a study of the temporary spur stent for the treatment of narrowing and blockages in the arteries below the knee

Conditions: Peripheral Arterial Disease

Summary: the purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance and safety of the temporary spur stent system (tss). the tss is intended for use in conjunction with a commercially available drug coated balloon in the infrapopliteal arteries for the treatment of de novo or restenotic lesions. this study is a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter, single arm trial, with sites in new zealand, germany, and switzerland. at least two and no more than 10 sites are expected to participate, with 100 subjects enrolled (no more than 40 at a single site). the study follow up will take place over a period of 365 days. a vessel recoil substudy will be included for a select group of subjects.

the purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate the performance and safety of the temporary spur stent system (tss) for subjects with infrapopliteal arterial disease. the temporary spur stent system is intended for use in conjunction with a commercially available drug coated balloon in the infrapopliteal arteries for the treatment of de novo or restenotic lesions. the tss has been developed to provide another treatment option for patients with peripheral arterial disease (pad), and critical limb ischemia (cli). up to 100 subjects will be treated with the temporary spur stent system in conjunction with an approved drug coated balloon (dcb). no less than 1 subject and no more than 40 subjects will be enrolled at a single site. a vessel recoil substudy is included in the trial. the purpose of this study is to evaluate vessel recoil in a select group of subjects (no more than 10 per site, up to 35 subjects in total). this will be conducted by obtaining measurements using optical coherence tomography (oct), intravascular ultrasound (ivus), or quantitative vascular analysis (qva) of the target vessel during the index procedure. the statistical analysis for this trial will use as a comparator a performance goal derived from a meta-analysis of infrapopliteal balloon angioplasty. descriptive statistics may be used to describe other data points. subjects will be asked to participate in a baseline evaluation visit, the index procedure, a 30 day follow up visit, a 90 day follow up visit, a 180 day follow up visit, and a 365 day follow up visit. the baseline evaluation and index procedure visits may be combined. at each follow up visit, the subject will undergo a physical exam with wound evaluation (if applicable) including pictures, a medication history and compliance review, ankle brachial and toe brachial indices (abi and tbi), a duplex ultrasound of the treated limb, review of symptoms, and adverse events (ae) assessment. subjects may choose to withdraw from the study at any time, for any reason. if subjects choose to withdraw, they will be asked to undergo an unscheduled study visit consisting of the aforementioned procedures.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: 1. subject is willing and able to provide informed consent and able to comply with the study protocol. 2. life expectancy \>1 year in the investigator's opinion 3. subject is \> 18 years of age. 4. subject is rutherford class 3-5. 5. stenotic, restenotic, or occlusive lesions located in the infrapopliteal vessels, with target lesion that can be successfully crossed with a guidewire. 6. target lesion must meet lesion-specific criteria in pre-screening by angiography (pre-screening with cta, mra or selective angiography may be performed prior to the index procedure) 7. target vessel(s) reconstitutes(s) at or above the medial malleolus, with the target treated segment extending no more than 10 mm beyond the medial malleolus. note: if the anterior tibial or posterior tibial arteries are treated, there must be inline flow to the foot. if the peroneal artery is treated, there must be at least one collateral supplying the foot. 8. target lesion must begin no higher than the tibioperoneal trifurcation (popliteal arteries excluded). 9. target vessel reference diameter is measured to be between 2.0 mm to 4.5 mm in diameter, assessed by one of the following methods after successful completion of guidewire crossing of the lesion site: 1. intravascular ultrasound (ivus) 2. optical coherence tomography (oct) 3. quantitative vascular angiography (qva). 10. lesion length must be \> 30 mm and \< 150 mm. 11. only one limb may be enrolled per subject. up to two vessels may be treated per subject; if required, a second modality may be used for treatment in the non-target infrapopliteal vessel. any treatment of the non-index vessel must be performed prior to the use of the investigative device and only one artery may be treated with the investigative device 12. the total treated segment is defined as the total length of artery treated with the investigational device. target treatment length is \<240 mm with a maximum segment of 150 mm separated by 30 mm of healthy tissue between treated lesions. 13. successful pre-dilatation of the target lesion as outlined in the procedure instructions, defined as resulting in stenosis \<50%, without resulting flow limiting dissection (type d or greater), thrombus, or aneurysm by angiography prior to the insertion of the investigative device. 14. iliac, sfa and popliteal inflow lesions can be treated using standard angioplasty and/or an approved stent (no atherectomy) during the index procedure or \>30 days prior. inflow lesions treated intraprocedure must be treated first, prior to consideration of treatment of infrapopliteal lesions. if pre-screening with angiography, cta, mra, or ultrasound has been performed \ 30 mm between the study lesion and the treated segment, defined as less than 50% stenosis without aneurysmal segments. 15. retrograde access (in the infrapopliteal arteries) is permitted for lesion crossing, however, the temporary spur stent system must be deployed from antegrade access 16. for subjects with bilateral disease, planned treatment of the contralateral limb must either be performed \>30 days prior to the index procedure or \> 14 days following the index procedure. exclusion criteria: 1. subject unwilling or unlikely to comply with the appropriate follow up time for the duration of the study in the opinion of the investigator. 2. subject is pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the course of the trial. 3. subject has an active infection that is not controlled at the time of the procedure, including septicemia or bacteremia. 4. subject has osteomyelitis or a heel wound. 5. planned major (above the ankle) amputation of the target limb. a planned or previous minor (transmetatarsal or digit amputation) is permitted 6. recent myocardial infarction or stroke \< 90 days prior to the index procedure. 7. heart failure with ejection fraction \< 35% 8. impaired renal function (egfr \<25 ml/min) within 30 days of procedure and subjects on dialysis 9. subject with vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus or polymyalgia rheumatica. 10. subject receiving chronic or intravenous corticosteroid therapy. 11. inability to tolerate dual antiplatelet and oral anticoagulation therapy. 12. known allergies or sensitivities to heparin, antiplatelet, or other anticoagulant therapies which could not be substituted, and/or paclitaxel or an allergy to contrast media that cannot be adequately pre-treated prior to the index procedure. 13. the subject is currently enrolled in another investigational device or drug trial that may interfere with the endpoints of this study. 14. known allergy to nitinol or nickel. 15. prior stent(s) within the target vessel, or bypass surgery of or within the target vessel(s) 16. target lesion is located within an aneurysm or associated with an aneurysm in the vessel segment either proximal or distal to the target lesion. inflow must also be free of aneurysmal segments. 17. previous treatment failure of inflow arteries (iliac, sfa and popliteal) which required a surgical procedure. prior bypass above the level of the infrapopliteal arteries is permitted. 18. previous treatment of inflow lesions, if not treated during the index procedure, must have been performed \>30 days prior to the index procedure. 19. previous treatment of the target vessel \<30 days prior to index procedure 20. angiographic evidence of thrombus within target limb. 21. inability to obtain antegrade access in the limb from which the investigative device can be deployed. 22. extremely severe calcification classified as grade 4 as measured by the peripheral academic research consortium (parc) score or the peripheral arterial calcium scoring system (pacss) that, in the investigator's opinion, would not be amenable to pta. 23. type d dissections or greater incurred during pre-dilation or cto crossing. 24. significant (\>50%) stenosis of inflow arteries or unsuccessful treatment of inflow lesions.