Supra-Annular vs. Annular ValvEs for Small Annuli (SAVE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04372381 |
Recruitment Status :
Enrolling by invitation
First Posted : May 4, 2020
Last Update Posted : January 27, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Aortic Valve Stenosis Implantation, Heart Valve Prosthesis | Device: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Edwards Sapien Ultra or Medtronic Evolut Pro | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 150 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Open-Label, Prospective randomized |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Supra-Annular vs. Annular ValvEs for Small Annuli (<= 23mm) |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 12, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | November 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Supra-Annular transcatheter heart valve
Medtronic Evolut Pro Valve implantation
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Device: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Edwards Sapien Ultra or Medtronic Evolut Pro
Treatment of aortic valve stenosis using transcatheter aortic valve replacement |
Active Comparator: Annular transcatheter heart valve
Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra implantation
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Device: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Edwards Sapien Ultra or Medtronic Evolut Pro
Treatment of aortic valve stenosis using transcatheter aortic valve replacement |
- Composite endpoint of patient prosthesis mismatch and >= moderate paravalvular regurgitation [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
- VARC-2 30-day early safety and efficacy [ Time Frame: 30 days ]All cause mortality stroke life-threatening bleeding acute kidney injury-stage 2 or 3 coronary artery obstruction major vascular complication valve-related dysfunction requiring repeat procedure NYHA class III or IV Requiring hospitalization for valve-related symptoms or worsening congestive heart failure
- Pacemaker implantation [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Clinical indication for permanent pacemaker insertion
- Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction [ Time Frame: 30 days and 1 year ]
Mean aortic valve gradient >= 20 mmHg
>= Moderate transvalvular aortic regurgitation Abnormal leaflet thickening Decreased leaflet mobility Leaflet thrombosis

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Symptomatic subjects with severe native aortic valve stenosis
- aortic valve annulus mean diameter ≤23 mm
- Patient meet commercial indication for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
- Institutional heart team determines that TAVR is appropriate
- Patient's anatomy is appropriate for either Medtronic Evolute or Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
- Intended concurrent structural heart procedure (e.g. transcatheter mitral valve repair or replacement, left atrial appendage closure)
- Renal function precluding the administration of iodinated contrast (eGFR < 30ml/min/1.73m2). An exception to this exclusion criterion is made if the subject is established on renal replacement therapy and is therefore able to receive intravenous iodinated contrast media
- Pregnancy or intent on becoming pregnant prior to completion of all proctocol follow-up procedures
- Patients at high risk for coronary obstruction
- Patients with low-flow low gradient aortic valve stenosis
- patients at high risk for annular rupture with implantation of a balloon expandable valve

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): NCT04372381
United States, Arizona | |
Banner - University Medical Center, Phoenix campus | |
Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85006 | |
Tucson Medical Center | |
Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85712 | |
United States, Florida | |
Delray Medical Center | |
Delray Beach, Florida, United States, 33484 |
Principal Investigator: | Marvin Eng, MD | University of Arizona |
Responsible Party: | Marvin Eng, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Arizona |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04372381 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
STUDY00000164 |
First Posted: | May 4, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 27, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
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 |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Implantation, Heart Valve Prosthesis aortic valve stenosis transcatheter aortic valve replacement |
Aortic Valve Stenosis Aortic Valve Disease Heart Valve Diseases |
Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Ventricular Outflow Obstruction |