Study of PneumRx Endobronchial Coil System in Treatment of Subjects With Severe Emphysema (ELEVATE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03360396 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : December 4, 2017
Last Update Posted : February 1, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Emphysema | Device: Endobronchial Coils | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 120 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized Controlled Study of PneumRx Endobronchial Coil System Versus Standard-of-Care Medical Management in the Treatment of Subjects With Severe Emphysema |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 7, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 30, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | April 2023 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Endobronchial Coils
Treatment with PneumRx Endobronchial Coil System
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Device: Endobronchial Coils
Endobronchial Coil implants |
No Intervention: Control
Medically-managed control group
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- FEV1 [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Percent change in FEV1
- SGRQ [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Change in SGRQ score

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 35 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Read, understood and signed the Informed Consent form
- Meets indications for use per the IFU
- Bilateral heterogeneous and/or homogeneous emphysema
- Post bronchodilator 15% predicted ≤ Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) ≤ 45% predicted
- Post bronchodilator Residual Volume (RV) ≥ 200% predicted
- Post bronchodilator Total Lung Capacity (TLC) >100% pred.
- Post bronchodilator RV/TLC > 55%
- Dyspnea related to hyperinflation scored ≥ 2 on modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) dyspnea scale despite optimal medical management
- Receiving optimal drug therapy and medical management according to clinical practice.
- Performing regular physical activity, at least 2 times per week
- Stopped smoking as confirmed by carboxyhemoglobin (CoHB)
- 100m ≤ 6 minute walk distance (6MWD) ≤ 450m
- Deemed eligible per Eligibility Review Committee (ERC)
- if treated in France, subject must be entitled to French social securty.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known sensitivity to drugs required for performing bronchoscopy or in whom bronchoscopic procedures are contraindicated
- Evidence of active infection in the lungs
- Hypersensitivity or allergy to nitinol (nickel-titanium) or its constituent metals
- Clinical significatne pulmonary fibrosis
- Clinically significant, generalized bronchiectasis
- Clinically significant bleeding disorders
- Patient taking immunosuppresive drugs other than steroids (e.g., for the treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune disease, or prevention of tissue or organ rejection).
- Primary diagnosis of asthma
- Two (2) or more COPD exacerbations in the prior year, or 1 or more COPD exacerbations in the prior 3 months with indication for hospitalization assessment, according to GOLD 2017 recommendations .
- Predominant small airways disease defined as significant bronchiectasis with sputum production (> 2 tablespoons daily) or significant bronchial wall thickening per High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT)
- Percent Low Attenuation Area (%LAA) < 20% in the most damaged lobe of either lung.
- Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging consistent with active pulmonary infection, significant interstitial disease or pleural disease
- Severe bullous disease (defined by bulla > 8cm or 1/3 of lung volume, or single bullous defect >8 cm) or predominant paraseptal emphysema [defined by numerous large (>1cm) paraseptal defects in the target lobe comprising of >5% of total lung volume].
- Lung pathology of nodule not proven stable or benign
- Radiographic confirmation of atelectasis or other scarring/fibrosis in areas of intended Coil implant
- Use of more than 20 mg/day prednisolone or equivalent dosage of a different corticosteroid
- Severe pulmonary hypertension (Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure (RVSP) > 50 mm Hg or other signs of Pulmonary Hypertension (PHT) with right ventricular dysfunction)
- Severe hypercapnia (PaCO2 > 55 mmHg on room air) and/or severe hypoxemia (PaO2 < 45mm Hg on room air, High altitude criterion: PaO2 < 30 mm Hg)
- Previous Lung Volume Reduction (LVR) surgery, lung transplantation, lobectomy, LVR devices or other device to treat COPD in either lung.
- Diagnosed with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Diffusion Capacity of the lUngs for Carbon Monoxide (DLCO) < 20 %
- Significant, recent or unstable cardiac disease defined as severe heart failure (Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) < 45% despite optimal medical management), unstable cardiac arrhythmia or coronary artery disease (angina on activity), or ischemic event in the past 6 months.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) > 30
- Participation in any other clinical Study.
- Subject is pregnant or lactating, or plan to become pregnant within the study timeframe.
- If treated in France, Subject is a "personne vulnerable" as defined by French Regulation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03360396

Principal Investigator: | Felix Herth, MD, | University Hospital Heidelberg | |
Principal Investigator: | Arschang Valipour, MD,FCCP,PhD | Nord-Klinik Floridsdorf |
Responsible Party: | PneumRx, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03360396 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BTG-004517-01 |
First Posted: | December 4, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 1, 2021 |
Last Verified: | January 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | Yes |
Device Product Not Approved or Cleared by U.S. FDA: | Yes |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | Yes |
severe heterogeneous emphysema severe homogeneous emphysema |
Pulmonary Emphysema Emphysema Pathologic Processes Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive |
Lung Diseases, Obstructive Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases |