Evaluation of Cerebral Thrombembolism After TAVR

Charite University, Berlin, Germany55 enrolled

Overview

EARTH-TAVR is a diagnostic multicenter study to evaluate the occurrence and extent of cerebral embolization (total new lesion volume) in patients before TAVR versus 3 months after TAVR.

Calcific aortic valve stenosis is the most common cause of aortic stenosis (AS) among adults in Europe and in the United States. The prevalence of moderate or severe AS was found to be age-dependent rising from 0.02% in patients aged 18-44 years to 2.8% in patients aged ≥ 75 years. Among patients at prohibitive surgical risk, TAVR has become the treatment of choice.The safety and efficacy of TAVR compared with medical management and SAVR has been demonstrated in clinical trials.The composite of the rate of all-cause death or stroke was 27% and 37% in TAVR patients after 1 and 2 years, respectively.Even though parts of the strokes occur during the peri-procedural period, the patients remain at risk of stroke throughout the first months after the procedure. EARTH-TAVR is a diagnostic multicenter study performing in association with the GALILEO trial (NCT02556203), which is investigating cerebral embolization with MRI and neurocognitive testing in patients undergoing TAVR, who are treated with anticoagulation (Rivaroxaban/ASS) or DAPT (Clopidogrel/ASS). GALILEO is a global multicenter, open-label, randomized, event-driven, active-controlled study comparing a rivaroxaban-based antithrombotic strategy to an antiplatelet-based strategy after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to optimize clinical outcomes. Investigators aim to investigate peri-interventional and delayed cerebral embolization in the early period (3 months) after TAVR and to analyze associations between neurocognitive parameters and cerebral embolization patterns in patients on different antithrombotic treatment regimes.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Aortic Valve Stenosis Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Intracranial Embolism

Interventions

MRI, neurocognitive TestingOTHER

A cerebral MRI and neurocognitive testing will be performed before TAVR, before hospital discharge and after 3 months

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Man or woman of 18 years of age or older * Via iliofemoral or subclavian access * Provide written IC Exclusion Criteria: * Atrial fibrillation (AF), current or previous, with an ongoing indication for oral anticoagulant Treatment * Any other indication for continued treatment with any oral anticoagulant (OAC) * Known bleeding diathesis (such as but not limited to active internal bleeding, clinically significant bleeding, platelet count ≤ 50,000/mm3 at screening, hemoglobin level \< 8.5 g/dL, active peptic ulcer or known gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, history of intracranial hemorrhage or subdural hematoma) * Any indication for dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) for more than 3 months after randomization (such as coronary, carotid or peripheral stent implantation) * Clinically overt stroke within the last 3 months * Planned coronary or vascular intervention or major surgery * Severe renal impairment (eGFR \< 30 mL/min/1.73 m2) or on dialysis, or post-TAVR unresolved acute kidney injury with renal dysfunction stage 2 or higher * Moderate and severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class B or C) or any hepatic disease associated with coagulopathy * Any contraindication for cerebral MRI, in particular: * non-MRI-conditional pacemakers * MRI conditional pacemakers \<4 weeks after implant * any metal fragments in the eye * aneurysm clip in the brain * severe claustrophobia

Locations (2)

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte

Berlin, Germany

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin

Berlin, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Total volume of new cerebral lesions on MRI, 3 months after TAVR versus Baseline

Occurrence and extent of cerebral embolization in patients after TAVR measured by total volume of new ischemic cerebral lesions on DWI and FLAIR MRI. Total new lesion volume is defined as the sum volume of all new cerebral ischemic lesions on the 3 months post-procedural MRI relative to the pre-TAVR cerebral MRI scan (on diffusion weighted and FLAIR MRI images)

Time frame: 3 months after TAVR versus baseline

Secondary Outcomes

New lesion volume of cerebral embolization in patients treated with ASS and rivaroxaban 10mg OD versus an antiplatelet -based strategy with ASS and clopidogrel.

Total new lesion volume is defined as the sum volume of all new cerebral ischemic lesions on the 3 months post-procedural MRI relative to the pre-TAVR cerebral MRI scan (on diffusion weighted and FLAIR MRI images).

Time frame: 3 months post TAVR versus baseline

extent and location of new cerebral lesions early AFTER TAVR and after 3 months

To evaluate cerebral embolisation, which is not procedure related, cerebral embolisation on MRI will be compared 3 months post TAVR versus the post-TAVR MRI scan

Time frame: MRI after TAVR (0-7 days after TAVR) compared to 3 months after TAVR

Assessment of different neurocognitive tests (NIHSS-score, MOCA-score, MOT-score, PAL-score, RTI-score, SWM-score, AST-score, CAM-Score); change of sum scores before, after and 3 months after TAVR procedure.

To evaluate neurologic function with a battery of neurocognitive tests and to correlate these findings to cerebral MRI scans

Time frame: Before TAVR, post TAVR and after 3 months

Extent and localization of clinically apparent non-cerebral emboli after TAVR

To describe extent and localization of non-cerebral embolisation (e.g. pulmonary embolism, limb ischaemia...)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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