Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects With The AMPLATZER™ Muscular VSD Occluder
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00583791 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 31, 2007
Results First Posted : June 28, 2019
Last Update Posted : June 28, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular | Device: Device closure with the AMPLATZER Muscular VSD Occluder | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 91 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects With The AMPLATZER™ Muscular VSD Occluder |
Study Start Date : | July 2000 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Main Cohort
Device closure with the AMPLATZER Muscular VSD Occluder for patients with muscular ventricular septal defects which are hemodynamically significant and are either isolated or present in conjunction with other congenital heart defects.
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Device: Device closure with the AMPLATZER Muscular VSD Occluder
Device: AMPLATZER Muscular VSD Occluder |
- Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Closure of muscular ventricular septal defect with the AMPLATZER Muscular VSD Occluder

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with hemodynamically significant muscular VSD's (demonstrated by echocardiography or angiography), either isolated or in conjunction with other congenital heart defects
- Age < 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
- Less than 4 mm distance from the semilunar (aortic and pulmonary) and atrioventricular valves (mitral and tricuspid)
- Patients with severely increased pulmonary vascular resistance above 7 woods units and a right-to-left shunt and documented irreversible pulmonary vascular disease
- Patients with perimembranous (close to the aortic valve) VSD
- Patients < 3 kg
- Patients with sepsis (local/generalized)
- Patients with gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, bleeding disorders etc. and other contraindications to aspirin therapy unless other anti-platelet agents can be administered for 6 months
- Inability to obtain informed consent

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00583791
United States, Colorado | |
Children's Hospital | |
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80218 | |
United States, Florida | |
Arnold Palmer Hospital | |
Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806 | |
United States, Illinois | |
University of Chicago | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637-1470 | |
United States, Michigan | |
University of Michigan Health System | |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-0316 | |
United States, Minnesota | |
University of Minnesota | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455 | |
United States, Missouri | |
Washington University Medical Center | |
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110 | |
United States, Nebraska | |
University of Nebraska Medical Center | |
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198-2045 | |
United States, Ohio | |
Columbus Children's Hospital | |
Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205 | |
United States, South Carolina | |
Medical University of South Carolina | |
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425 | |
United States, Virginia | |
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters | |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 30322 | |
United States, Washington | |
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105 |
Principal Investigator: | Daniel Levi, MD | University of California, Los Angeles |
Responsible Party: | Abbott Medical Devices |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00583791 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
AGA-005 G990289 |
First Posted: | December 31, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | June 28, 2019 |
Last Update Posted: | June 28, 2019 |
Last Verified: | February 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
muscular ventricular septal defects VSD |
Heart Septal Defects Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular Heart Defects, Congenital Cardiovascular Abnormalities |
Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Congenital Abnormalities |