Evaluating the Clinical Effectiveness of a Patient-specific Silicone Stent

NCT ID: NCT05050591

Last Updated: 2025-02-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-08-05

Study Completion Date

2025-07-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of the trial is to establish a method, material, and patient-specific stent design that will last longer, fit better, and cause less trauma to the airway and the patient.

Detailed Description

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This is a prospective trial of the clinical utility of a patient-specific silicone stent implant for patients with complex airway disease, requiring an airway stent. The aim of this study is to observe the outcomes associated with the implants. Current stents have been suboptimal for treating benign stenosis of the airway and we are seeking to create a better treatment option. We hypothesize, based on the previous compassionate-use cases, that placing a patient-specific silicone stent will effectively alleviate symptoms associated with stenosis of the airway. The main measure of effectiveness will be patient-reported outcomes.

The implant will occur on Day 0 and TDI and formal assessment for AEs will occur on Day 1.

Patients will be seen on Day 60 +/- 14 days for formal assessment including TDI and QOL, dynamic CT, and a bronchoscopy procedure will be performed as per our usual standard of care. Additional ascertainments of the TDI and QOL measurements will occur at 90 and 180 days after implantation.

A standardized assessment of the stent as well and any modification or any other treatments will be recorded. Washing for cultures will also be done per standard of care during any bronchoscopy.

Conditions

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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Prospective observational study
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Single-Arm Study

This is a prospective trial of the clinical utility of a patient-specific silicone stent implant for patients with complex airway disease, requiring an airway stent. The aim of this study is to observe the outcomes associated with the implants. Current stents have been suboptimal for treating benign stenosis of the airway and we are seeking to create a better treatment option. We hypothesize, based on the previous compassionate-use cases, that placing a patient-specific silicone stent will effectively alleviate symptoms associated with stenosis of the airway. The main measure of effectiveness will be patient-reported outcomes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Patient-Specific Silicone Airway Stent

Intervention Type DEVICE

The Patient-Specific Airway Stent is a silicone stent indicated for use in adults that have stenosis of the airway. Current silicone stents have stock dimensions that do not conform to the patient's airway anatomy. The subject device takes a CT scan, thresholds out the airway from the other anatomy, and allows the physician to digitally design the stent to his/her desired dimensions. Finally, according to the physician's design, a patient-specific stent can be manufactured using additive manufacturing technology. The patient-specific stent is indicated for use with any rigid bronchoscopy/stent application system that fits the design envelope.

Interventions

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Patient-Specific Silicone Airway Stent

The Patient-Specific Airway Stent is a silicone stent indicated for use in adults that have stenosis of the airway. Current silicone stents have stock dimensions that do not conform to the patient's airway anatomy. The subject device takes a CT scan, thresholds out the airway from the other anatomy, and allows the physician to digitally design the stent to his/her desired dimensions. Finally, according to the physician's design, a patient-specific stent can be manufactured using additive manufacturing technology. The patient-specific stent is indicated for use with any rigid bronchoscopy/stent application system that fits the design envelope.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form.
* Patients must be at least 22 years of age
* Patients must be able to undergo routine non-contrast CT scans of the chest
* Patient must be stable for general anesthesia and have an airway amenable to rigid bronchoscopy and stent implantation.
* The patients must have at least an expected 6 month survival.
* Patient must be able to maintain standard of care follow-up schedule and have access to standard of care medications and nebulizer machines and/or suction and oxygen as required for primary disease management.
* Patient must be able to personally provide consent and be able to describe Dyspnea and QOL and other patient-reported outcomes (PROs) required by study design
* Patient must require a stent that is within the design envelope of the patient-specific stents, as defined by COS (See Section 5.4 of this protocol for envelope)

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients may be excluded if the disease can be managed by simply removing prior stents or performing more conservative therapies.
* Chronic anticoagulant therapy that could limit the safety of performing rigid therapeutic bronchoscopy in a timely manner. (I.e. Plavix within one year of drug eluding cardiac stent (DES) or 6 weeks following bare metal coronary stent)
* Unstable cardiac disease
* Allergy to silicone
* Stenting to manage vascular compression syndromes.
* Multi-drug resistant bacterial or fungal chronic infections
* Emergent/urgent clinically indicated stent.
* Chronic/permanent mechanical ventilation.
* Pure Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse (EDAC) patients.
* Pure Pulmonary Resistance (Rp) patients.
Minimum Eligible Age

22 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Cleveland Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mayo Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

VisionAir Solutions

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Pulmonary Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Saad CP, Murthy S, Krizmanich G, Mehta AC. Self-expandable metallic airway stents and flexible bronchoscopy: long-term outcomes analysis. Chest. 2003 Nov;124(5):1993-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.124.5.1993.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 14605078 (View on PubMed)

Gildea TR, Downie G, Eapen G, Herth F, Jantz M, Freitag L. A prospective multicenter trial of a self-expanding hybrid stent in malignant airway obstruction. Journal of Bronchology 2008;15:221-4

Reference Type BACKGROUND

FDA public health notification: complications from metallic tracheal stents in patients with benign airway disorders. 2005. Anonymous . (, at www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/072905-tracheal.html)

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Gershman AJ, Gildea TR, Mehta AC. Complication of metallic stent in lung transplant dehiscence. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Jun;25(6):742-3. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.02.008. Epub 2006 May 2. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16730586 (View on PubMed)

Choudhary C, Bandyopadhyay D, Salman R, Gildea T, Mehta A. Broncho-vascular fistulas from self-expanding metallic stents: A retrospective case review. Ann Thorac Med. 2013 Apr;8(2):116-20. doi: 10.4103/1817-1737.109830.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23741275 (View on PubMed)

Breen DP, Dutau H. On-site customization of silicone stents: towards optimal palliation of complex airway conditions. Respiration. 2009;77(4):447-53. doi: 10.1159/000205396. Epub 2009 Feb 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19246883 (View on PubMed)

Alraiyes AH, Machuzak MS, Gildea TR. Intussusception technique of intrabronchial silicone stents: description of technique and a case report. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2013 Oct;20(4):342-4. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000009.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24162120 (View on PubMed)

Tendulkar RD, Fleming PA, Reddy CA, Gildea TR, Machuzak M, Mehta AC. High-dose-rate endobronchial brachytherapy for recurrent airway obstruction from hyperplastic granulation tissue. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Mar 1;70(3):701-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.2324. Epub 2007 Sep 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17904764 (View on PubMed)

Kumar A, Alraiyes AH, Gildea TR. Amniotic Membrane Graft for Bronchial Anastomotic Dehiscence in a Lung Transplant Recipient. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Oct;12(10):1583-6. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201505-265CC. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26448355 (View on PubMed)

Dutau H, Cavailles A, Sakr L, Badier M, Gaubert JY, Boniface S, Doddoli C, Thomas P, Reynaud-Gaubert M. A retrospective study of silicone stent placement for management of anastomotic airway complications in lung transplant recipients: short- and long-term outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Jun;29(6):658-64. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.12.011. Epub 2010 Feb 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20133161 (View on PubMed)

Fortin M, MacEachern P, Hergott CA, Chee A, Dumoulin E, Tremblay A. Self-expandable metallic stents in nonmalignant large airway disease. Can Respir J. 2015 Jul-Aug;22(4):235-6. doi: 10.1155/2015/246509.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26252535 (View on PubMed)

Gildea TR, Murthy SC, Sahoo D, Mason DP, Mehta AC. Performance of a self-expanding silicone stent in palliation of benign airway conditions. Chest. 2006 Nov;130(5):1419-23. doi: 10.1378/chest.130.5.1419.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17099019 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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21-681

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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