Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
Medtronic key studies
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SMART Trial 1-year results
The SMall Annuli Randomized To Evolut or SAPIEN Trial, or SMART Trial, is a prospective, multi-center, international, randomized controlled trial comparing the Medtronic self-expandable (SE) Evolut™ system versus Edwards Lifesciences balloon-expandable (BE) SAPIEN™* transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system in patients with a small aortic annulus (≤ 430 mm2) and symptomatic severe native aortic stenosis. These results emphasize the importance of valve design and its impact on performance.
Evolut™ TAVR delivers superior valve performance† versus SAPIEN™* platform in small annulus patients with excellent early patient outcomes at 1 year.1
4x less
bioprosthetic valve dysfunction (BVD)† at 1 year vs. SAPIEN™* platform.‡ p < 0.001
Evolut™ TAVR: 9.4%
SAPIEN™* TAVR: 41.6%
Sample size
N = 716 total
N = 355 Evolut™ TAVR
N= 361 SAPIEN™* TAVR
Devices
Evolut™ PRO+ 78.0%
Evolut™ PRO 17.1%
Evolut™ FX 4.3%
Evolut™ R 0.6%
SAPIEN™* 3 Ultra 80.8%
SAPIEN™* 3 19.2%
Clinical outcome composite
All-cause mortality, disabling stroke, or heart failure rehospitalization at 1 year
Difference, -1.2% (90% CI -4.9%, 2.5%), p < 0.001 for noninferiority Hazard ratio, 0.90 (95% CI 0.56–1.43)
† Valve performance as defined as freedom from BVD at 12 months. BVD is a composite including any of the following: hemodynamic structural valve dysfunction (mean gradient ≥ 20 mmHg), non-structural valve dysfunction (severe PPM or ≥ moderate aortic regurgitation), thrombosis, endocarditis, and aortic valve reintervention.
‡ In patients with small annuli (area ≤ 430 mm2) in all-comers trial, consisting of majority low surgical risk participants (52.1%).
TAVR risks may include, but are not limited to, death, stroke, damage to the arteries, bleeding, and need for permanent pacemaker.
Real-world results
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Procedure and performance
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Herrmann et al. Self-expanding versus balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with small aortic annuli: primary outcomes from the randomized SMART Trial. Presented at ACC; 2024.
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Reardon M, et al. Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in aortic stenosis patients at low surgical risk: 4-year outcomes from the Evolut low risk trial. Presented at TCT; 2023.
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Yakubov S, et al. Five-year incidence of bioprosthetic valve dysfunction in patients randomized to surgery or TAVR: insights from the CoreValve US Pivotal and SURTAVI Trials. Presented at CRT; 2023.
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Grubb K. Impact of a standardized TAVI technique and care pathway in the Optimize PRO study. Presented at EuroPCR 2022; 2022; Paris, France.
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Van Mieghem NM, Deeb GM, Søndergaard L, et al. Self-expanding transcatheter vs surgical aortic valve replacement in intermediate-risk patients: 5-year outcomes of the SURTAVI Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2022;7(10):1000–1008. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2695.
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Généreux P, Piazza N, Alu MC, et al. Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research. Eur Heart J. 2021;42(19):1825–1857. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.038.
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Capodanno D, Petronio AS, Prendergast B, et al. Standardized definitions of structural deterioration and valve failure in assessing long-term durability of transcatheter and surgical aortic bioprosthetic valves: a consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Eur Heart J. 2017;38(45):3382–3390. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx303.
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Adapted from VARC-3 Writing Committee, et al. and Capodanno D, et al.