Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (CNT) "Washout" Sub-Study

Hypertension,Essential Clinical Trial

Official title:

Addendum to Protocol CS-03: Clinical Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness of the BackBeat Medical Moderato System in Patients With Hypertension: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial, NCT02837445

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05086523
• Other study ID #: CNT Washout substudy
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Start date: September 27, 2021
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: BackBeat Medical Inc
• Contact: Yuval Mika, Ph.D.
• Phone: +18569123155
• Email: ymika[@]orchestrabiomed.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This washout protocol is structured as a sub-study for patients willing to participate after finishing the double blind randomised phase of the clinical trial, NCT02837445. Devices will be turned off for a week approximately. Patients will have their PHC programmed to automatically turn off 24 hr after a medical and technical visit and remain in regular pacing. Ambulatory recording of the BP will start at the end of the visit, and continue for 24 hr after the turn off time (48 hr recording). Conversely, patients will return at the end of the first week, when a second 48 hr recording will be initiated, this time, the PHC will be programmed to turn on 24 hr later. The recordings therefore will provide data of the ON to OFF transition for the evaluation of the residual effect of PHC after 24 h and after week.

Description:

As detailed in protocol CS-03, the BackBeat Moderato system applies standard pacing signals according to a specially timed, alternating sequence short and longer atrioventricular (AV) delays, to reduce blood pressure as a treatment for hypertension. The algorithm that governs the delivery of these pacing signals is referred to as Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (CNT) and the signals are referred to as Programable Hypertension Control (PHC) signals, (refer to Clinical Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness of the BackBeat Medical Moderato System in Patients With Hypertension: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial, NCT02837445) As currently used, CNT requires continuous right ventricle (RV) pacing. However, due to potentially long-term effects of CNT on baroceptor function, intermittent deactivation of CNT could reduce the overall amount of pacing without loss of efficacy. Support for this hypothesis comes from a preclinical testing of CNT that was detailed in "Chapter II - Pre-Clinical Testing" of the approved Investigator Brochure. BackBeat Medical conducted a chronic feasibility study in 4 dogs with hypertension induced by renal artery banding which were implanted with a Moderato IPG for 4 months. Results from this study showed that when CNT was turned off after 30 days of continuous CNT, there was a very slow increase in systolic pressure, approaching pre-therapy levels only several weeks later. A 50% residual effect remained at 20 days, with a total washout period of approximately 30 days.

One possible explanation for this observation is that the signal beneficially changes the pressure"set point" of the baroceptor reflexes. Changes in the set point could result from changes at the level of either the pressure sensor in the carotid sinus or within the pressure regulatory region of the central nervous system; namely the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in the medulla oblongata.

This sub-study aims to evaluate whether and for how long the blood-pressure lowering effect of CNT persists following its cessation in patients who have been treated with CNT for a prolonged period of time.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject is implanted with a Moderato® implantable pulse generator (IPG) and is being followed by the site per standard of care.

• Subject has an average office systolic blood pressure > 130 mmHg and < 170 mmHg at the sub-study screening visit.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject has permanent atrial fibrillation.

• Subject had significant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation/flutter burden (defined as >25% of beats) in the past month. Atrial fibrillation/flutter burden will be determined by interrogation of the Moderato pulse generator.

• Subject experienced neurological events (stroke or TIA) within the past year. Subject have had a serious adverse event classified as related to CNT or the Backbeat Moderato device.

• Female subject who is pregnant, breast-feeding, intends to become pregnant or has the possibility of becoming pregnant during the conduct of the study and is not willing to use contraception during the study.

• Subject cannot or is unwilling to provide informed consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Essential Hypertension
• Hypertension
• Hypertension,Essential
• Systolic Hypertension

Intervention

Device:
• Programmable Hypertension Control (BackBeat Moderato)
Programmable Hypertension Control can be turned OFF without affecting regular pacing
• Pacing (BackBeat Moderato)
Programmable Hypertension Control can be turned OFF without affecting regular pacing

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Czechia	Na Homolce Hospital	Praha
Hungary	Semmelweis University Heart and Vascular Center	Budapest
Poland	Szpital Kliniczny Przemiemienia Panskiego	Poznan
Poland	Pomeranian Medical University Hospital no. 2	Szczecin
Poland	Samodzielnym Publicznym Centralnym Szpitalem Klinicznym	Warsaw
Poland	Silesian Center for Heart Diseases	Zabrze

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
BackBeat Medical Inc

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

Czechia,  Hungary,  Poland, 

References & Publications (3)

Böhm M, Townsend RR, Kario K, Kandzari D, Mahfoud F, Weber MA, Schmieder RE, Tsioufis K, Hickey GL, Fahy M, DeBruin V, Brar S, Pocock S. Rationale and design of two randomized sham-controlled trials of catheter-based renal denervation in subjects with uncontrolled hypertension in the absence (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal) and presence (SPYRAL HTN-ON MED Expansion) of antihypertensive medications: a novel approach using Bayesian design. Clin Res Cardiol. 2020 Mar;109(3):289-302. doi: 10.1007/s00392-020-01595-z. Epub 2020 Feb 7. Erratum in: Clin Res Cardiol. 2020 May;109(5):653. — View Citation

Kandzari DE, Kario K, Mahfoud F, Cohen SA, Pilcher G, Pocock S, Townsend R, Weber MA, Böhm M. The SPYRAL HTN Global Clinical Trial Program: Rationale and design for studies of renal denervation in the absence (SPYRAL HTN OFF-MED) and presence (SPYRAL HTN ON-MED) of antihypertensive medications. Am Heart J. 2016 Jan;171(1):82-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.08.021. Epub 2015 Sep 11. Review. — View Citation

Townsend RR, Mahfoud F, Kandzari DE, Kario K, Pocock S, Weber MA, Ewen S, Tsioufis K, Tousoulis D, Sharp ASP, Watkinson AF, Schmieder RE, Schmid A, Choi JW, East C, Walton A, Hopper I, Cohen DL, Wilensky R, Lee DP, Ma A, Devireddy CM, Lea JP, Lurz PC, Fengler K, Davies J, Chapman N, Cohen SA, DeBruin V, Fahy M, Jones DE, Rothman M, Böhm M; SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED trial investigators*. Catheter-based renal denervation in patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED): a randomised, sham-controlled, proof-of-concept trial. Lancet. 2017 Nov 11;390(10108):2160-2170. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32281-X. Epub 2017 Aug 28. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) between baseline (PHC ON) and PHC OFF at two consecutive time points: (a) after one day and (b) after a week of PHC OFF	The first 24 hr of the first recording will be used to obtain the average for the baseline SBP value. As PHC is automatically turned OFF while the recording continues for another 24 hrs, the latter 24 hr will be used to obtain the average SBP of the first day with PHC OFF. A week later, the first 24 hr of the second recording will be used to obtain the average change in SBP to compare to the baseline (PHC ON).	one week