Reducing Lung CongestIon Symptoms in Advanced Heart Failure (RELIEVE-HF)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03499236 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 17, 2018
Last Update Posted : May 1, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Heart Failure | Device: V-Wave Interatrial Shunt Other: Control | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 605 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Randomized treatment versus control (1:1). Control patients will be allowed to cross-over at the completion of the blinded phase. A parallel roll-in arm will enroll up to 2 patients per site in an open-label study. |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Masking Description: | In the randomized cohort, participants, the clinical team, and research staff managing the patient after randomization will be blinded to study assignment. |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | RELIEVE-HF TRIAL: REducing Lung congestIon Symptoms Using the v-wavE Shunt in adVancEd Heart Failure |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 19, 2018 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 15, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 31, 2027 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment
Treatment arm patients will undergo a diagnostic right heart catheterization and invasive echocardiography to determine study eligibility followed by transseptal catheterization and V-Wave Shunt implantation
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Device: V-Wave Interatrial Shunt
The V-Wave Interatrial Shunt System, includes a permanent implant placed during a minimally invasive cardiac catheterization procedure using its dedicated Delivery Catheter. The device is implanted through the fossa ovalis and straddles the interatrial septum. |
Control
Control arm patients will undergo a diagnostic right heart catheterization and invasive echocardiography to determine study eligibility, but will not have transseptal catheterization or shunt implantation.
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Other: Control
Right heart catheterization, invasive echocardiography. |
Experimental: Roll in
Roll in arm patients will undergo a diagnostic right heart catheterization and invasive echocardiography to determine study eligibility followed by transseptal catheterization and V-Wave Shunt implantation
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Device: V-Wave Interatrial Shunt
The V-Wave Interatrial Shunt System, includes a permanent implant placed during a minimally invasive cardiac catheterization procedure using its dedicated Delivery Catheter. The device is implanted through the fossa ovalis and straddles the interatrial septum. |
- Safety-Percentage of Treatment patients experiencing major device-related adverse events [ Time Frame: 30-days after randomization ]Percentage of Treatment group patients experiencing any device-related Major Adverse Cardiovascular or Neurological Events (MACNE) during the first 30-days after randomization, compared to a pre-specified Performance Goal
- Effectiveness-Hierarchical composite of death, heart transplant or left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, HF hospitalizations, worsening HF events treated as an outpatient, and change in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) [ Time Frame: Follow-up duration at endpoint analysis ranges from a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 24 months ]Treatment and Control groups will be compared using the Finkelstein-Schoenfeld method
- 6MWT changes [ Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months ]6MWT changes
- KCCQ changes [ Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months ]KCCQ changes
- KCCQ changes [ Time Frame: Baseline through study completion, maximum of five years ]KCCQ changes
- Time to all-cause death, LVAD/Transplant, or heart failure hospitalization [ Time Frame: Baseline through study completion, maximum of five years ]Time to all-cause death, LVAD/Transplant, or heart failure hospitalization
- Time to all-cause death or first heart failure hospitalization [ Time Frame: Baseline through study completion, maximum of five years ]Time to all-cause death or first heart failure hospitalization
- Cumulative heart failure hospitalizations [ Time Frame: Baseline through study completion, maximum of five years ]Cumulative heart failure hospitalizations
- Time to first heart failure hospitalization [ Time Frame: Baseline through study completion, maximum of five years ]Time to first heart failure hospitalization
- Modified Primary Effectiveness Endpoint including all-cause death, LVAD/Transplant, HF Hospitalizations, and worsening HF events treated as outpatient but without KCCQ [ Time Frame: Baseline through study completion, maximum of five years ]Modified Primary Effectiveness Endpoint including all-cause death, LVAD/Transplant, HF Hospitalizations, and worsening HF events treated as outpatient but without KCCQ

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Main Inclusion Criteria:
- Both heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients
- NYHA Class II, Class III, or ambulatory Class IV HF
- Receiving guideline directed medical and device therapy (GDMT) for heart failure
- For NYHA Class III and ambulatory Class IV, at least one prior hospitalization for heart failure within the last year or elevated BNP level of at least 300 pg/ml or NT-proBNP level of at least 1,500 pg/ml. BNP/NT-ProBNP levels corrected for BMI
- For NYHA Class II, must have both hospitalization and elevated BNP levels as above specifications
Main Exclusion Criteria:
- Systolic blood pressure <90 or >160 mmHg
- Presence of Intracardiac thrombus
- Pulmonary hypertension with PASP of ≥70 mm/Hg or PVR > 4 WU
- Significant RV dysfunction - TAPSE <12mm or RVFAC ≤25%
- Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Diameter (LVEDD) >8cm
- Moderate to severe aortic or mitral stenosis
- Stroke or TIA or DVT within the last 6 months
- eGFR <25 ml/min/1.73 m^2
- Anatomical anomaly on TEE or ICE that precludes implantation of Shunt across fossa ovalis (FO) of the interatrial septum
- Inadequate vascular access for implantation of shunt, e.g. femoral venous access for transseptal catheterization and inferior vena cava (IVC) is not patent
- Hemodynamic heart rhythm, or respiratory instability at time of Final Exclusion Criteria

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03499236

Principal Investigator: | Stefan D Anker, MD, PhD | University Medical Center Gottingen, Germany | |
Principal Investigator: | JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD | Vanderbilt University | |
Principal Investigator: | Josep Rodés-Cabau, MD | Université Laval (CRIUCPQ-ULaval) | |
Principal Investigator: | Gregg W Stone, MD | Colombia University Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | V-Wave Ltd |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03499236 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CL7018 |
First Posted: | April 17, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 1, 2023 |
Last Verified: | October 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
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 |
Heart Failure Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |