Balloon Angioplasty Versus Xpert Stent in CLI Patients XXS Study (XXS)

Xpert Stent Versus Balloon Angioplasty in Complex Lesions of Small Arteries Below the Knee

This study is an investigator-initiated study. The study will be performed as a prospective, randomized, controlled multi-center trial to evaluate the safety and efficiency of Xpert stents compared to PTA in patients with chronic distal artery occlusions or stenosis undergoing catheter revascularization. Patients will be eligible for randomization if they are over 18 years old, if they undergo percutaneous catheter revascularization of an artery below the knee stenosis/occlusion that is less than 15 centimeters in length. Up to two vessels may be treated in this study. All lesions greater than 50% in the below the knee artery region have to be treated either with PTA or stenting according to the randomization.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Intervention; Cronic Limb Ishemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Balloon angioplasty; Device: Use of self-expanding Expert stent

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 180
• Phase: Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • BW
    • Tuebingen, BW, Germany, 72076
      • Recruiting
      • Universtiy of Tuebingen
      • Contact: Gunnar Tepe, MD; Phone Number: 49 7071 2983371; Email: gunnar.tepe@med.uni-tuebingen.de
      • Sub-Investigator: Thomas Zeller, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Dierk Scheinert, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Marc Bosiers, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Gerhard Rümenapf, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Johannes Lammer, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Ernst Pilger, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Werner Jaschke, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Dammis Vrougindeweij, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Clinical:

1. Age between 18 and 95 years. 2. Subject or subject's legal representative have been informed of the nature of the study, and have signed the patient informed consent form. Patient is willing to take part in the follow-up protocol of the XXS study.

3. Rutherford stage 4 and 5 Anatomical:

1. Additional lesions inflow lesions might be successfully treated before randomization and treatment of the target lesion. The inflow lesions which were treated before randomization should only be classified TASC A or B. (TASC= Trans Atlantic Intersociety Conference)
2. Target vessel with documented run-off to the foot distally of the index lesion with patent plantar arteries
3. Reference vessel diameter of the target lesion should be ≥ 2 and ≤ 5 mm.
4. Maximum treated length in the target vessel is 15 cm (might also be divided up into multiple segments with up to 3 different lesions being treated).
5. Maximum of treated vessels per leg below the knee: 2 (all treated vessels should be treated within the randomization to the study group [PTA or stenting]).
6. Minimum distance target lesion to talus is 5 cm.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Clinical

  1. Life expectancy due to a non-atheroslerotic disease less than 12 months.
  2. Previous bypass surgery < 30 days prior to the study procedure.
  3. Known allergies or sensitivities to heparin, contrast media, aspirin, clopidogrel, and nitinol which cannot be treated with antihistamines.
  4. eGFR less than 29 mL/min/1.73m2 (K-DOQI Class 4 and 5) in patients which are not currently treated with dialysis (equivalent to a serum creatinine level of 2.4 mg/dL in a 70 year old male patient)
  5. Subject with breast feeding plans, or child bearing potential with no birth control.
  6. Subjects enrolled in another study concerning the index vessel(s) within 3 months prior to the study procedure.
  7. Untreatable bleeding diatheses.
  8. Patients who have an indication of being treated with coumadin after the intervention.
  9. Inability to ambulate
  10. Hypercoagulable state
  11. Patients with age <18 years and patients who are not able to sign the informed consent form

Anatomical:

1. Inflow is obstructed and cannot be successfully treated prior to randomization and treatment of below the knee arteries.
2. Acute thrombus present in the target limb.
3. Previously implanted stent in the target vessel(s).
4. Aneurysms in the index leg.
5. Index vessel with no documented run-up to the foot (please also see inclusion criteria, anatomical).
6. Inability to use femoral access
7. No patent pedal arteries

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
MLD at the target lesion assessed by angiography	treatment effect dependent if stent of PTA was choosen	after 12 +/-2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
1. Interventional success rate. Interventional success is defined as restenosis less than 50%. 2. Late lumen loss (LLL)	treatment effect dependent on the PTA vs. Stent	after 1, 6, 12 months and 3 years
3. Binary restenosis	Treament effect in long-term	arter 6, 12 months and 3 years
4. Number of patients initially randomized to the PTA group, but receiving stents because of the suboptimal interventional success.	success rate of PTA only	intervention
Target lesion revascularization, clinical stage, hospital days	treatment effect dependet if patients received stents or PTA only	after 1, 6, 12 months, and 3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital Tuebingen
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Gunnar Tepe, MD, University Hospital Tuebingen

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): March 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 17, 2007
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 17, 2007
• First Posted (Estimate): October 19, 2007

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): August 8, 2011
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 4, 2011
• Last Verified: October 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: XXS