Penn Heart and Vascular

Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Program

Clinical Trials

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Zenith® Low Profile AAA Endovascular Graft (ZLP) Study

The objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Zenith® Low Profile AAA Endovascular Graft. The low profile system is narrower than any other option for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms and can be delivered to some patients via a needle insertion into the femoral artery percutaneously.

Zenith® Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft Clinical Study

An assessment of the safety and effectiveness of the Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) having a short infrarenal aortic neck and aortoiliac aneurysms.

PRESERVE – Zenith® Iliac Branch System Clinical Study

The purpose of this prospective non-randomized study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Zenith Branch Endovascular Graft Iliac Bifurcation (Branch Graft) with the Zenith Connection Endovascular Covered Stent to be used in the endovascular treatment of patients with aortoiliac or iliac aneurysms.

Carotid Artery Disease

CHOICE – Carotid Stenting for High Surgical-Risk Patients; Evaluating Outcomes through the Collection of Clinical Evidence Carotid Stent Post–market Registry

The purpose of this study is to collect data about patients' medical experiences and conditions following treatment of carotid stenosis using a carotid stent system and embolic protection system.

Peripheral Arterial Disease

CONTINUUM – CONTINuous Infra-Inguinal Stenting 
Using the Bard® LifeStent® Vascular Stent Systems

A prospective, multicenter, single-arm, non-randomized post-marketing study enrolling subjects with lifestyle-limiting claudication or ischemic rest pain attributable to lesion(s) (stenosed, occluded, re-stenosed or re-occluded) in the infra-inguinal segment (superficial femoral artery and/or proximal popliteal artery) amenable to treatment by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stenting.

Evaluation of the Zilver® PTX® Vascular Stent in the Above–the–Knee Femoropopliteal Artery Clinical Study

A multicenter, randomized study to compare treatment of de novo or restenotic lesions of the above-the-knee femoropopliteal artery using the Zilver PTX drug-eluting vascular stent with control treatment using the "standard of care" or percutaneous transluminal an-gioplasty (PTA).

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