At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Access to the study treatment being tested
- Type of study
- Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (device)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 70 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- Transcatheter mitral valve replacement — device: The SATURN TS TMVR System will be implanted through a transcatheter approach in patients with symptomatic mitral regurgitation.
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
In plain English
This study looks at a new treatment called the SATURN system for people aged 65 or over with severe leakiness of the mitral valve in the heart (mitral regurgitation) linked to heart failure. The replacement valve is placed through a small tube inserted across the wall between the heart's two upper chambers, instead of by open-heart surgery. The study is for people considered too high risk for open-heart valve surgery. The sponsor is InnovHeart.
Who can take part
- Aged 65 or older
- Moderate to severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation (grade 3+ or more) causing symptoms
- Heart symptoms of Class II or worse on the NYHA scale (if Class IV, must still be able to walk about)
- Able to take blood-thinning medicine by mouth
- Able to have emergency surgery, which could include open-heart surgery, if needed
- Considered high risk for open-heart mitral valve surgery because of age, other health problems or frailty, as decided by the heart team
- Willing and able to complete study checks and questionnaires
Who may not be able to
- Mitral regurgitation caused by damage to the valve itself, rather than how the heart works
- Frailty or other health problems meaning the valve replacement is unlikely to help
- Life expectancy under 1 year due to a non-heart condition
- Infection of the heart lining (endocarditis) in the past 3 months
- Currently in hospital with a sudden worsening of heart failure
- Depending on medicine or machines to support the heart and circulation
- Significant untreated coronary artery disease
- Current infection in the body
- Moderate to severe disability (Modified Rankin Scale 4 or more)
- Chronic kidney failure (very low kidney function or on dialysis)
- Severe high pressure in the lung arteries
- Low platelet count
- Severe lung disease needing oxygen at home, judged too risky for a breathing tube
- Refusing blood transfusions
- Bleeding or clotting disorders
- Severe connective tissue disease on long-term immunosuppressive or steroid medicine
- Taking part in other research studies that could affect this one
- Unable or unwilling to sign the consent form, or classed as a 'vulnerable patient'
- Heart attack in the past 30 days
- Stroke or mini-stroke in the past 90 days
- Severe disease of the arteries outside the heart
- Previous mitral valve treatment (repair, replacement or MitraClip) or planned treatment before joining
- Previous mechanical aortic valve replacement
- Previous TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation)
- Need for other planned heart surgery or procedures within 30 days after the study procedure
- Certain heart devices (CRT or ICD) fitted in the past 30 days
- Heart shock or unstable blood pressure
- Bypass surgery or stents in the past 30 days
- Heart conditions not yet treated according to standard care
- Previous or planned heart transplant (highest urgency listing)
- Signs of right-sided heart failure with fluid build-up in the tummy or severe swelling
- Certain other heart muscle or lining diseases, other than a enlarged, weakened heart (dilated cardiomyopathy)
- Allergy or contraindication to medicines used during or after the procedure, or to nickel or titanium
- Unable to have a transoesophageal echo (an ultrasound scan done via the swallowing tube)
- Heart pumping function of 30% or less on an echocardiogram
- Severe calcium build-up or narrowing of the mitral valve, or a growth on the valve
- Extensively damaged, flail mitral valve leaflets
- Blood clot, mass or growth inside the heart that is new or untreated
- Severe weakness of the right side of the heart
- Severe leakiness of the tricuspid valve
- A significant hole between the heart's upper chambers
- Severe aortic valve leakiness or narrowing
- Heart anatomy not suitable for the SATURN system or procedure, as decided by the screening committee
What taking part involves
- • The diseased mitral valve is replaced using the SATURN system, passed through a tube across the wall between the heart's upper chambers, without open-heart surgery
- • Blood-thinning medicine (anticoagulation) is required
- • Participants must be able to have open-heart surgery as a back-up if the procedure does not go to plan
Time commitment: Not stated — ask the trial team about how many visits, how long the study lasts and what taking part involves.
Plain-English summary (AI-generated) from registry data. Not eligibility advice — only the trial team can confirm whether you can take part. Use the eligibility checker to see how your health profile matches this trial.
- Type of study
- Testing a treatment
- Ages
- 65 Years and over
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 30
- Started
- 2024-04-04
- Last checked
- 2026-05
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for heart failure
- • NA - 30 participants
- • The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate feasibility, safety, and performance of the SATURN TS TMVR System for the treatment of moderate-to-severe or severe, symptomatic mitral regurgitation through a transcatheter approach
Who can take part?
- • Ages 65 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with heart failure
Where?
- • Brighton - Royal Sussex County Hospital
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate feasibility, safety, and performance of the SATURN TS TMVR System for the treatment of moderate-to-severe or severe, symptomatic mitral regurgitation through a transcatheter approach. The main questions it aims to answer are: * is the use of the device feasible? * is it safe (defined as freedom from device-related major adverse events at 30 days)? * does it perform (defined as reduction of MR Grade to ≤ 1+ at 30 days)? Participants will need to do the following as part of the clinical trial: * complete 6-Minute Walking Test * complete Quality of Life Questionnaires * undergo blood evaluations * CT scan * 12 lead ECG * Transesophageal Echocardiography * Transthoracic Echocardiogram * the study procedure (valve implantation, right heart catheterization, left arterial pressure, fluoroscopy/ angiogram)
More detail
The SATURN Trans-Septal Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement System (SATURN TS System) is intended for use in adult patients suffering from heart failure symptoms (NYHA class II or greater) with moderate to severe or severe mitral regurgitation (MR ≥3+) who are deemed to be at high risk for open-heart mitral valve surgery by a multidisciplinary Heart Team including at least a cardiac surgeon and a cardiologist, experienced in the care of patients with mitral valve disease. CASSINI-EU is a single-arm, prospective, multicenter pilot trial. The purpose of the study is to evaluate feasibility, safety, and performance of the SATURN TS TMVR System for the treatment of moderate-to-severe or severe, symptomatic mitral regurgitation through a transcatheter approach. Primary objectives are to evaluate the feasibility, safety and performance of the SATURN TS TMVR System at 30 days. Secondary objectives and additional outcomes are long term safety and performance of the SATURN TS TMVR System. Up to 30 patients will be treated at up to 6 qualified investigational sites in Europe.
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 65 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
Biomarkers mentioned
What the study is looking for
- ✓Age 65 years or older.
- ✓causing symptoms moderate to severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation (≥ Grade 3+).
- ✓NYHA functional Class ≥ II. If Class IV, patient must be ambulatory.
- ✓Ability to tolerate oral anticoagulation.
- ✓Ability to qualify for bailout surgery (which may include open heart surgery).
Who cannot take part
- ✗General Exclusion Criteria
- ✗Degenerative (i.e. intrinsic valve lesions) mitral regurgitation.
- ✗Excessive frailty or comorbid conditions that preclude the anticipated benefit of the mitral valve replacement.
- ✗Life expectancy \<1 year due to noncardiac conditions.
- ✗Endocarditis in the 3 months prior to procedure date.
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Where Is This Study? (1 UK site)
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Brighton, United Kingdom
How to Get in Touch
VP, Clinical Affairs InnovHeart
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Maxis Operations
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