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Optimizing Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-edge Repair (M-TEER) for Severe Functional Mitral Regurgitation Towards Improved Guideline-directed Medical Therapy

An observational study in Mitral Regurgitation Functional, Heart Failure and M-TEER, sponsored by Institut für Pharmakologie und Präventive Medizin. Terminated at 2 sites in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-30.

Sponsored by Institut für Pharmakologie und Präventive Medizin · Observational

Why this study was terminated
Recruitment too slow
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
9
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A multi-centre, prospective, observational pilot registry in patients undergoing mitral valve repair for severe functional mitral regurgitation to report the heart failure drug therapy and dosing before the mitral valve procedure and afterwards to assess whether the recommended maximal dose of medication is administered. This maximal dose, although recommended, might not be tolerated well by patients and can cause side-effects. Researchers will determine whether the mitral valve repair procedure might have a possible effect on increasing the drug therapy towards the recommended optimal doses.

Read the detailed description

Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) has become an important therapy in the management of severe functional mitral regurgitation (FMR).

These patients often have left ventricular dilatation with associated left ventricular failure and undergo intervention after guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is optimised.

However, many patients cannot tolerate maximal doses of these drugs, some of which are potent vasodilators, due to the potential for hypotension and other side effects.

After M-TEER, with significant reduction of valve regurgitation, and a consequent improvement in systemic blood pressure and left ventricular function, it may be possible to further optimize GDMT and thus improve patients' clinical outcomes.

This pilot registry will be conducted in up to 4 German centres with a minimum annual volume of \~ 50 M-TEER procedures aiming for an environment of 100 patients.

This registry aims to:

  • document the extent of suboptimal GDMT in patients undergoing M-TEER for severe FMR and to assess the potential to improve care towards maximal recommended medical therapy.
  • compare 6- and 12-months heart failure (HF) hospitalization post-procedure compared to 12- and 6-months historical HF hospitalisation prior the index procedure. Functional status (NYHA class, 6-minute walk test) to be assessed at baseline and at 6 months follow-up.
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Conditions studied

  • Mitral Regurgitation Functional
  • Heart Failure
  • M-TEER

Keywords

  • Mitral Regurgitation
  • Heart Failure
  • M-TEER
  • Optimizing GDMT
  • Functional Mitral Regurgitation
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In context

Heart Failure

6,331 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure; 1,396 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 9 is below the median of 200 across 1,983 observational studies indexed under Heart Failure.

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Lead sponsor

Institut für Pharmakologie und Präventive Medizin is the lead sponsor of 30 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients with severe functional and mixed-type mitral regurgitation with optimized GMDT undergoing M-TEER (using the PASCAL system)

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Inclusion criteria

  • mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) patients treated with the PASCAL system (≥ 18 years) as per the current approved indication and local Heart Team decision
  • Severe functional and mixed-type mitral regurgitation with LV-EF \< 50%
  • Patient with optimized guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT): A minimum of 3 points in the pre-defined GMDT scoring system
  • Provision of written

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Degenerative mitral regurgitation
  • Emergency procedure
  • Re-do or concomitant (mitral/tricuspid) procedures
  • Patients on maximum dose GDMT
  • Atrial functional mitral regurgitation (FMR)
  • Coronary revascularisation within the last 3 months
  • Pregnant woman
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
9 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
12 Months
Patient registry
Yes

Groups and cohorts

  • M-TEER patients

    Patients with optimized guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) undergoing mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER, using the PASCAL system) for severe functional mitral regurgitation.

    Procedure: Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair

Interventions

  • ProcedureMitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair

    Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair with the PASCAL system

    Also known as: M-TEER

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of Heart Failure hospitalizations after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER)

    Number of 6- and 12-months heart failure (HF) hospitalizations post M-TEER procedure compared to 12- and 6-months historical HF hospitalization prior the index procedure

    Time frame: 6 and 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class

    NYHA class at baseline and 6-months follow-up

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. 6-minute walk test

    6-minute walk test at baseline and 6-months follow-up

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Cellitinnen_Krankenhaus St. Vinzenz Köln
    Cologne, 50733, Germany
  • Krh der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier
    Trier, 54292, Germany
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References and documents

Publications

  • Stone GW, Abraham WT, Lindenfeld J, Kar S, Grayburn PA, Lim DS, Mishell JM, Whisenant B, Rinaldi M, Kapadia SR, Rajagopal V, Sarembock IJ, Brieke A, Marx SO, Cohen DJ, Asch FM, Mack MJ; COAPT Investigators. Five-Year Follow-up after Transcatheter Repair of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jun 1;388(22):2037-2048. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2300213. Epub 2023 Mar 5. PubMed 36876756 ↗
  • Greene SJ, Butler J, Albert NM, DeVore AD, Sharma PP, Duffy CI, Hill CL, McCague K, Mi X, Patterson JH, Spertus JA, Thomas L, Williams FB, Hernandez AF, Fonarow GC. Medical Therapy for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The CHAMP-HF Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jul 24;72(4):351-366. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.04.070. PubMed 30025570 ↗
  • Savarese G, Bodegard J, Norhammar A, Sartipy P, Thuresson M, Cowie MR, Fonarow GC, Vaduganathan M, Coats AJS. Heart failure drug titration, discontinuation, mortality and heart failure hospitalization risk: a multinational observational study (US, UK and Sweden). Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Sep;23(9):1499-1511. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2271. Epub 2021 Jun 28. PubMed 34132001 ↗
  • McDonagh TA, Metra M, Adamo M, Gardner RS, Baumbach A, Bohm M, Burri H, Butler J, Celutkiene J, Chioncel O, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Crespo-Leiro MG, Farmakis D, Gilard M, Heymans S, Hoes AW, Jaarsma T, Jankowska EA, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Lyon AR, McMurray JJV, Mebazaa A, Mindham R, Muneretto C, Francesco Piepoli M, Price S, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Kathrine Skibelund A; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J. 2021 Sep 21;42(36):3599-3726. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab368. No abstract available. PubMed 34447992 ↗
  • Adamo M, Tomasoni D, Stolz L, Stocker TJ, Pancaldi E, Koell B, Karam N, Besler C, Giannini C, Sampaio F, Praz F, Ruf T, Pechmajou L, Neuss M, Iliadis C, Baldus S, Butter C, Kalbacher D, Lurz P, Melica B, Petronio AS, von Bardeleben RS, Windecker S, Butler J, Fonarow GC, Hausleiter J, Metra M. Impact of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair on Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Uptitration. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Apr 24;16(8):896-905. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.01.362. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PubMed 37100553 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — no IPD shared with other researchers, sponsor owns database

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 30, 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
NCT06702527
Lead sponsor
Institut für Pharmakologie und Präventive Medizin
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 25, 2024
Start date
Apr 1, 2025
Primary completion
Mar 1, 2026
Completion
Mar 1, 2026
Last update
Jul 30, 2026

Study contacts

Jan-Malte Sinning, Prof.
principal investigator · Cellitinnen Hospital St. Vinzenz

Oversight

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