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The FDA has the authority to require sponsors to perform a post-approval study (or studies) at the time of approval of a premarket approval (PMA), humanitarian device exemption (HDE), or product development protocol (PDP) application. Post-approval studies can provide patients, health care professionals, the device industry, the FDA and other stakeholders information on the continued safety and effectiveness (or continued probable benefit, in the case of an HDE) of approved medical devices. This database allows you to search Post-Approval Study information by applicant or device information.

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Long Term Study


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General
Study Status Completed
Application Number /
Requirement Number
P050050 / PAS001
Date Original Protocol Accepted 05/27/2009
Date Current Protocol Accepted 05/09/2014
Study Name Long Term Study
Device Name SCANDINAVIAN TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM (S.T.A.R.ANKLE)
General Study Protocol Parameters
Study Design Prospective Cohort Study
Data Source New Data Collection
Comparison Group Historical Control
Analysis Type Analytical
Study Population Adult: >21
Detailed Study Protocol Parameters
Study Objectives The specific objective of this long-term study is to obtain information on the revision and removal rate for the STAR Ankle over time in order to establish the device¿s survivorship.
The post approval study is a prospective, multi-center, single-arm study at up to the 10 primary sites that participated in the pivotal and continued access studies. The study is continued follow-up of the premarket cohort and continued access cohort.The long-term results of Ankle Arthrodesis summarized from literature review by meta-analysis will be used as historical fusion control.
Study Population The study population consists of all living subjects who participated in the continued access study.
Device Group: subjects implanted with the STAR Ankle
Comparison Group: Historical Fusion Control (i.e., the long-term results of Ankle Arthrodesis summarized from literature review by meta-analysis) Fusion results reported by Haddad, et al. (2007)7 will serve as the control group for the STAR Continued Access subjects. [Haddad SL, Coetzee JC, Estok R, Fahrbach K, Banel D, Nalysnyk L. Intermediate and long-term outcomes of total ankle arthroplasty and ankle arthrodesis. A systematic review of the literature. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 Sep;89(9):1899-905.]
Sample Size minimum 125 patients (STAR Ankle recipients)

The comparison of the STAR ankle is to a literature control, in Haddad et al. [2007], with a survivorship rate of 86.3%. An informal calculation indicates how many successes are needed in the STAR ankle group to claim non-inferiority. Sponsor assumed that the observed success rate for the fusion control was 94/109 = 86.3%, where the 109 is the effective sample size. Then, from StatXact-8 software, 40/47 = 85.1% is the smallest observed success rate so that a lower 90% confidence bound for the difference of success probabilities is no less than ¿15%. Note: This calculation uses two observed proportions, and is not a power-based calculation of detectable effect size.
Using PASS2005 sample size software, the sponsor performed a two-sample, exact non-inferiority calculation to compare the STAR ankle to a historical control with 109 subjects, a true success rate of 86.3%, and using a one-sided test with 5% Type 1 error rate, 80% power, and a 15% non-inferiority margin. The necessary sample size to show non-inferiority is 47 subjects in the STAR ankle study arm. However, SBi¿s intention is to enroll at minimum 125 patients and follow all who continue to participate. The meta-analysis performed by Haddad et al. [2007] had a sample size of 1262 subjects who received an arthrodesis. However, for purposes of the sample size calculation, the effective sample size in Haddad et al. [2007] is only 109, far less than the 1262 subjects in the articles that were included in Haddad¿s meta-analysis. A technical justification for this reduced number of control subjects appears in protocol Section 6.1.3.1
Key Study Endpoints Primary Effectiveness Endpoint
Device Survivorship (Revision and Removal) at 8 years after implantation
Note: The information collected at these post-operative intervals will be added to the previously collected follow-up data (e.g., demographic, baseline, post-operative through 24-months).

Other Effectiveness Endpoints
Total Buechel-Pappas Scale score
(100-point scale consisting of subscales for pain (40 points), function (40 points), range of motion (15 points), and deformity (5 points))
Pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS) (100mm scale)
Quality of Life (SF-36)
AOFAS
Radiographic endpoints (assessed by Anterior-posterior and lateral x-ray images of the treated ankle)
Radiolucency
Migration
Safety Endpoints
All adverse events, including information concerning the nature, onset, duration, severity, and relationship to the device and operative procedure
Follow-up Visits and Length of Follow-up 96 months
48 months (± 8 weeks) , 72 months (± 8 weeks), and 96 months
(-8 weeks and any time after 96 Months) post-operatively. Baseline, 6 week, 12 month, and 24 month data will be used as collected for the study in which they originally participated.
Interim or Final Data Summary
Actual Number of Patients Enrolled 95
Actual Number of Sites Enrolled 5
Patient Follow-up Rate 91% (87/95)
Final Safety Findings There were 82 device-related AEs in 37 subjects. Based on 87 subjects with 96-month follow-up, at least 12 (13.8%) were for polyethylene fracture, all requiring revision. 18 (20.7%) of the device-related adverse events were for formation of cysts, 16 of which required surgical treatment. 21 of 95 (22%) subjects had to undergo one or more secondary procedures related to revision or removal of the device.
Final Effect Findings The overall Kaplan-Meier survivorship estimate for the cumulative surviving proportion based on the first removal/revision at 96 Months is 75.5% (std. error: ±3.9%). This was found to be not worse than the predefined arthrodesis control.
Study Strengths & Weaknesses Long-term (8 year) follow-up are available in 91% of the enrolled study subjects, a study strength. Study weaknesses include: the study enrolled only 76% of the subjects from the continued access study from the IDE study and only 5 of 10 of the IDE study sites. Though some similarities among study participants and non-participants were demonstrated, selection bias remains a study limitation. Also, the study population may not be representative of real-world use.
Recommendations for Labeling Changes A labeling change is recommended to include the long-term follow-up data generated in this Post-Approval study, including revision rates and device-related adverse event rates. The risk related to polyethylene fracture should be identified.


Long Term Study Reporting Schedule

Reporting Schedule
Report
Date Due
FDA Receipt
Date
Applicant's Reporting Status
6 month report 11/25/2009 02/17/2010 Overdue/Received
1 year report 05/27/2010 05/28/2010 Overdue/Received
18 month report 11/25/2010 11/29/2010 Overdue/Received
2 year report 05/27/2011 05/27/2011 On Time
3 year report 05/26/2012 05/25/2012 On Time
4 year report 05/26/2013 05/29/2013 Overdue/Received
5 year report 06/25/2014 06/27/2014 Overdue/Received
6 year report 09/30/2015 09/30/2015 On Time
7 year report 07/24/2016 07/22/2016 On Time
Final report 12/15/2017 12/15/2017 On Time


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