AMBULATE Continued Access Protocol to Evaluate the Cardiva Mid-Bore Venous Vascular Closure System (VVCS)

Multi-center, Single Arm Continued Access Protocol to Evaluate the Mid-Bore Venous VCS for the Management of the Femoral Venotomy After Catheter-based Interventions Via 6-12F Procedural Sheaths With Single or Multiple Access Sites Per Limb

The objective of the trial is to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the Cardiva Mid-Bore Venous Vascular Closure System (VVCS) in sealing femoral venous access sites at the completion of catheter-based procedures performed through 6-12 Fr introducer sheath, while allowing for one or more of the following: elimination of the Foley catheter, elimination of protamine, or allowing same (calendar) day discharge for the appropriate patient population.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Surgical Wound
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Cardiva Mid-Bore Venous Vascular Closure Device (VVCS)

Detailed Description

A prospective multi-center, single arm continued access clinical protocol enrolling subjects with multiple femoral venous access sites. All femoral venous access sites will be closed using the Cardiva Mid-Bore VVCS. Subjects will be prospectively evaluated for eligibility in the three study groups in order to answer specific research questions related to safety and effectiveness of the device as it relates to the use of peri-procedural urinary catheters, protamine for reversal of heparin, and same calendar day discharge in a select group of procedure types.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 168
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Georgia
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342
      • Emory St. Joseph's Hospital
  • New Jersey
    • Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States, 07450
      • Valley Hospital
  • Texas
    • Austin, Texas, United States, 78705
      • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation

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

Pre-Operative Inclusion Criteria:

• Acceptable candidate for an elective, non-emergent catheter-based procedure via the common femoral vein(s) using a 6 to 12 Fr inner diameter introducer sheath

• Must be eligible for at least one of the study groups:

  1. No Urinary Catheter: Candidate to undergo the procedure and bedrest without a urinary catheter
  2. No Protamine: Candidate to receive procedural heparin for anti-coagulation management.
  3. Same Calendar Day Discharge: Expected to undergo a procedure for Supraventricular Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, Atrial Fibrillation or Ventricular Tachycardia; if heparin is planned, it must be reversed with protamine; and physician is expected to be on site for discharge evaluation

Pre-Operative Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects will be excluded from participating in this study if they meet any of the following criteria prior to initiation of the index procedure:

1. Advanced refusal of blood transfusion, if it should become necessary;
2. Active systemic infection, or cutaneous infection or inflammation in the vicinity of the groin;
3. Pre-existing immunodeficiency disorder and/or chronic use of high dose systemic steroids;
4. Known history of bleeding diathesis, coagulopathy, hypercoagulability, or current platelet count < 100,000 cells/mm3;
5. Severe co-existing morbidities, with a life expectancy of less than 12 months;
6. Currently involved in any other investigational clinical trial that may interfere with the outcomes of this study in the opinion of investigator;

7. Femoral arteriotomy in either limb with any of the following conditions:

   1. access within < 10 days
   2. any residual hematoma, significant bruising, or known associated vascular complications
   3. use of a vascular closure device within the previous 30 days;

8. Femoral venotomy in either limb with any of the following conditions:

   1. access within < 10 days
   2. any residual hematoma, significant bruising, or known associated vascular complications c use of a vascular closure device
9. Any planned procedure involving femoral arterial or venous access in either limb within the next 30 days;
10. Any history of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism or thrombophlebitis;
11. Significant anemia with a hemoglobin level less than 10 g/dL or a hematocrit less than 30%;
12. Females who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant within 3 months of the procedure, or who are lactating;
13. Extreme morbid obesity (BMI greater than 45 kg/m2) or underweight (BMI less than 20 kg/m2);
14. Unable to routinely walk at least 20 feet without assistance;
15. Known allergy/adverse reaction to bovine derivatives;
16. Administration of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) within 8 hours before or after the procedure;
17. Planned procedures or concomitant condition(s) that may extend ambulation attempts beyond 2-3 hours, and/or hospitalization time (e.g., staged procedure, serious co-morbidity), in the opinion of the Investigator.

Intra-Operative Inclusion Criteria:

The subject must be eligible for at least one of the following study groups:

1. Same Calendar Day Discharge (all criteria apply):

   • In the Investigator's opinion, the subject is a candidate for Same Calendar Day Discharge per protocol.
   • If procedural heparin is used, it must be reversed at or before venous closure.
   • Physician must be on site for discharge evaluation.
   • Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) or Atrial Flutter Subjects: No Additional Criteria

   • Atrial Fibrillation or Ventricular Tachycardia Procedure Subjects: CHADS2 Score is ≤1, as assessed pre-operatively.

     • The subject is not enrolled in the No Protamine Group.

2. No Urinary Catheter:

   • The subject does not have a urinary catheter inserted/indwelling at the end of the procedure, just prior to enrollment.

3. No Protamine:

   • The subject received procedural heparin for anti-coagulation management and did not/will not receive protamine.
   • The subject is not enrolled in the Same Calendar Day Discharge Group

Intra-Operative Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects will be excluded from participating in this study if any of the following exclusion criteria occur during the index procedure:

1. Any attempt at femoral arterial access during the procedure;
2. Any procedural complications that may extend routine recovery, ambulation and discharge times;
3. If the physician deems that a different method should be used to achieve hemostasis of the venous access sites, or that the subject should not attempt ambulation according to the protocol requirements;

4. All venous access sites may must comply with the following exclusion criteria, assessed immediately prior to enrollment:

   1. Difficult insertion of procedural sheath or needle stick problems at the onset of the procedure (e.g., multiple stick attempts, accidental arterial stick with hematoma, "back wall stick", etc.) in any of the study veins;
   2. A procedural sheath < 6 Fr or > 12 Fr in inner diameter is present at time of closure;
   3. A procedural sheath > 12 Fr inner diameter at any time during the procedure.
   4. Venous access site location is noted to be "high", above the inguinal ligament (cephalad to lower half of the femoral head or the inferior epigastric vein origin from the external iliac vein);
   5. Intra-procedural bleeding around sheath, or suspected intraluminal thrombus, hematoma, pseudoaneurysm, or AV fistula;
   6. Length of the tissue tract, the distance between the anterior venous wall and skin, is estimated to be less than 2.5 cm.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment Arm; Cardiva Medical Mid-Bore VVCS for venous femoral access site closure	Device: Cardiva Mid-Bore Venous Vascular Closure Device (VVCS); The device will be used to close all femoral venous access sites at the end of the case.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Overall Procedure Success - Effectiveness	Final hemostasis at all venous access sites and freedom from major venous access site closure-related complications through 30 days follow-up	30 (+/- 10) days post-procedure
Major Venous Access Site Closure-related Complications - Safety, Number of Limbs With Each Event	Rate of combined major venous access site closure-related complications. The method used to determine what would be considered "major" venous access site closure-related complications are those complications which were attributed directly to the closure method used for the access site at the end of the procedure.	30 (+/- 10) days post-procedure

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Study Group Success Rate - No Urinary Catheter Group, Number of Participants	No peri-procedural urinary catheter insertion required through successful Ambulation (per-patient analyses)	From start of procedure through successful ambulation, assessed to be within 6 hours of final hemostasis
Study Group Success Rate - No Protamine Group, Number of Participants	No delay in Ambulation due to access site bleeding in subjects who receive heparin but are not reversed with protamine (per-patient analyses)	From time of final hemostasis through successful ambulation, assessed to be within 6 hours of final hemostasis
Study Group Success Rate - Same Calendar Day Discharge Group, Number of Participants	Discharge within the same calendar day from the start of the procedure without the need for re-hospitalization within 72 hours of hospital discharge due to access site complications (per-patient analyses)	Within 72 hours post-discharge
Number of Devices With Success	The ability to deploy the delivery system, deliver the collagen, and achieve hemostasis with the Mid-Bore VVCS (per-access site analyses)	Evaluated for each access site immediately after device delivery is attempted, reported within 5 minutes of deployment
Minor Venous Access Site Closure-related Complications, Number of Limbs With Each Event	Rate of combined minor venous access site closure-related complications. The method used to determine what would be considered "minor" venous access site closure-related complications are those complications which were attributed directly to the closure method used for the access site at the end of the procedure.	30 (+/- 10) days post-procedure

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cardiva Medical, Inc.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Amin M Al-Ahmad, MD, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 27, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 14, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): March 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 14, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 27, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): June 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): March 10, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 10, 2023
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: vessel closure; venous access site; femoral venotomy; medium bore; multiple access sites
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Surgical Wound
• Other Study ID Numbers: PTL-0543

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes