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Braghieri L, Ahmed A, Curtis AB, Kim JA, Connolly AT, Nabutovsky Y, Kim G, Ganz L, Wilkoff BL. Evaluating cardiac lead safety using observational, real-world data: EP PASSION proof-of-concept study. Heart Rhythm 2024:S1547-5271(24)02819-4. [PMID: 38936445 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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BACKGROUND Traditional post-approval study (PAS) designs have been accepted by regulatory authorities to fulfill postmarketing requirements for cardiac leads, but they have several limitations. OBJECTIVE We conducted a proof-of-concept study of alternative methods that use real-world data (RWD) to evaluate lead safety in large populations of patients. METHODS Abbott patient device databases were linked with Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) claims to identify lead complications in patients implanted with Abbott Optisure lead. A 1:1 comparison between the PAS method and RWD method of detecting mechanical lead-related complication events was conducted in 444 PAS participants who were enrolled in Medicare FFS. Agreement between methods was evaluated by McNemar test and Cohen κ. Survival free from complications at 3 years was compared between the PAS and RWD cohorts with an equivalence acceptance criterion of ±2.5%. RESULTS There were 1171 PAS patients and 5804 Medicare FFS patients who received an Optisure lead between August 27, 2014, and June 14, 2016. Patients were observed through December 31, 2018. Complete agreement was found between PAS-reported and claims-detected complications (McNemar P value = 1; Cohen κ = 1). Survival free from complications at 3 years by the RWD method was 98.4% (95% confidence limit, 98.0%-98.7%), which was within the acceptable range of the PAS 98.4% (95% confidence limit, 97.6%-99.0%). CONCLUSION These results show a close agreement between RWD-detected and PAS-reported lead complication rates, which highlights the potential benefits of RWD-based methods to enhance the generation of clinical evidence for lead safety.
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- Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
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- Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Abbott Laboratories, Sylmar, California
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- Cleveland Clinic Heart, Thoracic, and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
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Alhuarrat MAD, Kharawala A, Renjithlal S, Magdi Eid M, Varrias D, Mohammed M, Grushko M, Di Biase L. Comparison of in-hospital outcomes and complications of leadless pacemaker and traditional transvenous pacemaker implantation. Europace 2023; 25:euad269. [PMID: 37712644 PMCID: PMC10517739 DOI: 10.1093/europace/euad269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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AIMS Since their introduction in 1958, traditional cardiac pacemakers have undergone considerable upgrades over the years, but they continue to have a complication rate of ∼3.8%-12.4%. There are no randomized controlled trials comparing outcomes of leadless pacemakers (LPM) with single-chamber transvenous pacemakers (TV-VVI). The aim is to assess the differences in the procedural complications and in-hospital outcomes between LPM and TV-VVI implants. METHODS AND RESULTS We queried the national inpatient database from 2016 to 2019 to include adult patients undergoing LPM and TV-VVI. Admissions for leadless and single-lead transvenous pacemakers were identified by their appropriate ICD-10 codes. Complications were identified using ICD-10 codes that mostly represent initial encounter. The difference in outcomes was assessed using multivariable logistic regression and 1:1 propensity score matching between the two cohorts. Thirty-five thousand four hundred thirty expanded samples of admissions were retrieved of which 27 650 (78%) underwent TV-VVI with a mean age 81.3 ± 9.4 years and 7780 (22%) underwent LPM with a mean age of 77.1 ± 12.1 years. The LPM group had a higher likelihood of in-hospital mortality [adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 1.63, 95% CI (1.29-2.05), P < 0.001], vascular complications [aOR: 7.54, 95% CI (3.21-17.68), P < 0.001], venous thromboembolism [aOR: 3.67, 95% CI (2.68-5.02), P < 0.001], cardiac complications [aOR: 1.79, 95% CI (1.59-2.03), P < 0.001], device thrombus formation [aOR: 5.03, 95% CI (2.55-9.92), P < 0.001], and need for a blood transfusion [aOR: 1.54, 95% CI (1.14-2.07), P < 0.005]. The TV-VVI group had higher likelihood of in-hospital pulmonary complications [aOR:0.68, 95% CI (0.54-0.87), P < 0.002] and had a need for device revisions [aOR:0.42, 95% CI (0.23-0.76), P < 0.004]. CONCLUSION There is a higher likelihood of all-cause in-hospital mortality and complications following LPM implantation in comparison to TV-VVI. This could be related to higher co-morbidities in the LPM group. Clinical trials aimed to accurately compare these two groups should be undertaken.
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- Majd Al Deen Alhuarrat
- Division of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester Regional Health/Unity Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester Regional Health/Unity Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
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Everhart AO. Time to publication of cost-effectiveness analyses for medical devices. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE 2023; 29:265-268. [PMID: 37229785 PMCID: PMC10214008 DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2023.89359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Academic researchers and physicians have called for greater use of cost-effectiveness analyses in informing treatment and reimbursement decisions. This study examines the availability of cost-effectiveness analyses for medical devices, in terms of both the number of studies and when studies are published. STUDY DESIGN Analysis of the number of years between FDA approval/clearance and publication for cost-effectiveness analyses of medical devices in the United States published between 2002 and 2020 (n = 86). METHODS Cost-effectiveness analyses of medical devices were identified using the Tufts University Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry. Studies in which the model and manufacturer of the medical device used in the intervention were identifiable were linked to FDA databases. Years between FDA approval/clearance and publication of cost-effectiveness analyses were calculated. RESULTS A total of 218 cost-effectiveness analyses of medical devices in the United States published between 2002 and 2020 were identified. Of these studies, 86 (39.4%) were linked to FDA databases. Studies examining devices approved via premarket approval were published a mean of 6.0 years after the device received FDA approval (median, 4 years), whereas studies examining devices that were cleared via the 510(k) process were published a mean of 6.5 years after the device received FDA clearance (median, 5 years). CONCLUSIONS There are few studies describing the cost-effectiveness of medical devices. Most of these studies' findings are not published until several years after the studied devices received FDA approval/clearance, meaning that decision makers will likely not have evidence of cost-effectiveness when making initial decisions related to newly available medical devices.
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- Alexander O Everhart
- Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, 200 Longwood Ave, Armenise Bldg, Room 109, Boston, MA 02115.
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Crossley GH, Piccini JP, Longacre C, Higuera L, Stromberg K, El-Chami MF. Leadless versus transvenous single-chamber ventricular pacemakers: 3 year follow-up of the Micra CED study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2023; 34:1015-1023. [PMID: 36807378 DOI: 10.1111/jce.15863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The Micra Coverage with Evidence Development (CED) Study is a novel comparative analysis of Micra (leadless VVI) and transvenous single-chamber ventricular pacemakers (transvenous VVI) using administrative claims data. To compare chronic complications, device reinterventions, heart failure hospitalizations, and all-cause mortality after 3 years of follow-up. METHODS US Medicare claims data linked to manufacturer device registration information were used to identify Medicare beneficiaries with a de novo implant of either a Micra VR leadless VVI or transvenous VVI pacemaker from March 9, 2017 to December 31, 2018. Unadjusted and propensity score overlap-weight adjusted Fine-Gray competing risk models were used to compare outcomes at 3 years. RESULTS Leadless VVI patients (N = 6219) had a 32% lower rate of chronic complications and a 41% lower rate of reintervention compared with transvenous VVI patients (N = 10 212) (chronic complication hazard ratio [HR] 0.68; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.59-0.78; reintervention HR 0.59; 95% CI 0.44-0.78). Infections rates were significantly lower among patients with a leadless VVI (<0.2% vs. 0.7%, p < .0001). Patients with a leadless VVI also had slightly lower rates of heart failure hospitalization (HR 0.90; 95% CI 0.84-0.97). There was no difference in the adjusted 3-year all-cause mortality rate (HR 0.97; 95% CI, 0.92-1.03). CONCLUSION This nationwide comparative evaluation of leadless VVI versus transvenous VVI de novo pacemaker implants demonstrated that the leadless group had significantly fewer complications, reinterventions, heart failure hospitalizations, and infections than the transvenous group at 3 years, confirming that the previously reported shorter-term advantages associated with leadless pacing persist and continue to accrue in the medium-to-long-term.
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- Duke University Medical Center & Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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El-Chami MF, Bockstedt L, Longacre C, Higuera L, Stromberg K, Crossley G, Kowal RC, Piccini JP. Leadless vs. transvenous single-chamber ventricular pacing in the Micra CED study: 2-year follow-up. Eur Heart J 2022; 43:1207-1215. [PMID: 34788416 PMCID: PMC8934700 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS Clinical trials have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of the Micra leadless VVI pacemaker; however, longer-term outcomes in a large, real-world population with a contemporaneous comparison to transvenous VVI pacemakers have not been examined. We compared reinterventions, chronic complications, and all-cause mortality at 2 years between leadless VVI and transvenous VVI implanted patients. METHODS AND RESULTS The Micra Coverage with Evidence Development study is a continuously enrolling, observational, cohort study of leadless VVI pacemakers in the US Medicare fee-for-service population. Patients implanted with a leadless VVI pacemaker between March 9, 2017, and December 31, 2018, were identified using Medicare claims data linked to manufacturer device registration data (n = 6219). All transvenous VVI patients from facilities with leadless VVI implants during the study period were obtained directly from Medicare claims (n = 10 212). Cox models were used to compare 2-year outcomes between groups. Compared to transvenous VVI, patients with leadless VVI had more end-stage renal disease (12.0% vs. 2.3%) and a higher Charlson comorbidity index (5.1 vs. 4.6). Leadless VVI patients had significantly fewer reinterventions [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 0.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.45-0.85, P = 0.003] and chronic complications (adjusted HR 0.69, 95% CI 0.60-0.81, P < 0.0001) compared with transvenous VVI patients. Adjusted all-cause mortality at 2 years was not different between the two groups (adjusted HR 0.97, 95% CI 0.91-1.04, P = 0.37). CONCLUSION In a real-world study of US Medicare patients, the Micra leadless VVI pacemaker was associated with a 38% lower adjusted rate of reinterventions and a 31% lower adjusted rate of chronic complications compared with transvenous VVI pacing. There was no difference in adjusted all-cause mortality at 2 years.
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- Mikhael F El-Chami
- Emory University School of Medicine, 550 W Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA
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- Medtronic, Inc, 710 Medtronoc PKW NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432, USA
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- Medtronic, Inc, 710 Medtronoc PKW NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432, USA
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- Medtronic, Inc, 710 Medtronoc PKW NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21ST Ave S, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Medtronic, Inc, 710 Medtronoc PKW NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432, USA
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- Duke University Medical Center & Duke Clinical Research Institute, 40 Duke Medicine Circle Clinic 2F/2 G, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Piccini JP, El-Chami M, Wherry K, Crossley GH, Kowal RC, Stromberg K, Longacre C, Hinnenthal J, Bockstedt L. Contemporaneous Comparison of Outcomes Among Patients Implanted With a Leadless vs Transvenous Single-Chamber Ventricular Pacemaker. JAMA Cardiol 2021; 6:1187-1195. [PMID: 34319383 PMCID: PMC8319824 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.2621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Question How do the performance of leadless VVI pacemakers and transvenous VVI pacemakers compare in a contemporaneous Medicare population? Findings In this cohort study including 15 408 patients, despite significant differences in patient characteristics, patients in whom a leadless pacemaker was implanted were observed to have higher rates of pericardial effusion and/or perforation but lower rates of other device-related complications and requirements for device revision at 6 months. Meaning The results from this study further develop the evidence on leadless pacemakers in practice and can inform shared decision-making about device choice for patients and physicians. Importance The safety and efficacy of leadless VVI pacemakers have been demonstrated in multiple clinical trials, but the comparative performance of the device in a large, real-world population has not been examined. Objective To compare patient characteristics and complications among patients implanted with leadless VVI and transvenous VVI pacemakers. Design, Setting, Participants The Longitudinal Coverage With Evidence Development Study on Micra Leadless Pacemakers (Micra CED) is a continuously enrolling observational cohort study evaluating complications, utilization, and outcomes of leadless VVI pacemakers in the US Medicare fee-for-service population. Patients implanted between March 9, 2017, and December 1, 2018, were identified and included. All Medicare patients implanted with leadless VVI and transvenous VVI pacemakers during the study period were enrolled. Patients with less than 12 months of continuous enrollment in Medicare prior to leadless VVI or transvenous VVI implant and with evidence of a prior cardiovascular implantable electronic device were excluded, leaving 5746 patients with leadless VVI pacemakers and 9662 patients with transvenous VVI pacemakers. Data were analyzed from May 2018 to April 2021. Exposures Medicare patients implanted with leadless VVI pacemakers or transvenous VVI pacemakers. Main Outcomes and Measures The main outcomes were acute (30-day) complications and 6-month complications. Results Of 15 408 patients, 6701 (43.5%) were female, and the mean (SD) age was 81.0 (8.7) years. Compared with patients with transvenous VVI pacemakers, patients with leadless VVI pacemakers were more likely to have end-stage kidney disease (690 [12.0%] vs 226 [2.3%]; P < .001) and a higher mean (SD) Charlson Comorbidity Index score (5.1 [3.4] vs 4.6 [3.0]; P < .001). The unadjusted acute complication rate was higher in patients with leadless VVI pacemakers relative to transvenous VVI pacemakers (484 of 5746 [8.4%] vs 707 of 9662 [7.3%]; P = .02). However, there was no significant difference in overall acute complication rates following adjustment for patient characteristics (7.7% vs 7.4%; risk difference, 0.3; 95% CI, −0.6 to 1.3; P = .49). Pericardial effusion and/or perforation within 30 days was significantly higher among patients with leadless VVI pacemakers compared with patients with transvenous VVI pacemakers in both unadjusted and adjusted models (unadjusted, 47 of 5746 [0.8%] vs 38 of 9662 [0.4%]; P < .001; adjusted, 0.8% vs 0.4%; risk difference, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.1 to 0.7; P = .004). Patients implanted with leadless VVI pacemakers had a lower rate of 6-month complications compared with patients implanted with transvenous VVI pacemakers (unadjusted hazard ratio, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.68-1.03; P = .10; adjusted hazard ratio, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.62-0.96; P = .02). Conclusions and Relevance In this study, despite significant differences in patient characteristics, patients in whom a leadless pacemaker was implanted were observed to have higher rates of pericardial effusion and/or perforation but lower rates of other device-related complications and requirements for device revision at 6 months. Understanding the benefits and risks associated with leadless VVI pacemakers compared with transvenous VVI pacemakers can help clinicians and patients make informed treatment decisions.
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- Jonathan P Piccini
- Duke University Medical Center and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
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