Renal Stent Placement for the Treatment of Renal Artery Stenosis in Patients With Resistant Hypertension

Renal Artery Stenosis Clinical Trial

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Official title:

ARTISAN: iCAST™ RX De Novo Stent Placement for the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis in Patients With Resistant Hypertension

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01673373
• Other study ID #: iCAST™ RX-ARAS-001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 23, 2012
• Est. completion date: October 26, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: November 2020
• Source: Atrium Medical Corporation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this trial is to test how well the iCAST™ RX Stent works in patients diagnosed with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis and whether or not increased blood flow by the stent will help to control blood pressure.

Description:

This is a prospective, single-arm, multicenter clinical trial that will take place at up to 25 US/ Outside US (OUS) sites. Primary endpoints have been determined to show the safety, effectiveness, and clinical outcomes of the iCAST™ RX Stent System. Safety and effectiveness will be evaluated based on the primary patency rate at 9-months on a per lesion basis evaluated against a performance goal of published studies with bare-metal stents. The primary clinical endpoint will assess the improvement in Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) at 9-months as compared to baseline Systolic Blood Pressure.

Eligible subjects will undergo a two-week Medical Documentation Screening period to confirm resistant hypertension (SBP ≥ 155mmHg) while on maximum tolerable doses of ≥ three anti-hypertensive medications from at least three distinct classes of drugs, one of which must be a diuretic.

There must be documented clinical evidence to support likelihood of angiographic findings > 80% whether it is Duplex Ultrasound (DUS), Computed Tomography angiogram (CTa), Magnetic Resonance angiogram (MRa) or other medical evidence. After meeting screening and clinical eligibility criteria, subjects will undergo a baseline assessment for angiographic eligibility. After angiographic documentation of a ≥ 80% renal artery stenosis or Fraction Flow Reserve (FFR) < 0.8 is confirmed, the subject may be enrolled in the trial by placement of the investigational device.

The 9-month visit will include a follow-up DUS of the target renal artery. If the DUS is non-diagnostic due to an imaging problem, such as overlying bowel gas or body habitus, a second DUS may be attempted. If the DUS is indicative of ≥ 60% stenosis as determined by the core laboratory, or the second DUS remains non-diagnostic, a contrast angiogram will be used to assess the degree of restenosis of the covered stent(s).

Clinical follow-up visits will be required for all enrolled subjects at 30-days, 9-months, 12-months, 24-months, and 36-months. A 6-month and 18-month visit will occur via telephone to collect medication usage and Adverse Events (AEs) only. The 36-month clinic office visit will be required as the final safety visit.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 68
• Est. completion date: October 26, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: June 27, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

General Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age = 18 at the time of informed consent.

2. Subject or subject's legal representative have been informed of the nature of the trial, agrees to participate, and has signed an Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Ethics Committee (EC) approved Informed Consent Form (ICF).

3. Subjects that have bilateral kidneys or a solitary functioning kidney with Renal Artery Stenosis in at least one kidney and an average Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) = 155mmHg.

4. Subject has a history of maximum tolerable dose of = 3 anti-hypertensive medications of different classes, one of which must be a diuretic (for at least two weeks prior to Medical Documentation Screening period).

a. A documented history for a minimum of 3 months showing reasonable and aggressive efforts to manage hypertension prior to consent. This must include the use of a broad variety of medications that have been used and failed or not tolerated.

5. Subject must have documented clinical evidence to support likelihood of angiographic findings > 80% whether it is DUS, CTa, MRa or other medical evidence.

6. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class I, II, or III the time of trial enrollment.

Note: When a subject has bilateral Renal Artery Stenosis both of which require stenting, it is recommended to treat both kidneys with an iCAST™ RX Stent System during the index procedure. In the event that a subject needs a renal stenting procedure staged for renal protection, it is important that the Investigator treats the second renal artery with an iCAST™ RX Stent System after 30 days of the index procedure. If subjects with bilateral stenosis have only one lesion that meets protocol inclusion criteria that lesion should be treated per protocol. The recommendation is to NOT treat the second non-qualifying lesion, however if the operator feels strongly it is indicated, then they should treat per standard of care after 30-days post index procedure in order to comply with exclusion criteria #10.

Subjects with flash pulmonary edema are allowed into the trial should they meet all other Inclusion and Exclusion criteria.

Angiographic Anatomic Inclusion Criteria:

1. Angiographic diameter renal artery stenosis = 80% involving unilateral or bilateral renal arteries.

a. The degree of percent diameter stenosis for all lesions intended to be treated, must be confirmed via one of the following methods: i. Manual or automated measurement with calipers ii. Measured Flow Fraction Reserve (FFR) < 0.8 using a pressure wire iii. Measured translesional peak pressure gradient of > 21 mmHg after induced hyperemia via dopamine or papaverine using a 4 Fr or less catheter or pressure wire.

b. Subjects with 60-79% angiographic stenosis who have confirmed FFR < 0.8 may be enrolled.

2. Renal pole-to-pole length > 8cm (per visual estimate).

3. Target lesion length = 16mm per vessel (per visual estimate).

4. Renal artery vessel diameter = 5.0mm and = 7.0mm (per visual estimate).

5. Lesion originating = 15mm of the renal ostium.

General Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject's estimated life expectancy is < 12 months.

2. Subject has a history of transplanted kidney(s), has had another recent organ transplant or polycystic kidney disease.

3. Subject with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) = 25 mL/min/1.73 m2

4. Subject has a history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy or refuses blood transfusions.

5. Subject has a known contraindication to heparin, aspirin, thienopyridine, other anti-coagulant/antithrombotic therapies, contrast media, stainless steel, and/or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

6. Subject has had a previous renal bypass operation, a bypass is planned, or the target lesion is located within or beyond a bypass graft.

7. Subject has received a thrombolytic agent within the past 30 days.

8. Subject has documented acute pulmonary edema or systolic heart failure with ejection fraction < 30% and/or hospitalization requiring intubation and ventilation support for this diagnosis within the previous 90 days or hypertensive emergencies defined as resulting in organ damage.

9. Concurrent enrollment in any investigational trial wherein subject's participation has not been completed.

10. Subject has had a planned or anticipated cardiovascular surgical or interventional procedure outside of the affected renal artery (including, but not limited to, aortic, renal, cardiac, carotid, femoro-popliteal, and below the knee) within 30 days prior to the index procedure and prior to completion of the 30 day follow-up.

11. Subject has suffered a stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) in the past 3 months.

12. Subject is pregnant, lactating, or is of child-bearing potential and plans to become pregnant during the follow-up trial period.

13. Subject with significant valvular disease.

14. Subject with known significant proteinuria > 2+ or > 2.0gm/d.

15. Subject with known bilateral upper-extremity arterial stenosis that result in spuriously low arm pressures or without the ability to gain reliable blood pressure measurements in at least one upper extremity.

16. Subject with active sepsis.

17. Subject with serum creatinine = 3.0mg/dL.

18. Subject with NYHA Class IV at the time of enrollment.

19. Subject is on hemodialysis.

20. Subject has a history of renal aneurysm.

21. Subject with cardiogenic shock.

22. Subject with cardiomyopathy.

23. Subject has an uncontrolled concurrent illness, including but not limited to ongoing or active infection or active autoimmune disease requiring immunosuppressive therapy.

24. Any subject with clinically significant cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic, hepatic, endocrine, major systematic disease, making implementation or interpretation of the protocol or protocol results difficult or who in the opinion of the investigator would not be a good candidate for enrollment.

Angiographic Anatomic Exclusion Criteria:

1. The planned site of intervention is totally occluded or has an anatomic configuration likely to prohibit adequate dilatation, and/or passage or implantation of the investigational device.

2. Subject has multiple ipsilateral lesions of the target renal artery that cannot be covered by a single stent.

3. There is a previously implanted stent in the target vessel or there is a previously implanted stent in the contralateral vessel < one year.

4. Subject has fibromuscular dysplasia, in renal artery and/or other vascular bed.

5. The target lesion site is associated with a thrombus.

6. Target lesion treated with laser atherectomy, directional atherectomy or other adjuncts to percutaneous balloon angioplasty (PTA).

7. Subject has a critical stenotic (> 70%) small accessory renal artery.

8. Subject has an abdominal aortic aneurysm > 4.0cm in diameter or a severe atherosclerotic aorta.

9. Main renal artery length = 15mm precluding the safe deployment of a covered renal stent.

10. Any lesion that would include blocking of renal artery side branch.

11. Renal artery stenosis due to dissection of renal artery: spontaneous or traumatic.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Constriction, Pathologic
• Hypertension
• Hypertension, Renovascular
• Renal Artery Obstruction
• Renal Artery Stenosis

Intervention

Device:
• iCAST™ Rx Stent System
All enrolled subjects will undergo primary stenting of the target lesion(s) by placement of the iCAST™ RX Stent System.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Mid Carolina Cardiology	Charlotte	North Carolina
United States	Clearwater Cardiovascular and Interventional Consultants	Clearwater	Florida
United States	OhioHealth Research Institute	Columbus	Ohio
United States	Mission Cardiovascular Research Institute	Fremont	California
United States	Wellmont CVA Heart Institute	Kingsport	Tennessee
United States	Tennova Healthcare - Turkey Creek Medical Center	Knoxville	Tennessee
United States	Medical Center of the Rockies	Loveland	Colorado
United States	Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation	Naperville	Illinois
United States	NC Heart and Vascular Research	Raleigh	North Carolina
United States	Beaumont Health Systems	Royal Oak	Michigan
United States	Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	New Jersey

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Atrium Medical Corporation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Primary Patency	Primary patency rate at 9 months was defined as continuous patency without the occurrence of a total occlusion of the original lesion, without a re-intervention to treat a partial or total occlusion of the stented segment, or bypass of the stented segment due to clinically-driven restenosis or occlusion.	9 months
Primary	Systolic Blood Pressure	Change in systolic blood pressure (SBP) at 9 months as compared to baseline SBP.	Baseline and 9 months
Secondary	Procedure-Related Major Adverse Events (MAE)	The occurence of procedure-related MAEs is reported as a percentage of subjects with MAE. Inclusive of: Procedure- or device-related occurrence of death; Q-Wave myocardial infarction (MI); Clinically driven target lesion revascularization (TLR); Significant embolic events defined as unanticipated kidney/bowel infarct, clinically driven by symptoms of abdominal or back pain and confirmed with CT scan or open surgery; lower extremity ulceration or gangrene; or kidney failure.	30 days, 9 months
Secondary	Technical Success	Technical success is defined as successful delivery and deployment of the iCAST™ RX Stent System with = 30% residual angiographic stenosis after covered stent deployment (including post-dilatation) assessed via quantitative vascular analysis (QVA) by an independent core laboratory.	Day of Procedure
Secondary	Acute Procedural Success	Acute procedural success is defined as technical success without the occurrence of MAE prior to hospital discharge.	Day of Procedure, prior to hospital discharge
Secondary	Target Lesion Revascularization (TLR)	Target Lesion Revascularization (TLR) is measured as the proportion of subjects-lesions that require a clinically-driven reintervention of the target lesion through 9 months.; a. A clinically-driven TLR is defined as a TLR (percutaneous balloon angioplasty (PTA), bare metal stent or repeat covered stent deployment, or surgical bypass) due to documented recurrent hypertension from 30-days post-procedure level and/or deterioration in renal function from baseline value, associated with angiographic core laboratory adjudication of a = 60% diameter covered stent restenosis.	9 months
Secondary	Rate of Incidental TLR	The rate of incidental TLR is the rate of TLRs not meeting the definition of a clinically-driven TLR.	9 months
Secondary	Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) Control	The change in SBP from baseline to 30 days	Baseline and 30 days
Secondary	SBP Control	The change in SBP from baseline to 9 months	Baseline and 9 months
Secondary	Secondary Patency Rate	Secondary patency rate at 9 months after a clinically-driven TLR which restores patency after total occlusion.	9 months
Secondary	Change in Number of Anti-Hypertensive Medications	Change in number of anti-hypertensive medications as compared to baseline.	Baseline and 9 months
Secondary	Change in Renal Function	Renal function compared to baseline as measured by estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) at 30 days.	Baseline and 30 days
Secondary	Change in Renal Function	Renal function compared to baseline as measured by estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) at 9 months.	Baseline and 9 months