SAVE-FistulaS: the SelfWrap-Assisted ArterioVEnous Fistulas Study (SAVE-FistulaS)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06001827 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : August 21, 2023
Last Update Posted : November 22, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Chronic Kidney Diseases End Stage Renal Disease Arteriovenous Fistula Hemodialysis Access Failure ESRD Vascular Access Complication Renal Failure Catheter Complications Catheter Dysfunction Renal Insufficiency | Device: SelfWrap Bioabsorbable Perivascular Wrap Procedure: Untreated AVF Control | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | SAVE-FistulaS: the SelfWrap-Assisted ArterioVEnous Fistulas Study |
Estimated Study Start Date : | November 2023 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2027 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment Arm
Treated with SelfWrap Bioabsorbable Perivascular Wrap during AVF creation surgery
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Device: SelfWrap Bioabsorbable Perivascular Wrap
SelfWrap is applied during arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation surgery. It provides mechanical support to improve maturation and patency of AVFs.
Other Name: SelfWrap |
Sham Comparator: Control Arm
AVF creation surgery without any intervention (untreated AVF control, or standard of care)
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Procedure: Untreated AVF Control
AVF creation surgery without any intervention
Other Name: Standard of Care |
- Unassisted Maturation by 180 days [ Time Frame: Assessed at up to 6 months ]A participant who is either 1) on hemodialysis on or before day 150 and the AVF has been cannulated with two needles for at least 75% of dialysis sessions within any 4 consecutive week period to achieve the prescribed dialysis by the 180 day follow up, and did not require any facilitative endovascular or surgical intervention to achieve this, or 2) is not on hemodialysis on or before day 150, but ultrasound measurements by the 180 day follow up indicate a proximal arterial flow rate of at least 500 mL/min and a vein inner diameter of at least 5.0 mm at 5 - 8 cm from the anastomosis, and did not require any facilitative endovascular or surgical intervention through the 180 day follow up.
- Freedom from access-related adverse events through 30 days [ Time Frame: Assessed through 30 days ]Freedom from access-related adverse events through 30 days

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age of at least 18 years
- Referred for creation of a new AVF
- Willing and able to comply with study requirements, communicate with the study team, and attend follow up visits over a period of 36 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Planned index procedure to revise or repair an existing fistula
- Target artery inner diameter < 2.0 mm, as measured by ultrasound while the target arm is under tourniquet pressure and anesthesia
- Target vein inner diameter < 2.0 mm, as measured by ultrasound while the target arm is under tourniquet pressure and anesthesia
- Significant (at least 50%) stenosis at the target vein on the side of surgery (between the planned anastomosis site and the axillary vein), as diagnosed by preoperative ultrasound
- Known central venous stenosis of at least 50% on the side of surgery
- Presence of a stent or a stent graft within the access circuit
- Known or suspected coagulation disorder that, in the opinion of the Investigator, puts too much risk on the patient for AVF creation
- Known or suspected active infection at the time of surgery
- Congestive heart failure NYHA class 4
- Prior steal on the side of surgery;
- Enrolled in another investigational drug, device, or biological study, or was previously enrolled in this study
- Life expectancy less than 12 months
- Expected to undergo kidney transplant surgery within 6 months of enrollment
- Expected to undergo home hemodialysis
- Females of childbearing potential (premenopausal and not surgically sterile) without documented current negative pregnancy test at screening
- Presence of a comorbid condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may significantly confound the collection of safety and efficacy data in this study
- Unwillingness or inability to give consent and/or comply with the study follow up schedule
- Any health condition, which in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with the safety of the participant or the participant's ability to comply with the study.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT06001827
Contact: Mark Barakat, MD | (832) 429-5362 | mark.barakat@venostent.com |
United States, North Carolina | |
Surgical Specialists of Charlotte, PA | Recruiting |
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28226 | |
Contact: Decca Taylor 704-945-3560 dtaylor@ssclt.com | |
Principal Investigator: Jason Burgess, MD | |
United States, Texas | |
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons | Recruiting |
Austin, Texas, United States, 78756 | |
Contact: Shir Yelovitch, PhD 512-459-3300 ext 214 SYelovitch@ctvstexas.com | |
Principal Investigator: Ryan Turley, MD |
Study Director: | Timothy Boire, PhD | VenoStent, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | VenoStent |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT06001827 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
VENO-CIP002 |
First Posted: | August 21, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 22, 2023 |
Last Verified: | November 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | Yes |
Device Product Not Approved or Cleared by U.S. FDA: | Yes |
Vascular Surgery Vascular Access Nephrology Bioabsorbable Perivascular Wrap External Support |
Hemodialysis Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease End Stage Renal Disease Arteriovenous Fistula AVF |
Kidney Diseases Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Kidney Failure, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Arteriovenous Fistula Fistula Urologic Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Urogenital Diseases Male Urogenital Diseases |
Chronic Disease Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Anatomical Arteriovenous Malformations Vascular Malformations Cardiovascular Abnormalities Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Fistula Vascular Diseases Congenital Abnormalities |