions

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Aortic Stenosis

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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Warfarin plus Aspirin

100 subjects will be randomized electronically through the Electronic Data Capture System in a 1:1 fashion to warfarin plus low dose aspirin for 30-45 days

Group Type OTHER

TAVR

Intervention Type DEVICE

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Warfarin plus Aspirin

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects randomized to this arm will receive Warfarin plus aspirin for 30- 45 days post TAVR

Aspirin Monotherapy

100 subjects will be randomized electronically through the Electronic Data Capture System in a 1:1 fashion to low dose aspirin monotherapy for 30-45 days

Group Type OTHER

TAVR

Intervention Type DEVICE

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Aspirin Only

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects randomized to this arm will receive aspirin only post TAVR

Registry Arm

Upto an additional 100 subjects with preexisting indication for anti coagulation (e.g. atrial fibrillation, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism) or who are not eligible for randomization after TAVR due to development of a new indication for anti coagulation will be enrolled in the registry arm of the study.

Group Type OTHER

TAVR

Intervention Type DEVICE

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Interventions

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TAVR

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Intervention Type DEVICE

Warfarin plus Aspirin

Subjects randomized to this arm will receive Warfarin plus aspirin for 30- 45 days post TAVR

Intervention Type OTHER

Aspirin Only

Subjects randomized to this arm will receive aspirin only post TAVR

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Severe, degenerative AS, defined as:
* Mean aortic valve gradient ≥40 mm Hg OR Vmax ≥4 m/sec AND
* Calculated aortic valve area ≤1.0 cm2 OR aortic valve area index ≤0.6 cm2/m2
* Symptomatic AS, defined as a history of at least one of the following:
* Dyspnea that qualifies at New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or greater
* Angina pectoris
* Cardiac syncope
* The Heart Team agrees that the patient is low-risk, quantified by an estimated risk of death ≤3% by the calculated STS score for operative mortality at 30 days; AND agrees that SAVR would be an appropriate therapy if offered
* A surgeon who is experienced in Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) has spoken with the patient in person and stipulates that the patient understands his/her alternatives for FDA approved therapy, including open heart surgery to replace their aortic valve
* The institutional Heart Team determines that transfemoral TAVR is appropriate
* Aortic valve anatomy and dimensions suitable for TAVR using a commercially available valve
* Iliofemoral artery anatomy and dimensions suitable for transfemoral TAVR using a commercially available valve and delivery system
* Procedure status is elective
* Expected survival is at least 24 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Subject unable or unwilling to give informed consent
* Concomitant disease of another heart valve or the aorta that requires either transcatheter or surgical intervention
* Any condition that is considered a contraindication for placement of a bioprosthetic aortic valve (e.g. patient requires a mechanical aortic valve)
* Aortic stenosis secondary to a bicuspid aortic valve
* Prior bioprosthetic surgical aortic valve replacement
* Mechanical heart valve in another position
* End-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, or a creatinine clearance \<20 cc/min
* Left ventricular ejection fraction \<20%
* Recent (\<6 months) history of stroke
* Symptomatic carotid or vertebral artery disease, or recent (\<6 weeks) surgical or endovascular treatment of carotid stenosis
* Any contraindication to oral antiplatelet or anticoagulation therapy following the procedure, including recent or ongoing bleeding, or HASBLED score \>3 (Table 2 - HASBLED scoring system)
* Severe coronary artery disease that is unrevascularized
* Recent (\<30 days) acute myocardial infarction
* Patient cannot undergo transfemoral TAVR for anatomic reasons (as determined by supplemental imaging studies); this would include inadequate size of iliofemoral access vessels or an aortic annulus size that is not accommodated by the commercially available valves
* Any comorbidity not captured by the STS score that would make SAVR high risk, as determined by a cardiothoracic surgeon who is a member of the heart team; this includes:
* Porcelain or severely atherosclerotic aorta
* Frailty
* Hostile chest
* Internal mammary artery or other conduit either crosses midline of sternum or is adherent to sternum
* Severe pulmonary hypertension (PA systolic pressure \> 2/3 of systemic pressure)
* Severe right ventricular dysfunction
* Ongoing sepsis or infective endocarditis
* Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as demonstrated by forced expiratory volume (FEV1) \<750 cc
* Liver failure with Childs class C or D
* Pre-procedure shock, inotropes, mechanical assist device, or cardiac arrest
* Pregnancy or intent to become pregnant prior to completion of all protocol follow-up procedures
* Known allergy to warfarin or aspirin
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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Ron S Waksman, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

MedStar Cardiovascular Research Network

Locations

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Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status

Washington Hospital Center

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

Site Status

The Valley Hospital

Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Stony Brook Hospital

Stony Brook, New York, United States

Site Status

St. John Health System

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Henrico Doctors' Hospital

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Bhogal S, Waksman R, Shea C, Zhang C, Gordon P, Ehsan A, Wilson SR, Levitt R, Parikh P, Bilfinger T, Hanna N, Buchbinder M, Asch FM, Weissman G, Ben-Dor I, Shults CC, Ali S, Garcia-Garcia HM, Satler LF, Rogers T. Self-expanding and balloon-expandable valves in low risk TAVR patients. Int J Cardiol. 2024 Jan 15;395:131431. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.131431. Epub 2023 Oct 12.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37832606 (View on PubMed)

Medranda GA, Soria Jimenez CE, Torguson R, Case BC, Forrestal BJ, Ali SW, Shea C, Zhang C, Wang JC, Gordon P, Ehsan A, Wilson SR, Levitt R, Parikh P, Bilfinger T, Hanna N, Buchbinder M, Asch FM, Weissman G, Shults CC, Garcia-Garcia HM, Ben-Dor I, Satler LF, Waksman R, Rogers T. Lifetime management of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis: a computed tomography simulation study. EuroIntervention. 2022 Aug 5;18(5):e407-e416. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-21-01091.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35321859 (View on PubMed)

Rogers T, Shults C, Torguson R, Shea C, Parikh P, Bilfinger T, Cocke T, Brizzio ME, Levitt R, Hahn C, Hanna N, Comas G, Mahoney P, Newton J, Buchbinder M, Moreno R, Zhang C, Craig P, Asch FM, Weissman G, Garcia-Garcia HM, Ben-Dor I, Satler LF, Waksman R. Randomized Trial of Aspirin Versus Warfarin After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jan;14(1):e009983. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.120.009983. Epub 2021 Jan 11.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33423540 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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LRT 2.0

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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