The Chocolate Touch Study
Intermittent Claudication, Ischemia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Intermittent Claudication
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Minimum of 18 years of age
- Intermittent claudication or ischemic rest pain (Rutherford 2-4)
- Life Expectancy >2 years
- Patient has agreed to follow-up requirements and given informed consent
- Lesion successfully crossed with a guidewire
- Lesion in the superficial femoral or popliteal artery
- Target lesion >70% stenosis
- Reference Vessel Diameter between 3.5 & 6.0mm and within treatment range of Chocolate Touch to be used 1.1:1 at Target Lesion
- Target Lesion <18cm that consists of no more than two adjacent lesions (<25mm apart) and is able to be completely covered with inflation of no more than two assigned balloons
- Angiographic evidence of distal run-off demonstrated by at least one patent tibial vessel without evidence of significant (>70%) stenosis from origin to to ankle
- In-flow vessel without significant stenosis (<70%) or successful treatment (<30% residual stenosis with no complications) of a diseased iliac vessel
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute limb ischemia, or patient indicated for thrombolytic therapy
- Planned surgery within 30 days including interventions on the non-target limb
- Target Limb concurrent interventions involving a re-entry device, atherectomy, laser, or ablation procedures, the use of a drug eluting stent, or, treatment with any other drug coated balloon
- Myocardial infarction or stroke within 30 days prior to the procedure
- Known intolerance to required medications, contrast media, nitinol, or Paclitaxel
- Known impaired Renal Function that could have an impact on contrast tolerance with Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≤ 30 ml/min per 1.73 m^2 and/or elevated serum creatinine >2.5mg/dL (220µmol/L)
- Known bleeding disorder or uncontrolled hypercoagulable disorder
- Non-atherosclerotic lesion (e.g. vasculitis or Berger's disease)
- Female who is pregnant or intends to be pregnant during study
- Patient is enrolled in another clinical study or was previously enrolled in this study
- Presence of perforation, dissection or other injury at access site or in target vessel at time of enrollment
- Severe Calcification at the target lesion (defined as angiographic evidence of dense calcification present on both sides of the vessel wall on two orthogonal views and that extends >5 continuous cm in length)
- Previous bypass graft or stent at target vessel, OR, iliac stent that cannot permit crossing by the treatment balloon within the introducer sheath
Sites / Locations
- Cardiac and Vascular Institute
- Mt. Sinai - Miami
- Emory University
- Alexian Brothers
- Cardiovascular Institute of the South
- Michigan Outpaitient Vascular Institution
- Mid-Michigan Heart & Vascular
- Jackson Heart
- St. Luke's Hospital
- Deborah Heart
- Mt. Sinai Heart
- Columbia University Medical Center / NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
- Univeristy Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Holy Spirit Cardiovascular Institute
- Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute
- Lankenau Medical Center
- Wellmont CVA Heart Institute
- Hurricane Cardiology
- MIssion Research
- Swedish Medical Center
- LKH Univ. Klinikum Graz
- Medical University of Graz
- Angiologie - Hansuchkrankenhaus
- Universitat Herz-Zentrum
- Leipzig University
- Auckland City Hospital
- Waikato Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Test Group (Chocolate Touch)
Control Group (Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon)
The diameter of the Chocolate Touch should correspond to the diameter of the vessel for treatment with a balloon to artery ratio of 1.1:1. The Chocolate Touch must be inflated to at least nominal pressure. Maintain balloon inflation for a minimum of 2 minutes. The balloon may be inflated as long as required to achieve optimal angioplasty outcome. If delivery is attempted and failed, a new Chocolate Touch should be used for subsequent attempts after pre-dilatation.
Never inflate the Lutonix® Drug Coated Balloon (DCB)prior to reaching the target lesion. The Lutonix® Catheter should be advanced to the target site as fast as possible (i.e. 30 seconds) and immediately inflated to appropriate pressure to ensure full wall apposition (balloon to artery ratio of >1:1). If the deployment of the Lutonix® Catheter exceeds 3 minutes, the catheter requires placement with a new unit. Maintain balloon inflation for a minimum of 2 minutes (120 seconds). The balloon may be inflated as long as required by standard of care to achieve a good angioplasty outcome.