The JenaValve ALIGN-AR Pivotal Trial (ALIGN-AR)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04415047 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 4, 2020
Last Update Posted : September 13, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Aortic Regurgitation Aortic Valve Insufficiency Aortic Insufficiency Aortic Valve Disease | Device: JenaValve Trilogy Heart Valve System | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 180 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Study to Assess Safety and Effectiveness of the JenaValve Trilogy™ Heart Valve System in the Treatment of High Surgical Risk Patients With Symptomatic, Severe Aortic Regurgitation (AR) |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 22, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | August 29, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 2028 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
TAVR with JenaValve Trilogy Heart Valve System Intervention Device: JenaValve Trilogy Heart Valve System
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Device: JenaValve Trilogy Heart Valve System
TAVR with JenaValve Trilogy Heart Valve System |
- All-Cause Mortality at 1 Year [ Time Frame: 1 year ]All-cause mortality within the first 12 months post index procedure
- All Stroke [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Number of patients that had a stroke
- Major Bleeding [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Number of patients that had any of these events
- Acute Kidney Injury [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Number of patients that had these events
- Major Vascular Complications [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Number of patients that had these events
- Surgery/intervention related to the device [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Number of patients that had these events
- Permanent pacemaker implantation [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Number of patients that had these events
- Total aortic regurgitation [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Number of patients that had these events
- KCCQ [ Time Frame: 1 year ]KCCQ Improvement

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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:
- Patient with severe aortic regurgitation (AR).
- Patient at high risk for open surgical valve replacement
- Patient symptomatic according to NYHA functional class II or higher
- The study patient has been informed of the nature of the study, agrees to its provisions and has provided written informed consent as approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB)/ Ethics Committee (EC) of the respective clinical site.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Congenital uni or bicuspid aortic valve morphology
- Previous prosthetic aortic valve (bioprosthesis or mechanical) implant
- Endocarditis or other active infection
- Need for urgent or emergent TAVR procedure for any reason
- Cardiogenic shock or hemodynamic instability requiring inotropic support or ventricular assist device
- Severe mitral regurgitation

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): NCT04415047

Study Chair: | Martin B. Leon, MD | New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Torsten P. Vahl, MD | New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Vinod H. Thourani, MD | Piedmont Healthcare |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | JenaValve Technology, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04415047 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
P02C320 |
First Posted: | June 4, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 13, 2022 |
Last Verified: | September 2022 |
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 |
Valvular Heart Disease Aortic Incompetence Aortic Valve Incompetence |
Aortic Valve Disease Aortic Valve Insufficiency Heart Valve Diseases Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |