Informations générales
  • Catégorie de maladie Autre (BASEC)
  • Study Phase N/A (ICTRP)
  • État du recrutement recrutement en cours (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Lieu de l’étude
    Bâle, Berne
    (BASEC)
  • Responsable de l'étude Prof. Dr. med. Lukas Hunziker Munsch Lukas.hunziker@insel.ch (BASEC)
  • Source(s) de données BASEC: Importé de 03.07.2025 ICTRP: Importé de 10.07.2025
  • Date de mise à jour 10.07.2025 02:00
HumRes64975 | SNCTP000005882 | BASEC2023-D0087 | NCT05686317

Randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety, functionality, and efficacy of the Edwards APTURE Transcatheter Shunt System (“APTURE System”).

  • Catégorie de maladie Autre (BASEC)
  • Study Phase N/A (ICTRP)
  • État du recrutement recrutement en cours (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Lieu de l’étude
    Bâle, Berne
    (BASEC)
  • Responsable de l'étude Prof. Dr. med. Lukas Hunziker Munsch Lukas.hunziker@insel.ch (BASEC)
  • Source(s) de données BASEC: Importé de 03.07.2025 ICTRP: Importé de 10.07.2025
  • Date de mise à jour 10.07.2025 02:00

Résumé de l'étude

The objectives of this study are to evaluate the safety, performance and efficacy of the Edwards APTURE system for the treatment of patients with heart failure due to left heart disease who continue to have symptoms despite guideline-based medical therapy. Patients who have consented and meet all eligibility criteria will be randomly assigned to treatment in a 1:1 ratio to one of two groups. 1. Test group: APTURE system implantation with guideline-based medical therapy 2. Control group: sham therapy (no further treatment with the APTURE system) with guideline-based medical therapy

(BASEC)

Intervention étudiée

Transcatheter shunt system

(BASEC)

Maladie en cours d'investigation

Left heart failure

(BASEC)

Critères de participation
1. A signed and dated informed consent form approved by the ethics committee is available before any study-related measures are carried out 2. 18 years of age or older 3. Chronic symptomatic heart failure (HF) due to non-valvular and non-congenital left heart disease (LHD), documented by: a. Primary diagnosis of slightly reduced or preserved cardiac output b. NYHA (scheme for classifying heart failure) class III to IV (IVa) with the ability to walk c. and at least one of the following requirements from the date of the informed consent form: i. A hospital stay or an event that required intravenous therapy for heart failure in the last 12 months AND/OR ii. EITHER the blood BNP value > 35 pg/ml or > 125 pg/ml in the case of permanent or long-term existence persistent atrial fibrillation OR the blood value NT-proBNP > 125 pg/ml or > 375 pg/ml in the case of permanent or long-term persistent atrial fibrillation in the last 6 months d. Evidence of cardiac-related pulmonary congestion based on criteria of blood flow in the blood vessels. This is measured by right heart catheterization under stress and confirmed by a central laboratory. (BASEC)

Critères d'exclusion
1. Severe heart failure (HF), defined as the presence of one or more of the following criteria: a. Heart failure NYHA class IV without ambulation b. If body mass index (BMI) <30, cardiac index (assessment of cardiac performance) <2.0 l/min/m2 c. If BMI ≥30, cardiac index <1.8 l/min/m2 d. Infusion of inotropic drugs (continuous or intermittent) within the last 6 months e. The patient is on the waiting list for a heart transplant f. Previous diagnosis of HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), including patients with improvement of LVEF to > 40% (LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction to assess how well the left ventricle pumps blood) 2. Presence of significant disease of the native valve, defined by the echocardiography central laboratory as: a. Mitral valve leakage caused by wear > moderate b. Functional or secondary (BASEC)

Lieu de l’étude

Bâle, Berne

(BASEC)

Canada, Germany, Switzerland, United States (ICTRP)

Sponsor

Edwards Lifesciences LLC

(BASEC)

Contact pour plus d'informations sur l'étude

Personne de contact en Suisse

Prof. Dr. med. Lukas Hunziker Munsch

+41 31 632 71 28

Lukas.hunziker@insel.ch

Inselspital Bern, Universitätsklinik für Kardiologie

(BASEC)

Informations générales

(949) 250-2265

Lukas.hunziker@insel.ch

(ICTRP)

Informations scientifiques

(949) 250-2265

Lukas.hunziker@insel.ch

(ICTRP)

Nom du comité d'éthique approbateur (pour les études multicentriques, uniquement le comité principal)

Commission cantonale d'éthique de Berne

(BASEC)

Date d'approbation du comité d'éthique

26.03.2024

(BASEC)


Identifiant de l'essai ICTRP
NCT05686317 (ICTRP)

Titre officiel (approuvé par le comité d'éthique)
A randomized, sham-controLled, clinical Trial For evaLuation Of the EdWards APTURE transcatheter shunt system (ALT-FLOW II) (BASEC)

Titre académique
A Randomized, Sham-controlled Clinical Trial for Evaluation of the Edwards APTURE Transcatheter Shunt System (ALT-FLOW II) (ICTRP)

Titre public
ALT-FLOW II Trial of the Edwards APTURE Transcatheter Shunt System (ICTRP)

Maladie en cours d'investigation
Heart Failure (ICTRP)

Intervention étudiée
Device: Edwards APTURE transcatheter shunt systemDiagnostic Test: Sham procedure (ICTRP)

Type d'essai
Interventional (ICTRP)

Plan de l'étude
Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor). (ICTRP)

Critères d'inclusion/exclusion
Key Inclusion Criteria:

Symptomatic heart failure

1. A primary diagnosis of HFmrEF or HFpEF (LVEF > 40%), and

2. NYHA class II to ambulatory NYHA class IV (IVa), and

3. Documentation of at least one of the following from the date of initial informed
consent or date of enrollment:

i. Within the prior 12 months, EITHER:

- HF hospital admission (with HF as the primary or secondary diagnosis)

- Treatment with intravenous (IV) or intensification of oral diuretics for HF

ii. Within the prior 6 months, EITHER:

- BNP value > 35 pg/ml in normal sinus rhythm (NSR) or paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
(AF)

- BNP > 125 pg/ml for permanent or long-term persistent AF

- NT-proBNP > 125 pg/ml in NSR or paroxysmal AF

- NT-proBNP > 375 pg/ml for permanent or long-term persistent AF d. There is objective
evidence of cardiogenic pulmonary congestion based on hemodynamic criteria obtained
by right heart catheterization (RHC) at exercise, and confirmed by hemodynamics core
lab as: As measured at end-expiration, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) at
= 20 Watts exercise (PCWP = 20W) is elevated to = 25 mmHg and exceeds [the
corresponding] right atrial pressure (RAP) by = 8 mmHg In the judgment of the
treating physician and the Central Screening Committee the patient is on GDMT for
HFpEF/HFmrEF for >30 days prior to screening and baseline assessments, that is
expected to be maintained without change for 6 months.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

- Severe heart failure defined as one or more of the below:

1. ACC/AHA/ESC Stage D HF, non-ambulatory NYHA Class IV HF

2. If Body Mass Index (BMI) < 30, cardiac index < 2.0 L/min/m2

3. If BMI = 30, cardiac index < 1.8 L/min/m2

4. Inotropic infusion (continuous or intermittent) within the past 6 months

5. Patient is on the cardiac transplant waiting list

6. Prior diagnosis of HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), including
patients with improvement in LVEF to > 40%

- Valve disease:

1. Degenerative mitral regurgitation > moderate

2. Functional or secondary mitral valve regurgitation defined as grade > moderate

3. Mitral stenosis > mild

4. Primary or secondary tricuspid valve regurgitation defined as grade > moderate

5. Aortic valve disease defined as aortic regurgitation grade > moderate or aortic
stenosis > moderate

- More than mild right ventricular (RV) dysfunction as determined by the echo core
lab, taking into account the following available parameters:

1. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) <1.4 cm, or

2. RV size = LV size

3. Right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) < 35% or

4. Imaging or clinical evidence of congestive hepatopathy

- Mean right atrial pressure (mRAP) > 15 mmHg at rest

- Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) = 5.0 WU

- BMI = 45

- Myocardial infarction (MI) and/or any therapeutic invasive, non-valvular
cardiovascular procedure within past 3 months or current indication for coronary
revascularization

- Stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary
embolus within the past 6 months

- Renal insufficiency as determined by creatinine (sCr) level > 2.5 mg/dL or estimated
glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 25ml/min/1.73 m2 by CKD-Epi equation or
currently requiring dialysis

- Performance of the six-minute walk test (6MWT) with a distance < 50m OR > 450m

- Active endocarditis or infection requiring intravenous antibiotics within 3 months (ICTRP)

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Critères d'évaluation principaux et secondaires
Device + Medical Therapy: Subjects with Early Major Adverse Events;Mean change in PCWL from baseline at 6 months (ICTRP)

KCCQ-OSS change from baseline at 6-month follow-up;Proportion of individual patient success defined as being free from death, disabling stroke, and HF hospitalization with at least (=) a 15-point improvement from baseline KCCQ-OSS or at least (=) a 25m improvement from baseline 6MWT.;6MWT change from baseline at 6-month follow-up (ICTRP)

Date d'enregistrement
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Inclusion du premier participant
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Sponsors secondaires
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Contacts supplémentaires
Bridget Hurley, bridget_hurley@edwards.com, (949) 250-2265 (ICTRP)

ID secondaires
2022-06 (ICTRP)

Résultats-Données individuelles des participants
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Informations complémentaires sur l'essai
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05686317 (ICTRP)

Résultats de l'essai

Résumé des résultats

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