Taking people in FranceNo phase
Comparison of EVAR and ESAR for Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms With a Wide Proximal Neck
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Rijnstate Hospital
- Where
- Lyon, Marseille, and Nîmes, FranceSee the 3 sitesAlso in 7 other countries, 33 sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 300 people, planned
- Started
- 26 May 2023
- Expected to end
- Apr 2033
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using the Endurant II/IIs stent graft system
- endosuture aneurysm repair (ESAR) using Heli-FX EndoAnchor system
- Record updated
- 11 May 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age 18 years or older
- Provided written informed consent
- Clinical necessity for treatment of the AAA, according to the current guidelines in the geographies participating
- Elective repair
- Eligible anatomy for treatment with the Endurant II/IIs stent graft system and Heli-FX EndoAnchor system according to the IFU of both devices
- Infrarenal neck diameter ≥ 28 mm and ≤32 mm
- Proximal neck length ≥10mm
Who cannot take part
- Patient had a Cerebro Vascular Accident (CVA) or a myocardial infarction (MI) within the prior three months
- Patient has active COVID-19 infection or has been diagnosed with long COVID-19 requiring hospitalization within the 6 months prior to procedure
- Patient has previously been treated with stent grafts in the aorto-iliac arteries
- Patient has a psychiatric or other condition that may interfere with the study
- Patient has a known allergy to any device component
- Patients with a systemic infection who may be at increased risk of endovascular graft infection
- Patient has a coagulopathy or uncontrolled bleeding disorder
- Patient with eGFR < 30 ml/min/1.73m2 before the intervention
- Patient's life expectancy <2 years as judged by the investigator
- Anatomy outside the IFU of the ndurant II/IIs stent graft system and Heli-FX EndoAnchor system
- Planned use of AUI main body device
- Patient is participating in another clinical study, potentially conflicting with the outcomes of the current study
- Patient has a ruptured, leaking, or mycotic aneurysm
- Patient is not eligible for standard EVAR
- Patient is pregnant (Female patients of childbearing potential only)
Where in France
Also in 7 other countries, 33 sites
- HCL LyonLyon, FranceContact: A. Millon, MD (principal investigator)Taking people
- Saint Joseph MarseilleMarseille, FranceContact: N. Valerio, MD (principal investigator)Taking people
- Les FranciscainesNîmes, FranceContact: N. Louis, MD (principal investigator)Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The HERCULES trial is a Randomized controlled clinical trial designed to prospectively compare endosuture aneurysm repair (ESAR) to standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) clinical outcomes in treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in subjects having wide proximal aortic neck diameters (≥ 28mm and ≤ 32mm).
The 2 groups in the trial
- Standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using the Endurant II/IIs stent graft systemExisting treatment, for comparison
Treatment: endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using the Endurant II/IIs stent graft system
- Endosuture aneurysm repair (ESAR) with the Endurant II/IIs in conjunction with EndoanchorsExisting treatment, for comparison
Treatment: endosuture aneurysm repair (ESAR) using Heli-FX EndoAnchor system
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on the Application of Heli-FX EndoAnchors in Conjunction With the Endurant II/IIs Endograft in Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms With a Wide Infrarenal Neck (HERCULES Trial)
- Record updated
- 11 May 2026