Optimal Strategy for Repair of Type A Acute Aortic Dissection

NCT ID: NCT05912608

Last Updated: 2025-02-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

900 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-01

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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Acute type A aortic dissection (TAAD) persists as a clinicopathologic entity with high lethality in the current era. Several procedures are presently used to repair the TAAAD. The objective of this study is to analyze two groups of individuals using a conservative approach through root-sparing and hemiarch techniques in patients who are hospitalized in higher-risk clinical conditions or more aggressive procedures such as root replacement and total arch replacement in low-risk patients.

Detailed Description

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The target population enrolled in the registry includes patients with TAAAD.The high volume of patients that will be enrolled in this registry will receive proximal and distal aortic repair in elective, urgent or emergency clinical condition. Efforts of investigators will be concentrated in TAAAD repair using a conservative approach of root preservation and hemiarch reconstruction in the majority of patients who will be referred in critical clinical condition. High-risk patients with older age or more comorbidities had more conservative repairs to limit surgical insult to these complicated patients. Total arch reconstruction and root replacement will be optional procedures for specific subgroups of patients who may benefit from a more complex index finger operation without incurring additional immediate risk.

Investigators hope to demonstrate a reduction in operative mortality and an improvement in early and late outcomes. The experience of investigators will be summarized in an algorithm for TAAAD repair with an analysis of early morbidity and mortality, as well as late survival and no reoperation.

Conditions

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Aortic Dissection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Conservative Type A Acute Aortic Dissection Repair (TAAAD-R)

All conservative TAAAD-R will be performed through a median sternotomy. The conservative TAAAD-R will include patients receiving valve-sparing root procedures and recipients of ascending aortic root sparing replacement if the intima separation extended into the sinuses resulting in commissural collapse.When necessary, the hemiarch technique will be used with a limited extension of the conservative procedure by resection of all the aortic tissue up to the left common carotid artery and which will be dictated according to the presentation of the lesion.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conservative TAAAD-R

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cardiac arrest will be ensured using antegrade potassium-rich cardioplegia solution delivered directly into the coronary ostium or after coronary sinus cannula insertion, in patients with aortic regurgitation aorta will be resected down to the sinotubular junction and the thrombus located in the false lumen of the aortic root will be removed so that the aortic lesion could be visualized. The commissures will be resuspended using 4-0 or 5-0 sutures reinforced with a Teflon pledget over each commissure. A 4-0 or 5-0 polypropylene suture will be chosen to seal the proximal anastomosis and this suture line will also be used to secure the intima to the adventitia. In patients revealing normal-sized aortic roots associated with poor-quality valve leaflets, concomitant aortic valve replacement with conventional xenograft or mechanical prosthesis will be preferred.

Extensive TAAAD-R

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients who experienced dilatation of the sinuses of Valsalva \>4.5 cm in diameter on computed tomography imaging, those with connective tissue disease, or those in whom intimal tears extended into the sinuses, will undergoing replacement of the aortic root using a biologic or mechanical composite valve graft or valve-sparing root reimplantation procedure.Total arch replacement procedures (TARP) will fulfilled with the use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and with either antegrade or retrograde cerebral perfusion, maintaining systemic cooling between 19°C to 25°C and depending on the surgeon's practice.TARPs will be carried out using 1- and 4-branch grafts and involved the resection of all the aortic tissue up to the left common carotid artery (total hemiarch) or reimplantation of the innominate trunk only (partial hemiarch).

Extensive Type A Acute Aortic Dissection Repair (TAAAD-R)

All extensive TAAAD-R will be performed through a median sternotomy.The extensive TAAAD-R will include patients receiving replacement of the aortic root and total arch replacement procedures (TARP)

Group Type OTHER

Conservative TAAAD-R

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cardiac arrest will be ensured using antegrade potassium-rich cardioplegia solution delivered directly into the coronary ostium or after coronary sinus cannula insertion, in patients with aortic regurgitation aorta will be resected down to the sinotubular junction and the thrombus located in the false lumen of the aortic root will be removed so that the aortic lesion could be visualized. The commissures will be resuspended using 4-0 or 5-0 sutures reinforced with a Teflon pledget over each commissure. A 4-0 or 5-0 polypropylene suture will be chosen to seal the proximal anastomosis and this suture line will also be used to secure the intima to the adventitia. In patients revealing normal-sized aortic roots associated with poor-quality valve leaflets, concomitant aortic valve replacement with conventional xenograft or mechanical prosthesis will be preferred.

Extensive TAAAD-R

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients who experienced dilatation of the sinuses of Valsalva \>4.5 cm in diameter on computed tomography imaging, those with connective tissue disease, or those in whom intimal tears extended into the sinuses, will undergoing replacement of the aortic root using a biologic or mechanical composite valve graft or valve-sparing root reimplantation procedure.Total arch replacement procedures (TARP) will fulfilled with the use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and with either antegrade or retrograde cerebral perfusion, maintaining systemic cooling between 19°C to 25°C and depending on the surgeon's practice.TARPs will be carried out using 1- and 4-branch grafts and involved the resection of all the aortic tissue up to the left common carotid artery (total hemiarch) or reimplantation of the innominate trunk only (partial hemiarch).

Interventions

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Conservative TAAAD-R

Cardiac arrest will be ensured using antegrade potassium-rich cardioplegia solution delivered directly into the coronary ostium or after coronary sinus cannula insertion, in patients with aortic regurgitation aorta will be resected down to the sinotubular junction and the thrombus located in the false lumen of the aortic root will be removed so that the aortic lesion could be visualized. The commissures will be resuspended using 4-0 or 5-0 sutures reinforced with a Teflon pledget over each commissure. A 4-0 or 5-0 polypropylene suture will be chosen to seal the proximal anastomosis and this suture line will also be used to secure the intima to the adventitia. In patients revealing normal-sized aortic roots associated with poor-quality valve leaflets, concomitant aortic valve replacement with conventional xenograft or mechanical prosthesis will be preferred.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Extensive TAAAD-R

Patients who experienced dilatation of the sinuses of Valsalva \>4.5 cm in diameter on computed tomography imaging, those with connective tissue disease, or those in whom intimal tears extended into the sinuses, will undergoing replacement of the aortic root using a biologic or mechanical composite valve graft or valve-sparing root reimplantation procedure.Total arch replacement procedures (TARP) will fulfilled with the use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and with either antegrade or retrograde cerebral perfusion, maintaining systemic cooling between 19°C to 25°C and depending on the surgeon's practice.TARPs will be carried out using 1- and 4-branch grafts and involved the resection of all the aortic tissue up to the left common carotid artery (total hemiarch) or reimplantation of the innominate trunk only (partial hemiarch).

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Ascending aortic root sparing replacement with or without hemiarch repair Aortic root procedures.TARP procedures

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* TAAD or intramural hematoma involving the ascending aorta
* Patients aged \> 18 years
* Symptoms started within 7 days from surgery
* Primary surgical repair of acute TAAD
* Any other major cardiac surgical procedure concomitant with surgery for TAAD.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients aged \< 18 years
* Onset of symptoms \> 7 days from surgery
* Prior procedure for TAAD
* Concomitant endocarditis;
* TAAD secondary to blunt or penetrating chest trauma.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Henri Mondor University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universita degli Studi di Genova

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ospedale San Camillo, Rome, Italy

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre Cardiologique du Nord

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Francesco Nappi

Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Francesco Nappi

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cardiac Surgery Centre Cardiologique du Nord de Saint-Denis, Paris, France

Locations

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Francesco Nappi

Saint-Denis, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Biancari F, Juvonen T, Fiore A, Perrotti A, Herve A, Touma J, Pettinari M, Peterss S, Buech J, Dell'Aquila AM, Wisniewski K, Rukosujew A, Demal T, Conradi L, Pol M, Kacer P, Onorati F, Rossetti C, Vendramin I, Piani D, Rinaldi M, Ferrante L, Quintana E, Pruna-Guillen R, Rodriguez Lega J, Pinto AG, Acharya M, El-Dean Z, Field M, Harky A, Nappi F, Gerelli S, Di Perna D, Gatti G, Mazzaro E, Rosato S, Raivio P, Jormalainen M, Mariscalco G. Current Outcome after Surgery for Type A Aortic Dissection. Ann Surg. 2023 Oct 1;278(4):e885-e892. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005840. Epub 2023 Mar 13.

Reference Type RESULT
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Reference Type RESULT
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Geirsson A, Shioda K, Olsson C, Ahlsson A, Gunn J, Hansson EC, Hjortdal V, Jeppsson A, Mennander A, Wickbom A, Zindovic I, Gudbjartsson T. Differential outcomes of open and clamp-on distal anastomosis techniques in acute type A aortic dissection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 May;157(5):1750-1758. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.020. Epub 2018 Sep 29.

Reference Type RESULT
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Reference Type RESULT
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Czerny M, Schoenhoff F, Etz C, Englberger L, Khaladj N, Zierer A, Weigang E, Hoffmann I, Blettner M, Carrel TP. The Impact of Pre-Operative Malperfusion on Outcome in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: Results From the GERAADA Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Jun 23;65(24):2628-2635. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.04.030.

Reference Type RESULT
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O'Hara D, McLarty A, Sun E, Itagaki S, Tannous H, Chu D, Egorova N, Chikwe J. Type-A Aortic Dissection and Cerebral Perfusion: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Nov;110(5):1461-1467. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.144. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 32599034 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CN-202201173-1

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CN-202201173-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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