Heart valve patients may go home sooner: new study reveals key factors
NCT ID NCT02956915
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tracked 300 patients with severe aortic stenosis who had a minimally invasive heart valve replacement (TAVI) to see how long they stayed in the hospital and why some stayed longer than 3 days. The goal was to find out what factors, like needing a blood transfusion or a pacemaker, lead to longer hospital stays. The results could help doctors plan earlier discharge for suitable patients, saving costs and reducing hospital time for elderly and frail individuals.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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300 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2017
- Finished
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Feb 2018
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Stable patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis * Patient undergoing planned TF-TAVI with the SAPIEN-3 prosthesis, * TF-TAVI using a minimalist approach of local anesthesia and conscious sedation Exclusion Criteria: * The use of other (than Edwards SAPIEN-3 or XT) transcatheter aortic valve devices. * TF-TAVI requiring general anesthesia or surgical cut-down. * TF-TAVI performed in unstable patients or on an urgent/emergent basis. * Non-transfemoral routes of valve delivery (eg. transapical, transaortic, etc). * Discharge back home impossible (including transfer in another hospital) * Programmed transfer to another hospital
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP-HP Bichat - Claude Bernard Hospital
Paris, France
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Brest University Hospital
Brest, France
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Jacques Cartier Private Hospital
Massy, France
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Rennes University Hospital
Rennes, France
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Rouen University Hospital
Rouen, France
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