New balloon could unclog heart stents without extra metal
NCT ID NCT05731700
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a special balloon coated with the drug everolimus in 51 people whose previously placed heart stents had become blocked again. The balloon is inflated inside the artery to deliver the drug directly to the blockage, aiming to keep the artery open. The main goals were to check safety and see how well the balloon prevented the artery from narrowing again.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- everolimus-coated balloon catheter
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new way to reopen blocked stents without adding another permanent stent, reducing the need for repeat procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with no control group, so results may not hold up in larger trials. Risks include heart attack, blood clots, or the artery narrowing again.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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51 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subject must be at least 18 years of age. 2. Subject or his/her legally authorized representative provides written informed consent prior to any clinical investigation related procedure, as approved by the appropriate Ethics Committee of the respective clinical site. 3. Subject must agree to undergo all clinical investigation plan-required follow-up visits, angiograms, IVUS/OCT and examinations. Angiographic Inclusion Criteria 1. Target lesion must be located within a stent (bare metal or drug eluting) placed in a native epicardial coronary vessel with visually estimated nominal vessel diameter of ≥2.0mm and ≤3.5mm. 2. Target lesion must measure ≤24 mm in length by visual estimation. 3. The target lesion must be with a visually estimated stenosis of ≥50% and \< 100% with a TIMI flow of ≥1. 4. Non-clinical investigation, percutaneous intervention for lesions in a non-target vessel is allowed if done ≥90 days prior to or planned to be done 6 months after the index procedure. 5. Non-clinical investigation, percutaneous intervention for lesions in the target vessel is allowed if planned to be done 6 months after the index procedure. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subject with known diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) within 30 days preceding the index procedure and CK-MB or troponin have not returned within normal limits at the time of procedure. 2. The subject is currently experiencing clinical symptoms consistent with AMI. 3. Subject has current unstable arrhythmia. 4. Subject has a known left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<25%. 5. Subject has a known hypersensitivity or contraindication to aspirin, both heparin and bivalirudin, both clopidogrel and ticlopidine and structurally related compounds, everolimus, or contrast sensitivity that cannot be adequately pre-medicated. 6. Subject has known renal insufficiency (e.g., serum creatinine \> 2.5 mg/dL, (i.e. 221 µmol/L) within 7 days prior to index procedure or creatinine clearance \<30mL/min or subject is on dialysis. 7. Subject has a history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy or will refuse blood transfusions. 8. Subject has had a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic neurological attack (TIA) within the past six months. 9. Subject has other medical illness (e.g., cancer or congestive heart failure) or known history of substance abuse (alcohol, cocaine, heroin etc.) that may cause non-compliance with the clinical investigation plan, confound the data interpretation or is associated with a limited life expectancy (i.e., less than one year). 10. Subject is already participating in another clinical investigation that has not yet reached its primary endpoint. 11. Subject is not, in the opinion of the investigator, an acceptable candidate to participate in the study. 12. In-stent lesions for stent are located within an arterial or saphenous vein graft or stent used to treat a previous ISR. 13. The target vessel contains visible thrombus. 14. Pregnant or lactating females.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Pasteur
Toulouse, 31300, France
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Georgian Israeli Research Medical Centre Helsicore
Tbilisi, Georgia
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Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble
Grenoble, 38000, France
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Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, 28046, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de La Princesa
Madrid, 28006, Spain
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L'Hôpital Privé du Confluent
Nantes, 44000, France
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Tbilisi Heart and Vascular Clinic
Tbilisi, 0159, Georgia
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Vilniaus universiteto ligoninė Santaros klinikos
Vilnius, 08410, Lithuania
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