Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Surgery vs Medical Treatment for Severe TR

April 8, 2020 updated by: Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital

Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Surgery Versus Medical Treatment for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation After Left-sided Valve Surgery

Late tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common complication after left-sided valve surgery (LSVS), which usually progresses slowly and results in right heart failure at terminal stage. Over the past 3 decades, with the advances in minimally invasive surgical techniques, operative mortality after reoperation for severe TR has significantly decreased from 30% to 3-8%, leading to a gradual shift from medical therapy alone to surgery in those patients. However, there has been no consensus on the clinical benefit of minimally invasive tricuspid surgery over medical therapy for severe TR after LSVS.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In this multi-center randomized controlled trial, patients with severe TR after LSVS will be recruited. The patients will be randomly assigned to surgery plus medical therapy (surgery group) or medical therapy alone (control group). The primary outcome will be a composite of all-cause mortality, re-admission for right heart failure or the composite. Furthermore, echocardiography-based measurement of right heart function, New York Heart Association functional class, liver and kidney function, and quality of life will be compared between the 2 groups. All outcomes will be assessed at baseline and 6, 12 and 24 months after randomization.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

330

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

    • Shanghai
      • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200032
        • Recruiting
        • Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Chunsheng Wang, MD

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Severe tricuspid regurgitation, as assessed by the clinical site echocardiographer using the transthoracic echocardiography.
  2. A history of LSVS, including one or multiple procedures of aortic and/or mitral valve repair and/or replacement.
  3. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >45%, systolic pulmonary artery pressure <60 mmHg with pulmonary vascular resistance <6 woods unit.
  4. Age ≥ 18 years.
  5. Able to sign Informed Consent forms.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. TR due to: infective endocarditis, congenital tricuspid valve malformation, secondary to correction of congenital heart disease.
  2. Left-sided valve dysfunction or coronary artery disease requiring concomitant procedures.
  3. Prior surgical or percutaneous tricuspid valve intervention.
  4. Evidence of an acute myocardial infarction in the prior 90 days
  5. Contraindications to cardiopulmonary bypass or the expected operative mortality >30% (calculated by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons score or the EuroSCORE II).
  6. Any comorbidity with life expectancy <2 years
  7. Recent history of psychiatric disease (including drug or alcohol abuse) that is likely to impair compliance with the study protocol.
  8. Pregnancy at the time of randomization.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Surgery group
receiving minimally invasive tricuspid surgery including tricuspid valve replacement or repair plus medical treatment.
minimally invasive tricuspid surgery including endoscopy-assist right minithoracotomy, vacuum-assist single femoral venous drainage without dissecting or snaring vena cava, direct right atriotomy through pericardium and the beating-heart technique.
No Intervention: Medical group
receiving medical treatment only

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
the rate of all-cause death, re-hospitalization due to right heart failure or both of them
Time Frame: 2 years
the rate of all-cause death, re-hospitalization due to right heart failure or both of them
2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
right heart function
Time Frame: 2 years
echocardiography-based measurement of right heart function
2 years
New York Heart Association functional class
Time Frame: 2 years
New York Heart Association functional class including I, II, III, IV class
2 years
liver function
Time Frame: 2 years
total bilirubin, conjugated bilirubin
2 years
liver function
Time Frame: 2 years
prealbumin.
2 years
kidney function
Time Frame: 2 years
blood urea nitrogen
2 years
kidney function
Time Frame: 2 years
creatinine
2 years
kidney function
Time Frame: 2 years
uric acid.
2 years
life quality scores
Time Frame: 2 years
quality of life using the SF-12 form
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Chunsheng Wang, MD, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan Univerisity

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

May 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 5, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 8, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

April 9, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 9, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 8, 2020

Last Verified

April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • B2020-036R

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Now we have decided not to make IPD available to other researchers.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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