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NCT Number: NCT04191746

BEST vCLI Registry

For subjects with critical limb ischemia, identify patient, physician/hospital, and geographic factors associated with variations in treatment strategies; compare treatments and outcomes, including quality of life, cost and cost effectiveness, at 6, 12 months.

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Key information

Conditions

Critical Limb Ischemia Arterial Occlusive Diseases Arteriosclerosis Atherosclerosis Cardiovascular Diseases Chronic Disease Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Disease Attributes Ischemia Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Peripheral Arterial Disease Peripheral Vascular Diseases Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

About this study

The study will be a prospective multicenter registry evaluating the real world therapeutic strategies, clinical outcomes, and costs associated with patients presenting with critical limb ischemia.

Population: Patients over age 18 presenting with critical limb ischemia After initial enrollment at 40 study sites throughout the US. participants will complete follow-up 6 months and 12 months via call center telephone calls.

The study plan calls for enrollment of approximately 1,200 participants throughout the US that will then have 12 month followup that includes collection of medications, hospitalizations for collection of events.Additionally, the BEST-CLI trial will be gathering quality of life data and cost data using similar instruments, thus providing an opportunity for comparison between cost and quality of life analyses in a clinical trial versus in a real-world registry and collection of Quality of Life using validated instruments: EQ-5D, VASQOL, SF-12.and bill review to determine economic impact of disease.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female
  • age 18 years or older
  • Infrainguinal peripheral artery disease (occlusive disease of the arteries below the inguinal ligament)
  • Critical limb ischemia, defined as arterial insufficiency with gangrene, non-healing ischemic ulcer, or rest pain consistent with Rutherford categories 4-6
  • Documented consideration for enrollment in the BEST-CLI Trial with documented failure to meet inclusion / exclusion criteria. Phase ll After BEST CLI official enrollment ends, this inclusion criteria will be removed.
  • Willingness to comply with vCLI protocol, attend follow-up appointments, complete all study assessments, and provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

  • Presence of a popliteal aneurysm (> 2 cm) in the index limb
  • Life expectancy of less than 2 years due to reasons other than peripheral artery disease
  • Active vasculitis, Buerger's disease, or acute limb-threatening ischemia
  • Current chemotherapy or radiation therapy
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Administration of an investigational drug for peripheral artery disease within 30 days of randomization
  • Participation in a clinical trial (except observational studies) within the previous 30 days
  • Prior enrollment or randomization into the BEST-CLI trial

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of participants with major adverse limb events (MALE) as measured by patient reports (verified by medical records)

    Time frame: 6 months

    Number of participants in the registry with major limb events as reported by participants and confirmed by medical records

  2. Percentage of participants with major adverse limb events (MALE) as measured by patient reports (verified by medical records)

    Time frame: 12 months

    Number of participants in the registry with major limb events as reported by participants and confirmed by medical records

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of participants that died within 30 days of index procedure

    Time frame: 30 days

    Collect composite of MALE or perioperative death within 30 days of index procedure using patient/proxy information qualified by medical records.

  2. Number of participants with amputation free survival as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 6 months

    Interviews completed at 6 months with participants that note no hospitalization for amputation and verified by medical records

  3. Number of participants with amputation free survival as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 12 months

    Interviews completed at 12 months with participants that note no hospitalization for amputation and verified by medical records

  4. Number of participants that did not have secondary interventions in index leg as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 6 months

    At 6 month visit, the number of participants that did not report additional procedures such as surgery or angiography.in the affected leg

  5. Number of participants that did not have secondary interventions in index leg as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 12 months

    At 12 month visit, the number of participants that did not report additional procedures such as surgery or angiography.in the affected leg

  6. Number of interventions per limb as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 6 months

    Interventions consist of need to be hospitalized for a form of revascularization

  7. Number of interventions per limb as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 12 months

    Interventions consist of need to be hospitalized for a form of revascularization

  8. Number of participants that did not have limb revascularization failure as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 6 months

    Limb revascularization failure is loss of circulation to the limb that has procedural revascularization previously performed that is non functioning

  9. Number of participants that did not have limb revascularization failure as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 12 months

    Limb revascularization failure is loss of circulation to the limb that has procedural revascularization previously performed that is non functioning

  10. Number of participants who did not have a myocardial infarction as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 6 months

    Number of participants that answered no to the question "Was your hospitalization for a Heart Attack(MI) at 6 months verified by medical record.

  11. Number of participants who did not have a myocardial infarction as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 12 months

    Number of participants that answered no to the question "Was your hospitalization for a Heart Attack(MI) at 12 months verified by medical record.

  12. Number of participants who did not have a stroke while in the registry as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 6 months

    Stroke is inclusive of a cerebral vascular including a ischemic, hemorrhagic or a TIA event.

  13. Number of participants who did not have a stroke while in the registry as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 12 months

    Stroke is inclusive of a cerebral vascular including a ischemic, hemorhagic or a TIA event.

  14. Number of participants that did not have a periprocedural (30 day) major adverse cardiac events as measured by patient report/verified by medical record review

    Time frame: 6 months

    Events that occur during a revascularization procedure including cardiovascular events such as Myocardial Infarction and stoke.

  15. Quality of life as measure by the validated QOL tool called the EuroQol that will be administered throughout the study

    Time frame: Baseline

    The EuroQol is a 6 question validated instrument that asks questions regarding mobility, self care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety and depression. I also includes a 0-100 scale regarding participants assessment of health.

  16. Quality of life as measure by the validated QOL tool called the EuroQol that will be administered throughout the study

    Time frame: 6 month

    The EuroQol is a 6 question validated instrument that asks questions regarding mobility, self care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety and depression. I also includes a 0-100 scale regarding participants assessment of health.

  17. Quality of life as measure by the validated QOL tool (EuroQol) that will be administered throughout the study

    Time frame: 12 month

    The EuroQol is a 6 question validated instrument that asks questions regarding mobility, self care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety and depression with a range of 5 answers. I also includes a 0-100 scale regarding participants assessment of health.

  18. Quality of life as measured by the the SF-12 instrument that will be administered throughout the study

    Time frame: Baseline

    The SF-12 Health Survey is a shorter version of the SF-36 Health Survey that uses 12 questions to measure functional health and well-being from the patient's point of view

  19. Quality of life as measured by the the SF-12 instrument that will be administered throughout the study

    Time frame: 6 months

    The SF-12 Health Survey is a shorter version of the SF-36 Health Survey that uses 12 questions to measure functional health and well-being from the patient's point of view

  20. Quality of life as measured by the the SF-12 instrument that will be administered throughout the study

    Time frame: 12 months

    The SF-12 Health Survey is a shorter version of the SF-36 Health Survey that uses 12 questions to measure functional health and well-being from the patient's point of view

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Duke University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Registry information

Official study title

BEST Critical Limb Ischemia (vCLI) Registry

Acronym: BEST

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Dec 10, 2019
Registry last updated
Jul 3, 2025

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