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Incorporating Healthy Living Strategies to Aid in Recovery After Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Description

The purpose of the ERAsE-PE study is to determine whether two different healthy living strategies (along with anticoagulation) might aid in recovery after a patient is hospitalized for pulmonary embolism. Specifically, Investigators will compare changes in Cardiac Effort (#heart beats used during the 6-minute walk test/walk distance) measured after an 8-week program.

Conditions

Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Safety and Effectiveness of the Akura Thrombectomy System for Use in the Removal of Emboli From the Pulmonary Arteries in Treating Acute Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Description

This study is a prospective, single-arm, interventional, multicenter study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy using the Akura Thrombectomy System in subjects with acute pulmonary embolism (PE).

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism Acute

Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative (MEDIC) Alert; Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Description

This study is a quality improvement project to evaluate health care management of pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. The researchers are testing an intervention to determine if it prevents unnecessary hospital admissions.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Artificial Intelligence to StrategiCally Enhance Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Activation
Description

Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a high mortality and morbidity disease state. The investigators have previously shown that use of a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) can improve overall readmission, bleeding, and mortality outcomes. Unfortunately, PERT may still be underutilized from a national standpoint and may not be readily available in underserved areas. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) may help streamline and systematically ensure unbiased mechanism for activation of PERT for discussion of patients with siginficant clot burden and hemodynamic abnormalities. AI algorithms have been FDA approved for use of triage of the PE patient. The institutional PERT program will adapt the use of an AI algorithm for activation as routine care; the efficiency of activation will be compared to our retrospective historical comparison for efficiency and appropriateness of activation. The active phase of the study is designed to further differentiate between patients who are considered to be intermediate-high risk category but yet do not clearly qualify for invasive therapy (catheter-directed therapy, systemic thrombolysis, or invasive hemodynamic support). These patients will undergo walking test to further understand noninvasive hemodynamic compromise and undergo 2:1 randomization to early-invasive strategy versus mtranditional medical therapy.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism Subacute Massive

CLEANer Aspiration for Pulmonary Embolism
Description

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Cleaner™ Pro Thrombectomy System for aspiration thrombectomy in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE).

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism, Acute Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiovascular Diseases, Venous Thromboembolism

SYMPHONY-PE Study for Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism
Description

Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of the Symphony Thrombectomy System in the Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

Conditions

Acute Pulmonary Embolism, Thromboembolism, Emboli, Pulmonary, Thrombosis, Thrombus; Embolism, Embolism, Cardiovascular Diseases, Vascular Diseases

Treating Pulmonary Embolism with Laguna Thrombectomy System (TRUST)
Description

This is a prospective, multi-center, pivotal study to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the Laguna Thrombectomy System for the treatment of pulmonary embolism. The Laguna Thrombectomy System is an investigational device which consists of the Laguna Clot Retriever™ System and the Malibu Aspiration Catheter™ System. These devices are manufactured by Innova Vascular, Inc.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Aventus Thrombectomy System Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Study
Description

Evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Aventus Thrombectomy System for aspiration thrombectomy in subjects with acute pulmonary embolism.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism, Embolism, Embolism and Thrombosis, Vascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Lung Diseases, Respiratory Tract Diseases

Supplemental Oxygen in Pulmonary Embolism (SO-PE)
Description

A study of how supplemental oxygen helps patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Hypothesis: Oxygen affects right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) primarily by relieving hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and reducing pulmonary pressure (PA) pressure, and that this process is metabolically driven.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism, Venous Thromboembolism, Metabolomics, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy

Comparison of Two Pulmonary Embolism Treatments
Description

The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of treatment with anticoagulation alone versus anticoagulation and mechanical aspiration thrombectomy with the Indigo Aspiration System for the treatment of intermediate-high risk acute pulmonary embolism (PE).

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism Acute

Pulmonary Embolism - Thrombus Removal With Catheter-Directed Therapy
Description

PE-TRACT is an open-label, assessor-blinded, randomized trial, aiming to compare catheter-directed therapy (CDT) and anticoagulation (CDT group) with anticoagulation alone (No-CDT) in 500 patients with submassive PE, proximal pulmonary artery thrombus and right ventricular dilation.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Home Rehabilitation After Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a home rehabilitation program after hospitalization for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) improves clinical outcomes at 3 months compared to usual care. Daily physical activity tasks that incorporate heart rate monitoring will be sent through email or text. This information could help improve the management of acute PE.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Validation of SEARCH, a Novel Hierarchical Algorithm to Define Long-term Outcomes After Pulmonary Embolism
Description

Potential outcomes after PE occur on a spectrum: complete recovery, exercise intolerance from deconditioning/anxiety, dyspnea from concomitant cardiopulmonary conditions, dyspnea from residual pulmonary vascular occlusion, chronic thromboembolic disease and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Although a battery of advanced diagnostic tests could distinguish each of those conditions, the yield of individual tests among all post- PE patients is low enough that routine testing of all PE patients is not typically performed. Although the various possible post-PE outcomes have enormous implications for patient care, they are rarely distinguished clinically. Perhaps for this reason, chronic conditions after PE are rarely (if ever) used as endpoints in randomized clinical trials of acute PE treatment. The proposed project will validate a clinical decision tree to distinguish among the various discrete outcomes cost-effectively through a hierarchical series of tests with the acronym SEARCH (for symptom screen, exercise function, arterial perfusion, resting heart function, confirmatory imaging and hemodynamics). Each step of the algorithm sorts a subset of patients into a diagnostic category unequivocally in a cost-effective manner. The categories are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive, so that each case falls into one, and only one, category. Each individual test used in the algorithm has been clinically validated in pulmonary embolism patients, including the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) technique that the investigators developed and validated. However, the decision tree approach to deploying the tests has not yet been validated. Aim 1 will determine whether the SEARCH algorithm will yield concordant post-PE diagnoses when multiple reviewers independently evaluate multiple cases (reliability). Aim 2 will determine whether the post-PE diagnoses are stable, according to the SEARCH algorithm, between the first evaluation and the subsequent one six months later (validity).

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of the AlphaVac Multipurpose Mechanical Aspiration (MMA) F1885 PE for Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Description

To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous mechanical aspiration thrombectomy using the AlphaVac Multipurpose Mechanical Aspiration (MMA) F1885 PE in a prospective trial of patients with acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE).

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism, Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Treatment of Low-Risk Submassive Pulmonary Embolism With FlowTriever
Description

This study is focused on investigating the efficacy and safety of the FlowTriever device to treat low-risk submassive pulmonary embolism.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Ventilation and Perfusion Scan in Pulmonary Embolism Following Catheter Directed Thrombectomy Versus Anticoagulation Alone
Description

Clinical presentation of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is complex and varied and not uncommonly involves respiratory failure with dyspnea or hypoxia. Patients with persisting signs of respiratory failure despite anticoagulation, may benefit from catheter directed thrombectomy. Additionally, patient who receive thrombectomy are likely to have a lower residual thrombus burden measurable by ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan, and thereby less likely to develop chronic sequela, including chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and post PE syndrome.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Hypertension, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

US Pivotal Clinical Study of the Adient Absorbable Filter for the Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism
Description

The objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Adient absorbable filter for the prevention of pulmonary embolism (PE: blood clot in the lungs). PE claims the lives of over 100,000 Americans each year, more than breast cancer, traffic fatalities and HIV combined. Pharmaceutical anticoagulation (blood thinners) that reduce blood clot formation represent the standard of care for treating patients at risk for PE. However, for people who are temporarily unable to use anticoagulants, such as those who have suffered major trauma or those who are scheduled for surgical procedures, inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are used to help protect against PE. These blood filters prevent large blood clots that originate in the deep veins of the legs (deep vein thrombosis (DVT)) from reaching your lungs causing a potentially life-threatening PE. Conventional metal IVC filters have been proven effective at reducing the incidence of PE, however, most require retrieval. If not retrieved within a timely manner (months), they can perforate the IVC, impale nearby organs with their barbed struts, and cause blood clots. In contrast, the Adient absorbable filter traps blood clots similar to conventional metal IVC filters, but following the 8 week protection period, the filter itself breaks down into carbon dioxide and water. Hence no filter retrieval is required and complications are less likely due to the shortened indwell time. Once blood clots are trapped in the absorbable filter, the body's thrombolytic enzymes dissolve the clots within weeks while the filter itself resorbs in 6 to 8 months. The absorbable filter is braided from absorbable suture that has been proven safe over 4 decades. The question being addressed with the randomized controlled trial portion is whether the placement of the absorbable filter in addition to current best practice PE prevention (sequential compression machines, compression stockings, and anticoagulants when indicated) significantly reduces the incidence of clinically significant PE in high risk subjects. The absorbable filter will be indicated for the temporary prevention of PE in patients with transient high risk for venous thromboembolism (DVT and/or PE) with or without venous thromboembolic disease and as an enhancement to pharmaceutical anticoagulation and mechanical prophylaxis.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Description

This study is an observational, prospective study examining the role point-of-care echocardiography of predicting short term adverse outcomes in emergency department patients with acute pulmonary embolism. The primary objective is to assess the diagnostic performance of ultrasound-guided measures of right ventricular dilation (RVD) and strain in predicting clinical outcomes in acute PE. The secondary objective is to investigate the utility of combining ultrasound-guided measures of RVD and the pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) score in predicting adverse outcomes in acute PE.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Study of the Long-Term Safety and Outcomes of Treating Pulmonary Embolism With the Indigo Aspiration System
Description

The objective of this study is to evaluate real world long-term functional outcomes, safety and performance of the Indigo Aspiration System for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE).

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

FlowTriever for Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism (FLAME)
Description

To evaluate treatment outcomes of patients diagnosed with high-risk (massive) pulmonary embolism

Conditions

PE - Pulmonary Embolism, PE - Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Ultrasound-facilitated, Catheter-directed, Thrombolysis in Intermediate-high Risk Pulmonary Embolism
Description

There are many available treatments for pulmonary embolism (PE), but the best treatment for this condition is not known. The HI-PEITHO study will compare two treatment options that are both available on the market for the treatment of PE. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to receive either blood thinners (anticoagulation) or blood thinners (anticoagulation) in combination with a device called the EkoSonicTM Endovascular device to dissolve blood clots. Patients will be followed for 12 months after randomization and have assessments while in the hospital as well as at 7 days, 30 days, 6 months and 12 months after randomization. The study will try to find out if one of these treatments is better than the other at reducing the risk of death and other serious problems.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Low-Dose Tenecteplase in Covid-19 Diagnosed With Pulmonary Embolism
Description

* There is a knowledge gap associated with the management of patients with COVID-19 lung injury and a laboratory picture compatible with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Clinical data to date support that COVID-19 is associated with a prothrombotic state that is not simply explained by an influx of more critically ill individuals. * These patients suffer from severe respiratory failure; hypoxemia and ventilator dependence are the primary concerns; ARDS with respiratory failure is frequently the cause of death. Macroscopic and probable microvascular thromboembolic events are a major concern in this population. * When DIC is associated with COVID-19, it predicts a very poor prognosis. * This study will evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of low-dose IV bolus tenecteplase (TNK) together with anticoagulation compared with control patients on therapeutic anticoagulation alone in hospitalized adults diagnosed with COVID-19 and acute intermediate-risk PE. * Prospective, multicenter, randomized two-arm trial enrolling consecutive patients who meet enrollment criteria. * The study will generate evidence that low-dose TNK together with anticoagulation is beneficial in these patients

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism, COVID

Quantitative 3-Dimensional Chest CT Vascular Reconstruction Before and After Anticoagulation for Pulmonary Embolism
Description

Design: U.S.-based, single-center, proof-of-concept study Brief Description: A standard clinical contrast-enhanced chest CT scan performed 48 hours after clinically-indicated standard anticoagulation will be compared with a standard clinically-indicated baseline contrast-enhanced chest CT scan using a previously-studied and previously-validated 3-dimensional reconstruction technique to assess changes in the pulmonary vasculature in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). This previously-studied and previously-validated 3-dimensional reconstruction technique has been used to assess the response of the pulmonary vasculature to catheter-based fibrinolysis in acute PE as well as to assess the pulmonary vasculature in a number of chronic lung diseases. However, the pulmonary vascular response to standard anticoagulation for acute PE has not been assessed previously. Purpose: To compare the pulmonary vasculature before and after standard clinically-indicated anticoagulation for acute PE using a previously-studied and previously-validated 3-dimensional reconstruction technique applied with a standard clinically-indicated baseline contrast-enhanced chest CT scan (used to diagnose the acute PE) and a standard clinical contrast-enhanced chest CT scan performed 48 hours later as indicated by the study protocol. Population: Inpatients diagnosed with acute PE, in whom clinical providers have prescribed standard anticoagulation alone for treatment based on clinical grounds at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Enrollment: 10 subjects with acute PE Clinical Site Location: Single-center, Brigham and Women's Hospital Study Duration: 12 months Primary Imaging Outcome: CT-determined percent change in perfusion of the pulmonary vasculature from baseline to 48 hours in inpatients diagnosed with acute PE, in whom clinical providers have prescribed standard anticoagulation alone for treatment based on clinical grounds at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Secondary Imaging Outcome: CT-determined percent change in right ventricular (RV) volume from baseline to 48 hours in inpatients diagnosed with acute PE, in whom clinical providers have prescribed standard anticoagulation alone for treatment based on clinical grounds at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Standard-dose Apixaban AFtEr Very Low-dose ThromboLYSis for Acute Intermediate-high Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Description

The purpose of this study is to examine the degree to which pulmonary embolism (clot) can be dissolved when treated with a very low dose of a systemic thrombolytic drug (clot buster) along with standard anticoagulant therapy as compared to the standard of care anticoagulant therapy alone.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism With Acute Cor Pulmonale, Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Embolism With Pulmonary Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism Subacute Massive, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, Right Ventricular Failure

First - In - Man Study to Assess the Safety and Feasibility of The Bashir™ Endovascular Catheter for the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Description

The Bashir™ Endovascular Catheter is a device intended for the localized infusion of therapeutic agents into the pulmonary artery and peripheral vasculature.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Short-term Clinical Deterioration After Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Description

This is a prospective, observational, multicenter cohort study to compare right ventricular dysfunction dependent and independent prognostic models for short-term serous adverse events in patients who are diagnosed with pulmonary embolism in the emergency department. Clinical endpoints are assessed at days 1-5. A thirty-day follow-up phone call is conducted to obtain further clinical endpoints and a quality of life assessment.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Computerized Decision Support to Increase Detection of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With Prior Pulmonary Embolism
Description

To address the knowledge gap that exists among providers resulting in underdiagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), the investigators have devised this 400-patient single-center Quality Improvement Initiative in the form of a randomized controlled trial of an EPIC Best Practice Advisory (BPA) on-screen alert versus no notification to increase echocardiographic screening for CTEPH and the diagnosis of CTEPH in patients with prior pulmonary embolism (PE) and symptoms/signs suggestive of pulmonary hypertension or recent pulmonary testing suggesting unexplained respiratory symptoms at 3 months. Aim #1: To determine the impact of a Best Practice Advisory (BPA), using the EPIC Electronic Health Record computerized decision support (CDS) software, on echocardiographic screening for CTEPH in patient with prior PE and symptoms/signs suggestive of pulmonary hypertension or recent pulmonary testing suggesting unexplained respiratory symptoms. Aim #2: To determine the impact of an EPIC BPA on the diagnosis of CTEPH in patient with prior PE and symptoms/signs suggestive of pulmonary hypertension or recent pulmonary testing suggesting unexplained respiratory symptoms.

Conditions

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Electronic Support for Pulmonary Embolism Emergency Disposition
Description

To evaluate the impact of an integrated electronic clinical decision support system to facilitate risk stratification and site-of-care decision-making for patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Use of Bedside Ultrasound in Emergency Department Patients With Concern for Pulmonary Embolism to Reduce CT Imaging
Description

At most institutions, the average patient with clinical concern for PE(pulmonary embolism) will have a CT angiogram(CTA) with contrast of the lungs performed to evaluate for a clot. However, CTA has risks including contrast- induced allergic reactions and nephropathy, as well as radiation which has been linked to development of cancer later in life. There is literature that has looked at using lower extremity doppler ultrasound first to evaluate for a DVT (deep venous thrombosis) in patients where there is concern for a PE. There is also literature showing that emergency medicine physicians can perform adequate lower extremity compression ultrasounds (LCUS), at the bedside with results similar to that of the ultrasound tech. The goal of this project is to fuse both principles by having emergency medicine physicians perform LCUS at the bedside, to help reduce CTA utilization in the evaluation of PE.

Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombosis Leg, Ultrasound Imaging

Vascular Boot Warming Program After Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) ± Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Description

The Researchers are studying whether a vascular boot warming program plus standard of care anticoagulation can be a safe and effective method to resolve Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) ±Pulmonary Embolism (PE) earlier and prevent development of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). Additionally, to learn whether a more detailed imaging of the affected lower extremities will provide a more accurate and reliable method to guide treatment for this condition.

Conditions

Acute DVT of Lower Extremity