Clinical Trials Logo

Clinical Trial Summary

The surgical treatment of less than severe (≤2+/4+) functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in patient undergoing mitral valve surgery, is still controversial: some observational studies have suggested that performing tricuspid annuloplasty in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery with a dilated tricuspid annulus, and TR≤2+ may provide a clinical benefit, while in other observational studies such benefit has not been documented.

The ESC Guidelines assign the class IIa recommendation for surgical treatment in patients with tricuspid regurgitation ≤2+ and a dilated annulus, if surgery is concomitant to the repair or replacement of the mitral valve. However the level of evidence C (expert opinion) confirms the absence of clear scientific evidence to support this recommendation.

It is therefore very important to carry out randomized trials designed to really prove the supposed efficacy of prophylactic tricuspid annuloplasty, especially in patients with degenerative etiology where the data are particularly controversial.

The aim of the study will be to establish the effectiveness of the tricuspid annuloplasty in the early stage of TR. The investigators enrolled patients with TR≤2+ and annular dilation undergoing mitral valve repair.

Primary end-point will be the freedom from recurrence of TR≥3+ and from progression of 2 degrees of TR compared to pre-operative, at discharge and 12 months after surgery, assessment by transthoracic echocardiography. Secondary endpoints are to demonstrate the superiority of combined treatment (M & T Repair Group) compared to single treatment (Mitral-Only Group) at 5 and 10 years after surgery.

This will be an experimental superiority, prospective, spontaneous, multicenter, randomized trial.

Patients will be randomly assigned to two parallel arms with an allocation ratio 1:1 stratified by center, to receive mitral repair only (Mitral-Only group) or both mitral and tricuspid repair (M & T Repair group).


Clinical Trial Description

Current guidelines recommend surgical treatment of secondary tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in patients with mild or moderate TR undergoing mitral valve (MV) surgery if significant dilatation of the tricuspid annulus is documented. Indeed, several observational series and small randomized studies have shown that in the presence of tricuspid annulus dilatation, not treating less than severe secondary TR may lead to progression of the tricuspid disease despite correction of the associated left-sided lesion.

However, the level of evidence C (expert opinion) confirms the absence of clear scientific evidence to support this recommendation.

It is therefore very important to carry out randomized trials designed to really prove the supposed efficacy of prophylactic tricuspid annuloplasty, especially in patients with degenerative etiology where the data are particularly controversial.

The aim of the study will be to establish the effectiveness of the tricuspid annuloplasty in the early stage. The investigators enrolled patient with TR≤2+ and annular dilation undergoing mitral valve repair.

This will be a multicenter single-blind parallel group randomized controlled trial. Patients will be randomly assigned to two parallel arms with an allocation ratio 1:1, to receive one of two surgical procedures. Patients that will match the inclusion criteria at the preoperative evaluation will be recruited.

Patient will be randomized according to a computer-generated list of casual numbers. Information about patient allocation will be kept in closed opaque envelopes and nobody will know patient allocation before randomization. Patients will be blind to allocation.

The day of surgery patients will be subsequently randomized into two arms with an allocation ratio 1:1 stratified by center, to receive:

1. M & T Repair Group

2. Mitral-Only Group Each group will consist of 71 patients. All patients will receive the mitral valve repair and in patients enrolled in the M & T Repair Group an Edwards MC3 Tricuspid ring will be implanted.

Primary end-point will be the freedom from recurrence of TR≥3+ and from progression of 2 degrees of TR compared to pre-operative, at discharge and 12 months after surgery, assessment by transthoracic echocardiography. Secondary endpoints are to demonstrate the superiority of combined treatment (M & T Repair Group) compared to single treatment (Mitral-Only Group) at 5 and 10 years after surgery.

For statistical analysis the data will be expressed as "average ± standard deviation" or as percentage. A "probability value" less than 0.05 will be considered as "statistically significant." Outcomes will be compared using the "X2" analysis for categorical variables and the "t-test" for the continuous onces. The data will be analyzed using SPSS version 11.5 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) for Windows (Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA). Survival and freedom from reoperation, freedom from TR≥3+ or from a progression of TR of at least 2 grades (as compared to baseline), will be analyzed by the method of Kaplan-Meier. The analysis "univariate" and possibly "multivariate" of risk factors will be performed with "Cox proportional hazards regression".

The Fine and Gray model will be used in a "competing risk analysis" for "time to TR ≥ 3+/4+" and "time to TR progression of at least 2 grades compared to baseline" considering the death event as competitive risk.

In addition, estimates of the respective cumulative incidence (CIF) of these events in the 2 groups will be compared to determine the impact on such endpoints of the execution or non-execution of tricuspid anuloplasty.

The aim of the study is to demonstrate the superiority of combined mitral and tricuspid treatment (M & T Repair) compared to isolated mitral repair (Mitral-Only Group) in the enrolled patients.

The primary end-point is to demonstrate that, at 1 year of follow-up, the recurrence of TR≥3+ or the progression of TR of at least 2 degrees (compared to baseline) occurs in less than 1% of the patients undergoing both mitral e tricuspid repair (M & T Repair Group). The expected rate for the Mitral-Only group is 15%. (Power = 80%, alpha = 0.05, Number of Patients per group = 71).

Secondary endpoints are to demonstrate the superiority of the combined treatment (M & T Repair Group) compared to the single treatment (Mitral-Only Group) at 5 and 10 years after surgery. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT02996552
Study type Interventional
Source Ospedale San Raffaele
Contact Michele De Bonis, MD,FESC,FAHA
Phone 00390226437118
Email debonis.michele@hsr.it
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date June 8, 2011
Completion date December 2030

See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Completed NCT03278574 - Flexible Band vs Rigid Ring for Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease N/A
Suspended NCT04960280 - A Study to Evaluate a Computerized Stethoscope Called ©Voqx to Diagnose Heart Disease N/A
Recruiting NCT05021614 - Valveclip® Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Study N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT06465745 - AltaValve Pivotal Trial N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT06167213 - ALLIANCE Mitral: Safety and Effectiveness of SAPIEN X4 Transcatheter Heart Valve - Mitral N/A
Withdrawn NCT05040451 - Carillon Mitral Contour System for Treatment of Exercise Induced Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Withdrawn NCT03714412 - Feasibility Study of Patients With Severe MR Treated With the Cardiovalve TMVR System N/A
Recruiting NCT02592889 - (MitraClip in Non-Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) Phase 4
Completed NCT02355418 - The Role of Myocardial Fibrosis in Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
Not yet recruiting NCT01431222 - Abrogation of Mitral Regurgitation Using the MitraClip System in High-Risk Patients Unsuitable for Surgery Phase 4
Completed NCT01841554 - Cardioband With Transfemoral Delivery System N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT03870516 - Left Chamber Function in Mitral Regurgitation and Predicting Outcome After Replacement and Targeting for Early Surgery N/A
Active, not recruiting NCT03230747 - SAPIEN M3 EFS: Early Feasibility Study of the Edwards SAPIEN M3 System for the Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation N/A
Enrolling by invitation NCT04031274 - Transcatheter Treatment for Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Disease. The Aortic+Mitral TRAnsCatheter (AMTRAC) Valve Registry
Completed NCT05850026 - Mitral Regurgitation in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Fix it in a Simple, Effective and Durable Way!
Completed NCT05836532 - Long Term Results of Surgical and Percutaneous Double Orefices Mitral Repair in Patient With p2 Prolapse Causing Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
Completed NCT05836480 - Immediate Suboptimal Result of Mitral Valve Repair: Late Implications in a Matched Cohort Study
Recruiting NCT03975998 - Dutch-AMR: Early Mitral Valve Repair Versus Watchful Waiting in Asymptomatic Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation
Completed NCT01162083 - Identifying an Ideal Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Parameter N/A
Suspended NCT00787293 - Study of Safety and Efficacy of the Percutaneous Reduction of Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Heart Failure Patients Phase 2