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Status unknownNCT03683459Updated Feb 5, 2020

Safety and Efficacy Study of FemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter

An interventional study of FemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter in Femoral Artery Stenosis, Femoral Artery Occlusion and Popliteal Arterial Stenosis, sponsored by Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.. Status unknown at 18 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-05.

Sponsored by Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2020), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
208
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A prospective, multi-centre, objective performance criteria clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of FemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter manufactured by Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., LTD. for lesions with femoropopliteal artery stenosis or occlusion.

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This study is a prospective, multi-centre, single-group target value clinical study. Taking the patency rate at 12 months after operation as the primary evaluation index and taking target vascular cavity loss rate at 6 months postoperatively, Rutherford Classification at 12 months postoperatively, the ankle/brachial index (ABI), revascularization rate of target lesions, revascularization rate of target vessels, operating success rate and success rate of surgery as the secondary evaluation indexes to evaluate the efficacy of FemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter manufactured by Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., LTD. for lesions with femoropopliteal artery stenosis or occlusion. Taking the incidence of major adverse events (MAE), adverse events (AE) and instrument defects occurred through the entire trail as the evaluation indexes to evaluate the safety of FemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter manufactured by Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Company for lesions with femoropopliteal artery stenosis or occlusion. According to statistical hypothesis and sample size calculation, the sample size of this clinical trial was 208 cases. All subjects were followed up 1 month, 6 months and 12 months after treatment with a FemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter, and data on efficacy and safety were collected. All relevant clinical data are managed and analyzed by the professional data management centre and the statistical centre. End-point events of clinical trials are determined by a specially established third party.

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Conditions studied

  • Femoral Artery Stenosis
  • Femoral Artery Occlusion
  • Popliteal Arterial Stenosis
  • Popliteal Artery Occlusion

Keywords

  • FemFlow
  • Drug-eluting peripheral balloon catheter
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In context

Arterial Occlusive Diseases

296 studies on the registry are indexed under Arterial Occlusive Diseases; 46 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 208 is above the median of 121 across 200 interventional studies indexed under Arterial Occlusive Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 44 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

    1. Patients aged greater than 18 years old and less than 85 years old, regardless of gender;

      1. Patients with peripheral femoral or popliteal artery stenosis (greater than or equal to 70%) or occlusive disease;
      1. Rutherford classification graded 2-5;
      1. The subject or its legal representative can understand the purpose of the study, show sufficient compliance with the test protocol, and sign the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. Patient with arteritis;

      1. Any acute thrombosis of target vessels requires thrombolysis or thrombectomy, or accepted local or systemic thrombolysis within 48 hours;
      1. Any cerebrovascular accidents within 3 months;
      1. Any unstable coronary heart disease or myocardial infarction within 3 months;
      1. Any important organ failure;
      1. Any known hypersensitivity to heparin, aspirin, clopidogrel, paclitaxel, paclitaxel compounds and contrast agents;
      1. Cannot accept antiplatelet and/or anticoagulation therapy;
      1. Patients with hemorrhagic physical diseases;
      1. Alanine transaminase (ALT) or Aspartate transaminase (AST) were five times higher than the normal upper limit;
      1. Serum creatinine > 2mg/dl (177umol/L);
      1. Pregnant or lactating woman;
      1. In the absence of intervention, the three lumens of tibialis anterior, tibialis posterior and peroneal artery stenosis or occlusion degree were all >50%;
      1. iliac artery stenosis >50%, or lumen stenosis >50% after treatment (Limited to non-drug-eluting balloon or stent treatment only);
      1. The guide wire cannot pass through target lesions (Passing through target lesions refers to the head of the guidewire arrive beyond the lesion in the absence of interlayer or perforation);
      1. Severe calcification at target lesions and should not be treated with balloon dilatation therapy;
      1. Pre-dilation or anticipated severe vascular dissections after dilation;
      1. Residual stricture of >50% or severe current-limiting dissection after pre-dilation is not suitable for simple balloon dilatation catheter treatment;
      1. The total length of target lesions is >200mm, or the reference diameter of the target vessel was >7mm or \<3mm;
      1. Life expectancy is less than one year;
      1. Participated in clinical trials of other drugs or instruments at the same time;
      1. Other conditions not suitable for inclusion judged by researchers.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
208 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    interventional arm

    Participants will be treated with FemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter.

    Device: FemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter

Interventions

  • DeviceFemFlow Drug-Eluting Peripheral Balloon Catheter

    Medical devices will be applied to the enrolled subjects. The arterial pathway was established, followed by lower limb arteriography, and the auxiliary equipment was selected according to the stenosis of the subject's target lesions, followed by pre-dilation. Patients with residual stenosis ≤70% after pre-dilation and suitable for simple balloon dilation catheter treatment can be enrolled. Select the appropriate size of the experimental drug balloon for expansion, then radiography was used to observe the expansion effect, if necessary, multiple expansion can be conducted, and finally withdraw the instrument and suture the puncture point.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Patency rate of the first phase

    Target vessel patency is defined as all target lesion lumen stenosis of the target vessel ≤50%. Doppler ultrasonography showed that the peak systolic velocity ratio (PSVR) was ≤ 2.4, which could be considered as the target lesion stenosis ≤50%.

    Time frame: Postoperative 30 ± 7days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Target vascular cavity loss rate.

    Target vascular cavity loss rate (LLL) is defined as the value of the minimum diameter reduction in the segment of target lesions after surgery. Evaluation was performed by lower limb artery digital subtraction angiography (DSA) examination.

    Time frame: Postoperative 180 ± 28days

  2. Rutherford Classification.

    Stage 0 - Asymptomatic Stage 1 - Mild claudication Stage 2 - Moderate claudication - The distance that delineates mild, moderate and severe claudication is not specified in the Rutherford classification, but is mentioned in the Fontaine classification as 200 meters. Stage 3 - Severe claudication Stage 4 - Rest pain Stage 5 - Ischemic ulceration not exceeding ulcer of the digits of the foot Stage 6 - Severe ischemic ulcers or frank gangrene

    Time frame: Postoperative 30 ± 7days

  3. Ankle/brachial index (ABI)

    The ankle/brachial index (ABI) is defined as the systolic pressure ratio of the tibialis posterior artery or tibialis anterior artery of the affected limb to the ipsilateral brachial artery when the subject is lying flat.

    Time frame: Postoperative 30 ± 7days

  4. Revascularization rate of target lesions

    Target lesion revascularization was defined as finding target lesion embolism or restenosis (stenosis in diameter of \>50%) during follow-up, and additional intervention was required according to clinical symptoms.

    Time frame: Postoperative 30 ± 7days

  5. Revascularization rate of target vessels

    Target lesion revascularization was defined as finding target vessels embolism or restenosis (stenosis in diameter of \>50%) during follow-up, and additional intervention was required according to clinical symptoms.

    Time frame: Postoperative 30 ± 7days

  6. Operating success rate

    Successful operation is defined as in the course of operation, the peripheral balloon catheter can reach the location of the disease and successfully expand, fail to rupture the balloon, and successfully withdraw.

    Time frame: Intraoperative

  7. Success rate of surgery

    The success of surgery is defined as the residual stenosis rate ≤30% during the operation.

    Time frame: Intraoperative

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Study locations

5 of 18 sites recruiting
  • Peking University People's Hospital
    Beijing, Beijing, China
    • Xiaoming Zhang · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Zhongshan Hospital Xiamen University
    Xiamen, Fujian, China
    • Xiaojin Huang · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • The First People's Hospital of Foshan
    Foshan, Guangdong, China
    • Canhua Luo · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Zhongshang People's Hospital
    Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
    • Jianhang Miao · Contact
    Recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University
    Nanning, Guangxi, China
    • Xiao Qin · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Hainan General Hospital
    Haikou, Hainan, China
    • Zhanxiang Xiao · Contact
    Recruiting
  • The Central Hospital of Wuhan
    Wuhan, Hebei, China
    • Tao He · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
    Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
    Recruiting
  • Xiangya Hospital Central South University
    Changsha, Hunan, China
    • Jianhua Huang · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China
    Hengyang, Hunan, China
    • Yaoguang Feng · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Shandong Provincial Hospital
    Jinan, Shandong, China
    • Xing Jin · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Yantai YuHuangDing Hospital
    Yantai, Shandong, China
    • Mu Yang · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200032, China
    • Guowei Fu, Professor · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Shanghai Changzheng Hospital
    Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    • Lefeng Qu · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
    Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    • Xinwu Lu · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
    Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    • Jun Zhao · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
    Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    • Chunshui He · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Tianjing Medical University General Hospital
    Tianjin, Tianjin 300000, China
    • Xiangchen Dai · Contact
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 5, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03683459
Lead sponsor
Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 25, 2018
Start date
Jul 18, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 5, 2020

Study contacts

Ying Xia
Contact
xiaying@lifetechmed.com
+86 13760184511
Guowei Fu
principal investigator · Fudan University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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