Comparison of the Balloon-Expandable Edwards Valve and Self-Expandable CoreValve Evolut R or Evolut PRO System for the Treatment of Small, Severely Dysfunctional Surgical Aortic Bioprotheses. The 'LYTEN' Trial

Comparison of the Balloon-Expandable Edwards Valve and Self-Expandable CoreValve Evolut R or Evolut PRO System for the Treatment of Small, Severely Dysfunctional Surgical Aortic Bioprotheses. The 'LYTEN' Trial

Comparison of the Balloon-Expandable Edwards Valve and Self-Expandable CoreValve Evolut R or Evolut PRO System for the Treatment of Small, Severely Dysfunctional Surgical Aortic Bioprotheses: A Pilot Prospective Randomized Trial. The 'LYTEN' Trial

The treatment with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) of patients with small (≤23mm) surgical bioprostheses remains a challenge due to the increased transvalvular residual gradients and high rates of severe prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) following the procedure.

This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized open-label trial including patients with surgical aortic bioprosthetic dysfunction in the presence of a small (≤23mm; inner diameter ≤21 mm) stented surgical valve. Following the Heart Team'S decision to proceed with a TAVI-ViV procedure, patients will be randomized to either receive an Edwards (SAPIEN XT or SAPIEN 3) valve or a CoreValve Evolut R or Evolut PRO system. New iterations of these valve models may also be included.

Prospective, multicenter, randomized trial including patients with surgical aortic bioprosthetic dysfunction in the presence of a small stented surgical valve. Patients will be randomized to either receive an Edwards (SAPIEN XT or SAPIEN 3) valve or a Core Valve Evolut R or Evolut PRO system.

Following the Heart Team's decision to proceed with a TAVI-ViV procedure, patients will received an Edwards (SAPIEN XT or SAPIEN 3) valve.

Following the Heart Team's decision to proceed with a TAVI-ViV procedure, patients will received the CoreValve Evolut R or Evolut PRO valve system.

The TAVR procedure will be performed following the standards of each participating center. No restriction or specific recommendation will be given regarding the approach, general vs. local anesthesia, imaging guidance during the TAVI procedure, and post-procedural TAVI management. The decision for selecting either a 20 or 23mm Edwards valve will be based on 3D CT measurements of the mean inner diameter of the surgical aortic bioprosthesis. A 23mm Sapien 3 valve will be recommended if the inner diameter is >18 mm, and a 20mm valve will be selected if the mean inner diameter is ≤18 mm.

The TAVR procedure will be performed following the standards of each participating center. No restriction or specific recommendation will be given regarding the approach, general vs. local anesthesia, imaging guidance during the TAVI procedure, and post-procedural TAVI management. A 23mm valve will be recommended in all patients randomized to the self-expanding CoreValve Evolut R system.

Severe prothesis-patient mismatch (PPM) (defined as an index aortic valve area ≤0.65 cm2/m2) and/or moderate-severe aortic regurgitation (AR) (VARC-2 definition).

individually and combined: death, stroke, major or life threatening bleeding, pacemaker implantation, myocardial infarction.

Inclusion Criteria: Patients with surgical aortic bioprosthetic dysfunction defined as severe aortic stenosis and/or regurgitation approved for a ViV procedure by the Heart Team Stented surgical valves. Small (≤23mm) surgical valve Exclusion Criteria: - Stentless or sutureless surgical valves

Rodes-Cabau J, Abbas AE, Serra V, Vilalta V, Nombela-Franco L, Regueiro A, Al-Azizi KM, Iskander A, Conradi L, Forcillo J, Lilly S, Calabuig A, Fernandez-Nofrerias E, Mohammadi S, Panagides V, Pelletier-Beaumont E, Pibarot P. Balloon- vs Self-Expanding Valve Systems for Failed Small Surgical Aortic Valve Bioprostheses. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Aug 16;80(7):681-693. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.05.005. Epub 2022 May 18. Erratum In: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Oct 4;80(14):1419.