Dutch-AMR: Early Mitral Valve Repair Versus Watchful Waiting in Asymptomatic Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation

NCT ID: NCT03975998

Last Updated: 2019-06-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-10-31

Study Completion Date

2031-10-31

Brief Summary

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Rationale:

Severe asymptomatic organic Mitral Valve (MV) regurgitation with preserved left ventricular (LV) function is a challenging clinical entity as data on the recommended treatment strategy for these patients are scarce and conflicting, which is reflected in current guidelines. European guidelines advocate a more conservative strategy i.e. watchful waiting, with yearly echocardiography, whilst American guidelines are more in favour of early surgery to reconstruct the MV, i.e. MV repair (in contrast to MV replacement) in order to prevent future LV dysfunction and complaints.

A number of non-randomised trials show a favourable outcome of early surgery: in the study of Enriquez-Sarano et al. for instance, the early surgery strategy has shown to be associated with improved long-term survival, decreased cardiac mortality, and decreased morbidity compared with the conservative management \[1\]. On the other hand, non-randomised trials describe also that a conservative strategy (i.e. watchful waiting) can be safely accomplished. If facilitated surgery is performed in this population (50% at 10 years follow-up according to Rosenhek et al \[2\]), it has proven to be eventually associated with good perioperative and postoperative outcome when careful follow-up is being carried out \[2\].

Objective:

To compare early MV repair versus watchful waiting in asymptomatic patients with severe organic mitral valve regurgitation and preserved left ventricular function.

Study design:

Multicenter, registry trial.

Study population:

250 Asymptomatic patients (18-75 years old) with severe organic MV regurgitation and preserved left ventricular function. The current European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease will be applied \[3\]. These guidelines are also used in the Netherlands. Accordingly, patients with an indication for MV surgery will not be included.

Intervention:

Intervention will be early MV repair compared to a watchful waiting strategy.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Mitral Regurgitation

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Aymptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation

Watchful waiting Early Surgery

Mitral valve repair

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Minimally invasive repair of severe organic mitral regurgiation

Interventions

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Mitral valve repair

Minimally invasive repair of severe organic mitral regurgiation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18-75 years.
* Asymptomatic patients. "Asymptomatic" is defined as absence of subjective limitations of exercise capacity or complaints expressed by the patient and confirmed by the treating cardiologist.
* Severe organic mitral valve regurgitation. "Severe organic mitral valve regurgitation" is defined as non-ischemic mitral valve regurgitation with an organic cause (intrinsic valve lesion) as determined by echocardiographic core-lab reading based on the criteria for definition of severe MR as issued by the ESC guidelines \[4\]. For practical reasons, referring cardiologists can use an ESC guidelines based index that was validated in the investigator's core-lab (Jansen et al, Practical echocardiographic semi-quantitative scoring system to determine severity of mitral regurgitation. Abstract presentation at ESC EUROECHO Congress 2011 and annual spring congress 2012 Netherlands Society of Cardiology).
* Preserved left ventricular function, "Preserved left ventricular function" is defined as left ventricular ejection fraction \>60% and left ventricular end-systolic dimension \<45 mm (no indexed value, measured by echocardiography).
* The likelihood of MV repair should be more than 90% determined by the local heart team with a cardiologist and cardiothoracic surgeon.

Exclusion Criteria

* Pulmonary hypertension (\>50 mmHg at rest).
* Atrial fibrillation, either on 12-lead ECG or holter-monitoring.
* Physical inability as determined by the heart team to undergo surgery.
* Other life-threatening morbidity.
* Higher expected surgical risks in advance, according to the dedicated heart team.
* Patients with moderate to severe kidney disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less than 30 mL/min).
* Flail leaflet together with a left ventricular end systolic diameter (LVESD) ≥40 mm (no indexed value)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Netherlands Heart Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Amphia Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Maastricht University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medisch Spectrum Twente

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Leiden University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

UMC Utrecht

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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S.A.J. Chamuleau

MD, PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC)

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Amphia Breda

Breda, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST)

Enschede, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)

Leiden, , Netherlands

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Maastricht UMC

Maastricht, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht)

Utrecht, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Netherlands

Facility Contacts

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Matthijs Boekholdt

Role: primary

Jeroen Schaap

Role: primary

Lodewijk Wagenaar

Role: primary

Bas Streukens

Role: primary

Steven AJ Chamuleau, MD, PhD

Role: primary

0031 88 75 59801

References

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Ling LH, Enriquez-Sarano M, Seward JB, Orszulak TA, Schaff HV, Bailey KR, Tajik AJ, Frye RL. Early surgery in patients with mitral regurgitation due to flail leaflets: a long-term outcome study. Circulation. 1997 Sep 16;96(6):1819-25. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.96.6.1819.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9323067 (View on PubMed)

Rosenhek R, Rader F, Klaar U, Gabriel H, Krejc M, Kalbeck D, Schemper M, Maurer G, Baumgartner H. Outcome of watchful waiting in asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation. Circulation. 2006 May 9;113(18):2238-44. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.599175. Epub 2006 May 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16651470 (View on PubMed)

Vahanian A, Baumgartner H, Bax J, Butchart E, Dion R, Filippatos G, Flachskampf F, Hall R, Iung B, Kasprzak J, Nataf P, Tornos P, Torracca L, Wenink A; Task Force on the Management of Valvular Hearth Disease of the European Society of Cardiology; ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines. Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease: The Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J. 2007 Jan;28(2):230-68. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl428. Epub 2007 Jan 26. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17259184 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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16/743

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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