56 Stratos LV/LV-T Technical Manual

There were 192 endocardial and 19 epicardial leads implanted in 193 patients. Investigators were allowed to choose among any legally marketed LV lead according to their familiarity with the lead and patient anatomy. The Tupos LV/ATx CRT-D was implanted with 7 endocardial and 4 epicardial lead models from 6 different manufacturers. There were no adverse events reported attributable to lead-generator incompatibility.

The cumulative implant duration is 1240.4 months with a mean duration of 9.6 months for the study group. The cumulative implant duration is 596.5 months with a mean duration of 9.3 months for the control group.

The overall protocol compliance rate is 79.2% in the study group and 85.9% in the control group. The overall follow-up compliance rate is 99.4% in the study group and 98.3% in the control group.

There have been 10 patient deaths reported in the study group and 4 patient deaths reported in the control group. The clinical investigators have determined that no deaths were related to the study device.

Primary Endpoint 1: Six Minute Walk Test & QOL (Effectiveness)

The purpose of Primary Endpoint 1 is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Tupos LV/ATx system in providing CRT as measured by the average composite rate of improvement in six minute walk test and QOL.

Table 15 presents the average composite rate of improvement in six minute walk test distance and QOL score, the average 6- minute walk test distance and the average QOL score at Baseline and at the Six-Month follow-up, as well as the average difference in 6-minute walk test distance and QOL score between Baseline and the Six-Month follow-up for the Study and Control Groups for those patients with six minute walk test data and complete QOL data at both Baseline and the Six-Month follow-up.