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{'hasResults': False, 'derivedSection': {'miscInfoModule': {'versionHolder': '2025-12-24'}, 'conditionBrowseModule': {'meshes': [{'id': 'D011656', 'term': 'Pulmonary Emphysema'}], 'ancestors': [{'id': 'D029424', 'term': 'Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive'}, {'id': 'D008173', 'term': 'Lung Diseases, Obstructive'}, {'id': 'D008171', 'term': 'Lung Diseases'}, {'id': 'D012140', 'term': 'Respiratory Tract Diseases'}, {'id': 'D002908', 'term': 'Chronic Disease'}, {'id': 'D020969', 'term': 'Disease Attributes'}, {'id': 'D010335', 'term': 'Pathologic Processes'}, {'id': 'D013568', 'term': 'Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms'}]}, 'interventionBrowseModule': {'meshes': [{'id': 'D020775', 'term': 'Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted'}, {'id': 'D011013', 'term': 'Pneumonectomy'}], 'ancestors': [{'id': 'D013906', 'term': 'Thoracoscopy'}, {'id': 'D004724', 'term': 'Endoscopy'}, {'id': 'D003949', 'term': 'Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical'}, {'id': 'D019937', 'term': 'Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures'}, {'id': 'D003933', 'term': 'Diagnosis'}, {'id': 'D020535', 'term': 'Video-Assisted Surgery'}, {'id': 'D019060', 'term': 'Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures'}, {'id': 'D013514', 'term': 'Surgical Procedures, Operative'}, {'id': 'D019616', 'term': 'Thoracic Surgical Procedures'}, {'id': 'D013510', 'term': 'Pulmonary Surgical Procedures'}]}}, 'protocolSection': {'designModule': {'phases': ['NA'], 'studyType': 'INTERVENTIONAL', 'designInfo': {'allocation': 'NA', 'maskingInfo': {'masking': 'NONE'}, 'primaryPurpose': 'TREATMENT', 'interventionModel': 'SINGLE_GROUP'}, 'enrollmentInfo': {'type': 'ACTUAL', 'count': 9}}, 'statusModule': {'overallStatus': 'COMPLETED', 'startDateStruct': {'date': '2020-06-04', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}, 'expandedAccessInfo': {'hasExpandedAccess': False}, 'statusVerifiedDate': '2025-04', 'completionDateStruct': {'date': '2024-03-05', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}, 'lastUpdateSubmitDate': '2025-04-25', 'studyFirstSubmitDate': '2020-07-07', 'studyFirstSubmitQcDate': '2020-07-07', 'lastUpdatePostDateStruct': {'date': '2025-04-29', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}, 'studyFirstPostDateStruct': {'date': '2020-07-10', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}, 'primaryCompletionDateStruct': {'date': '2024-03-05', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}}, 'outcomesModule': {'primaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Residual Volume (RV)', 'timeFrame': '6 months', 'description': 'Absolute Change in Residual Volume (RV) from baseline to 6-months post Zephyr Valve procedure.'}], 'secondaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)', 'timeFrame': '6 months', 'description': 'Absolute change in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) from baseline to 6-months post Zephyr Valve procedure.'}, {'measure': 'Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second/Forced Vital Capacity (FEV1/FVC)', 'timeFrame': '6 months', 'description': 'Absolute change in FEV1/FVC ratio from baseline to 6-months post Zephyr Valve procedure.'}, {'measure': 'Total Lung Capacity (TLC)', 'timeFrame': '6 months', 'description': 'Absolute change in Total Lung Capacity (TLC) from baseline to 6-months post Zephyr Valve procedure.'}, {'measure': 'Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)', 'timeFrame': '6 months', 'description': 'Absolute change in Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) from baseline to 6-months post Zephyr Valve procedure.'}, {'measure': "St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) Total Score", 'timeFrame': '6 months', 'description': "Absolute change in the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire Total Score from Baseline to 6-months post Zephyr Valve procedure. The St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire measures health status (quality of life) in patients with diseases of airways obstruction. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more limitations."}, {'measure': 'Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC) Score', 'timeFrame': '6 months', 'description': 'Absolute change in the modified Medical Research Council (MMRC) Score from Baseline to 6-months post Zephyr Valve procedure. The mMRC (Modified Medical Research Council) stratifies severity of dyspnea in respiratory diseases. The severity of dyspnea is rated on a scale of 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating more limitations.'}, {'measure': 'Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1)', 'timeFrame': '6 months', 'description': 'Percent change in FEV1 from baseline to 6-months post Zephyr Valve procedure.'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'isUsExport': True, 'oversightHasDmc': False, 'isFdaRegulatedDrug': False, 'isFdaRegulatedDevice': True}, 'conditionsModule': {'conditions': ['Pulmonary Emphysema']}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'Prospective, multi-centre, pilot study aimed to evaluate the effect of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) fissure completion on the efficacy of endobronchial valve insertion (Zephyr Valve) in the treatment of subjects with severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) who exhibit collateral ventilation.', 'detailedDescription': 'The study will be a prospective, multi-centre, pilot study aimed to evaluate the effect of VATS fissure completion on the efficacy of endobronchial valve insertion (Zephyr Valve) in the treatment of subjects with severe COPD who exhibit collateral ventilation.\n\nStudy patients who provide informed consent and meet the initial inclusion/exclusion criteria following baseline screening assessments and multidisciplinary review to determine eligibility will undergo two procedures, not less than 28 days apart. The first procedure will involve an initial bronchoscopy and Chartis® assessment of collateral ventilation under general anaesthesia followed by a VATS fissure completion between targeted lobes in subjects that have collateral ventilation. The second procedure undertaken following fissure completion surgery will involve bronchoscopic insertion of Zephyr® Valve(s) in the targeted lobe, under sedation or general anaesthesia.\n\nSubjects will be followed up over a 6-month period following VATS fissure completion and Zephyr® Endobronchial Valve (Zephyr Valve) insertion.'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'minimumAge': '40 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Subject is willing and able to provide informed consent and to participate in the study.\n2. Subject is ≥ 40 years of age.\n3. Subject has a diagnosis of severe or very severe homogenous or heterogeneous COPD (Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification).\n4. Subject has a post bronchodilator 15% ≤ FEV1 ≤ 50%.\n5. Subject has Total Lung Capacity (TLC) ≥ 100% predicted.\n6. Subject has Residual Volume (RV) ≥ 150% predicted.\n7. Subject has a normal dobutamine stress echocardiogram.\n8. Subject has sufficient exercise tolerance i.e. 150m ≤ 6MWT ≤ 450m.\n9. Subject has an incomplete lobar fissure i.e. \\< 90%, as confirmed by CT evaluation of lung fissures.\n10. Collateral ventilation confirmed as assessed by Chartis Assessment (to be confirmed during first procedure/operation)\n11. Subject has stopped smoking for at least 8 weeks prior to entering the study as confirmed by carboxyhaemoglobin or cotinine levels.\n12. Subject is up to date with preventive vaccinations including seasonal influenza vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine consistent with the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services Immunization Schedule Guidelines (updated March 2018).\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Subject has a history of previous thoracotomy, lung volume reduction surgery, prior lobectomy or pneumonectomy, prior lung transplantation, prior airway stent placement, prior pleurodesis, or prior endobronchial lung volume reduction therapy of any form.\n2. Subject has an acute COPD exacerbation.\n3. Subject has evidence of active respiratory infection.\n4. Subject has a post bronchodilator FEV1 \\< 15%.\n5. Subject has a Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) \\< 20%.\n6. Subject has a history of recurrent clinically significant respiratory infections, defined as three (3) or more COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization during the 12 months prior to study enrollment (Informed Consent Form signature page).\n7. Subject has severe gas exchange abnormalities as defined by any one of the following:\n\n 1. Partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) \\< 60 mmHg\n 2. Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) \\> 45 mmHg\n 3. Oxygen saturation (SpO2) \\< 90% on ≥ 4 L/min supplemental O2 at rest\n8. Subject use of systemic steroids \\> 20mg/day or equivalent and/or immunosuppressive agents in the 4 weeks prior to procedure.\n9. Subject unable to temporarily interrupt use of heparins or oral anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents, excluding aspirin.\n10. Subject\'s pre-operative CT scan indicates the presence of any of the following radiological abnormalities:\n\n 1. Pulmonary nodule ≥ 0.8 cm in diameter (does not apply if present for 2 years or more without increase in size or if proven benign by biopsy/positron emission tomography (PET)).\n 2. Radiological picture consistent with active pulmonary infection, e.g. unexplained parenchymal infiltrate.\n 3. Giant bullae \\> 30% of the volume of either lung.\n 4. Significant interstitial lung disease.\n 5. Significant pleural disease.\n11. Subject\'s baseline electrocardiogram (ECG) demonstrates clinically significant arrhythmias or conduction abnormalities.\n12. Clinically significant asthma (reversible airway obstruction), chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis.\n13. Subject has a known diagnosis of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.\n14. Subject is classified as having "likely" pulmonary hypertension defined as tricuspid regurgitation velocity \\> 3.4m/s and/or pulmonary artery peak systolic pressure \\> 45 mmHg on echocardiogram or a previous formal diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension on right heart catheterization.\n15. Subject has suspected significant coronary artery disease defined as regional wall motion abnormalities on dobutamine stress echocardiogram.\n16. Subject is classified as being at major cardiac risk with the presence of unstable coronary syndromes (i.e. unstable or severe angina or recent myocardial infarct), decompensated heart failure, significant arrhythmias or severe valvular disease, which warrants intensive management of the condition in accordance with current guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular risk.'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT04465461', 'acronym': 'COVE', 'briefTitle': 'Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Fissure Completion Prior to Zephyr® Endobronchial Valve Insertion', 'organization': {'class': 'INDUSTRY', 'fullName': 'Pulmonx Corporation'}, 'officialTitle': 'A Pilot Study of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Fissure Completion Prior to Zephyr® Endobronchial Valve Insertion for Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Patients With COllateral VEntilation', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': '630-0026-01'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'Treatment', 'description': 'Patients exhibiting baseline collateral ventilation by Chartis® balloon catheter assessment who undergo video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) fissure completion surgery, confirmation of fissure completion by computerized tomography (CT) scan and confirmation of conversion to collateral ventilation negative by Chartis® balloon catheter assessment post VATS surgery and subsequent Zephyr Valve insertion.', 'interventionNames': ['Procedure: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) fissure completion', 'Device: Zephyr Valve insertion']}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) fissure completion', 'type': 'PROCEDURE', 'description': 'Following Bronchoscopy and Chartis® balloon catheter assessment under general anaesthesia and confirmation of collateral ventilation, a unilateral VATS lobar fissure completion will be undertaken with buttressed staples and Coseal spray intended to eliminate collateral ventilation.', 'armGroupLabels': ['Treatment']}, {'name': 'Zephyr Valve insertion', 'type': 'DEVICE', 'otherNames': ['Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR)'], 'description': 'Following fissure completion surgery, subjects confirmed to be collateral ventilation negative will undergo bronchoscopic insertion of Zephyr® Valve(s) in the targeted lobe, under sedation or general anaesthesia.', 'armGroupLabels': ['Treatment']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'zip': '3065', 'city': 'Fitzroy', 'state': 'Victoria', 'country': 'Australia', 'facility': "St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne", 'geoPoint': {'lat': -37.79839, 'lon': 144.97833}}, {'zip': '3065', 'city': 'Fitzroy', 'state': 'Victoria', 'country': 'Australia', 'facility': "St. Vincent's Private Hospital Fitzroy", 'geoPoint': {'lat': -37.79839, 'lon': 144.97833}}], 'overallOfficials': [{'name': 'Naveed Alam, MD', 'role': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'affiliation': "St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne"}]}, 'ipdSharingStatementModule': {'ipdSharing': 'NO'}, 'sponsorCollaboratorsModule': {'leadSponsor': {'name': 'Pulmonx Corporation', 'class': 'INDUSTRY'}, 'responsibleParty': {'type': 'SPONSOR'}}}}