Ultrasound-facilitated, Catheter-directed, Thrombolysis in Intermediate-high Risk Pulmonary Embolism (HI-PEITHO)

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    Recruiting
  • End date
    Jul 23, 2025
  • participants needed
    406
  • sponsor
    Boston Scientific Corporation
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angiography
heparin
clot
troponin
oximetry
blood clot
anticoagulation therapy
pulmonary angiography
ctpa

Summary

There are many available treatments for pulmonary embolism (PE), but the best treatment for this condition is not known. The HI-PEITHO study will compare two treatment options that are both available on the market for the treatment of PE.

Patients will be randomized 1:1 to receive either blood thinners (anticoagulation) or blood thinners (anticoagulation) in combination with a device called the EkoSonicTM Endovascular device to dissolve blood clots. Patients will be followed for 12 months after randomization and have assessments while in the hospital as well as at 7 days, 30 days, 6 months and 12 months after randomization. The study will try to find out if one of these treatments is better than the other at reducing the risk of death and other serious problems.

Description

This study will assess whether ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed thrombolysis and standard anticoagulation are associated with a significant reduction in the composite outcome of pulmonary embolism (PE)-related mortality, cardiorespiratory decompensation or collapse, or nonfatal symptomatic and objectively confirmed recurrence of PE compared to anticoagulation alone within seven days of randomization

The HI-PEITHO study has been designed to address the important gaps in clinical evidence by comparing the clinical benefit of the ultrasound-facilitated local delivery of a low dose thrombolytic agent and anticoagulation with those of anticoagulation alone in patients with intermediate-high risk PE at a higher estimated risk of early decompensation based on clinical parameters at presentation.

This study has a focus on improving the safety of thrombolysis and advancing the concept of intermediate-high risk and the PE severity criteria, to better identify patients who may clinically benefit from thrombolysis.

The results of this study will contribute further evidence to the existing data on the treatment and outcomes of acute, intermediate-high risk PE and provide controlled data related to catheter-based interventions.

Data will be entered by the site into an electronic database. The database will include data checks to compare data entered into the database against predefined rules for ranges and consistency with other data fields in the database.

Site monitoring will take place with source data verification to assess the accuracy and completeness of registry data by comparing the data to medical records and study assessments.

Details
Condition Pulmonary Embolism
Treatment Anticoagulation with heparin, EkoSonicTM Endovascular System
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04790370
SponsorBoston Scientific Corporation
Last Modified on23 May 2022

Eligibility

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Inclusion Criteria

Age 18-80 years, inclusive
Objectively confirmed acute PE, based on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) showing a filling defect in at least one main or proximal lobar pulmonary artery
Elevated risk of early death/hemodynamic collapse, indicated by at least two of the following new-onset clinical criteria
ECG-documented tachycardia with heart rate ≥100 beats per minute, not due to hypovolemia, arrhythmia, or sepsis
SBP ≤ 110 mm Hg for at least 15 minutes
respiratory rate > 20 x min-1 or oxygen saturation on pulse oximetry (SpO2) < 90% (or partial arterial oxygen pressure < 60 mmHg) at rest while breathing room air
Right-to-left ventricular (RV/LV) diameter ratio ≥ 1.0 on CTPA
Serum troponin I or T levels above the upper limit of normal
Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Hemodynamic instability, i.e. at least one of the following present
cardiac arrest or need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
need for ECMO, or ECMO initiated before randomization
PE-related shock, defined as: (i) SBP < 90 mmHg, or vasopressors required to achieve SBP ≥ 90 mmHg, despite an adequate volume status; and (ii) end-organ hypoperfusion (altered mental status; oliguria/anuria; increased serum lactate)
isolated persistent hypotension (SBP < 90 mmHg, or a systolic pressure drop by at least 40 mmHg for at least 15 minutes), not caused by new-onset arrhythmia, hypovolemia, or sepsis Patients who presented with temporary need for fluid resuscitation and/or low-dose catecholamines may be included, provided that they could be stabilized within 2 hours of admission and maintain SBP of ≥ 90 mmHg and adequate organ perfusion without catecholamine infusion
Need for admission to an intensive care unit for a reason other than the index PE
Temperature above 39 degrees C / 102.2 degrees F
episode. NB: Patients who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 can be enrolled where
Logistical reasons limiting the rapid availability of interventional procedures to treat acute PE (e.g., during the outbreak of an epidemic)
the investigator believes that the pulmonary embolism is the dominant
pathology in the patient's clinical presentation and qualifying
Index PE symptom duration > 14 days
cardiorespiratory parameters
Active bleeding
History of intracranial or intraocular bleeding at any time
Stroke or transient ischemic attack within the past 6 months, or previous stroke at any time if associated with permanent disability
Central nervous system neoplasm, or metastatic cancer
Major neurologic, ophthalmologic, abdominal, cardiac, thoracic, vascular or orthopedic surgery or trauma (including syncope-associated with head strike or skeletal fracture) within the past 3 weeks
Platelet count < 100 x 109 x L-1
Patients who have received a once-daily therapeutic dose of LMWH or a therapeutic dose of fondaparinux within 24 hours prior to randomization
Patients who have received one of the direct oral anticoagulants apixaban or rivaroxaban within 12 hours prior to randomization
Patients who have received one of the direct oral anticoagulants dabigatran or edoxaban for the index PE episode, as these drugs are not approved for patients who have not received heparin for at least 5 days
Administration of a thrombolytic agent or a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist during the current hospital stay and/or within 30 days, for any reason
Chronic treatment with antiplatelet agents other than low-dose acetylsalicylic acid or clopidogrel 75 mg once daily (but not both). Dual antiplatelet therapy is excluded
Chronic treatment with a direct oral anticoagulant (apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban or rivaroxaban)
Chronic treatment with a vitamin K antagonist, or known coagulopathy including severe hepatic dysfunction, with an International Normalized Ratio (INR) > 1.5
Pregnancy or lactation
Previous inclusion in the study
Known hypersensitivity to alteplase, LMWH or UFH, or to any of the excipients
Life expectancy less than 6 months
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