Status:

COMPLETED

Use of a Lifeline Graft in the A-V Shunt Model

Lead Sponsor:

Cytograft Tissue Engineering

Conditions:

ESRD

Hemodialysis

Eligibility:

All Genders

21+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This study will assess the safety and efficacy of a completely autologous and completely biological tissue engineered blood vessel (TEBV) called Lifeline™ used as an arteriovenous fistula for dialysis...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Have signed an informed consent
  • Patients ≥ 21 years old
  • Patients not candidates for a Brescia-Cimino A-V fistula (own vessels)
  • Have an AV shunt or fistula that will likely fail within 12 months because of:
  • Signs of clinical dysfunction: increment of venous pressure, limited site of puncture, stenosis, aneurysm dilatations that cannot be surgically repaired or by other media, or
  • Previous angioplasty, or
  • Previous thrombolysis
  • Fall into category of ASA grade 2 or below (or UK equivalent)
  • Are willing and able to comply with 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36 and 52 week follow up and able to comply with biannual follow up thereafter.

Exclusion

  • A need for urgent surgery
  • Penicillin allergy
  • Patients with uncontrolled hypertension
  • Morbid obesity (\> 300 lbs)
  • Active systemic infection
  • Contraindication for anticoagulation
  • Coagulopathy
  • Acute renal failure
  • Connective tissue diseases (i.e. Marfan's syndrome)
  • Pregnant or nursing
  • Life expectancy \< 1 year
  • Participation in another study involving an investigational device or new drug
  • Other medical, social or psychological issues that, in the opinion of the principal investigator, preclude them from receiving the treatment and the procedures/evaluations of the post-operative follow up
  • Inability or unwillingness to comply with the scheduled follow-up visit

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00850252

Start Date

September 1 2004

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

July 17 2013

Active Locations (2)

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1

Instituto Argentino de Diagnostico y Tratamiento

Buenos Aires, Argentina

2

Department of General, Vascular and Transplant Surgery

Katowice, Poland