Valvular & structural heart disease

STrategies for antithrombotic tRreatment following transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in patients with severe mitral regurgitation: Rationale and design of STAR-TEER trial

Am Heart JPublished investigator-initiated, multicenter, randomized, parallel controlled, open-label trial

Study context

Population
Post-TEER patients with severe mitral regurgitation, with or without indications for oral anticoagulation (OAC)planned enrollment, stratified into 2 cohorts · Cohort A (requiring long-term OAC) 880 · Cohort B (no OAC indication) 1,032
Participants
1,912 patients
Planned comparison
de-escalated antithrombotic strategies with monotherapy in post-TEER patients with or without indications for oral anticoagulation (OAC)
Primary endpoint
all bleeding complications
Follow-up
Within 12 months post-TEER
Methodological detailsrationale and design, hierarchical hypothesis testing
  • Rationale and design
  • Hierarchical hypothesis testing

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Original publication

STrategies for antithrombotic tRreatment following transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in patients with severe mitral regurgitation: Rationale and design of STAR-TEER trial. Am Heart J. Published 28 January 2026. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107362

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