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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 31 October 2016
Main ID:  NCT00710190
Date of registration: 01/07/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: CVRx, Inc.
Public title: Device Based Therapy in Hypertension Trial DEBuT-HT
Scientific title: A Study of Baroreflex Hypertension Therapy in Refractory Hypertension
Date of first enrolment: July 2003
Target sample size: 46
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00710190
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Czech Republic Germany Latvia Netherlands Poland Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Thomas Baal, PhD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  CVRx, Inc.
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Be at least 21 years of age.

- Have been assessed to have bilateral carotid bifurcations located at or below C3 -
C4.

- Have blood pressure greater than or equal to 160 mmHg systolic and/or greater than or
equal to 90 mmHg diastolic despite at least two months of full therapy with at least
three (3) anti-hypertensive medications, of which at least one (1) must be a
diuretic.

- Must be certified by the investigator as compliant to taking full doses of
medications.

- Have signed an approved informed consent form for participation in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Have been diagnosed with:

- Baroreflex failure or significant orthostatic hypotension

- Cardiac brady arrhythmias or chronic atrial fibrillation

- Have carotid atherosclerosis determined by ultrasound or angiographic evaluation with
a stenosis of greater than 50%.

- Have prior surgery or radiation in either carotid sinus region

- Currently have implanted electrical medical devices such as cardiac pacing,
defibrillation or neurologic stimulation systems.

- Are pregnant or contemplating pregnancy during the 4-month follow-up period.

- Are on dialysis

- Have hypertension secondary to a treatable cause

- Have clinically significant cardiac valvular disease

- Are unable to comply with protocol requirements.

- Are unlikely to survive the protocol follow-up period

- Are enrolled in another concurrent clinical trial



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Device: Rheos Baroreflex Hypertension Therapy System
Primary Outcome(s)
Demonstrate a 10 mmHg decrease from baseline (1-Month office cuff blood pressure) in systolic blood pressure after three months of incrementally optimized therapy. [Time Frame: 4 months post implant]
Demonstrate the safety of Rheos(TM) Baroreflex Hypertension Therapy (TM) System by evaluating all adverse events and estimating the system and procedure related adverse event rate. [Time Frame: 4 months post implant]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
360004-001
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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