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Registration number
NCT00483808
Ethics application status
Date submitted
5/06/2007
Date registered
7/06/2007
Date last updated
5/11/2013

Titles & IDs
Public title
Renal Denervation in Patients With Refractory Hypertension
Scientific title
Renal Denervation in Patients With Refractory Hypertension
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
TP-015 & TP-038
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Hypertension 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Hypertension

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Devices - Ardian Symplicity™ Catheter

Experimental: Denervation - Renal denervation using the Symplicty Catheter


Treatment: Devices: Ardian Symplicity™ Catheter
Renal denervation using the Symplicity Catheter
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Devices
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
To provide confirmation that renal denervation is safe and feasible.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
3 years
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Evidence of renal denervation; indication of physiologic response; assessment of device performance.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
3 years

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* >= 18 years of age.
* a systolic blood pressure of 160 mmHg or greater.
* receiving and adhering to full doses of an appropriate antihypertensive drug regimen for a minimum of two weeks prior to screening.
* agrees to have the study procedure(s) performed and additional procedures and evaluations, including repeat phlebotomy, imaging, urine analyses, and clinical examination.
* competent and willing to provide written, informed consent to participate in this clinical study.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* renal arterial abnormalities
* end stage renal disease requiring dialysis or renal transplant
* serum Cr > 3, or calculated GFR < 45 ml/min
* has experienced MI, unstable angina pectoris, or CVA with 6 months
* others

Study design
Purpose of the study
Allocation to intervention
Not applicable
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 1
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/06/2007
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/05/2013
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
73
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
St. Vincent's Hospital - Fitzroy
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
The Alfred Hospital - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
3065 - Fitzroy
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
3004 - Melbourne
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
Poland
State/province [1] 0 0
Krakow

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Medtronic Vascular
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
To investigate the clinical utility of renal denervation in the treatment of refractory hypertension.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00483808
Trial related presentations / publications
Eikelis N, Hering D, Marusic P, Duval J, Hammond LJ, Walton AS, Lambert EA, Esler MD, Lambert GW, Schlaich MP. The Effect of Renal Denervation on Plasma Adipokine Profile in Patients with Treatment Resistant Hypertension. Front Physiol. 2017 May 30;8:369. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00369. eCollection 2017.
Krum H, Schlaich MP, Sobotka PA, Bohm M, Mahfoud F, Rocha-Singh K, Katholi R, Esler MD. Percutaneous renal denervation in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension: final 3-year report of the Symplicity HTN-1 study. Lancet. 2014 Feb 15;383(9917):622-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62192-3. Epub 2013 Nov 7. Erratum In: Lancet. 2014 Feb 15;383(9917):602. Sobotka, Paul A [added].
Schlaich MP, Hering D, Sobotka PA, Krum H, Esler MD. Renal denervation in human hypertension: mechanisms, current findings, and future prospects. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2012 Jun;14(3):247-53. doi: 10.1007/s11906-012-0264-9.
Witkowski A, Prejbisz A, Florczak E, Kadziela J, Sliwinski P, Bielen P, Michalowska I, Kabat M, Warchol E, Januszewicz M, Narkiewicz K, Somers VK, Sobotka PA, Januszewicz A. Effects of renal sympathetic denervation on blood pressure, sleep apnea course, and glycemic control in patients with resistant hypertension and sleep apnea. Hypertension. 2011 Oct;58(4):559-65. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.173799. Epub 2011 Aug 15.
Hering D, Esler MD, Krum H, Mahfoud F, Bohm M, Sobotka PA, Schlaich MP. Recent advances in the treatment of hypertension. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2011 Jun;9(6):729-44. doi: 10.1586/erc.11.71.
Schlaich MP, Sobotka PA, Krum H, Whitbourn R, Walton A, Esler MD. Renal denervation as a therapeutic approach for hypertension: novel implications for an old concept. Hypertension. 2009 Dec;54(6):1195-201. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.138610. Epub 2009 Oct 12. No abstract available.
Krum H, Schlaich M, Whitbourn R, Sobotka PA, Sadowski J, Bartus K, Kapelak B, Walton A, Sievert H, Thambar S, Abraham WT, Esler M. Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension: a multicentre safety and proof-of-principle cohort study. Lancet. 2009 Apr 11;373(9671):1275-81. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60566-3. Epub 2009 Mar 28.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Henry Krum, MBBS,PhD
Address 0 0
The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00483808