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NCT03022851Completed

The Prophet Trial -Pilot Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

Prospective, Non-randomized, Pilot Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study aims to investigate safety and efficacy of Occlutech® AFR device in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH).

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32 (actual)
First submitted
10 Jan 2017
Start date
19 Jul 2017
Primary completion date
8 Jan 2024
Lead sponsor
Occlutech International AB
NCT number
NCT03022851

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 32
  • From 19 Jul 2017 to the primary completion date, 8 Jan 2024
  • 12 sites in 3 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Participation in other medical trials shorter than 30 days before the intended AFR implantation procedure
  • Thickness of atrial septum \> 12mm OR Processes which would technically disturb the safe intervention as planned
    • 1\. Occluded inferior vena cava access 2. Previous ASD/PFO closure device in place 3. Intracardiac thrombus OR any other circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator,
    • might interfere with the implantation, might affect the patient's well-being thereafter or might interfere with the conduct and follow up within the Study is general.
  • Participation in other medical trials shorter than 30 days before the intended AFR implantation procedure
  • Previous ASD/PFO closure device in place

Other illness

  • Local or generalized sepsis or other acute infection(s)
  • Thrombophilic coagulation disorder
  • Allergy to nickel and/or titanium and/or nickel/titanium-based materials
  • Local or generalized sepsis or other acute infection(s)
  • Thrombophilic coagulation disorder
  • Allergy to nickel and/or titanium and/or nickel/titanium-based materials

Lab values

  • Allergy to anti-platelet, -coagulant, or -thrombotic therapy
  • Allergy to anti-platelet, -coagulant, or -thrombotic therapy

Other

  • Processes which interfere medically with invasive device implantation
  • Intolerance to contrast agents
  • Pregnancy - (assessed in patients with child bearing potential by urine dip stick)
  • Any intracardiac intervention within the last 30 days
  • Intolerance to contrast agents
  • Pregnancy
  • Any intracardiac intervention within the last 30 days
  • Occluded inferior vena cava access
  • Intracardiac thrombus

Who the study is looking for

  • Age is ≥ 18 / ≥6 years (phase 1 / phase 2).
  • Patient consents to participation
  • The patient or his/her legal representative should have the ability to fluently speak and under-stand the language in which the study is being conducted. If the patient speaks a different language, then a sentence-to-sentence translation for unequivocal understanding must be provided.
  • Written, informed consent by the patient or her/his legally-authorized representative for participation in the study.
  • Patient agrees to comply with the follow-up schedule.
  • Patient has had a successful BAS procedure and is in a stable hemodynamic state, as assessed by the investigator.
  • Conventional treatment options for the patient are exhausted according to ESC and AHA guidelines.
  • SpO2\> 86 % pulsoxymetric measurement) This document is confidential and property of Occlutech. It´s only for clinical personnel, Ethical committees and third person in direct contact with the clinical responsible. It is not allowed to distribute information contained in this document without the permission of Occlutech unless the information is already published.
  • "Syncope"(Group A-PH) 9.1. Syncope due to acute PH episodes (as defined by exclusion of other causes) 9.2. Other causes of syncope must have been actively excluded 9.3. Syncope (Black-out) or pre-syncope (episodic dizziness) \>2 last 3 months 9.4. PH (defined as mean pulmonary artery pressure \> 25 mmHg, or pulmonary vascular resistance of \> 3 Wood Units) must exist, RV-failure is however not a prerequisite
  • "RV-Failure"(Group B-PH) 10.1. Right heart failure, chronic and clinically severe 10.1.1.NYHA class III or worse 10.1.2. 6 min walk \< 320 m 10.1.3. Signs of venous congestion (distended veins, edema, ascites, etc) 10.1.4.Symptomatic disease resulting in 1 or more PH-related hospitalization over the last 12 months. Elective hospital admissions solely for the purpose of performing diagnostic procedures do not count for this.
    • 10.2. Severe pulmonary hypertension as evident by echocardiography Echocardiographic: 10.2.1. RV larger than LV; 10.2.2. RA larger than LA; 10.2.3. atrial septum bulging into left atrium 10.2.4.ventricular septum bulging into the left ventricle 10.2.5.Reduced (below age-related normal mean value) TAPSE 10.3. Severe pulmonary hypertension as evident by CATH CATH-data: 10.3.1.Mean RA pressure (RAP) of \> 10 and ≤ 20 mmHg; 10.3.2.Mean LA pressure (LAP) \< 15 mmHg 10.3.3.Mean RAP \> mean LAP; 10.3.4.Mean pulmonary arterial pressure \>25 mm Hg 10.3.5. Echocardiographically demonstrated continuous right to left shunt following balloon aterial septostomy (BAS) and before AFR device implantation.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (12)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Justus-Liebig Universität
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GiesenGermanyUnknown status
Klinikum der Universität München
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MunichGermanyUnknown status
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
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WürzburgGermanyUnknown status
Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
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GdanskPolandUnknown status
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski Collegium Medicum
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KrakowPolandUnknown status
Szpital im. Fryderyka Chopina
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OtwockPolandUnknown status
Szpital Kliniczny Przemienienia Panskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego
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PoznanPolandUnknown status
Ankara Etlik Sehir Hastanesi
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AnkaraTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
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AnkaraTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
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IzmirTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi
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IzmirTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Kocaeli Üniversitesi Araştırma ve Uygulama Hastanesi
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KocaeliTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status

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