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 volunteersQualifiers
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
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
TruGamma System
DeviceTranscatheter tricuspid valve replacement with the TruGamma System in conjunction with OMT
Optimal medical therapy (OMT)
DrugOptimal Medical Therapy
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
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).
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.
Rate of Major Adverse Events (MAE)
Rate of Major Adverse Events (MAE) in experimental arm(TruGamma System in conjunction with OMT)
Secondary outcomes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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