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TerminatedNCT03879824R-TAVIUpdated Jan 25, 2021

Radial Versus Femoral Secondary Access During TAVI

An interventional study of Secondary Radial Artery Access and Secondary Femoral Artery Access in Aortic Stenosis, Aortic Valve Disease and Vascular Access Complication, sponsored by Carilion Clinic. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-01-25.

Sponsored by Carilion Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
The PI and co-investigators would like to terminate the study given challenges with patient enrollment.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
15
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The R-TAVI study is a randomized pilot study examining the use of the right radial artery versus the femoral artery for secondary vascular access during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

Read the detailed description

The R-TAVI study is a prospective, single institution, pilot study in which eligible TAVI patients will be randomized pre-procedurally to receive either secondary radial artery (RA) access or femoral artery (FA) access during TAVI. Our study will take place over a projected 18 month enrollment period.

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Conditions studied

  • Aortic Stenosis
  • Aortic Valve Disease
  • Vascular Access Complication
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In context

Aortic Valve Stenosis

985 studies on the registry are indexed under Aortic Valve Stenosis; 283 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 15 is below the median of 120 across 525 interventional studies indexed under Aortic Valve Stenosis.

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Lead sponsor

Carilion Clinic is the lead sponsor of 71 studies on the registry; 13 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (22%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patient meets eligibility for TAVR as decided upon by pre-TAVR testing (Echo, cardiac catheterization, CTA TAVR, 2 CT surgical consults, heart team discussion). 2) Undergoing TAVR procedure and follow-up at Carilion Clinic Cardiology Roanoke Memorial Hospital (CRMH) 3) Patient's secondary vascular access can be performed femorally OR radially, as determined by TAVR operator after review of pre-TAVR CT scan imaging.
  1. Interventional Cardiologist performing the TAVR agrees to consider patient for enrollment.
  1. Patient provides consent 6) Age ≥ 18 years old 7) No evidence of precluding arterial disease of both femoral arteries 8) No evidence of precluding arterial disease of right radial and subclavian arteries 9) Must have palpable pulses in both radial arteries

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Review of pre-TAVR CT scan imaging deems patient unsuitable for radial OR femoral secondary access based on presence of excessive calcification, stenosis, or tortuosity of the femoral, subclavian, or innominate arteries.
  2. Valve implantation (primary access) planned via alternative vascular access (trans-caval, axillary, carotid, direct aortic, trans-apical)-as determined by implanting Interventional Cardiologist/TAVR operator.
  3. Prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery in which a radial artery graft was harvested and used as a conduit.
  4. Patients on hemodialysis OR with arteriovenous fistulas.
  5. Interventional Cardiologist performing the TAVR declines patient consideration in the study.
  6. Patient declines consent.
  7. Urgent or emergent TAVI cases
  8. Patient is already participating in another clinical research study
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
15 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Radial Artery Secondary Access During TAVI

    Patients randomized to this arm will undergo primary access for valve placement through the femoral artery and will have secondary vascular access for placement of the pigtail catheter through the radial artery (right radial artery only) during their transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) The active intervention in this arm of the study is secondary radial artery access during TAVI

    Procedure: Secondary Radial Artery Access

  • Active comparator
    Femoral Artery Secondary Access During TAVI

    Patients randomized to this arm will undergo primary access for valve placement through the femoral artery and will have secondary vascular access for placement of the pigtail catheter through the contralateral femoral artery artery during their transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) The active intervention in this arm of the study is secondary femoral artery access during TAVI

    Procedure: Secondary Femoral Artery Access

Interventions

  • ProcedureSecondary Radial Artery Access

    Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) will receive secondary arterial access via percutaneous access of the right radial artery for the purpose of insertion of a standard pigtail catheter for aortic route angiography during TAVI.

  • ProcedureSecondary Femoral Artery Access

    Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) will receive secondary arterial access via percutaneous access of the contralateral femoral artery for the purpose of insertion of a standard pigtail catheter for aortic route angiography during TAVI.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Patients who Develop Death, MI, Stroke, and ACUITY major bleeding from the start of the TAVI procedure until hospital discharge

    We will report the number of patients who develop death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and/or ACUITY major bleeding definitions from the start of the TAVI procedure to the the time of patient's hospital discharge after undergoing the TAVI procedure. The time of hospital discharge ranges from 24 -72 hours after TAVI procedure, depending on the patient's course of recovery. This will be reported as a composite incidence of death, MI, stroke and ACUITY major bleeding.

    Time frame: At time of hospital discharge (ranges from 24 hours post procedure - 72 hours post procedure)

  2. Number of Patients who Develop Death, MI, Stroke, and ACUITY major bleeding within 30 days post TAVI procedure

    We will report the number of patients who develop death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and/or ACUITY major bleeding definitions from the start of the TAVI procedure to the the time of their 30-day post TAVI follow up This will be reported as a 30-day composite incidence of death, MI, stroke and ACUITY major bleeding.

    Time frame: Procedure start to 30-day follow-up.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of patients who successfully undergo completion ileofemoral angiography of the valve implantation access site via the randomized secondary arterial access site

    Time frame: Intra-procedural metric

  2. Number of patients who underwent successful endovascular intervention to the valve implantation ileofemoral access site via the randomized secondary access point

    Time frame: Intra-procedural metric

  3. Radiation Dose (in minutes of fluoroscopy time)

    Time frame: Intra-procedural metric

  4. Radiation Dose (in milligrays, mGy)

    Time frame: Intra-procedural metric

  5. Procedure Start-Stop Time (minutes)

    Time frame: Intra-procedural metric

  6. Number of patients requiring conversion to secondary femoral access from secondary radial access

    Time frame: Intra-procedural metric

  7. Number of patients who developed a major vascular complications, as defined by the 2nd Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC-2) Criteria from the start of the TAVI procedure until hospital discharge

    The time of hospital discharge ranges from 24 -72 hours after TAVI procedure, depending on the patient's course of recovery.

    Time frame: At time of hospital discharge (ranges from 24 hours post procedure - 72 hours post procedure)

  8. Number of patients who developed a major vascular complications, as defined by the 2nd Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC-2) Criteria within 30 days post TAVI procedure

    Time frame: At 30 Day Follow-Up

  9. Number of patients who developed a minor vascular complications, as defined by the 2nd Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC-2) Criteria from the start of the TAVI procedure until hospital discharge

    The time of hospital discharge ranges from 24 -72 hours after TAVI procedure, depending on the patient's course of recovery.

    Time frame: At time of hospital discharge (ranges from 24 hours post procedure - 72 hours post procedure)

  10. Number of patients who developed a minor vascular complications, as defined by the 2nd Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC-2) Criteria within 30 days post TAVI procedure

    Time frame: At 30 Day Follow-Up

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Study locations

1 site
  • Carilion Clinic
    Roanoke, Virginia 24014, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 25, 2021, 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
NCT03879824
Lead sponsor
Carilion Clinic
Responsible party
Rahul Sharma (Assistant Director Structural Heart & Valve Center/Assistant Professor of Medicine Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Carilion Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 19, 2019
Start date
May 30, 2019
Primary completion
Jan 20, 2021
Completion
Jan 20, 2021
Last update
Jan 25, 2021

Study contacts

Rahul Sharma, MD
principal investigator · Carilion Clinic

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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