Edwards EVOQUE System: Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement with the Edwards EVOQUE System in conjunction with OMT
Optimal Medical Therapy: Optimal Medical Therapy
Study summary
Pivotal trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Edwards EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement system
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age ≥ 18 years old
* Despite medical therapy (OMT) per the local Heart Team, patient has signs of TR, symptoms from TR, or prior heart failure hospitalization from TR. Patient must be on OMT per the local heart team at the time of TR assessment for trial eligibility (TTE). OMT includes stable oral diuretic medications, unless patient has a documented history of intolerance.
* Functional and/or degenerative TR graded as at least severe on a transthoracic echocardiogram (assessed by the echo core lab using a 5-grade classification)
* The Local Heart Team determines that the patient is appropriate for transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement
* Patient is willing and able to comply with all study evaluations and provides written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Anatomy precluding proper device delivery, deployment and/or function
* LVEF \< 25%
* Evidence of severe right ventricular dysfunction
* Any of the following pulmonary pressure parameters:
1. PASP \>60 mmHg by echo Doppler (unless RHC demonstrates PASP ≤70 mmHg)
2. PASP \>70 mmHg by RHC
3. PVR \>5 Wood units by RHC (unless PVR ≤5 Wood units and systolic BP \>85 mmHg after vasodilator challenge)
* Previous tricuspid surgery or intervention
* Presence of trans-tricuspid pacemaker or defibrillator lead with any of the following:
1. Implanted in the RV within the last90 days
2. Patient is pacemaker dependent5 on trans-tricuspid lead without alternative pacing option
3. Has delivered appropriate ICD therapy
* Severe aortic, mitral and/or pulmonic valve stenosis and/or regurgitation.
* Active endocarditis within the last 90 days or infection requiring antibiotic therapy (oral or intravenous) within the last 14 days
* Hemodynamically significant pericardial effusion
* Significant intra-cardiac mass, thrombus, or vegetation.
* Clinically significant, untreated coronary artery disease requiring revascularization, evidence of acute coronary syndrome, recent myocardial infarction within the last 30 days.
* Any of the following cardiovascular procedures:
1. Percutaneous coronary, intracardiac, or endovascular intervention within the last 30 days
2. Carotid surgery within the last 30 days
3. Direct current cardioversion within the last 30 days
4. Leadless RV pacemaker implant within the last 30 days
5. Cardiac surgery within the last 90 days
* Known history of untreated severe symptomatic carotid stenosis (\>50% by ultrasound) or asymptomatic carotid stenosis (\>70% by ultrasound)
* Need for emergent or urgent surgery for any reason, any planned cardiac surgery within the next 12 months (365days), or any planned percutaneous cardiac procedure within the next 90 days
* Hypotension (systolic pressure \<90 mmHg) or requirement for inotropic support or hemodynamic support within the last 30 days
* Patient with refractory heart failure requiring or which required advanced intervention (i.e. left ventricular assist device, transplantation) (ACC/AHA/ESC/EACTS Stage D heart failure)
* Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) in the last 6 months (180 days)
* Stroke within the last 90 days
* Modified Rankin Scale ≥ 4 disability
* Severe renal insufficiency with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤ 25 mL/min/1.73m2 or requiring chronic renal replacement therapy.
* Patients with hepatic insufficiency or cirrhosis with Child-Pugh score class C
* Patient is oxygen-dependent or requires continuous home oxygen
* Chronic anemia with transfusion dependency or Hgb \< 9 g/dL not corrected by transfusion
* Unable to walk at least 100 meters in a 6-minute walk test
* Thrombocytopenia (Platelet count \< 75,000/mm3) or thrombocytosis (Platelet count \> 750,000/mm3)
* Known bleeding or clotting disorders or patient refuses blood transfusion
* Active gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding within the last 90 days
* Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy within the next 12 months (365 days).
* Patients in whom (any of the following):
1. TEE is contraindicated or cannot be completed
2. tricuspid valve anatomy is not evaluable by TTE or TEE
* In the opinion of the investigator, access to and through the femoral vein/IVC with a guide sheath and delivery catheter is deemed not feasible (e.g. occluded femoral veins, occluded or thrombosed IVC filter)
* Untreatable hypersensitivity or contraindication to any of the following: all antiplatelets, all anticoagulants, nitinol alloys (nickel and titanium), bovine tissue, glutaraldehyde, or contrast media
* Currently participating in another investigational biologic, drug or device study
* Co-morbid condition(s) that, in the opinion of the Investigator, limit life expectancy to \< 12 months (365 days).
* Presence of infiltrative cardiomyopathy or valvulopathy (including carcinoid, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, hemochromatosis) or significant uncorrected congenital heart disease (including but not limited to hemodynamically significant atrial septal defect, RV dysplasia, and arrhythmogenic RV)
* Any condition, in the opinion of the investigator, making it unlikely the patient will be able to complete all protocol procedures and follow-ups
* Other medical, social, or psychological conditions that preclude appropriate consent and follow-up, including patients under guardianship
* Any patient considered to be vulnerable
Primary outcome measure(s)
Randomized Cohort: Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR) grade reduction — 6 months Comparison of number of participants with reduction in TR between experimental and active comparator arms. TR severity will be assessed using the 5-grade scale with the addition of "none/trace" to represent the lack of TR (scale: none/trace, mild, moderate, severe, massive, torrential). Lower grades of TR are better.
Randomized Cohort: Hierarchical composite endpoint including: Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) improvement, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class improvement, and 6-minute walk test distance improvement — 6 months Comparison of number of wins with composite endpoint event improvement between experimental and active comparator arms
Randomized Cohort: Rate of Major Adverse Events (MAE) — 30 days Rate of Major Adverse Events (MAE) in experimental arm (Edwards EVOQUE System \& OMT)
Randomized Cohort: Hierarchical composite endpoint: all-cause mortality, RVAD implantation or heart transplant, tricuspid valve intervention, heart failure hospitalizations, KCCQ improvement, NYHA functional class improvement, and 6MWD improvement — 1 year Comparison of number of wins with composite endpoint events or improvement between experimental and active comparator arms
Continued Access Study: Rate of Major Adverse Events (MAE) — 30 days Rate of MAEs in the Continued Access Study arm
Continued Access Study: Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR) grade reduction to moderate, mild, or none/trace — 6 months TR grade reduction to moderate, mild, or none/trace from baseline. TR severity will be assessed using the 5-grade scale with the addition of "none/trace" to represent the lack of TR (scale: none/trace, mild, moderate, severe, massive, torrential); Lower grades of TR are better.
Continued Access Study: Quality of Life (QOL) as measured by the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) — 6 months Improvement in QOL (by KCCQ overall summary score) of at least 10 points. KCCQ overall summary score is a patient-reported measure of health status, ranging from 0 to 100, where higher scores reflect better QOL.
Continued Access Study: New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class — 6 months NYHA functional class improvement of at least 1 class. NYHA functional classification system categorizes heart failure patients into 4 classes based on physical activity limitation and symptom severity: class I (no symptoms and no limitation in ordinary physical activity), class II (mild symptoms and slight limitation during ordinary activity), class III (marked limitation in activity due to symptoms, even during less-than-ordinary activity; comfortable only at rest, and class IV (severe limitations; experiences symptoms even while at rest).
Continued Access Study: 6MWD — 6 months 6MWD improvement of at least 30 meters
Continued Access Study: All-cause mortality — 1 year Deaths from any cause
Continued Access Study: Durable right ventricular assist device (RVAD) implantation or heart transplant — 1 year Durable RVAD implantation or heart transplant
Continued Access Study: Total number of patients requiring tricuspid valve surgery or percutaneous tricuspid intervention — 1 year Total number of patients requiring tricuspid valve surgery or percutaneous tricuspid intervention.
Continued Access Study: Annualized rate of heart failure hospitalizations — 1 year Annualized rate of heart failure hospitalizations
Continued Access Study: Quality of Life (QOL) as measured by the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) — 1 year Improvement in QOL (by KCCQ overall summary score) of at least 10 points. KCCQ overall summary score is a patient-reported measure of health status, ranging from 0 to 100, where higher scores reflect better QOL.
Continued Access Study: New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class — 1 year NYHA functional class improvement of at least 1 class. NYHA functional classification system categorizes heart failure patients into 4 classes based on physical activity limitation and symptom severity: class I (no symptoms and no limitation in ordinary physical activity), class II (mild symptoms and slight limitation during ordinary activity), class III (marked limitation in activity due to symptoms, even during less-than-ordinary activity; comfortable only at rest, and class IV (severe limitations; experiences symptoms even while at rest).
Continued Access Study: 6MWD — 1 year 6MWD improvement of at least 30 meters
Trial sites (62)
Facility
City
Region
Status
SJHMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Phoenix
Arizona
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson
Arizona
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla
California
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles
California
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento
California
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco
San Francisco
California
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco
California
Stanford University
Stanford
California
Medical Center of the Rockies
Loveland
Colorado
Florida Heart & Vascular Care - JFK
Atlantis
Florida
The Cardiac & Vascular Institute Research Foundation
Gainesville
Florida
NCH Heart Institute
Naples
Florida
Emory University
Atlanta
Georgia
Piedmont Heart Institute
Atlanta
Georgia
Northwestern University
Chicago
Illinois
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kansas
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita
Kansas
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Maryland
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston
Massachusetts
University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit
Michigan
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minnesota
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City
Missouri
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown
New Jersey
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick
New Jersey
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo
New York
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset
New York
NYU Langone Health
New York
New York
Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York
New York
Columbia University Medical Center/NYPH
New York
New York
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York
New York
St. Francis Hospital
Roslyn
New York
Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx
New York
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte
North Carolina
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
Ohio
+ 22 more sites — see the full list on the official registry below.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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