New balloon coated with drug aims to keep leg arteries open

NCT ID NCT02944071

Summary

This study tested a special balloon coated with a drug (paclitaxel) to open blocked arteries in the thigh and knee area. The goal was to see if this device was safe and could keep the arteries open longer than standard balloons. It involved 123 patients in China with leg pain or poor circulation due to these blockages.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

  • Jiangsu Province Hospital

    Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

  • Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine

    Shanghai, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medicial University

    Harbin, Jilin, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

    Zhengzhou, Henan, China

  • Tianjin Medical University General Hospital

    Tianjin, China

  • West China Hospital, Sichuan University

    Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  • Xiangya Hospital Central South University

    Changsha, China

  • Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

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