About this trial

A prospective multicenter study enrolling high surgical risk patients with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC) and symptomatic mitral valve dysfunction (severe stenosis, ≥ moderate to severe regurgitation, or mixed ≥ moderate stenosis and ≥ regurgitation). There are 2 Arms in this study: 1) "Transseptal (TS) Valve-in-MAC" (ViMAC) Arm, and 2) Natural History of Disease Registry (NHDR) for patients treated with medical treatment only (which includes patients who meet inclusion criteria but can't be treated with transeptal ViMAC due to the presence of anatomical exclusion criteria or other exclusion criteria) and have not had other procedures that may impact outcomes (i.e., alcohol septal ablation or radiofrequency ablation). The study also includes a Registry of Permanently Unassigned" for subjects who undergo preemptive septal ablation procedures (alcohol or radiofrequency) in anticipation of continuing onto ViMAC arm, but are not accepted in the ViMAC Study arm or the patient chooses not to undergo ViMAC procedure.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

- 18 years of age or older

-Severe mitral annular calcification with symptomatic mitral valve dysfunction including severe mitral stenosis defined as mitral valve area (MVA) of ≤1.5 cm2, or ≥ moderate to severe mitral regurgitation, or mixed ≥ moderated stenosis and ≥ moderate regurgitation. For this study, the severity of mitral regurgitation will be graded according to the 2017 American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines: None, Trivial, Mild 1(+), Moderate 2(+), Moderate to severe 3(+), and severe 4(+).

- NYHA Functional Class ≥II.

The heart team agrees that valve implantation will likely benefit the patient.

Disqualifiers

- The heart team considers the patient is a surgical candidate.

- Mitral annulus is not severely calcified.

- Myocardial infarction requiring revascularization within 30 days from procedure.

- Clinically significant untreated coronary artery disease requiring revascularization.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Transseptal ViMAC

Treatment groups

210 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

17
Mexico
Ignacio Chávez National Institute of Cardiology14080, Mexico City Mexico
United States
Arizona
Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center85297, Gilbert United States
Banner - University Medicine Cardiology Clinic85006, Phoenix United States
Pima Heart & Vascular85712, Tucson United States

Sponsors and collaborators

Mayra Guerrero

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Sponsor institution