NCT00549354

Brief Summary

The Bifurcated PowerLink System is intended to provide a permanent alternative conduit for blood flow within a patient's abdominal vascular system, which excludes the aneurysmal sac from blood flow and pressure.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
34

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_2

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2000

Longer than P75 for phase_2

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 1, 2000

Completed
7.2 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 24, 2007

Completed
1 day until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 25, 2007

Completed
5.1 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2012

Completed
Last Updated

June 3, 2015

Status Verified

October 1, 2007

First QC Date

October 24, 2007

Last Update Submit

June 2, 2015

Conditions

Keywords

Abdominal Infrarenal AorticAorto-Iliac Aneurysms

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • Mortality Rate

    one year

  • Major complications: myocardial infarction, coronary intervention, respiratory failure, aneurysm rupture, kidney failure, stroke or death

    one year

Secondary Outcomes (7)

  • Delivery and stent graft deployment success

    1 month, 6 month, and 12 months

  • Apposition to the vessel wall

    1 month, 6 month, and 12 months

  • Device Integrity

    1 month, 6 month, and 12 months

  • Stent graft patency, occlusion (non-patency) and migration

    1 month, 6 month, and 12 months

  • Duration of surgical procedure and hospitalization

    1 month, 6 month, and 12 months

  • +2 more secondary outcomes

Interventions

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • ≥ 18 years old
  • Informed consent understood and signed
  • Will comply with post-treatment follow-up requirements
  • Candidate for conventional open surgical repair
  • Aneurysm is ≥ 4.0 cm in outer diameter or Saccular aneurysm ≥ 3.0 cm in outer diameter or Aneurysm ≥ twice the normal aortic outer diameter or rapidly growing aneurysm (≥ 5 mm over 6 months)

You may not qualify if:

  • Life expectancy \< 2 years
  • Participating in another clincal research study
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Acutely ruptured or leaking aneurysm, or vascular injury due to trauma
  • Patient has other medical or psychiatric problems, which in the opinion of the Investigator, precludes them from participating in the Study.
  • Contrast medium or anticoagulation drugs are contraindicated
  • Coagulopathy or bleeding disorder
  • Active systemic or localized groin infection
  • Inferior mesenteric artery is indispensable
  • Connective tissue disease (e.g. Marfan's Syndrome)
  • Creatinine level \> 1.7 mg/dl
  • Thrombus at implantation sites

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Arizona Heart Institute

Phoenix, Arizona, 85006, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Aortic Aneurysm

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

AneurysmVascular DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesAortic Diseases

Study Officials

  • Edward B Diethrich, M.D.

    Arizona Heart Institute

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 24, 2007

First Posted

October 25, 2007

Study Start

August 1, 2000

Study Completion

December 1, 2012

Last Updated

June 3, 2015

Record last verified: 2007-10

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