EPIC US Pivotal Study
EPIC
Evaluating the Use of the FiberNet Embolic Protection System in Carotid Artery Stenting: The EPIC US Pivotal Study.
1 other identifier
interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
Multicenter, prospective, pivotal study designed to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the Lumen Biomedical, Inc. FiberNet® Embolic Protection System as an adjunctive device during carotid artery percutaneous intervention in high surgical risk patients.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Mar 2007
2 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2007
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 11, 2007
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 13, 2007
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2008
CompletedOctober 21, 2008
October 1, 2008
April 11, 2007
October 20, 2008
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
The rate of all death, all stroke and myocardial infarction within 30 days of the procedure.
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Secondary Endpoints are: all death and all stroke rates, non-stroke neurological event rates, technical success rates, procedural success rates, and access site complication rates.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- One or more of the high surgical risk criteria.
- Symptomatic with atherosclerotic stenosis ≥ 50% or asymptomatic with atherosclerotic stenosis ≥ 70% of the carotid artery by NASCET Criteria.
You may not qualify if:
- Prior stenting of ipsilateral carotid.
- Planned treatment of contralateral carotid within 30 days.
- Experienced a myocardial infarction within the last 14 days.
- Undergone an angioplasty or PTCA/PTA procedure within the past 48 hours.
- Undergone cardiac surgery within the past 60 days.
- Suffered a stroke within the past 14 days.
- Suffered a transient ischemic neurological attack (TIA) or amaurosis fugax within the past 48 hours.
- Abnormal baseline blood counts; platelets \<50,000 or \>700,000/mm3 or WBC count \< 3 x103/uL.
- Intracranial stenosis that exceeded the severity of an extracranial stenosis.
- Total occlusion of the target vessel.
- Lesion within 2cm of the ostium of the common carotid artery.
- A stenosis that is known to be unsuitable for stenting
- Serial lesions that requires more than one stent to cover entire lesion.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Lumen Biomedicallead
Study Sites (2)
Hoag Hospital
Newport Beach, California, 92663, United States
Heart Hospital of South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57108, United States
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Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
J. Michael Bacharach, MD
Heart Hospital of South Dakota
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Subbarao Mylavarapu, MD
Hoag Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 11, 2007
First Posted
April 13, 2007
Study Start
March 1, 2007
Study Completion
June 1, 2008
Last Updated
October 21, 2008
Record last verified: 2008-10