Study of the Thoraflex™ Hybrid Device for the Treatment of Aneurysm/dissection of the Descending Thoracic Aorta

NCT ID: NCT03735472

Last Updated: 2025-02-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

351 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-30

Study Completion Date

2024-11-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this national observational study is to evaluate the Thoraflex™ Hybrid vascular prosthesis in the replacement of the aortic arch and the treatment of aneurysm/dissection of the descending thoracic aorta in relation to morbidity-mortality, visceral malperfusions, neurological and renal complications, endoleak and evolution of the aortic thoracic stent over time.

Detailed Description

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Quality control will be performed continuously at various stages of the error correction process, according to the sponsor's Standard Operating Procedures.

Systematic coherence control procedures will be implemented and documented. The correction procedures will be tracked. For the study data, requests (Queries) will be issued and transmitted to the various centres for resolution.

To ensure data quality, a Monitoring Plan will be implemented. This plan will detail the frequency of visits or check-ups and the proportion of the data verified. It is expected that at least 10% of the data will be verified.

The monitoring factors in relation to the quality of electronic case report form completion will be performed by one of the Clinical Research Associates.

The participating physicians will be automatically contacted in the event of the absence of data entry after inclusion of patients and/or dates of scheduled visits and planned controls.

All of the analyses will be managed by the Direction de la Recherche Clinique et de l'Innovation of CHU Amiens. The statistical analysis software to be used is SAS (version 9.1). According to the target population, a sample of approximately 80 to 100 patients is anticipated, which would enable accuracy of ± 8.5 to 9.5% for an estimation of an event rate of around 25%.

During implementation of the study, the observers will be asked to minimise any missing data. The data collected is comparable to usual practice, which should be available from the original medical record. However, in the event of absence of the latter, the note missing data will be added to the data collection form. Several measures will be taken to avoid patients being lost to follow-up.

The study documents provided to the observers for initiation emphasise the fundamental importance of patient follow-up and the collection of data during the entire study. If necessary, scientific societies as well as the French National Authority of Health (HAS) may remind the observers of their obligation to actively participate in the existing national observational study.

The observer will obtain the means to contact the patient, his/her General Practitioner or close friend/next of kin.

Demographic and medical data of patients and follow-up descriptive data will be reflected in the patient population included.

Qualitative parameters are described by their frequency distribution and related bilateral 95% confidence intervals, quantitative parameters by their average, standard deviation minimum, maximum, median and quartiles, number of missing values.

Each of the rates corresponding to the study criteria is analysed by calculating the frequencies of distribution and related bilateral 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

The rate of events over time will be described by a survival curve using the Kaplan Meier method and the related Kaplan Meier estimators will be calculated.

On an exploratory basis, the criteria in the study will also be analysed according to the basic characteristics of the patients:

* Age (in categories)
* Sex
* Indications.

Conditions

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Aortic Arch; Aneurysm, Dissecting

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Aneurysm/Dissection

Thoraflex™ Hybrid

Thoraflex™ Hybrid

Intervention Type DEVICE

The Thoraflex™ Hybrid device is particularly suited to the treatment of extended lesions of the ascending aorta, the aortic arch and the descending aorta, which constitute a major challenge in cardiovascular surgery.

It enables, during a single surgical operation, combination of the "Frozen Elephant Trunk" technique and a 4-branch prosthesis of the aortic arch, thus enhancing the arsenal of the surgeon in the treatment of complex diseases of the aortic arch.

Interventions

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Thoraflex™ Hybrid

The Thoraflex™ Hybrid device is particularly suited to the treatment of extended lesions of the ascending aorta, the aortic arch and the descending aorta, which constitute a major challenge in cardiovascular surgery.

It enables, during a single surgical operation, combination of the "Frozen Elephant Trunk" technique and a 4-branch prosthesis of the aortic arch, thus enhancing the arsenal of the surgeon in the treatment of complex diseases of the aortic arch.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

• Patient presenting an aneurysm/dissection of the thoracic aorta of the aortic arch and/or the descending thoracic aorta, and necessitating a procedure of the "Elephant Trunk" type, with the Thoraflex™ Hybrid hybrid vascular prosthesis.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient having refused to sign the Consent form to the use of his/her data.
* Patient residing abroad, for whom follow-up is not possible.
* Patient with active endocarditis
* Patient who has received a post-infarction septal repair.
* A list of all of the patients who have received the Thoraflex™ Hybrid hybrid vascular prosthesis but not participating in the observational study will be documented, as well as the reasons for non-inclusion
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Vascutek Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Professor Thierry Caus

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire. Heart, Chest and Vascular Centre, AMIENS

Locations

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Centre Hospitalier University (University Hospital centre)

Amiens, , France

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CHU Angers

Angers, , France

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CH De La Region D Annecy

Annecy, , France

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CHU-Hopital Jean Minjoz

Besançon, , France

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Hopital Cardio-Vasculaire Louise Pradel

Bron, , France

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CHU Cote De Nacre

Caen, , France

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CHU - Hopital Gabriel Montpied

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

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CHU Hopital Henri Mondor

Créteil, , France

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CHU - Hopital Du Bocage

Dijon, , France

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CHU Hopital A. Michallon

Grenoble, , France

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Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue

Le Plessis-Robinson, , France

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CHRU Lille

Lille, , France

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Clinique De La Sauvegarde

Lyon, , France

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CHU Hopital La Timone

Marseille, , France

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Hopital Clinique Claude Bernard

Metz, , France

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Hopital De Mercy

Metz, , France

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CHU Hopital Arnaud De Villeneuve

Montpellier, , France

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CHU - Hopital Brabois

Nancy, , France

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CHU - Hopital Guillaume et Rene Laenec

Nantes, , France

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Hopital Prive Les Franciscaines

Nîmes, , France

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Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Vascular Surgery Department

Paris, , France

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Groupe Hospitalier La Pitie Salpetriere

Paris, , France

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Hopital Bichat

Paris, , France

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Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou

Paris, , France

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Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

Paris, , France

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CHU - Hopital Haut Leveque

Pessac, , France

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CHU - Hopital Robert Debre

Reims, , France

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CHU - Hopital Pontchaillou

Rennes, , France

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CHU Charles Nicolle

Rouen, , France

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Centre Cardiologique Du Nord

Saint-Denis, , France

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CH Felix Guyon

Saint-Denis, , France

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CHU De Saint Etienne

Saint-Etienne, , France

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Hopitaux Universitaires - Nouvel Hopital Civil

Strasbourg, , France

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Hôpital Rangueil, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

Toulouse, , France

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Clinique Pasteur

Toulouse, , France

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CHU De Tours

Tours, , France

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Clinique Du Tonkin - Medipole

Villeurbanne, , France

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Countries

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France

References

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Bortone AS, Schena S, D'Agostino D, Dialetto G, Paradiso V, Mannatrizio G, Fiore T, Cotrufo M, de Luca Tupputi Schinosa L. Immediate versus delayed endovascular treatment of post-traumatic aortic pseudoaneurysms and type B dissections: retrospective analysis and premises to the upcoming European trial. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I234-40.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Arko FR, Lee WA, Hill BB, Olcott C 4th, Harris EJ, Dalman RL, Fogarty TJ, Zarins CK. Impact of endovascular repair on open aortic aneurysm surgical training. J Vasc Surg. 2001 Nov;34(5):885-91. doi: 10.1067/mva.2001.118816.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Karck M, Chavan A, Hagl C, Friedrich H, Galanski M, Haverich A. The frozen elephant trunk technique: a new treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jun;125(6):1550-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5223(03)00045-x. No abstract available.

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Shrestha M, Pichlmaier M, Martens A, Hagl C, Khaladj N, Haverich A. Total aortic arch replacement with a novel four-branched frozen elephant trunk graft: first-in-man results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2013 Feb;43(2):406-10. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs296. Epub 2012 May 31.

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Patel AY, Eagle KA, Vaishnava P. Acute type B aortic dissection: insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jul;3(4):368-74. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2014.07.06.

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Tsai TT, Trimarchi S, Nienaber CA. Acute aortic dissection: perspectives from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2009 Feb;37(2):149-59. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.11.032. Epub 2008 Dec 20.

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Other Identifiers

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EPI-Flex

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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