Two-Year Study of the Safety and Efficacy of the Second-Generation Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts (TEVG-2)

June 24, 2025 updated by: Nationwide Children's Hospital

Prospective, Open-labeled, Single-arm Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Second-generation Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft as Vascular Conduits for Extracardiac Total Cavopulmonary Connection.

A single arm clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the second generation TEVG as vascular conduits for extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection.

Study Overview

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

This investigation is a prospective, open-labeled clinical trial determining the safety of the use of tissue engineered vascular grafts as conduits for EC TCPC. Patients will be monitored for adverse events (AE) and serious adverse events (SAE). Special attention will be paid to the incidence of stenosis. We will determine graft-related morbidity and mortality for the second generation TEVGs which will include any post-operative complication such as any aneurismal dilation, stenosis, thromboembolic or infectious event that requires treatment and is thought to be caused by the graft as determined by the investigators and confirmed by the data safety monitoring board. The graft related complication rates will be compared between the first and second generation TEVGs. An interim analysis will be performed to assess the incidence of early (<6 month) graft-related complications in the first 6 enrolled patients. Safety and tolerability will be assessed through serial imaging, to determine the effect of growth and remodeling on graft performance through echocardiography and 4-dimensional MRI. All appropriate patients requiring EC TCPC who meet study inclusion/exclusion criteria will be evaluated for enrollment in the clinical trial. All enrolled subjects will be required to have follow-up visits at Nationwide Children's Hospital for a minimum of 2 years following implant. After obtaining informed consent for the patient's parents, patients with single ventricle cardiac anomalies will undergo EC TCPC using a tissue engineered conduit. Post-operative care and monitoring will follow an established, standardized, clinical algorithm in which the patient's clinical status including complications and measurements of graft function will be serially evaluated and recorded over a two year period using physical examination, echocardiography, and MRI.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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24

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients will be eligible for inclusion in the study if they meet all of the following criteria.

    1. Patient must be a candidate to undergo an extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection.
    2. Patient and/or legal guardian must voluntarily provide informed consent/assent for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients will be excluded from participation in the study if they meet any of the following criteria.

    1. Patient has an urgent/emergent operative status.
    2. Patient has acute renal failure or renal insufficiency in the opinion of the investigator
    3. Patient requires a graft less than 12 mm or greater than 24 mm in diameter.
    4. Patient has a pacemaker.
    5. Patient has pulmonary vascular resistance greater than 4 um2 (u=Wood's units)
    6. Patient has abnormal venous drainage (interrupted inferior vena cava [IVC]).
    7. Patient presents with significant atrio-ventricular valve regurgitation that in the opinion of the investigator, makes them ineligible.
    8. Patient has a history of another condition or significant medical problem that, in the opinion of the investigator, precludes compliance with protocol-specified procedures.
    9. Patients taking any medications that in the opinion of the Investigator could interfere with the TEVG, including bisphosphonates (i.e. Clodronate or Zoledronate).
    10. Patient or parent/legal guardian is, in the opinion of the investigator, unable to comply with protocol evaluations.
    11. Preoperative hemoglobin <11.0 mg/dL at time of patient's pre-admission testing.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts
Combination product: Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts
Patients will undergo EC TCPC interposition grafting with a tissue engineered vascular graft and serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Safety and Tolerability of TEVG
Time Frame: 2 years
Assessed through graft related complications as determined by serial echocardiogram
2 years
Safety and Tolerability of TEVG
Time Frame: 2 years
Assessed through graft related complications as determined by serial MRI
2 years
Safety and Tolerability of TEVG
Time Frame: 2 years
Assessed through adverse events
2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Efficacy of TEVG
Time Frame: 2 years
Evaluate graft performance based on MRI
2 years
Efficacy of TEVG
Time Frame: 2 years
Measured graft volume(mL) as determined by MRI
2 years
Efficacy of TEVG
Time Frame: 2 years
Measured graft length (mm) as determined by MRI
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Nationwide Children's Hospital

Collaborators

Collaborators

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Gunze Limited

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Study Chair: Christopher Breuer, MD, Nationwide Children's Hospital
  • Study Chair: Toshiharu Shinoka, MD/PhD, Nationwide Children's Hospital
  • Principal Investigator: Mark Galantowicz, MD, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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July 15, 2020

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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August 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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August 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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June 30, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 8, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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July 13, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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June 27, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 24, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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June 1, 2025

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • IDE18703
  • 5UH3HL148693 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Biological Samples: We plan to make available representative samples of the bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells and seeded scaffold to a NIH-designated entity (RM Innovation Catalyst) for in depth and independent characterization. Specifically, for each TEVG manufactured, 1 ml of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells and a 5mm x 5mm section of the seeded scaffold will be sampled, packed, and transported to the RM Innovation Catalyst per their instructions. In addition, copies of the batch record and completed certificate of analysis will be forwarded to the NIH-designated laboratory.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Prior to study initiation, the US FDA will have a comprehensive description of the processes followed to assure the accuracy, reliability, integrity, availability, and authenticity of required records and signatures supporting the data reported in the CSR will be provided to the Agency for confirmation that it will support a regulatory filing for TEVG. Every 6 months throughout the study, data will be shared with RM Innovation Catalyst, with a final locked data set no later than six months prior to the end of the award. Data from our long-term follow up policy will be made available on an annual basis if requested by the RM Innovation Catalyst or the NIH.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

De-identified data will be provided to RM Innovation Catalyst. A Clinical Study Report will be submitted to the US FDA following the International Conference on Harmonization E3 Guideline for Industry: Structure and Content of Clinical Study Reports. Summary results of the trial will be submitted to ClinicalTrial.gov within one year of the primary completion date (per regulation and NIH policy). Results of screening tests and subjects participation in the study and ongoing test results will be shared with their primary care physician and/or primary cardiologist if cardiac care is being provided outside of Nationwide Children's Hospital.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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