A Feasibility Study of the Millipede Transcatheter Annuloplasty Ring System in Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04147884 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 1, 2019
Last Update Posted : March 20, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Mitral Regurgitation Functional Mitral Valve Disease Cardiovascular Diseases | Device: Millipede Transcatheter Annuloplasty Ring System (Millipede System) | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 4 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Device Feasibility |
Official Title: | A Study to Evaluate the Feasibility and Safety of the Millipede Transcatheter Annuloplasty Ring System in Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation: (Millipede Feasibility Study) |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 13, 2019 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 17, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 2026 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Mitral Valve Repair
All subjects will receive mitral valve repair using the Millipede System
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Device: Millipede Transcatheter Annuloplasty Ring System (Millipede System)
The Millipede Transcatheter Annuloplasty Ring System is a repair device used for treating mitral valve regurgitation (MR). The system consists of several components: a transcatheter annuloplasty ring (implant) which remains in the body and a delivery system and intracardiac echocardiography catheter (imaging device) used to deliver the implant to the mitral valve. |
- Primary Technical Success Endpoint [ Time Frame: Index procedure exit from the catheterization laboratory ]
Technical Success (measured at exit from the catheterization laboratory) is defined per Mitral Valve Academic Research Consortium (MVARC ). All of the following must be present:
Absence of procedural mortality; and Successful access, delivery and retrieval of the device delivery system; and Successful deployment and correct positioning of the first intended device; and Freedom from emergency surgery or reintervention related to the device or access procedure.
- Primary Safety Endpoint [ Time Frame: 30 days post index procedure ]
The composite (aggregate) of the following implant-related and/or delivery-related serious adverse events (SAEs) at 30 days post index procedure (based on MVARC definitions and adjudicated by an independent clinical events committee). The unit of outcome measure is % (n/N):
- Mortality: all-cause
- Stroke: disabling and non-disabling; Bleeding: life-threatening based MVARC scale
- Major access site vascular complications
- Major cardiac structural complications due to access-related issues
- Acute kidney injury (AKI; ≤7 days post index procedure): based on the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) --System Stage 3 (including renal replacement therapy) or Stage 2
- Myocardial infarction (MI; periprocedural [≤48 hours] or spontaneous [>48 hours])
- Coronary ischemia requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft
- Any valve-related dysfunction, migration, thrombosis, or other complication requiring surgery or repeat intervention

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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:
- Subject is 18 years of age or older
- Subject (or legal guardian) understands the trial requirements and the treatment procedures and provides written informed consent before any trial-specific tests or procedures are performed
- Subject has moderate to severe (3+) or severe (4+) functional mitral regurgitation confirmed by echocardiography core lab
- Subject is symptomatic (NYHA Class II-IV) despite guideline directed medical therapy, including CRT if indicated
- The local site heart team concurs that mitral valve surgery will not be offered as a first-line treatment option
- Subject is a candidate for annuloplasty based on the criteria below as assessed by the investigative site (and confirmed by the Case Review Committee [CRC]):
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ≥ 25% Left Ventricular End Diastolic Diameter (LVEDD) ≤ 65 mm Coaptation distance (i.e. tenting height) < 10 mm Absence of posterior wall aneurysm
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject has severe calcification of the mitral annulus or leaflets or other anatomic features that make the subject unsuitable for annuloplasty with the Millipede System in the judgment of the treating physician or subject does not have suitable mitral annular diameter (determined by CT) as per the Instructions for Use
- Transfemoral venous and transseptal access determined not to be feasible
- Subject is on the waiting list for a transplant or has had a prior heart transplant
- Subject has had a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 30 days prior to study enrollment
- Subject has had any percutaneous coronary, carotid, or other endovascular intervention within 30 days prior to study enrollment
- Subject has had carotid surgery within 30 days prior to study enrollment
- Subject has had any open coronary or vascular surgery (other than carotid surgery) within 3 months prior to study enrollment
- Subject has had a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implantation within 3 months prior to study enrollment
- Subject has untreated clinically significant coronary artery disease requiring revascularization
- Any planned cardiac surgery within the next 12 months
- Need for emergent or urgent surgery for any reason
- Subject has severe aortic valve stenosis and/or aortic valve regurgitation
- Subject has physical evidence of right-sided congestive heart failure (CHF) with echocardiographic evidence of moderate or severe right ventricular dysfunction and/or severe tricuspid valve regurgitation
- Subject has the presence of prosthetic heart valve in any position
- Subject has renal insufficiency (eGFR <20mL/min) and is not on dialysis
- Subject has a life expectancy less than 12 months
- Subjects in whom trans-esophageal echocardiography-Doppler assessment is contraindicated or in which mitral regurgitation is not measurable by Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- Subject has a prior history of atrial septal defect (ASD) closure or patient foramen ovale (PFO) closure
- Subject has fixed pulmonary artery systolic pressure > 70 mmHG
- Subject has known hypersensitivity or contraindication to protocol required procedural or post procedural medication (e.g., anticoagulation therapy) or hypersensitivity to nickel or titanium
- Subject has known hypersensitivity to contrast that cannot be adequately premedicated
- Female subject who is breast feeding or is pregnant and planning to become pregnant within the study period
- Subject is participating in another investigational drug or device study that has not reached its primary endpoint or subject intends to participate in another investigational device clinical trial within 12 months after index procedure
- Subject has a history of endocarditis within 6 months of index procedure or evidence of an active systemic infection or sepsis
- Subject has oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Subject has documented severe liver disease
- Subject has Hgb <8 g/dL, platelet count <50,000 cells/mm3 or >700,000 cells/mm3, or white blood cell count <1,000 cells/mm3
- Subject has any evidence of intracardiac thrombus

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04147884
United States, Arizona | |
Tucson Medical Center Healthcare | |
Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85712 | |
United States, New York | |
Montefiore Medical Center | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10467 | |
Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital | |
New York, New York, United States, 10032 | |
Australia, Victoria | |
Monash Health | |
Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168 |
Principal Investigator: | Robert Gooley, MBBS, PhD | Monash Health | |
Principal Investigator: | Nicolas Van Mieghem, MD, PhD | Erasmus Medical Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Susheel K Kodali, MD | New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | Boston Scientific Corporation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04147884 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
S2436 |
First Posted: | November 1, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 20, 2023 |
Last Verified: | March 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Plan Description: | The data and study protocol for this clinical trial may be made available to other researchers in accordance with the Boston Scientific Data Sharing Policy (http://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/data-sharing-requests.html) |
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 |
Functional Mitral Regurgitation Mitral Repair |
Cardiovascular Diseases Mitral Valve Insufficiency Heart Valve Diseases Heart Diseases |