PRECISE-AFMR I: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair for Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Patients at High Surgical Risk

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorChina National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases

About this trial

Atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR) develops when enlargement and remodeling of the left atrium and mitral annulus prevent the mitral valve leaflets from closing completely, allowing blood to leak backward through the valve. For patients with significant AFMR who remain symptomatic despite medical treatment and are at high risk for surgery, it is uncertain whether adding transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair (TEER), a catheter-based procedure that brings the mitral valve leaflets together, provides better outcomes than medical treatment alone.

PRECISE-AFMR I is a prospective, multicenter, randomized study that will enroll 182 adults with moderate-to-severe or severe AFMR, high or prohibitive surgical risk, and mitral valve anatomy suitable for TEER. Participants will be assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive TEER plus optimized guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) or optimized GDMT alone. All participants will receive standardized medical care and will be followed for 12 months.

The main effectiveness outcome is the occurrence of death from any cause or hospitalization for heart failure within 12 months. The main safety outcome is the occurrence of major device-related adverse events within 12 months. The study will also assess mitral regurgitation severity, symptoms, functional capacity, quality of life, heart failure events, and use of health care resources.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

1. Aged ≥18 years;

Mitral valve area >4.0 cm² and baseline mean transmitral pressure gradient <4 mmHg;

Adequate mobility or sufficient graspable leaflet tissue in the target grasping area, with a mobile/graspable leaflet length ≥10 mm;

Mitral annular anteroposterior diameter ≤40 mm;

Disqualifiers

1. Presence of primary structural mitral valve disease that can independently account for the mitral regurgitation (MR), such as leaflet prolapse, flail leaflet, rheumatic valvular disease, leaflet perforation, or damage resulting from infective endocarditis;

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair

    Device

    Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) reduces mitral regurgitation by approximating the anterior and posterior mitral leaflets, increasing the leaflet coaptation area, and reducing the regurgitant orifice area.

Treatment groups

182 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: TEER plus optimized GDMT groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Optimized GDMT groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Composite endpoint of all-cause mortality or hospitalization for heart failure within 12 months after randomization.

Time frame
Within 12 months after randomization.
2

Composite endpoint of device-related major adverse events.

* Single leaflet device attachment (SLDA); * Device migration, device embolization, device detachment, or device fracture; * Device thrombosis; * Device-related infective endocarditis; * Mitral stenosis requiring surgical treatment or an unplanned repeat intervention; * Non-elective cardiac surgery or unplanned repeat mitral valve intervention due to a device-related complication; * Left ventricular assist device implantation; * Heart transplantation; * Other serious device-related complications adjudicated by the Clinical Events Committee (CEC) as device-related major adverse events in accordance with the Mitral Valve Academic Research Consortium (MVARC) criteria.

Time frame
Within 12 months after randomization.

Secondary outcomes

1

Hierarchical composite endpoint of all-cause mortality, hospitalization for heart failure, or urgent emergency department/outpatient intensification of heart failure therapy within 12 months after randomization

Time frame
within 12 months after randomization
2

Proportion of patients with MR ≤1+ at 30 days, 6 months, and 12 months

Time frame
30 days, 6 months, and 12 months
3

Proportion of patients with MR ≤2+

Time frame
30 days, 6 months, and 12 months
4

Residual MR grade and change from baseline

Time frame
30 days, 6 months, and 12 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases

Lead sponsor

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital

Collaborator

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