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CompletedNCT04714749ETUVVEUpdated Jun 16, 2026

Feasibility and Tolerance Study for the Treatment of Varicose Ulcers by Cyanoacrylate Glue (ETUVVE)

An interventional study of Endovenous treatment and Cyanoacrylate glue in Venous Leg Ulcer, sponsored by Clinique Pasteur. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-16.

Sponsored by Clinique Pasteur · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
38
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Ulcers of the lower limbs are a major public health problem whose management needs to be further improved, particularly in terms of healing time, prevalence and recurrence rate. Ulcers of venous origin, or mixed arteriovenous and predominantly venous, represent the majority of leg ulcers with an estimated proportion of 70 to 80% of cases. These are painful, disabling conditions that are difficult to treat in a lasting way.

This study focuses on a treatment strategy with endovascular glue. The advantage of treating ulcers with cyanoacrylate glue is the possibility of occluding the great saphenous vein over its entire length, freeing itself from neurological complications secondary to endovenous thermal techniques (laser, radiofrequency), as well as the possibility of treating by direct puncture any perforators or tributaries feeding the ulcer.

This treatment strategy would improve the healing process for a lasting resolution of this pathology. This study aims to describe the feasibility and tolerance of this type of treatment in the resolution of varicose ulcers.

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Conditions studied

  • Venous Leg Ulcer

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Keywords

  • endovenous treatment
  • glue
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In context

Varicose Ulcer

369 studies on the registry are indexed under Varicose Ulcer; 77 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 38 is below the median of 60 across 309 interventional studies indexed under Varicose Ulcer.

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Lead sponsor

Clinique Pasteur is the lead sponsor of 15 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Primary insufficiency of the great saphenous vein (GVS) by a reflux> 0.5 second from the inter-fascial saphenous trunk to the upper 1/3 of the thigh extending over the entire height of the thigh either in the saphenous compartment or in at least one extra-fascial tributary, in a standing patient, by compression of the calf
  • CEAP: C6, ulcer present on a single leg whose size can be captured by a simple photograph
  • Diameter of the GVS at the saphenofemoral junction ≥3 or ≤12 millimeters
  • Patient affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme
  • Patient having signed the

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient with a circumferential ulcer
  • Patient with ipsilateral small saphenous vein insufficiency
  • Presenting a serious current pathology and / or a of less than 5 years
  • History of deep or superficial vein thrombosis in the previous 6 months
  • Patient with arteriopathy obliterating of the affected lower limb, with an IPS \<0.8 or> 1.3
  • With post-thrombotic obstructive syndrome in the popliteal and / or femoral and / or iliac stage on the ipsilateral lower limb
  • Presenting primary or post-thrombotic axial deep venous reflux on the ipsilateral lower limb
  • Suspicion of non-post-thrombotic iliac compression on Doppler ultrasound
  • to the intended treatment technique
  • Known allergy to cyanoacrylate glue or xylocaine
  • Patient with a greater than 40 (morbid obesity)
  • Patient whose geographical distance is not compatible with the follow-up of the study
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
  • Patient participating in another clinical study
  • Patient linguistically or psychically unable to understand the information given, to give or to answer the study questionnaires.
  • Protected patients: Adults under some guardianship or other legal protection; Hospitalized without consent
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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Life expectancy

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Endovenous treatment

    Endovenous treatment with cyanoacrylate glue

    Procedure: Endovenous treatment · Device: Cyanoacrylate glue

Interventions

  • ProcedureEndovenous treatment

    Treatment of great saphenous vein (its tributaries and possible incompetent perforators feeding the ulcer) by endovascular cyanoacrylate glue

  • DeviceCyanoacrylate glue

    Treatment of great saphenous vein (its tributaries and possible incompetent perforators feeding the ulcer) by endovascular cyanoacrylate glue

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Ulcer healing

    Proportion of patients who presented with healing of the venous ulcer

    Time frame: Between surgery and 12 months after

Secondary outcomes

  1. Functional and technical success

    Success assessed by occlusion of treated veins

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 8, Month 1, Month 6 , Month 12

  2. VAS Pain

    Visual analogue scale (0-100 mm); higher is worse

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 8, Month 1, Month 6 , Month 12

  3. Severity

    Clinical Venous Severity Score (CVSS); score between 0 to 30; higher is worse

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 8, Month 1, Month 6 , Month 12

  4. Healing

    Time to ulcer healing

    Time frame: Between surgery and 12 months after

  5. Ulcer duration

    Time without ulcer; time to recurrence (in days )

    Time frame: Between surgery and 12 months after

  6. Ulcer recurrence

    Rate of recurrence

    Time frame: Between surgery and 12 months after

  7. Symptoms

    VEINES Sym (VEnous INsufficiency Epidemiologic and Economic Study - Symptoms) questionnaire

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 8, Month 1, Month 6 , Month 12

  8. Patient Quality of Life

    VEINES QOL (VEnous INsufficiency Epidemiologic and Economic Study- Quality Of Life) Questionnaire

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 8, Month 1, Month 6 , Month 12

  9. Adverse events

    Adverse events related to glue or to the endovenous intervention

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 8, Month 1, Month 6 , Month 12

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Study locations

1 site
  • Clinique Pasteur Toulouse
    Toulouse, 31076, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Gohel MS, Barwell JR, Taylor M, Chant T, Foy C, Earnshaw JJ, Heather BP, Mitchell DC, Whyman MR, Poskitt KR. Long term results of compression therapy alone versus compression plus surgery in chronic venous ulceration (ESCHAR): randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2007 Jul 14;335(7610):83. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.542442.BE. Epub 2007 Jun 1. PubMed 17545185 ↗
  • Gohel MS, Heatley F, Liu X, Bradbury A, Bulbulia R, Cullum N, Epstein DM, Nyamekye I, Poskitt KR, Renton S, Warwick J, Davies AH; EVRA Trial Investigators. A Randomized Trial of Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration. N Engl J Med. 2018 May 31;378(22):2105-2114. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1801214. Epub 2018 Apr 24. PubMed 29688123 ↗
  • Hirsch T. Varicose vein therapy and nerve lesions. Vasa. 2017 Mar;46(2):96-100. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000588. Epub 2016 Dec 16. PubMed 27981883 ↗
  • Toonder IM, Lam YL, Lawson J, Wittens CH. Cyanoacrylate adhesive perforator embolization (CAPE) of incompetent perforating veins of the leg, a feasibility study. Phlebology. 2014 May;29(1 suppl):49-54. doi: 10.1177/0268355514529696. Epub 2014 May 19. PubMed 24843086 ↗
  • Morrison N, Gibson K, Vasquez M, Weiss R, Jones A. Five-year extension study of patients from a randomized clinical trial (VeClose) comparing cyanoacrylate closure versus radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of incompetent great saphenous veins. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2020 Nov;8(6):978-989. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2019.12.080. Epub 2020 Mar 20. PubMed 32205125 ↗
  • Heatley F, Onida S, Davies AH. The global management of leg ulceration: Pre early venous reflux ablation trial. Phlebology. 2020 Sep;35(8):576-582. doi: 10.1177/0268355520917847. Epub 2020 Apr 8. PubMed 32268842 ↗
  • Abenhaim L, Kurz X. The VEINES study (VEnous Insufficiency Epidemiologic and Economic Study): an international cohort study on chronic venous disorders of the leg. VEINES Group. Angiology. 1997 Jan;48(1):59-66. doi: 10.1177/000331979704800110. PubMed 8995345 ↗
  • Lamping DL, Schroter S, Kurz X, Kahn SR, Abenhaim L. Evaluation of outcomes in chronic venous disorders of the leg: development of a scientifically rigorous, patient-reported measure of symptoms and quality of life. J Vasc Surg. 2003 Feb;37(2):410-9. doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.152. PubMed 12563215 ↗
  • Kahn SR, Lamping DL, Ducruet T, Arsenault L, Miron MJ, Roussin A, Desmarais S, Joyal F, Kassis J, Solymoss S, Desjardins L, Johri M, Shrier I; VETO Study investigators. VEINES-QOL/Sym questionnaire was a reliable and valid disease-specific quality of life measure for deep venous thrombosis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2006 Oct;59(10):1049-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.10.016. Epub 2006 Jun 23. PubMed 16980144 ↗
  • Bland JM, Dumville JC, Ashby RL, Gabe R, Stubbs N, Adderley U, Kang'ombe AR, Cullum NA. Validation of the VEINES-QOL quality of life instrument in venous leg ulcers: repeatability and validity study embedded in a randomised clinical trial. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2015 Aug 11;15:85. doi: 10.1186/s12872-015-0080-7. PubMed 26260973 ↗
  • Nicolas Néaume, Fannie Forgues, Laurence Allouche, Sarah Bruni, Karol Chakkour, Clélia Dornier-Cassagneau, Philippe Léger, Nicolas Savy, Nicolas Mayeur, Treatment of venous leg ulcers by cyanoacrylate glue: A prospective study of safety and feasibility, JVS-Vascular Insights, Volume 4, 2026, 100393, ISSN 2949-9127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsvi.2026.100393.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2021 to primary completion in Jan 2024, 36 months.

Of 67 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Varicose Ulcer, half reached primary completion within 35 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 14 and three quarters within 65. This study's 36 months is close to that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 133 studies reached it within 28 months; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 48.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 13, 2021
First posted
Jan 19, 2021
StartActual
Jan 21, 2021
Primary completionActual
Jan 30, 2024
CompletionActual
Jan 30, 2024
Last update
Jun 16, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 16, 2026, 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
NCT04714749
Lead sponsor
Clinique Pasteur
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 19, 2021
Start date
Jan 21, 2021
Primary completion
Jan 30, 2024
Completion
Jan 30, 2024
Last update
Jun 16, 2026

Study contacts

Nicolas NEAUME, MD
principal investigator · Clinique Pasteur

Oversight

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