The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about a new device, named the LIFE device, to treat people with aneurysms (swellings) in the aorta (large, main blood vessel that delivers blood from the heart to the body). The main questions this trial aims to answer are: * If the LIFE device works to treat aortic aneurysms * What medical problems participants have when the LIFE device is used Participants will undergo treatment with the LIFE device and thereafter at 30 days, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, and 5 years have their pulses checked, bloodwork to check kidney function (BUN and serum creatinine), and a CT scan of the aneurysm area.
In this clinical trial the LIFE device is used to treat people with aneurysms in the aorta near the kidney arteries (called juxtarenal or pararenal aortic aneurysms). Tubes, called stent grafts, are typically inserted through blood vessels in the groin and placed inside the aorta in the abdomen and chest area (endovascularly placed) to cover the tear or leak in the aorta. The LIFE device covers the tear or leak and has side branches to let blood flow into the kidney, spleen, intestine, or liver arteries. Participants in this study are not candidates for endovascular devices approved for endovascular aorta repair to the juxtarenal or pararenal aorta, not candidates for open repair, not willing to travel to sites that have access to manufacturer-made endovascular devices, and patients for whom there are no favorable alternatives, for example, urgent, symptomatic, and emergency cases.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
Fenestrated Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri, United States
RECRUITINGNumber of participants with freedom from death and major adverse events (MAE)
Number of subjects with freedom from all cause mortality and freedom from major adverse events. Major adverse events include myocardial infarction, chronic renal insufficiency / chronic renal failure requiring, dialysis, bowel ischemia, stroke, paraplegia or paraparesis, and prolonged ventilatory support.
Time frame: 30 days
Number of participants with device procedure technical success and freedom from endoleak, migration, aortic enlargement, aortic rupture, and aortic or branch-related reinterventions in
Device technical success (at the end of index procedure) and freedom from Type I and III endoleak, device migration ≥ 10 mm, aortic enlargement ≥ 5 mm, aortic rupture, and aortic or branch-related reinterventions, including conversion to open repair (within 12 months of the index procedure)
Time frame: 12 months
Number of participants with delivery and deployment of the LIFE Device System
Ability to deliver and deploy the LIFE Device System
Time frame: Procedure
Number of participants with delivery and deployment of the thoracic/abdominal stent graft
Ability to deliver and deploy the thoracic/abdominal stent graft
Time frame: Procedure
Number of participants with coverage of intended aneurysm
Ability to cover the intended aneurysm
Time frame: Procedure
Number of participants with contrast flow into target renovisceral vessels
Contrast flow into the target renovisceral vessels
Time frame: Procedure
Estimated blood loss
Estimated blood loss
Time frame: Procedure
Ventilator days
Ventilator days
Time frame: From Procedure until the date of Hospital Discharge, typically 1-2 days
Days to oral intake
Days to oral intake
Time frame: From Procedure until the date of Hospital Discharge, typically 1-2 days
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) days
ICU days recorded
Time frame: From Procedure until the date of Hospital Discharge, typically 1-2 days
Days to hospital discharge
Days to hospital discharge
Time frame: From Procedure until the date of Hospital Discharge, typically 1-2 days
Procedure time
Procedure time (minutes)
Time frame: Procedure
Fluoroscopy time
Fluoroscopy time (minutes)
Time frame: Procedure
Endoleak rate
Endoleak rate at 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Time frame: 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Number of participants with device integrity failure
Device integrity failure (e.g., fracture) at 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Time frame: 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Number of participants with branch vessel device events
Branch vessel device events (i.e., kink, stenosis, or occlusion at 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Time frame: 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Number of participants with aortic growth
Aortic growth - defined as an increase ≥ 5 mm in maximal aortic diameter in any segment at 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Time frame: 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Number of participants with unplanned secondary procedures
Unplanned secondary procedures throughout follow-up (e.g., unanticipated aortic or branch-related reoperation)
Time frame: 5 Years
Number of participants with device migration
Device migration (radiographic), antegrade or retrograde movement of more than 10 mm relative to anatomic landmarks identified on the first (30 Day) post-operative CT scan, at 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Time frame: 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
All adverse events
All adverse events throughout 5 year follow-up, including if MAE, serious adverse event (SAE) or unanticipated adverse device effect (UADE), and the relationship of the AE to the LIFE Procedure and LIFE Device System
Time frame: 5 Years
Freedom from aneurysm-related mortality
Freedom from aneurysm-related mortality at 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Time frame: 30 Days, 6 Months, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Freedom from all-cause mortality
Freedom from all-cause mortality at 6 Months and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Time frame: 6 Months and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Years
Jennifer Randolph, Nurse, Clinical Research, RN, BSN
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