A simple pressure reading may expose hidden mitral valve leakage after keyhole repair
NCT ID NCT07798037
First seen Sep 01, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether the pressure gradient across an intentionally created atrial septal defect, measured right after a minimally invasive mitral valve repair called M-TEER, can indicate how much mitral regurgitation remains. Researchers will compare this gradient with echocardiographic and hemodynamic measurements in 100 patients undergoing M-TEER. The goal is to find a reliable cutoff that identifies mild versus moderate-or-greater residual leakage, which could improve how doctors assess procedural success.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- M-TEER procedure with hemodynamic and echocardiographic assessment
- What this could lead to
- If the iASD gradient reliably reflects residual mitral regurgitation, doctors could better judge procedural success and guide follow-up care after M-TEER.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. The marker may not prove accurate across different patients, and the findings may not change clinical practice without further validation.
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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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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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40 to 90 years
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * patients with high or prohibitive surgical risk and moderate-to-severe or severe symptomatic MR, despite the administration of maximally tolerated doses of guideline-directed medical therapy and, if appropriate, cardiac resynchronization therapy * patients undergoing M-TEER as a bridge to heart transplantation Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with post-procedural transmitral gradient ≥5 mmHg, * Patients with right-to-left shunt requiring iASD closure, * Patients, who decline to provide written informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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First Cardiology Department, Hippokration General Hospital
Athens, 11521, Greece
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