Thirty-day and one-year outcomes of the Navitor transcatheter heart valve in patients with aortic stenosis: the prospective, multicentre, global PORTICO NG Study

DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-22-01108

Lars Sondergaard
Lars Sondergaard1, MD; Antony S. Walton2,3, MD; Stephen G. Worthley4, MD; Dave Smith5, MD; Bassem Chehab6, MD; Ganesh Manoharan7, MD; Gerald Yong8, MD; Francesco Bedogni9, MD; Nicholas Bates10, PhD; Michael J. Reardon11, MD
1. Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 3. Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 4. Department of Cardiology, Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 5. Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK; 6. Ascension Via Christi Hospital, University of Kansas, Wichita, KS, USA; 7. Department of Cardiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK; 8. Cardiology Department, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia; 9. Department of Clinical Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy; 10. Structural Heart Clinical Affairs, Abbott Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA; 11. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA

Background: The Navitor transcatheter heart valve (THV) is a self-expanding valve, with an intra-annular leaflet position and an outer cuff intended to reduce paravalvular leak (PVL).

Aims: The aim of the PORTICO NG Study is to assess the safety and performance of the Navitor THV in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis who are at high or extreme surgical risk.

Methods: PORTICO NG is a prospective, multicentre, global, single-arm, investigational study with follow-up at 30 days, 1 year, and annually up to 5 years. The primary endpoints are all-cause mortality and moderate or greater PVL at 30 days. Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 events and valve performance are assessed by an independent clinical events committee and echocardiographic core laboratory.

Results: A total of 120 high- or extreme-risk subjects (age 83.5±5.4 years; 58.3% female; Society of Thoracic Surgeons score 4.0±2.0%) were enrolled in the European conformity (CE) mark cohort. Procedural success was high at 97.5%. At 30 days, the rate of all-cause mortality was 0%, and no subjects had moderate or greater PVL. The rate of disabling stroke was 0.8%, life-threatening bleeding was 2.5%, stage 3 acute kidney injury 0%, major vascular complications 0.8%, and new pacemaker implantation 15.0%. At 1 year, the rates of all-cause mortality and disabling stroke were 4.2% and 0.8%, respectively. The rate of moderate PVL was 1.0% at 1 year. Haemodynamic performance with a mean gradient of 7.5±3.2 mmHg and effective orifice area of 1.9±0.4 cm2 was sustained up to 1 year.

Conclusions: The PORTICO NG Study demonstrates low rates of adverse events and PVL up to 1 year in patients at high or extreme surgical risk, confirming the safety and efficacy of the Navitor THV system.

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