Acute Safety and Efficacy of the Pivot Bridge System for Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTau-MEDICAL Co., Ltd.

About this trial

The purpose of this clinical trial is as follows.

To assess the safety of the investigational medical device "Pivot Bridge" in participants aged 18 years or older with massive or greater functinal tricuspid regurgitation (TR) who have received medical therapy (diuretics/pharmacological treatment) for at least one month.

To evaluate clinical outcomes related to improvement of tricuspid regurgitation symptoms following implantation of the "Pivot Bridge" device, including procedure success and clinical success.

This study is designed as a self-controlled case series without a separate control group. The participant's non-exposure period to the investigational medical device, consisting of prior medical therapy (Medical Treatment, MT), is defined as the control period. The study compares (1) a period of fixed-dose medical therapy maintained for up to one week prior to application of the investigational medical device, and (2) a period during which the investigational medical device is temporarily implanted (within 1 week) in conjunction with medical therapy (Pivot Bridge, PB).

To quantitatively evaluate the efficacy of the investigational medical device in inducing improvement of tricuspid regurgitation, the following are assessed:

1. improvement in regurgitation severity from baseline to Day 4-7 during fixed-dose medical therapy (ΔMT), and 2. improvement from pre-application to the time of device removal following additional application of the Pivot Bridge (ΔPB).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Adults aged 18 years or older at the time of screening

Subjects who have received appropriate medical treatment (diuretics/medical therapy) for tricuspid regurgitation for at least 1 month prior to participation in this clinical trial

Subjects who, at the screening visit, are assessed by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to have functional tricuspid regurgitation severity of Massive (4+) or greater, as defined by Tricuspid Valve Academic Research Consortium classification, and who have clinical symptoms corresponding to New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II or higher

Subjects who, at the screening visit, are found on TTE or cardiac computed tomography (CT) to have a right ventricle (RV) larger than the left ventricle (LV)

Disqualifiers

Subjects in whom thrombus or embolic material is identified on echocardiography or cardiac computed tomography (CT) performed at the screening visit

Subjects who have uncorrected coagulation disorders as shown by clinical laboratory tests performed at the screening visit

Subjects who cannot use anticoagulant agents

Subjects who, prior to participation in this clinical trial, have experienced major bleeding due to the use of anticoagulants (minor bleeding such as controllable epistaxis does not apply) requiring treatment, or who have had severe anemia necessitating hospitalization

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Pivot Bridge

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators