Assessment of the GORE® EXCLUDER® Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis in the Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal focused on measuring Aortic aneurysm, Abdominal aorta, Stent graft, Aneurysm, Vascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
AAA meeting any of the following criteria:
- Maximum diameter ≥50 mm
- Rapid growth (>5 mm in a 6 month period)
- Non-ruptured AAA presenting with clinical symptoms
Adequate anatomy to receive the GORE® EXCLUDER® Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis, including:
- Adequate iliac / femoral access
- Infrarenal aortic neck diameter 16-32 mm
- Infrarenal aortic neck length ≥10 mm
- Aortic neck angle ≤ 90˚
- Distal iliac artery seal zone ≥10 mm
- Iliac artery diameter 8-25 mm
- An Informed Consent Form (ICF) signed by Subject
- Male or infertile female
- Able to comply with Protocol requirements including following-up
- Life expectancy > 2 years
- Age ≥ 21 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Mycotic or ruptured aneurysm
- Known concomitant thoracic aortic aneurysm which requires surgical intervention
- Renal insufficiency defined as creatinine > 2.5 mg/dL or patient undergoing dialysis
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV
- Aneurysmal, dissected, heavily calcified, or heavily thrombosed landing zone(s)
- Severely tortuous or stenotic iliac and / or femoral arteries
- Patient has body habitus or other medical condition which prevents adequate delineation of the aorta
- Participating in another investigational device or drug study within 1 year of treatment
- Systemic infection which may increase the risk of endovascular graft infection
- Known degenerative connective tissue disease, e.g., Marfan or Ehler-Danlos Syndrome
- Planned concomitant surgical procedure or major surgery within 30 days of treatment date
- Known history of drug abuse
- Known sensitivities or allergies to the device materials
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Mayo Clinic Arizona
- University of Southern California
- Leland Stanford Junior University
- River City Clinical Research
- Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute
- Sarasota Vascular Specialists
- Emory University
- Loyola University - Chicago
- Southern Illinois University
- University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinic
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation
- University of Michigan
- Spectrum Health System
- Essentia Institute of Rural Health
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation - Abbott Northwestern Hospital
- Minneapolis Radiology and Vascular Research Foundation
- Mayo Clinic - Rochester
- Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis
- Mercy Research
- The Hitchcock Foundation
- AHA Hospital Corp.
- Maimonides Medical Center
- Research Foundation SUNY Buffalo
- Mission Hospital
- Duke University Medical Center
- Moses Cone Memorial Hospital
- NC Heart and Vascular Research, LLC
- Good Samaritan Hospital-Cincinnati
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Ohio Health Research Institute
- Oklahoma Heart Hospital Research Foundation
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Prisma Health-Upstate
- North Central Heart Institute, Ltd.
- University of Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- The Methodist Hospital - Houston
- University of Virginia
- Sentara Medical Group
- CAMC Health Education and Research Institute, Inc.
- University of Wisconsin System
- Aurora Health Care, Metro Inc.
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Short Neck Substudy
High Neck Angulation Substudy
Subjects with abdominal aortic aneurysms having infrarenal aortic neck angulation ≤ 60˚ and infrarenal aortic neck length ≥10 mm treated with the GORE® EXCLUDER® Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis.
Subjects with abdominal aortic aneurysms having infrarenal aortic neck angulation > 60˚ and ≤ 90˚ and infrarenal aortic neck length ≥10 mm treated with the GORE® EXCLUDER® Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis.