About this trial
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of the GEMINUS system in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis.
This is a prospective, open label, multicentre, single arm, first in human clinical study.
Clinical follow up for all patients will be performed at 30 days, 6 months, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years post-implantation
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age ≥ 18 years
Patient understands the implications of participating in the study and provides informed consent
Patient is willing to comply with specified follow-up evaluation
Severe aortic stenosis as per ACC/AHA 2020 guidelines (e.g. AVA ≤ 1.0 cm2 (or AVA index ≤ 0.6cm2/m2)* AND PV ≥ 4 m/sec or mean gradient ≥ 40 mmHg)** as determined by TTE/CT-TAVI
Disqualifiers
Patient not suitable for surgical bailout
Congenital uni/bi/quadricuspid valve, or noncalcified aortic valve.
Mixed aortic valve disease (aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation with predominant aortic regurgitation ≥3+).
Active or recent (within 6 months) endocarditis.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
GEMINUS Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation system
DeviceImplantation of the GEMINUS Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation system
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Technical success (at exit from procedure room)
Technical success (at exit from procedure room) composite endpoint: Freedom from mortality, Successful access, delivery of the device, and retrieval of the delivery System, Correct positioning of a single prosthetic heart valve into the proper anatomical location, Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device or to a major vascular or access-related, or cardiac structural complication
Secondary outcomes
Device success composite endpoint
Device success composite endpoint: Technical success; Freedom from mortality; Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device or to a major vascular or access-related or cardiac structural complication; Intended performance of the valve (mean gradient \<20 mmHg, peak velocity \<3 m/s, Doppler velocity index ≥0.25, and less than moderate aortic regurgitation)
Early safety composite endpoint (VARC 3)
Early safety composite endpoint: Freedom from all-cause mortality; Freedom from all stroke; Freedom from ≥ VARC-3 type 2 bleeding; Freedom from major vascular, access-related, or cardiac structural complication; Freedom from acute kidney injury stage 3 or 4; Freedom from moderate or severe aortic regurgitation; Freedom from new permanent pacemaker due to procedure-related conduction abnormalities; Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device
Early safety composite endpoint (Modified VARC)
Early safety composite endpoint: Freedom from all-cause mortality; Freedom from all stroke; Freedom from ≥ Modified VARC type 3 bleeding; Freedom from major vascular, access-related, or cardiac structural complication; Freedom from acute kidney injury stage 3 or 4; Freedom from moderate or severe aortic regurgitation; Freedom from new permanent pacemaker due to procedure-related conduction abnormalities; Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device
Clinical efficacy composite endpoint
Clinical efficacy composite endpoint: Freedom from all-cause mortality; Freedom from all stroke; Freedom from hospitalization for procedure- or valve-related causes; Freedom from KCCQ Overall Summary Score \<45 or decline from baseline of \>10 point (i.e. Unfavourable Outcome)
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