Edwards PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System Pivotal Clinical Trial (CLASP II TR)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04097145 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : September 20, 2019
Last Update Posted : June 2, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Tricuspid Regurgitation Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency Tricuspid Valve Disease | Device: Edwards PASCAL System Drug: Optimal Medical Therapy | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 870 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Pivotal Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair With the Edwards PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System and Optimal Medical Therapy (OMT) Compared to OMT Alone in Patients With Tricuspid Regurgitation |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 11, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 31, 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 31, 2029 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Edwards PASCAL System & OMT
Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair with the Edwards PASCAL system in patients on optimal medical therapy (OMT) with tricuspid regurgitation
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Device: Edwards PASCAL System
Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair with the Edwards PASCAL System in patients on optimal medical therapy
Other Name: Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (TTVr) |
Active Comparator: Optimal Medical Therapy (OMT)
Optimal medical therapy (OMT) alone in patients with tricuspid regurgitation
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Drug: Optimal Medical Therapy
Optimal Medical Therapy alone in patients with tricuspid regurgitation |
Experimental: Single-Arm Registry
Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair with the Edwards PASCAL System in conjunction with optimal medical therapy (OMT) in patients with tricuspid regurgitation who are not eligible for randomization
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Device: Edwards PASCAL System
Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair with the Edwards PASCAL System in conjunction with OMT |
- Composite endpoint including all-cause mortality, RVAD implantation or heart transplant, tricuspid valve intervention, heart failure hospitalizations, and Quality of Life improvement (measured by KCCQ score) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Comparison of number of participants with composite endpoint events between experimental and active comparator arms
- 1 Grade Reduction in TR Severity [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Total number of participants with at least 1 grade reduction in TR severity
- Quality of Life (QOL) as Measured by the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Change in KCCQ score from baseline
- All Cause Mortality [ Time Frame: 12 months, 24 months ]Total number of deaths from any cause
- Death and Heart Failure Hospitalizations [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Total number of deaths and hospital admissions due to heart failure
- All-cause Hospitalization [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Total number of hospitalizations due to any cause
- Right ventricular end-diastolic diameter (RVEDD mid) [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Change in right ventricular end-diastolic diameter (RVEDD mid)
- Major Adverse Events (MAEs) [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Overall rate of Major Adverse Events (MAEs)
- Reduction in TR grade [ Time Frame: Intraprocedural post-implantation ]Reduction in TR severity as assessed by TEE pre- and post-implantation
- All-Cause Mortality [ Time Frame: 12 months, annually through 5 years ]Total number of deaths from any cause
- Heart failure hospitalizations [ Time Frame: 12 months, annually through 5 years ]Total number of hospital admissions due to heart failure
- Non-elective tricuspid valve re-intervenitions (percutaneous or surgical) [ Time Frame: 12 months, annually through 5 years ]Total number of non-elective tricuspid valve re-interventions
- Durable RVAD implantation or heart transplant [ Time Frame: 12 months, annually through 5 years ]Total number of patients requiring RVAD impantantion or heart transplant
- Need for paracentesis [ Time Frame: 12 months, annually through 5 years ]Total nunber of patients who required paracentesis

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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:
- Eighteen (18) years of age or older
- Despite medical therapy, per the local Heart Team, patient has signs of TR, symptoms from TR, or prior heart failure hospitalization from TR.
- Severe or greater tricuspid regurgitation
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IVa or heart failure hospitalization in the prior 12 months
- Patient is at an intermediate or greater estimated risk of mortality with tricuspid valve surgery as determined by the cardiac surgeon with concurrence by the local Heart Team
- Patient is able and willing to give informed consent, follow protocol procedures, and comply with follow-up visit requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
- Tricuspid valve anatomy not evaluable by TTE or TEE
- Tricuspid valve anatomy precludes proper device deployment and function
- Patient with refractory heart failure requiring, advanced intervention (i.e. patient has or will need left ventricular assist device, or transplantation) (ACC/AHA Stage D heart failure)
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Presence of trans-tricuspid pacemaker or defibrillator leads which meet one of the following:
- Would prevent proper TR reduction due to interaction of the lead with the leaflets
- Were implanted in the RV within the last 90 days prior to the point of enrollment
- Primary non-degenerative tricuspid disease
- Previous tricuspid valve repair or replacement that would interfere with placement of PASCAL
- Clinically significant, untreated coronary artery disease requiring revascularization, unstable angina, evidence of acute coronary syndrome, recent myocardial infarction
- Significant intra-cardiac mass, thrombus, or vegetation per echo core lab assessment
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) in the last 90 days
- Recent Stroke
- Active gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
- Presence of infiltrative cardiomyopathy or valvulopathy (including carcinoid, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, hemochromatosis) or significant congenital heart disease, including but not limited to atrial septal defect, RV dysplasia, and arrhythmogenic RV
- Need for emergent or urgent surgery for any reason, any planned cardiac surgery within the next 12 months (365 days), or any planned percutaneous cardiac procedure within the next 90 days
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Any of the following cardiovascular procedures:
- Percutaneous coronary, intracardiac, or endovascular intervention within the last 30 days prior to the point of enrollment
- Carotid surgery within 30 days prior to the point of enrollment
- Direct current cardioversion within the last 30 days prior to the point of enrollment
- Leadless RV pacemaker implant within the last 30 days prior to the point of enrollment
- Cardiac surgery within 90 days prior to the point of enrollment
- Severe aortic, mitral and/or pulmonic valve stenosis and/or regurgitation
- Known history of untreated severe symptomatic carotid stenosis or asymptomatic carotid stenosis
- Active endocarditis within the last 90 days or infection requiring antibiotic therapy within the last 14 days
- Patient is oxygen-dependent or requires continuous home oxygen
- Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy within the next 12 months (365 days)
- Concurrent medical condition with a life expectancy of less than 12 months in the judgment of the Investigator
- Patient is currently participating in another investigational biologic, drug, or device clinical study
- Patient has other medical, social, or psychological conditions that preclude appropriate consent and follow-up, or the patient is under guardianship
- Any patient considered to be vulnerable

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): NCT04097145
Contact: Edwards TMTT Clinical Affairs | (949) 250-2500 | TMTT_Clinical@edwards.com |

Principal Investigator: | Martin B. Leon, MD | Columbia University | |
Principal Investigator: | Michael J. Mack, MD | Baylor Scott and White Health | |
Principal Investigator: | Charles Davidson, MD | Northwestern University | |
Study Chair: | Allen Anderson, MD | UT Health San Antonio | |
Study Chair: | Gorav Ailawadi, MD | University of Michigan |
Responsible Party: | Edwards Lifesciences |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04097145 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2019-07 |
First Posted: | September 20, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 2, 2023 |
Last Verified: | May 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | Yes |
Device Product Not Approved or Cleared by U.S. FDA: | Yes |
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency Heart Valve Diseases Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |