New heart device could rival surgery for leaky valve patients

NCT ID NCT04198870

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests if a device called MitraClip, which fixes a leaky mitral valve without open-heart surgery, works as well as traditional surgery. About 500 people with severe mitral regurgitation who are at moderate risk for surgery will take part. The goal is to see if the device can prevent death, stroke, or heart-related hospital stays as effectively as surgery.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

mitral valve insufficiency

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States

  • Albany Medical Center

    Albany, New York, 12208, United States

  • Allegheny General Hospital - ASRI

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States

  • Arizona Cardiovascular Research Center

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States

  • Ascension Saint Thomas

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37205, United States

  • Ascension St. Vincent

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46240, United States

  • Ascension Texas Cardiovascular Research

    Austin, Texas, 78705, United States

  • Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85006, United States

  • Baptist Medical Center

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States

  • Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

    Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Cardiology Associates of Mobile, Inc.

    Mobile, Alabama, 36608, United States

  • Cardiovascular Research Institute of Kansas

    Wichita, Kansas, 67226, United States

  • Carolinas Medical Center

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28203, United States

  • Center Inselspital Bern

    Bern, Canton of Bern, 3010, Switzerland

  • Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

  • Cooper University Hospital

    Camden, New Jersey, 08103, United States

  • Deutsches Herzzentrum München des Freistaates Bayern

    München, 80636, Germany

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center

    Houston, Texas, 77004, United States

  • Henry Ford Health

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Herz-und Diabetes Zentrum NRW

    Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 32545, Germany

  • Houston Methodist

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal (Montreal Heart Inst.)

    Montreal, Quebec, H1T 1C8, Canada

  • Integris Baptist Medical Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73112, United States

  • Intermountain Medical Center

    Murray, Utah, 84157, United States

  • Jersey Shore University Medical Center

    Neptune City, New Jersey, 07753, United States

  • Kansas University Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60590, Germany

  • Lankenau Institute for Medical Research

    Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, 19096, United States

  • Los Robles Regional Medical Center

    Thousand Oaks, California, 91360, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mercy General Hospital

    Sacramento, California, 95819, United States

  • Mission Health & Hospitals

    Asheville, North Carolina, 28801, United States

  • Morristown Medical Center

    Morristown, New Jersey, 07962, United States

  • Mt. Carmel East

    Columbus, Ohio, 43213, United States

  • NCH Healthcare System

    Naples, Florida, 34102, United States

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Piedmont Heart Institute

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30309, United States

  • Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute, Inc.

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17105, United States

  • Prairie Education & Research Cooperative

    Springfield, Illinois, 62701, United States

  • Rochester Regional Health

    Rochester, New York, 14617, United States

  • Saint Joseph Hospital

    Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States

  • Scripps Health

    La Jolla, California, 92037, United States

  • Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

    Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States

  • South Shore University Hospital

    Bay Shore, New York, 11706, United States

  • St. Francis Hospital

    Roslyn, New York, 11576, United States

  • St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85013, United States

  • St. Michael's Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada

  • Stanford University Medical Center

    Stanford, California, 94305, United States

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M5N 3M5, Canada

  • Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento

    Sacramento, California, 95816, United States

  • Swedish Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98107, United States

  • The Heart Institute at Virginia Mason

    Seattle, Washington, 98111, United States

  • Toronto General Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

  • TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Tucson Medical Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85712, United States

  • UPMC

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • UTHealth Memorial Hermann

    Houston, Texas, 77008, United States

  • University Hospital - Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35249, United States

  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • University of California - Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • University of California at San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

  • University of Michigan Medical Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48104, United States

  • University of Virginia Medical Center

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

  • Universitätsklinikum Rostock (AöR)

    Rostock, 18057, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Ulm

    Ulm, Bad-wur, 89081, Germany

  • Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

    Mainz, Rhinela, 55131, Germany

  • Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Via Christi Regional Medical Center - St. Francis Campus

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States

  • West Virginia University Hospital

    Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States

  • Yale New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States