New lung device trial aims to seal troubled vessels
NCT ID NCT06735976
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a device called LOBO™ to block abnormal blood vessels in the lungs (PAVMs). About 30 people will get the procedure and be followed for 3 years with CT scans to see if the vessels stay closed. The goal is to see how well the device works compared to standard treatments.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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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14 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * At least 1 PAVM with a feeding artery ≥2 mm in diameter and a feeding artery amenable to the use of LOBO™ device (i.e. feeding artery length of ≥1 cm). Given the length of embolic devices including LOBO™, the proximal vessel length to the PAVM sac must be of sufficient size for embolization to be feasible. If patients have at least 1 PAVM where the feeding artery length is ≥1 cm, they are eligible for enrollment. * Patients with multiple PAVMs meeting eligibility criteria may be enrolled with the intent of embolizing multiple different PAVMs with the LOBO™ device in the same embolization session or in separate sessions. * Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate \>30 ml/min * Per standard of care (SOC), all pregnant women to be enrolled must be in their 2nd or 3rd trimesters Exclusion Criteria: * Confounding bleeding disorders other than HHT * Life-threatening iodinated contrast allergy not amenable to prophylactic therapy with steroids * Underlying coagulopathy * Patients on anti-platelets or anti-coagulation medications
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
RECRUITINGChapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States