The Prophet Trial -Pilot Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension (AFR-Prophet)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03022851 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : January 18, 2017
Last Update Posted : September 8, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pulmonary Hypertension | Device: Occlutech AFR Device | Not Applicable |
This study will enroll subjects with severe pulmonary hypertension until a maximum of 30 patients have undergone implantation with the Occlutech® AFR device. Enrolment will be devided in 2 phases.
Phase 1: At least 15 adult patients with age ≥ 18 years will be enrolled. Phase 2: Patients with age ≥ 6 years will be enrolled until a maximum of 30 patients is reached.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 30 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Prospective, Non-randomized, Pilot Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 19, 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | February 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Occlutech AFR Device
Patients who will get the AFR Device implantation
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Device: Occlutech AFR Device
Catheter-guided transeptal placement of an AFR device following balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) -procedure. |
- Absence of Serious Adverse Device Effects (SADES) within 3 month following implantation, including deaths, systemic embolism or device embolizations. [ Time Frame: 0-3 month ]To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the Occlutech® AFR device by assessing the incidence of SADEs between 3-12 months following implantation.
- Rate of all Serious Adverse Events (SAE) and (Serious) Adverse Device Effects (S)ADEs between 3-12 month post implantation [ Time Frame: 3-12 month ]To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the Occlutech® AFR device by assessing the incidence of SADEs between 3-12 months following implantation.
- Evidence of a secure placement of the device and of right-to-left shunt through the AFR device immediately after implantation and 3 month and 12 month after procedure. [ Time Frame: 0-12 month ]
The secondary efficacy endpoint will be determined via assessment by color-doppler echocardiography and angiography/fluoroscopy and requires both of:
Device placed in situ [as assessed by the investigator] Evidence of RIGHT TO LEFT shunt through the AFR device [as assessed by the investigator]
- Improvement in number of syncopal events due to pulmonary hypertension in the 3 month, 6 months and 12 month after implantation [ Time Frame: 0-12 month ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age is ≥ 18 / ≥6 years (phase 1 / phase 2).
- Patient consents to participation
- The patient or his/her legal representative should have the ability to fluently speak and under-stand the language in which the study is being conducted. If the patient speaks a different language, then a sentence-to-sentence translation for unequivocal understanding must be provided.
- Written, informed consent by the patient or her/his legally-authorized representative for participation in the study.
- Patient agrees to comply with the follow-up schedule.
- Patient has had a successful BAS procedure and is in a stable hemodynamic state, as assessed by the investigator.
- Conventional treatment options for the patient are exhausted according to ESC and AHA guidelines.
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- "Syncope"(Group A-PH) 9.1. Syncope due to acute PH episodes (as defined by exclusion of other causes) 9.2. Other causes of syncope must have been actively excluded 9.3. Syncope (Black-out) or pre-syncope (episodic dizziness) >2 last 3 months 9.4. PH (defined as mean pulmonary artery pressure > 25 mmHg, or pulmonary vascular resistance of > 3 Wood Units) must exist, RV-failure is however not a prerequisite
- "RV-Failure"(Group B-PH) 10.1. Right heart failure, chronic and clinically severe 10.1.1.NYHA class III or worse 10.1.2. 6 min walk < 320 m 10.1.3. Signs of venous congestion (distended veins, edema, ascites, etc) 10.1.4.Symptomatic disease resulting in 1 or more PH-related hospitalization over the last 12 months. Elective hospital admissions solely for the purpose of performing diagnostic procedures do not count for this.
10.2. Severe pulmonary hypertension as evident by echocardiography Echocardiographic: 10.2.1. RV larger than LV; 10.2.2. RA larger than LA; 10.2.3. atrial septum bulging into left atrium 10.2.4.ventricular septum bulging into the left ventricle 10.2.5.Reduced (below age-related normal mean value) TAPSE 10.3. Severe pulmonary hypertension as evident by CATH CATH-data: 10.3.1.Mean RA pressure (RAP) of > 10 and ≤ 20 mmHg; 10.3.2.Mean LA pressure (LAP) < 15 mmHg 10.3.3.Mean RAP > mean LAP; 10.3.4.Mean pulmonary arterial pressure >25 mm Hg 10.3.5. Echocardiographically demonstrated continuous right to left shunt following balloon aterial septostomy (BAS) and before AFR device implantation.
Exclusion Criteria
Processes which interfere medically with invasive device implantation
- Local or generalized sepsis or other acute infection(s)
- Thrombophilic coagulation disorder
- Allergy to nickel and/or titanium and/or nickel/titanium-based materials
- Allergy to anti-platelet, -coagulant, or -thrombotic therapy
- Intolerance to contrast agents
- Participation in other medical trials shorter than 30 days before the intended AFR implantation procedure
- Pregnancy - (assessed in patients with child bearing potential by urine dip stick)
- Any intracardiac intervention within the last 30 days
- Thickness of atrial septum > 12mm OR Processes which would technically disturb the safe intervention as planned
1. Occluded inferior vena cava access 2. Previous ASD/PFO closure device in place 3. Intracardiac thrombus OR any other circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator,
might interfere with the implantation, might affect the patient's well-being thereafter or might interfere with the conduct and follow up within the Study is general.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Local or generalized sepsis or other acute infection(s)
- Thrombophilic coagulation disorder
- Allergy to nickel and/or titanium and/or nickel/titanium-based materials
- Allergy to anti-platelet, -coagulant, or -thrombotic therapy
- Intolerance to contrast agents
- Participation in other medical trials shorter than 30 days before the intended AFR implantation procedure
- Pregnancy
- Any intracardiac intervention within the last 30 days
- Occluded inferior vena cava access
- Previous ASD/PFO closure device in place
- Intracardiac thrombus

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03022851
Contact: Gönül Sönmez Utkun | +902124650497 | clinicaltrials@occlutech.com |

Responsible Party: | Occlutech International AB |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03022851 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Occ2016_04 CIV-16-07-016324 ( Other Identifier: EUDAMED ) |
First Posted: | January 18, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 8, 2022 |
Last Verified: | September 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension Vascular Diseases |
Cardiovascular Diseases Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases |