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WATCHMAN FLX (PINNACLE FLX) AMULET (AMULET IDE) Legacy WATCHMAN (AMULET IDE)
Results from different clinical investigations are not directly comparable. Information provided for educational purposes only.
1 Kar, CIRCULATION, 2021.
2 Lakkireddy, CIRCULATION, 2021.
Leaks Analysis of FDA LAAC Trials
1-year PDL → Increases Subsequent Ischemic Stroke Rates
Study Population
• Patients with Watchman Implants (n=1,054)
• From 3 FDA Trials: PROTECT-AF, PREVAIL & CAP2
• TEE Imaging during Follow-Up: 45 days & 1 year
12.4%
Ischemic Stroke / SE
n=122
HR=2.0, 95% CI 1.2-3.4
No leak 15.3%
n=150 50%
Leak >0-3mm
Group 5yr Rate
71.6%
n=704 PDL: None 5.1% P=0.011
Leak >3-5mm
PDL: 0-5 mm 9.9%
Leak >5mm
0%
N=983 patients 0 1y 2y 3y 4y 5y
50%
Group 5y Rate
No PDL 18.3% P=0.93
Any PDL 16.2%
Disabling / Fatal Non-Disabling
Non-Disabling / Fatal
Stroke Stroke
Stroke 0%
0 1y 2y 3y 4y 5y
▪ Surgery vs another
DOAC vs coumadin
▪ Pt refused surgery
▪ Pt started on
coumadin
DRT across devices
Device-Related Thrombus Across Trials
7.0%
6.0%
Patients with DRT
5.0%
Percentage of
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
PROTECT AF 1 PREVAIL 1 CAP 1 CAP2 1 EWOLUTION 2 WASP 3 Amulet IDE 4 Amulet 5 Amulet IDE 4 P FLX 1 FLXibility 6
(WATCHMAN) Registry (Amulet)
1. IFU (51221704); 2. Boersma LV, et al. Evaluating Real-World Clinical Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Receiving the WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure Technology: Final 2-Year Outcome Data of the EWOLUTION Trial Focusing on History of Stroke and
Hemorrhage. 2019; 3. Phillips KP, et al. Left atrial appendage closure with WATCHMAN in Asian patients: 2 year outcomes from the WASP registry. 2019; 4. Lakkireddy D, et al. Amplatzer Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Versus Watchman Device for Stroke
Prophylaxis (Amulet IDE): A Randomized, Controlled Trial. 2021; 5. Landmesser U, et al. Left atrial appendage occlusion with the AMPLATZER Amulet device: one-year follow-up from the prospective global Amulet observational registry. 2018; 6. Betts et al. One-Year
Results From the FLXibility Post-Approval Study: Final Real-World Clinical Outcomes With a Next-Generation Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device, Oral Abstract, EHRA, 2022
Device related thrombus(DRT) and stroke
• Most cases of post procedure stroke are not associated with DRT
Champion Trial
Day 0 4 months 6 months one year
Uncoated
Coated
Implantation
Summary