Surgeon-modified stent grafts for aortic aneurysms near the kidney arteries
Tests a surgeon-modified stent graft for juxtarenal aortic aneurysm repair in adults.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Cali Johnson
- Where
- Salt Lake City, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- University of Utah PS-IDE: Physician Modified Endovascular Grafts for the Treatment of Elective, Symptomatic or Ruptured Juxtarenal Aortic Aneurysms
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 15 people, planned
- Started
- 15 May 2025
- Expected to end
- 1 Aug 2032
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with Physician Modified Endograft
- Record updated
- 15 May 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with a juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, a bulge in the main belly artery near the kidney arteries. The aneurysm can be planned for repair, causing symptoms or ruptured. Participants get repair with a physician-modified endovascular graft (a stent graft changed by the surgeon).
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Men and women. Women cannot be pregnant. Women who could become pregnant need a negative pregnancy test.
- Disease stage
- Juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with at least one of: diameter ≥ 5.5 cm (2.2 in) in men or ≥ 5.0 cm (2 in) in women, or 2 times the normal artery width; growth > 0.5 cm (0.2 in) in 6 months; a sac-shaped aneurysm at high risk of bursting; symptoms; or rupture. The artery shape must allow the graft: open groin or pelvic arteries, aortic neck ≥ 2 mm long and 20 to 32 mm wide, iliac seal zone ≥ 15mm, iliac width 8 to 20 mm, neck angle ≤ 60°, branch arteries ≥ 5 mm.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Infected aneurysm or an active infection
- Unstable angina, or another major surgery planned within 30 days before or after the repair
- Connective tissue disease of the aorta, such as Marfan's or Ehler's-Danlos syndrome
- Allergy to blood thinners, contrast dye, stainless steel, nitinol or gold, or life expectancy under 1 year
- Can be treated with an FDA approved EVAR or FEVAR device as labeled and can wait for it, or can join a manufacturer study
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patient is ≥ 18 years of age
- Patients who are male or non-pregnant female (females of child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to enrollment into the study)
- Patient or Legally Authorized Representative has signed an Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved Informed Consent Form
- Patient has a juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm that meets at least one of the following:; An aneurysm with a maximum diameter of ≥ 5.5 cm for male (≥ 5.0 cm for female) or 2 times the normal diameter just proximal to the aneurysm using orthogonal (i.e., perpendicular to the centerline) measurements; Aneurysm with a history of growth > 0.5 cm in 6 months; Saccular aneurysm deemed at significant risk for rupture; Symptomatic aneurysm; Ruptured aneurysm
- Patient has patent iliac or femoral arteries, with or without the use of conduit, that will allow endovascular access with the physician modified endovascular graft
- Patient has a suitable non-aneurysmal proximal aortic neck of ≥ 2 mm inferior to the most distal renal artery ostium
- Patient has a suitable non-aneurysmal distal iliac artery length (seal zone) of ≥ 15mm. The resultant repair should preserve patency in at least one hypogastric artery
- Patient has a suitable non-aneurysmal proximal aortic neck diameter between 20 and 32 mm, averaged across the diameters at the Celiac, SMA, at the lowest patent renal artery and at the midpoint of the renal arteries
- Patient has suitable non-aneurysmal distal common iliac diameters between 8 and 20 mm
- Patient has juxtarenal aortic neck angulation ≤ 60°
- Target branch vessel diameter ≥ 5 mm
- Patient must be willing to comply with all required follow-up exams
Who cannot take part
- Patient has a major surgical or interventional procedure, not related to the endovascular repair, planned within +/- 30 days of the AAA repair
- Patient is currently participating in another investigational device or drug clinical trial
- Patient has other medical, social or psychological conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, preclude them from receiving the pre-treatment, required treatment, and post-treatment procedures and evaluations
- Patient has a mycotic aneurysm or has an active systemic or local infection that may increase the risk of endovascular infection
- Patient has unstable angina (defined as angina with a progressive increase in symptoms, new onset at rest or nocturnal angina, or onset of prolonged angina)
- Patient has history of an aortopathic connective tissue disease (e.g. Marfan's or Ehler's-Danlos syndrome)
- Patient has a known hypersensitivity or contraindication to anticoagulation or contrast media that is not amenable to pre-treatment
- Patient has known allergy or intolerance to stainless steel, nitinol or gold (gold-coated tungsten)
- Patient has a body habitus that would inhibit X-ray visualization of the aorta
- Patient has a limited life expectancy of less than 1 year
- Thrombus or excessive calcification within the neck of the aneurysm
- Branch vessel stenosis ≥ 80%
- Patient treatable on label with FDA approved EVAR or FEVAR device and can wait for device availability
- Subject is willing and eligible to enroll in a manufacturer-sponsored study at the investigational site, or the subject is willing and eligible to participate in a study with a manufacturer-made device at another institution
Where in United States
- University of Utah HospitalSalt Lake City, United StatesContact: Julie Hales, MSN, RNTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of a physician-modified endovascular graft (PMEG) for juxtarenal aortic aneurysms by collecting data on its performance. Participants in the study will undergo surgery to repair their juxtarenal aortic aneurysm using the PMEG device. After the surgery, participants will attend several follow-up visits to monitor their recovery and the device's effectiveness. These follow-up visits will take place at hospital discharge, then at 1 month, 6 months, 12 months, and once a year for up to 5 years after surgery.
The group in the trial
- Physician Modified EndograftTreatment being tested
Surgical procedure to repair the juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, during which the physician-modified endovascular graft (PMEG) device will be used.
Treatment: Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with Physician Modified Endograft
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
- Physician Modified Endovascular Grafts for the Treatment of Elective, Symptomatic or Ruptured Juxtarenal Aortic Aneurysms
- Plain-language title
- Surgeon-modified stent grafts for aortic aneurysms near the kidney arteriesGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 15 May 2026