Evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Zenflow Spring System in relieving LUTS associated with BPH.
Prospective, multi-center, multinational, 2:1 randomized, single-blinded, controlled clinical trial of the Zenflow Spring System. Patients randomized to the treatment group will undergo Zenflow Spring placement. Patients randomized to the control group will undergo a Sham procedure. Patients and site personnel administering follow-up assessments will be blinded to the randomized treatment through completion of the 3-month follow-up visit. Once a patient has completed their 3-month follow-up assessments, they will be unblinded. Following unblinding, patients who received a Sham procedure may elect to receive treatment with the Zenflow Spring System or alternatively they may exit the study. The duration of study participation is 60 months for patients who receive a Spring Implant and 3 months for subjects in the Control Arm.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
279
The Zenflow Spring Implant is an electropolished and passivated nickel titanium alloy (nitinol) implant. The implant is constructed from a single wire strand formed into ring elements connected by spine sections. There are four sizes of implants ranging from 16 mm to 24 mm in length and 14 mm to 16 mm in diameter to implant in the subject's prostatic urethra. The implant is placed in the urethra using a custom delivery catheter and cystoscope (Spring Scope). The implant is intended to be permanent but can be removed if necessary.
A18 Fr Foley Catheter is placed into the patient's bladder. To mimic the Treatment Arm procedure, the Foley Catheter balloon will be inflated in the bladder. Once inflated, slight tension will be applied against the subject's bladder neck. While tension is being applied the site staff will follow a script to simulate the Zenflow procedural steps. Additionally, devices will be used to produce mock deployment sounds of the Zenflow procedure. Once complete, the balloon will be deflated and the catheter will be removed, completing the procedure.
American Institute of Research
Los Angeles, California, United States
Northshore University Health System
Glenview, Illinois, United States
Sheldon Freedman, MD, LTD
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Carolina Urologic Research Associates
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Safety - The need for urinary catheterization
The rate of extended post-operative urinary catheterization (\> 7 days from treatment) for inability to void among patients treated with the Zenflow Spring System.
Time frame: Greater than 7 days after procedure
Safety - Adverse Events
The rate of device or procedure related serious adverse events in both the Treatment Arm and the Sham Arm.
Time frame: Procedure through 12 months
Effectiveness of the Spring Implant in reducing symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) as compared to Sham
The Treatment Arm will be considered superior to the Control Arm (Sham) when the mean 3-month improvement from baseline score for the IPSS symptom questionnaire demonstrates a minimum statistical margin of 25% compared to mean improvement from baseline for the Control Arm (Sham) alone.
Time frame: Procedure to 3 months
Effectiveness- Symptoms Improvement
The mean percent change in IPSS in the treatment arm is at least 30% improvement over the Patient's pre-treatment baseline score.
Time frame: Procedure to 12 months
Safety - Adverse Events
Rate of device or procedure related adverse events at all time points.
Time frame: Procedure through 60 months
Safety - Pain Assessment Questionnaire
Comparison of pain at discharge to 2-week, 1- and, 3-month follow-up visits per Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) questionnaire. The VAS questionnaire asks the patient to indicate on a scale of 1 to 10 his level of pain where 1 is no pain and 10 is the worst pain.
Time frame: Procedure through 3 months
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Midtown Urology Associates
Austin, Texas, United States
Urology Austin, PLLC
Austin, Texas, United States
Urology of Virginia, PLLC
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Safety - Sexual Health Questionnaire 1
Change in sexual health characterized by the questionnaire Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM).
Time frame: 3 months post procedure through 24 months post procedure
Safety - Sexual Health Questionnaire 2
Change in sexual health characterized by questionnaire Male Sexual Health Questionnaire - Ejaculatory Domain (MSHQ-EjD)
Time frame: 3 months post procedure through 24 months post procedure
Safety - Device Removal
Assessment of adverse events outcomes related to a Spring Implant removal procedure.
Time frame: Procedure through 60 months
Safety - Classification of Adverse Events
Proportion of patients with adverse events classified as Clavien-Dindo Grade IIIb or higher or any event resulting in persistent disability
Time frame: Procedure through 3 months
Effectiveness - long term symptom improvement 1
Percent of patients who experience at least a 30 percent improvement in IPSS from their baseline pre-treatment score
Time frame: Procedure through 12 months
Effectiveness - long term symptom improvement 2
Mean percent change in IPSS in the treatment arm compared to baseline at all timepoints other than the primary endpoints.
Time frame: Procedure through 60 months
Effectiveness - flow metrics
Change from baseline in uroflowmetry measures of peak flow rate (Qmax)
Time frame: 1 month post procedure through 60 months
Effectiveness - Re-intervention (device)
Post-procedure incidence of secondary reintervention using an alternate surgical LUTS therapy.
Time frame: Procedure through 60 months
Effectiveness - Re-intervention (drug)
Post-procedure incidence of secondary reintervention using standard pharmacological agents for LUTS therapy.
Time frame: Procedure through 60 months