Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of the Indigo® Aspiration System in Acute Pulmonary Embolism (EXTRACT-PE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03218566 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 14, 2017
Results First Posted : August 3, 2020
Last Update Posted : August 3, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pulmonary Embolism | Device: Indigo Aspiration System | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 119 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Prospective, Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Indigo® Aspiration System in Acute Pulmonary Embolism |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 22, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 10, 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 5, 2019 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Single Arm
Single Arm - Use of Indigo Aspiration System (mechanical thrombectomy) to treat pulmonary embolism
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Device: Indigo Aspiration System
use of mechanical thrombectomy to treat pulmonary embolism |
- Right Ventricle/Left Ventricle (RV:LV) Ratio [ Time Frame: from baseline to 48 hours ]Change in RV/LV ratio per CTA
- Major Adverse Event Rate [ Time Frame: within 48 hours ]A composite of: device-related death, major bleeding, device-related SAEs (a composite of clinical deterioration, pulmonary vascular injury, cardiac injury)
- Device-related Death Rate [ Time Frame: within 48 hours ]
- Major Bleeding Rate [ Time Frame: within 48 hours ]
- Clinical Deterioration Rate [ Time Frame: within 48 hours ]
- Pulmonary Vascular Injury Rate [ Time Frame: within 48 hours ]
- Cardiac Injury Rate [ Time Frame: within 48 hours ]
- Any-cause Mortality [ Time Frame: within 30 days ]
- Device-related SAE Rate [ Time Frame: within 30 days ]
- Symptomatic PE Recurrence Rate [ Time Frame: within 30 days ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical signs and symptoms consistent with acute PE with duration of 14 days or less. Evidence of PE must be from CTA.
- Systolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg with evidence of dilated RV with an RV/LV ratio > 0.9
- Patient is 18 years of age or older
Exclusion Criteria:
- tPA use within 14 days prior to baseline CTA
- Systolic BP < 90mmHg for 15min or the requirement of inotropic support to maintain systolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg
- Pulmonary hypertension with peak PA > 70 mmHg by right heart catheterization
- History of severe or chronic pulmonary hypertension
- Fi02 requirement > 40% or >6 LPM to keep oxygen saturations >90%
- Hematocrit < 28%
- Platelets < 100,000µL
- Serum creatinine > 1.8 mg/dL
- INR > 3
- aPTT (or PTT) > 50 seconds on no anticoagulation
- History of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
- Contraindication to systemic or therapeutic doses of anticoagulants
- Major trauma < 14 days
- Presence of intracardiac lead
- Cardiovascular or pulmonary surgery within last 7 days
- Cancer requiring active chemotherapy
- Known serious, uncontrolled sensitivity to radiographic agents
- Life expectancy < 90 days
- Female who is pregnant
- Intracardiac Thrombus
- Patients on ECMO
- Current participation in another investigational study

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03218566

Principal Investigator: | Akhilesh Sista, MD | NYU-Langone School of Medicine |
Documents provided by Penumbra Inc.:
Responsible Party: | Penumbra Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03218566 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
11373 |
First Posted: | July 14, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | August 3, 2020 |
Last Update Posted: | August 3, 2020 |
Last Verified: | July 2020 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | Yes |
pulmonary embolism clot |
Pulmonary Embolism Embolism Embolism and Thrombosis Vascular Diseases |
Cardiovascular Diseases Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases |