A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Performance of TruGamma System for Tricuspid Replacement

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorJiangsu Trulive Medical Co., Ltd

About this trial

Pivotal trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the TruGamma tricuspid valve replacement system

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age ≥65 years old.

The subject must be assessed by the local heart team as a high-risk patient ineligible for surgery and has been stabilized on optimal medical therapy (OMT)(The OMT is evaluated by the local heart team and comprises medications including diuretics with a treatment duration of no less than 30 days; no medication was newly initiated or discontinued within the preceding 2 weeks before treatment, any dose reduction did not exceed 50% of the original dose, and any dose escalation did not exceed 100% of the original dose.).

Despite OMT per the local heart team, patient has signs of TR or symptoms fromTR,and TR graded as at least severe on a TTE(assessedby the 5-grade classification).

New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III-IV.

Disqualifiers

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is contraindicated or cannot be completed.

Pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP) >60 mmHg by Dopplerechocardiogram (unless right heart catheterization [RHC] demonstrates PASP ≤60 mmHg).

Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 25%.

Severe aortic, mitral, and/or pulmonic valve stenosis and/or regurgitation requiring surgical intervention.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • TruGamma System

    Device

    Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement with the TruGamma System in conjunction with OMT

  • Optimal medical therapy (OMT)

    Drug

    Optimal Medical Therapy

Treatment groups

180 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: TruGamma System & OMTExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Optimal Medical Therapy (OMT)Active comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

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

Comparison of number of wins with composite endpoint event improvement between experimental and active comparator arm.KCCQ overall summary score is a patient-reported measure of health status, ranging from 0 to 100, where higher scores reflect better health status.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).

Time frame
12months
2

Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR) severity

Comparison of percentage of patients with tricuspid regurgitation of 2+ or less between experimental and active comparator arm.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.

Time frame
12months
3

Rate of Major Adverse Events (MAE)

Rate of Major Adverse Events (MAE) in experimental arm(TruGamma System in conjunction with OMT)

Time frame
30 days

Secondary outcomes

1

Procedural success rate

Procedural success rate in experimental arm.Criteria for procedural success (all of the following items shall be satisfied): No intraprocedural death or stroke;The device is successfully delivered via the jugular vein into the right atrium, across the tricuspid valve and into the right ventricle, followed by deployment of the prosthetic valve and removal of the delivery system;The implanted valve is positioned at an appropriate anatomical site;No moderate or greater transvalvular regurgitation, no moderate or greater paravalvular leakage, and no tricuspid stenosis of the implanted valve;No device-related forward flow obstruction or pulmonary embolism; No device- or access site-related complications requiring urgent reoperation or other reintervention within 24 hours after the procedure.

Time frame
Immediately after procedure
2

Clinical success rate

Clinical success rate in experimental arm.Criteria for clinical success (all of the following shall be met): No procedural death or stroke; The implanted valve is positioned at an appropriate anatomical site, with no moderate or greater transvalvular regurgitation, no moderate or greater paravalvular leakage and no tricuspid stenosis. There are no device- or access site-related complications requiring reoperation or other reintervention; No major adverse events (MAE) related to the device or procedure.

Time frame
30 days
3

System performance evaluation

Intraoperative performance evaluation of the transcatheter tricuspid valve system, including overall device performance, ease of use of the delivery system, compatibility of the delivery system with the loaded prosthetic valve, priming performance, visualization, pushability and trackability of the delivery system, compatibility among all components of the delivery system, hemostatic performance of the delivery system, positioning function for the prosthetic valve, leaflet capture and control function, interaction between the system and adjacent anatomical structures, stability and operability during valve deployment, and retraction performance. Thrombosis or embolism shall also be assessed.The evaluation is graded into four levels: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor.

Time frame
Immediately after procedure
4

Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR) grade reduction

Comparison of number of participants with reduction in TR between between experimental and active comparator arm.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.

Time frame
30 days, 6 months, 12 months

Other outcomes

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