Study of the R3 Vascular Drug-Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffold in Treating Below the Knee Arterial Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-90
SponsorR3 Vascular Inc.

About this trial

This first-in-human clinical feasibility study will evaluate the safety and performance of the R3 Vascular MAGNITUDE® Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Scaffold and Delivery System in patients undergoing treatment for peripheral arterial disease severe enough to have significantly reduced the blood supply to their leg. The severe reduction in blood flow causes lifestyle limiting leg pain for these patients, and may lead to amputation of the affected limb due to the loss of tissue in the leg or foot from ulcers or gangrene. The investigational device being studied in this trial is intended to restore blood flow to the affected limb, providing symptomatic relief to the patient and reducing the risk of limb amputation. The scaffold is a type of vascular stent placed within the diseased artery below the knee to improve blood flow. Unlike commercially available metallic stents which are permanently placed within the artery, the MAGNITUDE® Bioresorbable scaffold is made of a polymer material that will completely dissolve away over time, providing the support necessary to the artery while it is healing after the treatment procedure and then slowly disappearing from the artery once that support is no longer needed. The investigational scaffold has been successfully used to treat vascular blockages in the coronary arteries of the heart, but the RESOLV I study will be the first time this device has been used to improve blood flow in the arteries of the lower leg. Patients enrolled in this study may have up to three vascular blockages in their lower leg arteries treated with the MAGNITUDE® Bioresorbable scaffold, and then will be assessed over the course of the following five years to evaluate whether the investigational treatment was successful in safely alleviating their leg pain and other symptoms.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Subject is ≥ 18 years and ≤ 90 years of age.

Subject agrees not to participate in any other investigational device or drug study for a period of at least six months following the index procedure. Questionnaire-based studies, or other studies that are non-invasive and do not require investigational devices or medications are allowed.

Subject (or their legally authorized representative) provides written informed consent prior to any study-related procedure, using the form approved by the local Ethics Committee.

Subject has lifestyle limiting claudication or chronic limb threatening ischemia (Rutherford-Becker categories 3 - 5).

Disqualifiers

Pregnant or nursing subjects and those who plan pregnancy within 6 months following index procedure. (Note: Subjects of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test ≤ 28 days prior to the index procedure and agree to use contraception for 6 months.)

Presence of other significant comorbid conditions, or other medical, social, or psychological conditions (such as history of substance {alcohol, cocaine, heroin, etc.} abuse), that in the investigator's opinion may limit the subject's ability to participate or comply with study instructions and follow-up (includes subjects with symptomatic COVID-19 infection in the past 2 months or asymptomatic COVID-19 positive test in the past 1 month).

Incapacitated individuals, defined as persons who are mentally ill, mentally handicapped, or individuals without legal authority to control their activities.

Life expectancy of < 1 year.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Percutaneous Implantation of the MAGNITUDE® Bioresorbable Arterial Scaffold

    Device

    Placement of one or more MAGNITUDE® bioresorbable scaffolds using a percutaneous technique at one or more arterial stenoses.

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: MAGNITUDE® ScaffoldExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

(Safety) Freedom from MALE and POD

Composite endpoint of freedom from Major Adverse Limb Event ("MALE", which includes above ankle amputation in the index limb or major re-intervention) and Peri-Operative Death ("POD")

Time frame
MALE is assessed at 180 days and POD is assessed at 30 days (post implantation procedure)
2

(Performance) Primary Patency of the Target Lesion(s)

Freedom from hemodynamically significant stenosis by angiography (≥ 50% diameter stenosis), or duplex ultrasound (absence of flow per core lab) when angiography is not available, without additional target lesion revascularization

Time frame
Assessed at 180 days (post implantation procedure)

Secondary outcomes

1

Technical Success

Defined as delivery and deployment of the scaffold to the target lesion resulting in a final angiographic in-lesion percent diameter stenosis ≤ 30%

Time frame
Assessed from start of treatment procedure to end of treatment procedure
2

Procedural Success

Defined as Technical Success without procedural Major Adverse Event (which includes thrombosis, distal embolization, or vessel rupture)

Time frame
Assessed from start of treatment procedure to hospital discharge after treatment procedure, approximately same day or day after treatment procedure
3

Angiographic Acute Gain

Defined as the difference between the post- and pre-procedural minimal lumen diameter within the scaffold and within the scaffolded vessel segment as assessed by angiography

Time frame
Assessed at 180 days (post implantation procedure)
4

Angiographic Late Lumen Loss

Defined as the difference between the post-procedural and follow-up minimal lumen diameter within the scaffold and within the scaffolded vessel segment as assessed by angiography

Time frame
Assessed at 180 days (post implantation procedure)

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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R3 Vascular Inc.

Lead sponsor

Massachusetts General Physicians Organization / Vascore

Collaborator

Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York

Collaborator