Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects (VSDs) With the AMPLATZER Muscular VSD (MuVSD) Occluder - Post Approval Study (VPA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00647387 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : March 31, 2008
Last Update Posted : August 5, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Ventricular Septal Defects | Device: Muscular VSD Occluder device implantation (AMPLATZER Muscular VSD Occluder) | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 91 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 2008 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | August 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Implantation with the device
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Device: Muscular VSD Occluder device implantation (AMPLATZER Muscular VSD Occluder)
Device |
- The primary safety objective is to evaluate the proportion of subjects experiencing a major adverse event within 12 months of the procedure. Subjects will be followed for 5 years post implant. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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complex congenital muscular ventricular septal defects (VSD) of significant size to warrant closure. Subjects must meet at least one of the following:
- Large volume left to right shunt (Qp/Qs >2:1),
- Pulmonary hypertension (PA pressure >50% systemic) and/or
- Clinical symptoms of congestive heart failure
- Banding of the pulmonary artery(ies) and in the opinion of the treating investigator closure of the VSD is clinically warranted.
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Subjects must meet at least one of the following criteria to be considered high risk for standard transatrial or transarterial surgical closure based on anatomical conditions:
- Left ventriculotomy or an extensive right ventriculotomy,
- Failed previous VSD closure,
- Multiple apical and/or anterior muscular VSDs ("Swiss Cheese Septum"), and/or
- Posterior apical VSDs covered by trabeculae.
- Overall medical condition
- Subject/legally authorized representative has signed the informed consent
- Subject/legally authorized representative is willing to complete the follow-up requirements of this study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with defects less than 4 mm distance from the semilunar (aortic and pulmonary) or atrioventricular valves (mitral and tricuspid)
- Subjects with severely increased pulmonary vascular resistance above 7 Wood units and a right-to-left shunt and documented irreversible pulmonary vascular disease
- Subjects with perimembranous (close to the aortic valve) VSD
- Subjects with post-infarction VSD
- Subjects who weigh < 5.2 kg
- Subjects with sepsis (local/generalized)
- Subjects with active bacterial infections
- Subjects with contraindications to anti-platelets

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): NCT00647387

Study Director: | Maren Wagner | Abbott |
Responsible Party: | Abbott Medical Devices |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00647387 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
AGA-016 |
First Posted: | March 31, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 5, 2022 |
Last Verified: | August 2022 |
muscular ventricular septal defects VSD |
Heart Septal Defects Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular Heart Defects, Congenital Cardiovascular Abnormalities |
Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Congenital Abnormalities |