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NCT Number: NCT01534819

ANCHOR (Aneurysm Treatment Using the Heli-FX™ EndoAnchor™ System Global Registry)

The ANCHOR registry is a multi-center, post-market, non-interventional, non-randomized, prospective study.

Subjects must sign an ICF prior to obtaining any study specific information. Subjects are eligible to be consented up to 30 days post-procedure.

Enrolled subjects will be followed as per local 'standard of care' for up to 5 years post procedure. Study recommended follow-up is per SVS and ESVS guidance.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia

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About this study

The objective of the ANCHOR registry is to expand the clinical knowledge based on the use of the Heli-FX™ EndoAnchor™ System. This registry will include "real world" use over a broad spectrum of geographies, by a wide variety of practicing clinicians, and with a minimal degree of subject selection criteria.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Protocol B:

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects with asymptomatic, symptomatic, or ruptured aortic aneurysms
  • Subject ≥ 18 years old
  • Subject has provided written informed consent, either before or less than or equal to 30 calendar days after the index procedure
  • Subject is willing and able to comply with standard of care followup evaluations
  • Subject has a previously implanted endograft or will be undergoing repair, with one of the following aortic aneurysm endograft devices:
  • Cook Zenith or Cook Zenith TX2
  • Gore Excluder or TAG
  • Medtronic AneuRx
  • Medtronic Talent
  • Medtronic Endurant or Valiant
  • Any additional third party AAA endograft device that is commercially available and listed as compatible with Heli-FX™ in the IFU
  • Subject's iliac/femoral access is compatible with:
  • a 16 French sheath (abdominal subjects)
  • 18 French sheath (thoracic subjects)
  • Selected 16 or 18 French sheath, as applicable to the device selected for use (advanced disease subjects)
  • Subject has a previously implanted endograft that has migrated or has a Type I endoleak within the aorta or will undergo implantation of an endograft that in the opinion of the investigator will be at increased risk of such complications

Exclusion criteria

  • Subject has known allergy to the EndoAnchor™ implant material (nickel, chromium, molybdenum, or cobalt)
  • Subject has a life expectancy of less than 1 year
  • Subject is participating in a clinical study or registry that, in the Investigator's opinion, may conflict or may have a negative impact on the subject's safety
  • Subject was treated with EndoAnchor™ in the same segment of the aorta that will be treated in the registry
  • Subject has an active or known history of bleeding diathesis
  • Subject has a condition that threatens to infect the endograft (active bacteremia, or infections that carry increased risk of endograft infection)
  • Significant thrombus or calcium at the location of planned EndoAnchor™ implantation that precludes adequate EndoAnchor™ penetration of the aortic wall
  • Use where, for whatever reason, each EndoAnchor™ is not anticipated to adequately penetrate into the aortic wall
  • Subject has an aortic dissection that involves an area to be treated with EndoAnchor™
  • Subject has Marfan Syndrome, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, or another collagen vascular disease
  • Subject is pregnant

Protocol C:

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects with asymptomatic or symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms that will receive the Heli-FX™ in conjunction with the Endurant II/IIs endograft as part of their planned EVAR treatment
  • Subject ≥ 18 years old
  • Subject has provided written informed consent, either before or less than or equal to 30 calendar days after the index procedure
  • Subject is willing and able to comply with standard of care followup evaluations
  • Subject will be undergoing AAA repair with the bifurcated main body Endurant II/IIs stent graft in conjunction with Heli-FX™ with a proximal neck length of ≥ 4mm to < 10mm and treated in accordance with the Endurant II/IIs and Heli-FX™ IFUs
  • Subject's iliac/femoral access is compatible with a 16 French sheath

Exclusion criteria

  • Subject has known allergy to the EndoAnchor™ implant material (nickel, chromium, molybdenum, or cobalt)
  • Subject has a life expectancy of less than 1 year
  • Subject is participating in a clinical study or registry that, in the Investigator's opinion, may conflict or may have a negative impact on the subject's safety
  • Subject was previously treated with EndoAnchor™ implants in the same segment of the aorta that will be treated within the registry, or has a previously implanted AAA endograft that has migrated or has a Type Ia endoleak, or is being treated for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, or has planned usage of an Endurant II/IIs AUI main body stent graft configuration
  • Subject has an active or known history of bleeding diathesis
  • Subject has a condition that threatens to infect the endograft (active bacteremia, or infections that carry increased risk of endograft infection)
  • Significant thrombus or calcium at the location of planned EndoAnchor™ device implantation that precludes adequate EndoAnchor™ implant penetration of the aortic wall
  • Use where, for whatever reason, each EndoAnchor™ implant is not anticipated to adequately penetrate into the aortic wall
  • Subject has an aortic dissection that involves an area to be treated with EndoAnchor™ implants
  • Subject has Marfan Syndrome, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, or another collagen vascular disease
  • Subject is pregnant
  • Physician does not intend to treat subject on-label per the Endurant II/IIs and Heli-FX™ IFU requirements or if the physician intends to use Heli-FX™ in a chimney procedure.

Treatment and study plan

EndoAnchor™

Device

Use of the EndoAnchor™ in conjunction with endograft

Other names: Heli-FX™, Heli-FX™ EndoAnchor™ System

endovascular treament

Procedure

implantation of a device inserted through an artery

Primary outcomes

  1. Protocol B has composite primary safety endpoints, tabulated separately for the abdominal, thoracic and advanced disease arms

    Time frame: Through 12 months

    The primary safety endpoint is defined by:

    i. freedom from device-related serious adverse events at 12 months and ii. freedom from procedure-related serious adverse events at 12 months iii. freedom from aneurysm-related mortality defined as: i. death within 30 days of the index procedure ii. death within 30 days of a secondary procedure to address the aneurysm iii. death from rupture of the treated aneurysm

  2. Protocol B has composite primary effectiveness endpoints, tabulated separately for the abdominal, thoracic and advanced disease arms

    Time frame: Through 12 months

    The primary effectiveness endpoint requires all of the following:

    i successful implantation of the minimum number of EndoAnchor™ and ii freedom from migration at 12 months and iii freedom from Type I endoleak at the targeted attachment site(s) at 12 months

  3. Protocol C has composite primary safety endpoint

    Time frame: Through 12 months

    The primary safety endpoint is defined by:

    • device-related serious adverse events at 12 months
    • aneurysm-related mortality defined as:

    i. death within 30 days of the index procedure ii. death within 30 days of a secondary procedure to address the aneurysm iii. death from rupture of the treated aneurysm

  4. Protocol C have composite primary effectiveness endpoint

    Time frame: Through 12 months

    The primary effectiveness endpoint is treatment success which is defined as the successful implantation of EndoAnchor™ implants at the index procedure, and the absence of:

    • migration at 12 months and
    • Type I endoleak at the targeted attachment site(s) at 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Protocol B has the secondary endpoints chosen to reflect the clinical success and safety of Heli-FX™. Each of the secondary endpoints will be measured individually at 30 days and 12 months and yearly thereafter.

    Time frame: Through 5 years

    • Technical success defined as successful deployment of EndoAnchor™ at their intended location. Technical success will be assessed separately for the target attachment sites; proximally and/or distally
    • Clinical success will be defined as the successful implantation of the suggested number of EndoAnchor™ at the index procedure, and the absence of: death as a result of aneurysm-related treatment; Type Ia endoleak; Type Ib endoleak (TAA and advanced disease only); endograft infection; endograft migration; loss of endograft fabric integrity as a result of the EndoAnchor™; Rupture of the treated aneurysm; Conversion to open surgical repair
    • Secondary aneurysm-related interventions after EndoAnchor™ implantation
    • all-cause mortality
    • Freedom from EndoAnchor™ fracture
  2. Protocol C has the secondary endpoints chosen to reflect the clinical success and safety of Heli-FX™. Each of the secondary endpoints will be measured individually at 30 days and 12 months and yearly thereafter.

    Time frame: Through 5 years

    • Technical success defined as successful deployment of EndoAnchor™ at their intended location. Technical success will be assessed separately for the target attachment sites; proximally and/or distally
    • Clinical success will be defined as the successful implantation of EndoAnchor™ at the index procedure, and the absence of: aneurysm-related mortality; Type Ia endoleak; endograft infection; endograft migration; loss of endograft fabric integrity as a result of the EndoAnchor™; Rupture of the treated aneurysm; Conversion to open surgical repair
    • Secondary aneurysm-related interventions after EndoAnchor™ implantation
    • all-cause mortality
    • EndoAnchor™ implant fracture

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medtronic Cardiovascular

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Aneurysm Treatment Using the Heli-FX™ EndoAnchor™ System Global Registry

Acronym: ANCHOR

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2026
First posted
Feb 17, 2012
Registry last updated
Apr 14, 2026

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