Clinical Research Directory

Abbott Cephea Mitral Valve Disease Registry

The objective of this registry is to gather clinical data on symptomatic patients with mitral valve disease, including patients with mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, and mixed mitral valve disease. Data collected from this registry are expected to improve our understanding of the impact of correcting symptomatic mitral valve disease on clinical outcomes in patients that could be candidates for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement and may also inform future regulatory or reimbursement submission strategies for the Cephea Mitral Valve System.

Cephea South America Feasibility Study

The objective of this study is to evaluate the preliminary safety and effectiveness of the Cephea Mitral Valve System for the treatment of symptomatic patients with mitral valve disease (including mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis and mixed mitral valve disease) in whom transcatheter therapy is deemed more appropriate than open heart surgery.

Assessment of Exercise Capacity, Muscle Oxygenation and Aortic Stiffness in Patients With Mitral Stenosis

Heart valve diseases are the most common cause of mortality and morbidity after coronary artery disease, hypertension, and heart failure. In patients with mitral stenosis, the narrowed valve restricts blood flow, causing symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, exertional dyspnea, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. These patients may experience decreased exercise capacity and physical activity levels, deterioration in quality of life, and deterioration in respiratory function. When reviewing the literature, we see that the study groups evaluating these factors are generally not homogeneous, and most studies conducted in patients with mitral stenosis evaluate patients who have undergone percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty.

The MITRAL II Pivotal Trial (Mitral Implantation of TRAnscatheter vaLves).

A prospective multicenter study enrolling high surgical risk patients with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC) and symptomatic mitral valve dysfunction (severe stenosis, ≥ moderate to severe regurgitation, or mixed ≥ moderate stenosis and ≥ regurgitation). There are 2 Arms in this study: 1) "Transseptal (TS) Valve-in-MAC" (ViMAC) Arm, and 2) Natural History of Disease Registry (NHDR) for patients treated with medical treatment only (which includes patients who meet inclusion criteria but can't be treated with transeptal ViMAC due to the presence of anatomical exclusion criteria or other exclusion criteria) and have not had other procedures that may impact outcomes (i.e., alcohol septal ablation or radiofrequency ablation). The study also includes a Registry of Permanently Unassigned" for subjects who undergo preemptive septal ablation procedures (alcohol or radiofrequency) in anticipation of continuing onto ViMAC arm, but are not accepted in the ViMAC Study arm or the patient chooses not to undergo ViMAC procedure.

ALLIANCE Mitral: Safety and Effectiveness of SAPIEN X4 Transcatheter Heart Valve - Mitral

This study will establish the safety and effectiveness of the Edwards SAPIEN X4 Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) in subjects who are at high or greater surgical risk with a failing mitral surgical bioprosthetic valve or a failing native mitral valve with an annuloplasty ring.

Dabigatran for Mitral Stenosis Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrythmia encountered in clinical practice and patients suffer from this are at increased risk of ischemic stroke and systemic thromboembolism due to the formation and embolism of left atrial thrombi. Current international guidelines recommend non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for stroke prevention amongst these patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) at significant ischemic stroke risk, given the superior safety and comparable efficacy of NOACs over warfarin. However, the safety and efficacy of NOACs had not been evaluated in AF patients with underlying mitral stenosis (MS) thereby the currently recommended stroke prevention strategy remains warfarin therapy for AF patients with underlying MS. A local study is initiated to compare efficacy and safety of Dabigatran with Warfarin therapy in AF patients with moderate to severe MS.

ProspeCtive, nOn-randoMized, MulticENter Clinical Evaluation of Edwards Pericardial Bioprostheses With a New Tissue Treatment Platform (COMMENCE)

The objective of this trial is to confirm that the modifications to tissue processing, valve sterilization and packaging do not raise any new questions of safety and effectiveness in subjects who require replacement of their native or prosthetic aortic or mitral valve.

Real-world Clinical Outcomes of the MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve

Collect real-world data on acute and long-term safety and performance of the MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve, Model 11400M, in subjects requiring replacement of their native or prosthetic mitral valve with or without concomitant procedures.

Prospective Multicenter Registry of Patients With Mitral Stenosis Undergoing Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Commissurotomy

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the clinical outcomes after percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy (PMBC) for patients with mitral stenosis (MS) using nation-wide multicenter prospective registry including tertiary-referral hospitals in Korea. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the clinical outcomes after PMBC? Which method is appropriate to determine inflated Inoue balloon size?

Early Feasibility Study of Surgical Implantation of a Polymer Prosthetic Mitral and Aortic Valve

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the early feasibility, initial safety, and efficacy of surgical implantation of a polymer prosthetic heart valve in patients requiring either mitral valve replacement or aortic valve replacement. The main question it aims to answer is: \-- What is the rate of valve-related complications, including thromboembolism, valve thrombosis, severe perivalvular leak, severe bleeding, and endocarditis, at 12 months post-operation? Participants will undergo: * Surgical implantation of a polymer prosthetic valve (mitral valve replacement for mitral valve group and aortic valve replacement for aortic valve group). * Regular follow-up visits at 30 days, 3-6 months, and 12 months post-operation to evaluate clinical outcomes, including echocardiographic assessment and clinical event monitoring.

Influence of Lung Ultrasonography on the Prognosis and Postoperative Outcomes in Cardiac Surgical Patients

The goal of this interventional is to assess advantages of the ultrasound examination of the lungs in the early postoperative period in cardiac surgical patients after heart surgeries requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. Evaluation of pulmonary complications and outcomes during mid-term follow-up, as well as comparison of ultrasound examination and traditional roentgenologic methods (X-ray examination and CT of the chest) will be performed. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * Is ultrasound examination of the lungs a more specific and sensitive method in identification of early postoperative pulmonary complications after on-pump cardiac surgical procedures, in comparison with traditional X-ray methods. * Does early identification of interstitial pulmonary edema (based on number of visualised B-lines in the early postoperative period), influences mid-term outcomes in this cohort of patients Participants will undergo ultrasound examination of the lungs on postoperative day 1, 3, 5 and 7 after heart surgery. Based on ultrasound findings and degree of interstitial pulmonary edema, medical (diuretics, anti-inflammatory, e.t.c) therapy will be modified. Researchers will compare this group of patients with control group, in which ultrasound examination will be performed in the same time frames, but no changes in medical management based on ultrasound findings will be made to see if timely administered medical therapy, based on ultrasound findings, can significantly improve symptoms, hospital lengths of stay and outcomes of this patients.

Mild ANH on Pre-bypass Coagulation Function During Cardiac Surgery

The impact of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) using hydroxyethyl starch before initiating cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on whole blood viscoelastic profile after CPB has not been well established. Patients undergoing cardiac surgery employing moderate hypothermic CPB are randomly allocated into one of two groups: in Group-ANH, ANH is applied by using a balanced hydroxyethyl starch (HES 130/0.6); and in Group-C, ANH is not applied. After weaning from CPB, intergroup differences of INTEM, EXTEM, FIBTEM, and APTEM profiles are analyzed. As a primary outcome, the inter-group differences between maximal clot firmness of EXTEM will be determined at 10 min after ANH in Group-ANH and that at control.

Impact of Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy on The Left Atrial Appendage Function in Patients With Mitral Stenosis.

• Evaluation of the effect of PTMC on LAA function by TEE at least one month after the procedure and its effectiveness in prevention of thrombi formation and cerebrovascular complications.

Polish Transcatheter Transfemoral Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation (Mitral ViV) Registry

In recent years increasing number of mitral bioprosthesis implantation, especially in elderly population, is observed. Bioprosthetic valves are associated with a lower risk of thrombotic and bleeding adverse events compared with mechanical prostheses, but their use is limited due to their durability. After years numerous patients may develop bioprosthesis failure, requiring valve reintervention. Significantly burdened ones are oftentimes disqualified or not referred to surgery redo. An emerging treatment method for these patients is transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation as an alternative to re-operation. This technique is applied with the use of devices previously dedicated to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Recent papers prove that transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is a safe and effective procedure when performed in a selected group of high-surgical-risk patients. However, data regarding the Polish population are limited. Therefore, the aim of the study is to create a nationwide registry, collecting data from all Polish centers performing TMVR in order to describe the population of patients developing mitral bioprosthesis failure, evaluate their follow-up after TMVR as well as results of the transcatheter valvular intervention and identify potential limitations of the procedure.