FRAME, External Support for Lower Limb Autologous Grafts
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04003480 |
Recruitment Status :
Suspended
(no patients have been enrolled. Study suspended due to change of sponsor priorities during COVID)
First Posted : July 1, 2019
Last Update Posted : May 12, 2022
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30 patients will be enrolled in a prospective, multi-center, one-arm study, enrolling patients with claudication and chronic limb ischemia scheduled for lower limb venous bypass grafting on clinical grounds with single segment autologous saphenous vein.
Subjects will be followed for 5 years, with follow up visits at 1, 3, 6, 12 months, 2, 3, 4, 5, years post operation.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Peripheral Arterial Disease Peripheral Artery Disease | Device: FRAME | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 30 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Prospective, Multicenter Study Evaluating the Performance and Safety of FRAME, External Support for Lower Limb Autologous Grafts. |
Estimated Study Start Date : | December 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2025 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: FRAME
Vein graft to be treated with FRAME
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Device: FRAME
External support for vein grafts in peripheral bypass surgery |
- Primary patency [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Freedom of vein graft from occlusion and clinically driven target lesion revascularization as measured by Doppler Ultrasound

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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 scheduled for infrainguinal peripheral artery bypass surgery with single segment autogenous saphenous vein.
- Rutherford classification 3-6
- Adequate revascularization target defined as an infrainguinal arterial segment distal to the area of stenosis/occlusion which can support a distal anastomosis of a surgical bypass.
- Patient is able and willing to give their informed written consent.
- Patient is able and willing to comply with study follow up requirements.
- Patient is ≥ 18 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients indicated for endovascular treatment
- Prior surgical bypass procedure in ipsilateral lower limb.
- Active ulcer/infection/gangrene at the intended distal anastomosis site.
- Severe vein varicosity
- Saphenous vein with external pressurized diameter of less than 3.5 mm or more than 8 mm.
- Spliced vein technique
- In-situ vein technique
- Pedal/plantar distal anastomosis
- Planned above ankle amputation on ipsilateral limb within 4 weeks of index procedure.
- Patients with history of hypercoagulable conditions.
- Patients with significant stenoses distal to the planned anastomotic site and any other known conditions that could adversely affect graft patency.
- Concomitant life-threatening disease likely to limit life expectancy to less than 2 years.
- Contraindication to recommended study medications
- Participating in any other investigational study for either drug or device which can influence collection of valid data under this study.

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): NCT04003480
United States, Indiana | |
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana | |
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, 46804 | |
United States, Maryland | |
University of Maryland Baltimore | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201 | |
United States, New York | |
Mount Sinai Medical Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10029 |
Responsible Party: | Vascular Graft Solutions Ltd. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04003480 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CD0177 |
First Posted: | July 1, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 12, 2022 |
Last Verified: | May 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 |
Saphenous vein graft PAD Peripheral bypass surgery external support |
Peripheral Arterial Disease Peripheral Vascular Diseases Atherosclerosis Arteriosclerosis |
Arterial Occlusive Diseases Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |