N/A
N=50
Caterpillar™ Arterial Embolization Device Post-Market Study
Embolization, Therapeutic
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04244370 ↗Enrolled (actual)
50
Serious AEs
22.0%
Results posted
Oct 2022
Primary outcome: Primary: Technical Success — 55 Target Embolization Sites
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Caterpillar™ Arterial Embolization Device (Device)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- C. R. Bard
- Primary completion
- Aug 2021
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Technical Success |
55 | — |
| PRIMARY Freedom From Device-Related SAEs |
50 | — |
| SECONDARY Time Point of Occlusion |
15; 10; 7; 1; 11; 5 | — |
| SECONDARY Freedom From Recanalization |
56; 43; 31 | — |
| SECONDARY Freedom From Acute Migration |
62 | — |
| SECONDARY Freedom From Non-Acute Migration |
62; 47; 34 | — |
| SECONDARY Freedom From Device and/or Procedure-Related Adverse Events |
42; 31; 23 | — |
| SECONDARY Accuracy of Delivery |
61 | — |
| SECONDARY Ease of Trackability/Deliverability |
61 | — |
| SECONDARY Ease of Detachment |
62 | — |
| SECONDARY Acceptability of Visibility Under Fluoroscopy |
59 | — |
Summary
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the performance and safety of the Caterpillar™ Arterial Embolization Device when used for arterial embolization in the peripheral vasculature in a real world, on-label application.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Subject or Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) must voluntarily sign and date the approved Informed Consent Form (ICF) prior to collection of study-specific data or performance of study-specific procedures.
- Subject must be either male or non-pregnant female ≥18 years of age with an expected lifespan sufficient to allow for completion of all study procedures.
- Subject must be willing and able to comply with protocol requirements, including all study visits and procedures.
- Subject must require peripheral vascular occlusion at an arterial target embolization site(s) that can be treated with the Caterpillar™ Arterial Embolization Device according to the Instructions for Use (IFU). Note: Per Investigator discretion, up to five (5) Target Embolization Sites may be treated with up to ten (10) study devices per subject.
Angiographic Inclusion Criteria
- The target embolization site(s) must be located in a native arterial vessel(s) with the intended arterial vessel diameter ranges shown in the IFU, as assessed by the Investigator (via visual estimate).
- The target embolization site(s) must have a landing zone sufficient to accommodate the device implant lengths shown in the IFU.
Exclusion Criteria
- The subject's access vessel(s) preclude safe insertion of the delivery catheter.
- The subject's target embolization site(s) is located within a vein.
- The subject's target embolization site(s) is located within the head, neck, heart or coronary vessels.
- The subject's target embolization site(s) is located across highly locomotive joints or muscle beds (e.g. elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, thoracic inlet/outlet).
- The subject's target embolization site(s) is located in a high-flow vessel where, in the opinion of the Investigator, there may be significant risk of migration and unintended (non-target site) occlusion.
- The subject has a known allergy or hypersensitivity to contrast media that cannot be adequately pre-medicated.
- The subject has a known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the device materials including: cobalt, chromium, nickel, titanium, platinum, iridium, polyurethane or polyethylene.
- The subject has planned use of anticoagulant (e.g. direct thrombin inhibitors, factor Xa inhibitors, vitamin K antagonists) or antiplatelet therapy before, during and/or after treatment with the study device, which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would clinically interfere with the study endpoints.
- The subject has a known uncontrolled blood coagulation or bleeding disorder.
- The subject has an unresolved systemic infection.
- The subject's required pre-operative laboratory tests and/or physical examination indicate abnormal results, which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would clinically interfere with the study endpoints.
- The subject has a connective tissue disorders (e.g. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome), arteritis (e.g. Takayasu's Disease) or another circulatory disorder, which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would clinically interfere with the study endpoints.
- The subject has another medical condition which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may cause him/her to be non-compliant with the protocol, may confound the data interpretation, or is associated with a life expectancy insufficient to allow for the completion of study procedures and follow-up.
- The subject is currently participating in an investigational drug or another device study that has not completed the study treatment or that clinically interferes with the study endpoints. Note: Studies requiring extended follow-up visits for products that were investigational, but have since become commercially available, are not considered investigational studies.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04244370). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.