An observational study in Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia, sponsored by Medical University of Graz. Recruiting at 1 site in Austria. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-14.
Sponsored by Medical University of Graz · Observational
Chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) represents the most advanced stage of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and is characterized by ischemic rest pain, non-healing wounds, or ischemic gangrene. High-risk PAD populations including patients with end-stage renal disease and or diabetes also experience worse outcomes with significantly increased rates of amputation and mortality.
Although some patients with PAD are best treated with a combination of medical management, exercise and lifestyle modification, revascularization is indicated in those with advanced stages of disease and particularly in the presence of CLTI. Revascularization of below-the-knee (BTK) arteries is required for most patients suffering from CLTI, but treatment faces numerous challenges comprising calcification, small vessel size, long-lesion length and early elastic recoil. With regard to these challenges, numerous innovative techniques and devices have been developed within the past decades to optimize endovascular treatment of BTK vessels.
The Spur Peripheral Retrievable Scaffold System (Spur) was developed to directly address many of these pitfalls of infrapopliteal arterial disease. The premise of the design of the Spur is to provide temporary mechanical scaffolding and to prepare the vessel for treatment with a drug-coated balloon (DCB) to enhance drug absorption by creating channels in the endothelium by the deployed Spur.
The objective of this study is to perform a prospective, single-center, single-arm, non-randomized study to evaluate acute vessel recoil following BTK treatment with the Spur Retrievable Scaffold System in combination with a commercially available DCB in specific patients populations. Specific patient populations that are selected to participate in this study are either at high risk to discover unfavorable outcomes with standard techniques due to a high complexity of lesions and/or patients that are not adequately mirrored in available studies. The patient cohorts that will be studied are diabetics and patients on hemodialysis (for at least 6 months). As women are commonly under-represented in comparable trials, this study requires at least 50% of women for each cohort.
The primary endpoint is vessel recoil within 15 minutes post treatment assessed with angiography. Secondary endpoints will be followed out to 12 months.
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Patients with below-the knee (BTK) peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who are either with chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring hemodialysis for at least 6 months (cohort 1) and/or diabetics (cohort 2) in Rutherford classes (RC) 4 or 5, with ≥ 50% females in each cohort
General Inclusion Criteria:
Subject suffers from diabetes and/or receives chronic hemodialysis for KD (for at least 6 months)
Angiographic Inclusion Criteria:
Target vessel reconstitutes at or above the medial ankle, with the target treated segment extending no more than 10 mm beyond the ankle.
Only one artery may be treated with the Spur device.
a. Non-target infrapopliteal lesions requiring treatment must be treated prior to treatment of the target lesion. Treatment of the target vessel/lesion with the Spur device may be performed only if treatment of the non-target vessel(s)/lesion(s) does not result in a complication which may compromise the outflow of the target lesion or result in a major adverse limb event.
General Exclusion Criteria:
Angiographic exclusion criteria:
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GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Life expectancy
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GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
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Other: Vessel recoil measurement 15 minutes post final treatment (angiographically)
Other: Vessel recoil measurement 15 minutes post final treatment (angiographically)
This study will evaluate early recoil following optimized endovascular treatment (Spur Peripheral Retrievable Scaffold System in combination with a DCB) of BTK vessels in specific high-risk patient populations with CLTI.
Vessel recoil assessed with angiography
Time frame: 15 minutes post treatment
Freedom from unplanned major (above the ankle) amputation
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Freedom from major adverse limb events (MALE)
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Freedom from all-cause mortality
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Freedom from clinically driven target lesion revascularisation (CD-TLR)
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Target vessel patency determined by duplex ultrasound (DUS)
Time frame: 30 days
Change in ankle brachial index (ABI, or toe brachial index (TBI) alternatively) from baseline
Time frame: 30 days
Change in Rutherford Class from baseline
The Rutherford Class (RC) ranges from 0 to 6, with a higher class indicating more severe disease.
Time frame: 30 days
Change in Wound, Ischemic, and foot Infection score (WIfI) from baseline
The WIfI score ranges from 0 to 9, with a higher point score indicating more severe disease.
Time frame: 30 days
Plan to share: Undecided
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