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TCT 2022: Edwards' Pascal Matches Abbott's MitraClip In CLASP IID

 
• By Reed Miller

Results of the CLASP IID trial showed Edwards’ Pascal mitral valve repair system was non-inferior for safety and effectiveness compared to Abbott’s MitraClip device.

Edwards' Pascal Precision Transcatheter Valve Repair System
• Source: Edwards Lifesciences

Interim results from the randomized, 300-patient CLASP IID trial showed Edwards Lifesciences’ Pascal mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) system matched the performance of Abbott’s MitraClip M-TEER system in the treatment of symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients who could not withstand surgery.

Lead investigators Konstantinos Koulogiannis from Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey and Scott Lim from the University of Virginia presented the results on 17 September at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference

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