Post Approval Study of the BARD® COVERA™ Arteriovenous (AV) Stent Graft

NCT ID: NCT04261686

Last Updated: 2025-12-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-03

Study Completion Date

2025-09-16

Brief Summary

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The objective of this study is to collect post-market, real-world safety and effectiveness data of the COVERA Vascular Covered Stent for the treatment of stenotic lesions in the upper extremity venous outflow of the arteriovenous (AV) access circuit.

Detailed Description

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Prospective, multi-center, non-randomized clinical study designed to assess the long-term safety and effectiveness of the COVERA Vascular Covered Stent for the treatment of stenotic lesions in the upper extremity venous outflow of the AV access circuit of hemodialysis subjects dialyzing with an arteriovenous (AV) fistula.

Conditions

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Arteriovenous Fistula

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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COVERA Vascular Covered Stent

COVERA Vascular Covered Stent for the treatment of stenotic lesions in the upper extremity venous outflow of the arteriovenous (AV) access circuit of hemodialysis subjects dialyzing with an AV fistula.

Group Type OTHER

Covera Vascular Covered Stent

Intervention Type DEVICE

This is a single-arm study. All subjects will receive the Covera Vascular Covered Stent

Interventions

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Covera Vascular Covered Stent

This is a single-arm study. All subjects will receive the Covera Vascular Covered Stent

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Subject must voluntarily sign and date the Informed Consent Form (ICF) prior to collection of study data or performance of study procedures.
2. Subject must be either a male or non-pregnant female ≥ 21 years of age with an expected lifespan sufficient to allow for completion of all study procedures.
3. Subject must be willing to comply with the protocol requirements, including clinical and telephone follow-up.
4. Subject must have an upper extremity AV fistula that has undergone at least one successful dialysis session with two-needle cannulation, prior to the index procedure.
5. Subject must have angiographic evidence of a stenosis ≥ 50% (by visual estimation) located in the venous outflow of the AV access circuit and present with clinical or hemodynamic evidence of AV fistula dysfunction.
6. The target lesion must be ≤ 9cm in length. Note: multiple stenoses may exist within the target lesion.
7. The reference vessel diameter of the adjacent non-stenotic vein must be between 5.0 and 9.0mm.

Exclusion Criteria

1. The subject is dialyzing with an AV graft.
2. The target lesion has had a corresponding thrombosis treated within 7 days prior to the index procedure.
3. The hemodialysis access is located in the lower extremity.
4. The subject has an infected AV fistula or uncontrolled systemic infection.
5. The subject has a known uncontrolled blood coagulation/bleeding disorder.
6. The subject has a known allergy or hypersensitivity to contrast media which cannot be adequately pre-medicated.
7. The subject has a known hypersensitivity to nickel-titanium (Nitinol) or tantalum.
8. The subject has another medical condition, which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may cause him/her to be non-compliant with the protocol, confound the data interpretation, or is associated with a life expectancy insufficient to allow for the completion of study procedures and follow-up.
9. The subject is currently participating in an investigational drug or another device study that has not completed the study treatment or that clinically interferes with the study endpoints. Note: Studies requiring extended follow-up visits for products that were investigational, but have since become commercially available, are not considered investigational studies.
10. Additional stenotic lesions (≥ 50%) in the venous outflow that are \> 3cm from the edge of the target lesion and are not successfully treated (defined as ≤ 30% residual stenosis) prior to treating the target lesion.
11. An aneurysm or pseudoaneurysm is present within the target lesion.
12. The location of the target lesion would require the COVERATM Vascular Covered Stent be deployed across the elbow joint.
13. The target lesion is located within a stent.
14. The location of the target lesion would require that the COVERA™ Vascular Covered Stent be deployed at or across the segment of fistula utilized for dialysis needle puncture (i.e., "cannulation zone").
15. The location of the target lesion would require that the COVERA™ Vascular Covered Stent be placed in the central veins (subclavian, brachiocephalic, Superior Vena Cava (SVC)) or under the clavicle at the thoracic outlet.
16. There is incomplete expansion of an appropriately sized angioplasty balloon to its expected profile, in the operator's judgment, during primary angioplasty at the target lesion.
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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C. R. Bard

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bart Dolmatch, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Locations

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Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center Medical Research Services

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Chicago Access Care

Westmont, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Kidney Care & Transplant Services of New England

West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Michigan Vascular Center

Flint, Michigan, United States

Site Status

University of Minnesota Medical Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Minnesota Vascular and Surgery Center

New Brighton, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

North Carolina Nephrology

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Providence Access Care

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

Dallas Renal Group

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status

San Antonio Kidney and Disease Access Center

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Dolmatch B, Saber T, Underwood M; and AVeNEW PAS trial investigators. Six-Month Outcomes from the Prospective, Multi-Center, Non-Randomized Clinical Study of the COVERA() Arterio VeNous (AV) Stent Graft in the Treatment of Stenosis in the VEnous OutfloW of AV Fistula Access Circuits (AVeNEW PAS). Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2025 Apr;48(4):460-471. doi: 10.1007/s00270-024-03930-7. Epub 2025 Jan 9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39789255 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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BDPI-19-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id