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- Clinical Trial NCT03232450
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure at the Time of Endovascular Cardiac Electronic Device Implantation (PFOCUS)
PFOCUS Pilot Trial- A Prospective Pilot Trial for PFO ClosUre at the Time of endovaScular Cardiac Electronic Device Implantation
Participants enrolled in this study will have been diagnosed with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and have been scheduled to have a cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) such as a pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implanted. A PFO is a condition when there is a hole in the septum (the wall separating the right and left sides) of the heart.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether closing the PFO with the GORE® Cardioform Septal Occluder in people with an endocardial device leads reduces the risk of recurrent stroke or imaging-confirmed transient ischemic attack (TIA) compared to not closing the PFO.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Minnesota
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Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- A clinical indication for a transvenous pacemaker or defibrillator implantation,
- Must have a documented PFO determined from Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE) echocardiographic agitated saline contrast study that is determined to be feasible for transcatheter closure.
- The GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder should only be used in subjects whose vasculature is adequate to accommodate a 10 Fr delivery sheath (or 12 Fr delivery sheath when a guidewire is used).
- All subjects must be able to undergo standardized neurocognitive testing, and dementia/mental status examination screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with a survival expectancy of less than one year.
- Subjects with an atrial septal defect or shunt that clinically requires closure for hemodynamic or other purposes.
- Absence of a clinical indication for a transvenous CIED system.
- Subjects with any clinical indication mandating anticoagulation.
- Subjects with previously placed CIED devices will be excluded.
- Unable to take anti-platelet medications such as aspirin or clopidogrel (Plavix).
- With anatomy where the GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder size or position would interfere with other intracardiac or intravascular structures, such as cardiac valves or pulmonary veins.
- With active endocarditis, or other infections producing bacteremia, or with known sepsis within one month of planned implantation, or any other infection that cannot be treated successfully prior to device placement.
- With known intracardiac thrombi.
- Known pregnancy at the time of automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) implant
Study Plan
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 |
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Active Comparator: PFO Closure
Subjects randomized to this arm will receive 81 mg enteric coated aspirin, a Cardiovascular Implantable Device (CIED), Gore Cardioform Septal Occluder.
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Subjects will receive 81 mg enteric coated aspirin
Other Names:
All subjects will receive either a pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
The Gore Cardioform Septal Occluder closes the patent foramen ovale (PFO).
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Other: Control
Subjects randomized to this arm will receive 81 mg enteric coated aspirin, a Cardiovascular Implantable Device (CIED)
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Subjects will receive 81 mg enteric coated aspirin
Other Names:
All subjects will receive either a pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of Embolic Brain Lesions Detected on MRI >3 mm
Time Frame: 1 year post implantation
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The mean number of embolic brain lesions will be calculated at approximately 1 year.
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1 year post implantation
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of Subjects Who Die
Time Frame: 1 year post implantation
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The mean number of deaths will be calculated at approximately 1 year.
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1 year post implantation
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Number of Subjects Who Experience a Stroke
Time Frame: 1 year post implantation
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Stroke is defined as an acute episode of focal or global neurological dysfunction caused by brain, spinal cord, or retinal vascular injury as a result of hemorrhage or infarction.
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1 year post implantation
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Number of Subjects who Experience a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Time Frame: 1 year post implantation
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Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is defined as a transient episode of focal neurological dysfunction caused by brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia, without acute infarction.
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1 year post implantation
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Change in Executive Function as Measured by Trail Making Test B
Time Frame: baseline, 1 year post implantation
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Trail Making Test B consists of 25 circles including both numbers (1-13) and letters (A-L). The subject draws lines to connect the circles in an ascending pattern, but with the added task of alternating between the numbers and letters. The subject is timed as they draw the trail. Results are reported as the number of seconds required to complete the task; therefore, higher scores reveal greater impairment. The average score is 75 seconds; > 273 seconds is considered deficient. Trail Making Test B consists of 25 circles including both numbers (1 - 13) and letters (A - L). The subject draws lines to connect the circles in an ascending pattern, but with the added task of alternating between the numbers and letters. The subject is timed as they draw the trail. Results are reported as the number of seconds required to complete the task; therefore, higher scores reveal greater impairment. The average score is 75 seconds; > 273 seconds is considered deficient. |
baseline, 1 year post implantation
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Change in Language as Measured by Letter and Category Fluency Test
Time Frame: baseline, 1 year post implantation
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The examiner gives the subject a category and ask them to name all the different examples that they can think of from that category in one minute.
Examples of categories are animals, fruit, birds, breeds of dog, tools, etc. Subjects are also asked to provide examples that start with a given letter.
To score, the examiner counts the number of unique responses for a category or letter for one minute; categories can be averaged together.
The higher the score the better the language fluency, the lower the score, the worse the language fluency.
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baseline, 1 year post implantation
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Change in Psychomotor Speed as Measured by Trail Making A Test
Time Frame: baseline, 1 year post implantation
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Trail Making Test A consists of 25 numbered circles distributed over a sheet of paper.
The patient should draw lines to connect the numbers in ascending order.
The patient is timed as they draw the trail.
Results are reported as the number of seconds required to complete the task; therefore, higher scores reveal greater impairment.
The average score is 29 seconds; > 78 seconds is considered deficient.
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baseline, 1 year post implantation
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Samuel J Asirvatham, Mayo Clinic
Publications and helpful links
Helpful Links
Study record dates
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Heart Diseases
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Congenital Abnormalities
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Cardiovascular Abnormalities
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- Heart Septal Defects
- Foramen Ovale, Patent
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Analgesics
- Sensory System Agents
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Fibrinolytic Agents
- Fibrin Modulating Agents
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
- Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
- Antipyretics
- Aspirin
Other Study ID Numbers
- 14-005348
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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