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NCT Number: NCT04634916

Post-market Surveillance Study of the BD® WavelinQ™ EndoAVF System

A prospective, single-arm, multi-center post-market surveillance study of the BD® WavelinQ™ EndoAVF System for the Creation of Arteriovenous (AV) Fistula in Patients Requiring Dialysis.

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 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 voluntarily sign and date the Informed Consent Form (ICF) prior to collection of study data or performance of study procedures.
  • Subject must be willing to comply with the protocol requirements, including clinical follow-up.
  • Subjects who have established, non-reversible kidney failure, who are currently on dialysis at screening or are in immediate need (within 6 months of endoAVF creation) of dialysis.
  • Target treatment vein diameter(s) for endoAVF creation ≥ 2.0 mm as measured via Duplex Ultrasound (DUS) or Venography.
  • Target treatment artery diameter ≥ 2.0 mm as measured via Duplex Ultrasound (DUS) or Arteriogram.
  • Subject has adequate collateral circulation to the hand, in the opinion of the Investigator.
  • At least one superficial outflow vein diameter ≥ 2.5 mm and in communication with the target creation site via a proximal forearm perforating vein.

Exclusion criteria

  • The subject is in a hypercoagulable state.
  • The subject has known bleeding diathesis.
  • The subject has insufficient cardiac output to support a native fistula in the opinion of the Investigator.
  • Known history of active intravenous drug abuse.
  • "Planned" major surgical procedure within 6 months following index procedure or major surgery within 30 days prior to index procedure.
  • The subject has a known allergy or hypersensitivity to contrast media which cannot be adequately pre-medicated.
  • The subject has known adverse effects to sedation and/or anesthesia which cannot be adequately pre-medicated.
  • Evidence of active infection on the day of the index procedure (temperature of ≥ 38.0° Celsius and/ or WBC of ≥ 12,000 cells/ μL, if collected).
  • The subject has another medical condition, which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may cause him/her to be non-compliant with the protocol, 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.
  • The subject has central venous stenosis or central vein narrowing > 50% based on imaging on the same side as the planned endoAVF creation.
  • Absence of a proximal forearm perforating vein feeding the target cannulation vein(s) from the target creation site via Duplex Ultrasound (DUS) or Venography.
  • Occlusion or stenosis > 50% of target cannulation vein(s) such as cephalic, median cubital, basilic, etc. assessed via Duplex Ultrasound (DUS) or Venography.
  • Significantly compromised venous or arterial flow in the treatment arm as determined by Investigator and Duplex Ultrasound (DUS) or Venography.
  • Presence of significant calcification at the target endoAVF location that could potentially impact the effectiveness of endoAVF creation as determined by the Investigator.

Treatment and study plan

EndoAVF Creation

Device

Subjects will have an endoAVF created using the WavelinQ EndoAVF System

Primary outcomes

  1. Functional Cannulation Success

    Time frame: 6-months post index procedure

    The percentage of subjects dialyzed using successful 2-needle access of the endoAVF for at least 75% of dialysis sessions over a continuous 28-day period

  2. Primary Patency

    Time frame: 6-months post index procedure

    Subjects maintaining primary patency of the endoAVF

  3. Device- and procedure-related serious adverse events (SAE)

    Time frame: 30-days post index procedure

    Freedom from device-related or procedure-related SAEs

Secondary outcomes

  1. Physiological Maturation

    Time frame: 2-weeks, 6-weeks, 6-months, and 24-months post index procedure

    Defined by duplex ultrasound flow in the brachial artery of at least 500ml/min and outflow vein diameter ≥ 4mm

  2. Functional Maturation

    Time frame: 6-weeks, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months post index procedure

    Successful prescribed dialysis with 2-needle cannulation of the endoAVF for three continuous weeks

  3. Procedure Success

    Time frame: Index procedure

    Successful endoAVF creation

  4. Cannulation Success

    Time frame: 6-weeks, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months post index procedure

    Successful 2-needle endoAVF cannulation

  5. Primary Patency

    Time frame: 6-weeks, 3-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months post index procedure

    Subjects maintaining primary patency of the endoAVF

  6. Assisted Primary Patency

    Time frame: 6-weeks, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months post index procedure

    Subjects maintaining assisted primary patency of the endoAVF

  7. Secondary Patency

    Time frame: 6-weeks, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months post index procedure

    Subjects maintaining secondary patency of the endoAVF

  8. Functional Patency

    Time frame: through 24-months

    Interval of time from endoAVF cannulation success to involuntary access abandonment

  9. Functional Cannulation Success

    Time frame: 3-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months post index procedure

    The percentage of subjects dialyzed using successful 2-needle access of the endoAVF for at least 75% of dialysis sessions over a continuous 28-day period

  10. CVC Exposure/Use

    Time frame: 6-weeks, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months post index procedure

  11. Procedural Adjunctive Procedures

    Time frame: Index Procedure

    Adjunctive procedures performed at the time of the index procedure

  12. Post Procedural Secondary Procedures

    Time frame: 2-weeks, 6-weeks, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months post index procedure

    Number of secondary procedures conducted after the index procedure, broken down to identify interventions and second stage procedures

Study contacts

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

Crystal Anderson

CONTACT

[email protected]

+16028305413

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

C. R. Bard

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Prospective, Multi-Center Clinical Study of the BD® WavelinQ™ EndoAVF System for the Creation of Arteriovenous (AV) Fistula in Patients Requiring Dialysis

Acronym: CONNECT-AV

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Nov 18, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 27, 2026

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