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NCT Number: NCT06507579

Hydra Registry - UK

The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) using the Hydra transcatheter aortic heart valve (THV) series, in patients with severe aortic stenosis up to 1-year after the procedure. This will include an evaluation of the preservation of coronary access post implant by attempting to selectively engage both the right and left coronary arteries through standardised angiographic views.

The study will also examine the utility of 72 hours of post discharge remote ambulatory continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring using the novel Checkpoint Cardio System where it is clinically appropriate.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–99 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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About this study

This is a prospective, observational, multi-centre study. The aim of this study is to collect clinical, procedural, and follow-up data in order to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Hydra THV series (Vascular Innovations Co. Ltd., Nonthaburi, Thailand).

Additionally, the study will conduct the following evaluation:

  • The remote ambulatory cardiac monitoring (rACM) using the Checkpoint Cardio System, consisting of 72 hours of continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring, will be evaluated post hospital discharge where it is clinically appropriate.
  • Coronary access will be evaluated immediately post-TAVI by attempting to selectively engage both the right and left coronary arteries through standardised angiographic views. This will be done in a sub-set of patients who are either known to have coronary artery disease, did not have coronary angiogram prior to TAVI or where it is felt to be clinically appropriate for other reasons post implant.

Following discharge, clinical follow-ups are scheduled at 45 days (±14 days), and 1-year (±30 days).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with severe aortic stenosis eligible for transfemoral TAVI procedure as per local Heart Team evaluation
  • Full understanding and willing to provide informed consent to study enrolment
  • Age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion criteria

  • Contraindications to TAVI (e.g., anatomically phenotypes, intracardiac mass, thrombus, vegetation, endocarditis)
  • Refusal to provide informed consent to study enrolment
  • Patients with severe aorta or peripheral artery disease precluding transfemoral approach of TAVI
  • Patients with significant calcification of the aortic annulus and in the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract (LVOT), or/and excess calcium within each cusp, or those who are deemed unsuitable for the Hydra THV series based on the clinical judgment of the Investigator.

Treatment and study plan

Hydra transcatheter aortic valve (THV) series

Device

The Hydra device consists of a self-expanding nitinol frame and three bovine pericardial leaflets in supra-annular position.

Primary outcomes

  1. Primary safety endpoint

    Time frame: 45 days

    Early safety as defined by VARC-3 as composite of:

    • Freedom from all-cause mortality;
    • Freedom from all stroke;
    • Freedom from VARC 3 type 3-4 bleeding;
    • Freedom from major vascular, access-related, or cardiac structural complication;
    • Freedom from acute kidney injury stage 3 or 4;
    • Freedom from moderate or severe aortic regurgitation;
    • Freedom from new permanent pacemaker due to procedure-related conduction abnormalities;
    • Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device.
  2. Primary performance endpoint

    Time frame: 45 days

    Device success as defined by VARC-3 as composite of:

    • Technical success;
    • Freedom from mortality;
    • Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device or to a major vascular or access related or cardiac structural complication;
    • Intended performance of the valve (mean gradient <20mmHg, peak velocity <3 m/s, Doppler velocity index ≥0.25, and less than moderate aortic regurgitation).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Technical success

    Time frame: Immediately after the procedure

    As per VARC-3 defined criteria

  2. Cardiovascular mortality

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  3. All-cause mortality

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  4. All stroke

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  5. Disabling stroke

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  6. Myocardial infarction

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  7. Major vascular complication

    Time frame: 45 days

  8. Acute kidney injury

    Time frame: 45 days

  9. New permanent pacemaker implantation due to procedure related conduction abnormalities

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  10. New-onset atrial fibrillation

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  11. Coronary artery obstruction requiring intervention

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  12. Re-hospitalization for procedure- or valve-related causes

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  13. Mean aortic valve gradient

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  14. Effective Orifice Area (EOA)

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  15. Paravalvular leak

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  16. New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  17. Change in quality-of-life score assessed by the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ-12)

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

    Assessed by the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ-12)

  18. Bioprosthetic Valve Failure (BVF), defined as valve-related mortality or aortic valve re-operation/re-intervention, or stage 3 haemodynamic severe structural valve deterioration

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  19. Bioprosthetic valve dysfunction (BVD), defined as structural valve deterioration, non-structural valve deterioration, clinical valve thrombosis, infective endocarditis

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  20. Stroke or peripheral embolism (presumably valve-related, after ruling out other non-valve aetiologies)

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  21. VARC-3 Type 3-4 bleeding secondary to or exacerbated by antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents used specifically for valve-related concerns (e.g., clinically apparent leaflet thrombosis)

    Time frame: 45 days, and 1-year

  22. Significant arrhythmias on rACM that would potentially lead to permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI)

    Time frame: 72 hours post hospital discharge

  23. Ability to selectively engage and obtain diagnostic epicardial coronary angiography images from the right and left coronary ostia

    Time frame: Immediately post-TAVI

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Dr. Javaid Iqbal, MRCP, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

7788438471

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sahajanand Medical Technologies Limited

Industry

Collaborators

  • Psephos Biomedica

Registry information

Official study title

Prospective Observational Study on the Efficacy and Safety of Hydra Transcatheter Aortic Valve

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jul 18, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 27, 2026

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