Vein External Support Trial (VEST)

May 18, 2014 updated by: Vascular Graft Solutions Ltd.
Prospective, multi-center, randomized, controlled pilot study to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the VGS Fluent external support device, supporting saphenous vein grafts in patients with coronary heart disease.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

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 Locations

      • London, United Kingdom
        • Royal Brompton Hospital
      • Middlesex, United Kingdom
        • Harefield Hospital
      • Oxford, United Kingdom
        • The John Radcliffe Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

50 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Primary Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient scheduled for on-pump CABG on clinical grounds
  2. Vein grafts indicated for right and circumflex coronary arteries and LIMA indicated for the LAD on clinical grounds
  3. Native circumflex and right coronary arteries have at least one stenosis in each vessel> 75%

Primary Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Concomitant non-CABG cardiac procedure
  2. Prior peripheral vascular or cardiac surgery
  3. Emergency CABG surgery (cardiogenic shock, inotrophic pressure support, IABP)

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment
Device applied to saphenous vein graft
Fluent external support device applied to saphenous vein graft
No Intervention: Control
Saphenous vein graft without device support

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 10, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 10, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

August 11, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 20, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 18, 2014

Last Verified

May 1, 2014

More Information

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