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RecruitingNCT05452720MVEFSUpdated Nov 6, 2024

MASA Valve Early Feasibility Study

An interventional study of Surgical Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction in Tetrology of Fallot, Pulmonary Stenosis and Truncus Arteriosus, sponsored by PECA Labs. Recruiting at 5 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 0 Years to 22 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-06.

Sponsored by PECA Labs · Not applicable, Interventional, and Device feasibility

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Apr 2025, 1 year 6 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started May 2023; still recruiting 3 years 4 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
0 Years to 22 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The MASA Valve Early Feasibility Study (MVEFS) multi-site interventional clinical trial within the United States of America with each center following a common protocol.The objective of the trial is to evaluate the safety and probable benefit of MASA Valve in the indicated subset of patients requiring Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction (RVOTR). As an early feasibility study, the purpose is determine the feasibility of success of the device in order to gather early data towards a future pivotal study and/or regulatory clearance submission.

Read the detailed description

The MASA Valve is a bi-leaflet pulmonary valved conduit. The MASA Valve has an ePTFE conduit and ePTFE leaflets fixtured to the conduit with polypropylene suture. The device has a pad-printed design on the outer conduit surface indicating the valve position and direction of flow. .

The MASA Valve is intended to be used to reconstruction the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT) and provide a functional pulmonary valve. Once implanted, the MASA Valve provides a pathway for blood from the Right Ventricle (RV) to the Pulmonary Arteries (PAs), while the integrated valve helps to prevent backflow into the RV. The MASA Valve Indications for Use are:

The MASA Valve pulmonary valved conduit is indicated for correction or reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) in patients aged less than 22 years with any of the following congenital cardiac malformations:

  • Pulmonary Stenosis
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Truncus Arteriosus
  • Transposition of Great Vessels
  • Pulmonary Atresia

In addition, the MASA Valve is indicated for the replacement of previously implanted, but dysfunctional, pulmonary valves, valved conduits or conduits, as well as for use in the Ross Procedure when the native RVOT is being used to reconstruct the Aorta.

Treatments currently available for the above-stated conditions include biologic-tissue-based valved conduits (Homografts and Contegra Glutaraldehyde-fixed Bovine Jugular Vein), Intra-operatively constructed valved conduits made from off-the-shelf vascular grafts and cardiovascular membranes, and non-valved cardiovascular conduits. Based on existing evidence it is believed the potential benefits of MASA Valve outweigh the potential risks.

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Conditions studied

  • Tetrology of Fallot
  • Pulmonary Stenosis
  • Truncus Arteriosus
  • Transposition of Great Vessels
  • Pulmonary Atresia
  • Ross Procedure

Keywords

  • Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction
  • Pulmonary Valve
  • MASA Valve
  • Pulmonary Valve Replacement
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In context

Pulmonary Valve Stenosis

26 studies on the registry are indexed under Pulmonary Valve Stenosis; 5 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 45 across 12 interventional studies indexed under Pulmonary Valve Stenosis.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with PECA Labs as lead sponsor.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
0 Years to 22 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. At least one of the following: Right Ventricular to Pulmonary Artery mean gradient > 35mm Hg, moderate or severe Pulmonary regurgitation (≥3+), or clinical indication for replacement of their native or prosthetic pulmonary valve with a prosthesis.
  2. Age \< 22 years
  3. Patient is geographically stable and willing to return for 1 year follow-up for the trial.
  4. Patient's legal guardian should be willing to provide informed consent (IC) at the hospital location where they are being enrolled.
  5. The patient, and the patient's parent / legal representative where appropriate, and the treating physician agree that the subject will return for all required post-procedure follow up visits and the subject will comply with clinical investigation plan required follow-up visits.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient is in need of or has presence of a prosthetic heart valve at any other position
  2. Patient has a need for concomitant surgical procedures (non-cardiac)
  3. Patients with previously implanted pacemaker (including defibrillators) or mechanical valves
  4. Patient has an active bacterial or viral infection or requiring current antibiotic therapy (if temporary illness, patient may be a candidate 4 weeks after discontinuation of antibiotics)
  5. Patient has an active endocarditis
  6. Leukopenia, according to local laboratory evaluation of white blood cell count
  7. Acute or chronic anemia, according to local laboratory evaluation of hemoglobin Patients can be transfused to meet eligibility criteria
  8. Thrombocytopenia, defined as Platelet count \< 150,000/mm3 Patients can be transfused to meet eligibility criteria
  9. Severe chest wall deformity, which would preclude placement of the PV conduit
  10. Known hypersensitivity to anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs and to the device materials
  11. Immunocompromised patient defined as: autoimmune disease, patients receiving immunosuppressant drugs or immune stimulant drugs
  12. Patient has chronic inflammatory / autoimmune disease
  13. Need for emergency cardiac or vascular surgery or intervention
  14. Major or progressive non-cardiac disease (liver failure, renal failure, cancer) that has a life expectancy of less than one year
  15. Currently participating, or participated within the last 30 days, in an investigational drug or device study
  16. Alcohol or drug abuse as defined by DSM IV-TR criteria for substance abuse - this includes the illicit use of cannabis within the last 12 months
  17. Patient has medical, social or psychosocial factors that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could have impact on safety or compliance
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Device feasibility
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental Arm

    This is a single-arm study. All participants in this study will undergo implantation with MASA Valve.

    Device: Surgical Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction

Interventions

  • DeviceSurgical Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction

    Surgical replacement of the Pulmonary Valve or a previously implanted prosthetic with the investigational device (MASA Valve)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Freedom from device related death

    Percentage of patients that have not died related to the device 1 year from implantation

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. Freedom from Explant

    Percentage of patients that have not undergone device explant within 1 year from implantation

    Time frame: 1 year

  3. Freedom from Device-Related Reoperation

    Percentage of patients that have not undergone re-operation related to the device within 1 year from implantation

    Time frame: 1 year

  4. Freedom from Device-Related Catheter Intervention

    Percentage of patients that have not undergone device related catheter based intervention within 1 year from implantation

    Time frame: 1 year

  5. Freedom from Endocarditis

    Percentage of patients that have not had endocarditis within 1 year from implantation

    Time frame: 1 year

  6. Freedom from Thrombus

    Percentage of patients that have not had a serious thrombotic event related to the device within 1 year from implantation

    Time frame: 1 year

  7. Freedom from Major Hemorrhage

    Percentage of patients that have not had a major bleeding episode related to the device within 1 year from implantation

    Time frame: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Freedom from Moderate or Greater Pulmonary Regurgitation

    Percentage of patients that show less than Moderate Pulmonary Regurgitation within 1 year from implantation on Echocardiographic assessment

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. Freedom from Pulmonary Gradient ≥36mmHg

    Percentage of patients that have a Pulmonary Gradient \<= 36mmHg within 1 year from implantation on Echocardiographic assessment

    Time frame: 1 year

  3. Freedom from device valve failure

    Percentage of patients that show do not show valve functional failure on Echocardiographic assessment

    Time frame: 1 year

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Study locations

5 of 5 sites recruiting
  • OSF Childrens Hospital of Illinois
    Peoria, Illinois 61637, United States
    Recruiting
  • Boston Childrens Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, United States
    Recruiting
  • Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
    Recruiting
  • Childrens Medical Center Dallas
    Dallas, Texas 75235, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — Only anonymized data is intended to be shared with other clinicians.

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 Nov 6, 2024, 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
NCT05452720
Lead sponsor
PECA Labs
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 11, 2022
Start date
May 18, 2023
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 1, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 6, 2024

Study contacts

Arush Kalra, MBBS, MS
Contact
arush@pecalabs.com
4123300746
Doug Bernstein, BS
Contact
doug@pecalabs.com
4125899847
David Morales, MD
principal investigator · Cinncinnati Childrens Hospital

Oversight

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