The purpose of this single-arm, exploratory study is to evaluate safety and performance of treatment of critical limb ischemia (CLI) with the ULTRASCORE™ Focused Force balloon. Patients with CLI in below the knee vessels will receive a percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with the device and will be followed up for 12 months.
This single-arm, prospective, multi-center CE marked study (IIT) is planned to include up to 80 subjects with CLI in below the knee vessels with de novo stenoses or non-stented re-stenotic in total greater or equal 70% stenosis or occlusion of lower limb lesion. During the index procedure at Day 1 patients will be treated with ULTRASCORE™ Focused Force balloon. Follow-up investigations for evaluation of parameters for primary and secondary endpoints will be performed at 4 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after the index procedure..
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
80
The device will be used for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) to dilatate calcified stenoses in below the knee vessels
Klinikum Hochsauerland, Karolinen-Hospital
Arnsberg, Germany
RECRUITINGNumber of patients with patency of target lesion
Patency is defined as freedom from occluded target lesions (flow) verified by duplex ultrasound without re-intervention
Time frame: 12 months
Number of patients with composite safety
Freedom from major adverse limb events (MALE) and / or perioperative death
Time frame: 4 weeks
Number of patients with patency measured with PSVR
freedom from \>50% restenosis in the target lesion as indicated by a duplex ultrasound peak systolic velocity ratio (PSVR) \<2.5
Time frame: 1, 6 and 12 months
Number of patients with secondary patency
freedom from occluded target lesions (flow) verified by duplex ultrasound
Time frame: 6 and 12 months
Number of patients with MAE (major adverse events) and MALE (Major adverse limb events)
composite of freedom from device- and procedure-related mortality, freedom from major target limb amputation and clinically driven TLR
Time frame: 1 , 6 and 12 months
Number of patients with procedural success
≤30% diameter stenose (DS) as determined by visual assessment
Time frame: Day 1 after the index procedure
Number of patients with Device Success
≤30% diameter stenose (DS) with no remaining flow limiting dissection as determined by visual assessment
Time frame: Day 1 post Ultrascore usage
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Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI)
Time frame: 6 and 12 months
Number of patients with Clinical success
improvement of at least one Rutherford class compared to the pre-procedure Rutherford classification
Time frame: 6 and 12 months
Number of patients with freedom from Target Lesion Revascularisation (TLR)
Time frame: 6 and 12 months
Number of patients with freedom from Target Vessel Revascularisation (TVR)
Time frame: 6 and 12 months
Number of patients with freedom from minor amputation
Time frame: 6 and 12 months
Comparison of pain rating scale scores to Baseline
pain rating scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)
Time frame: 6 and 12 months
Comparison of the scores on the Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) to Baseline
individual scores for questions in the WIQ assessing the difficulties ranging from none (4) to not possible (0), Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
Time frame: 6 and 12 months