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Congenital Heart DefectsEarly Phase 1MEQCNCT01421030

Outcomes in Patients and Their Closest Relatives Treated for Congenital Heart Disease With Catheter Based or Surgical Techniques

A Early Phase 1 study testing Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgery in people with Congenital Heart Defects, run by Oslo University Hospital at 1 site in Norway.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This study compares clinical, self- reported and cost outcomes in children and adolescents treated with pulmonary valve implantation, percutaneous versus open surgical technique. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 7 to 50 years
Conditions the study is for
Congenital Heart Defects
What is being tested?
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgery
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteNorway
Study dates
Sep 2011to Sep 2014
Phase
Early Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 7 to 50 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • secure indication of pulmonary valve dysfunction (stenosis and, or regurgitation)
  • an indication of surgical correction
  • body weight according to the recommendation from the producer of the device
  • moderate to serious dilatation of right ventricle
  • considerable leak in the tricuspidal valve
  • information from former surgery; conduit size, gradient of the stenosis measured by EKKO/MR/ catheterization, X-ray.
  • be able to speak and communicate well in Norwegian.

Who cannot join

  • aggressive endocarditis
  • not circumferential deposit of calcium
  • < 20 kg
  • not able to understand, speak or communicate well in Norwegian

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Erik Fosse, Professor/Head of Department contact

+4723070116

erik.fosse@oslo-universitetssykehus.no

Norway1 site, 1 recruiting
  • The Interventional Centre, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital

    Oslo, Sognsvannsvn 20, 0027

    Erik Fosse, Professor/Head of Department, +4723070116, erik.fosse@oslo-universitetssykehus.no

    Erik Fosse, Professor

    Recruiting

Other trials in Norway

About this study

Official title: Outcomes in Patients and Their Closest Relatives Treated for Congenital Heart Disease With Catheter Based or Surgical Techniques.

This study compares clinical, self- reported and cost outcomes in children and adolescents treated with pulmonary valve implantation, percutaneous versus open surgical technique. Since cardiac surgery in children and adolescents affect the whole family, the experience of the patients and their closest relatives are recorded and analysed separately. Cost may be an important factor in the choice of technology (1). Hence, the present study also aims to compare savings in costs, percutaneous versus open technique, related to the individual, their family and society.

1.2 Research questions

  1. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgery; what are the patients' and their closest relatives narrative experiences
  2. Is there a difference in patient and their closest relatives reported outcomes, measured as health related quality of life, in patients with congenital pulmonary disease before the event, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after percutaneous intervention versus open heart surgery approach?
  3. What is the relationship between patient reported outcomes and clinical outcomes before, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the treatment?
  4. Are there savings in costs related to the individual and their family and society between the two techniques?
Being tested
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgery
Keywords
quality of life, congenital heart disease, open heart surgery, percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation, costs
Medical subject headings
Heart Defects, Congenital

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgeryProcedure or surgery

    Outcomes before percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgery before, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the treatment

Study groups in NCT01421030
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
quality of life, clinical outcomes and costsOtherQuality of life, clinical outcomes and costs after two different treatment options in patients and closest relatives
Receives: Procedure: Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Quality of life

    Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgery; what are the patients and their closest relatives narrative experiences. Measured before the event, 1, 3, 6, and 12 month's after treatment.

    Measured: up to 12 month's after treatment

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Clinical outcomes

    What is the relationship between patient reported outcomes and clinical outcomes before, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the treatment

    Is there a difference in the effect of percutaneous versus open surgical technique on operative time, complication rate and reoperations in the peri- and postoperative period?

    Measured: up to 12 months after treatment

  2. Are there savings in costs related to the individual and their family and society between the two techniques?

    In order to describe and compare the differences in costs with patients outcomes and quality-adjusted life years, this study aim to calculate both in-hospital care and out-patient clinical costs between percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation and conventional open heart surgery. Measured Before the event, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery.

    Measured: up to 12 months after surgery

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Aug 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2011
  3. Primary completionSep 2012 (estimated)
  4. Study completionSep 2014 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01421030
Sponsor's protocol ID
2011/210
Acronym
MEQC
Status last verified
Sep 2012
First submitted
24 Jun 2011
Last updated
25 Sep 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation or open heart surgery in people with Congenital Heart Defects, run by Oslo University Hospital at 1 site in Norway.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Sep 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Norway. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Brith Andresen, Can san (+4723070162, brith.andresen@oslo-universitetssykehus.no), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Quality of life (time frame: up to 12 month's after treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 Sep 2012.

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