About this trial
The study is a prospective, multi-center, non-randomized trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the CorWave LVAS for the treatment of advanced heart failure patients.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Subject or legal representative has signed Informed Consent Form
Age > 18 and < 75 years old
Body Surface Area (BSA) ≥ 1.2 m2
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ≤ 35%
Disqualifiers
Heart failure (HF) due to or associated with uncorrected thyroid disease, obstructive cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, amyloidosis or restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Technical obstacles which pose an inordinately high surgical risk, in the judgment of the Investigator
Ongoing mechanical circulatory support (MCS) other than IABP or micro axial pumps
INTERMACS Class I patients
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
LVAS
DeviceImplantation and use of the CorWave LVAS to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the CorWave LVAD to treat advanced left ventricular heart failure.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Survival post-implant
Survival at 30 days post index procedure.
Freedom from adverse events associated with CorWave LVAD
Freedom from adverse events associated with the use of the CorWave LVAD through 30 days post LVAD implant defined as non-surgical bleeding, infection, disabling stroke and pump malfunction, as defined by INTERMACS.
Secondary outcomes
Overall survival
Survival to transplant or of LVAD support
Freedom from non-surgical bleeding
Freedom from non-surgical bleeding (as defined by INTERMACS)
Freedom from infection
Freedom from infection (as defined by INTERMACS)
Freedom from debilitating stroke
Freedom from debilitating stroke (Modified Rankin Score \>3) at 180 days