Heart artery showdown: shockwave or cutting balloon before stenting?

NCT ID NCT06089135

Completed Disease control Sponsor: Baim Institute for Clinical Research Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Summary

This study tested two methods to prepare hardened (calcified) heart arteries before placing a stent: a cutting balloon and a shockwave device. About 413 adults with moderate to severe artery hardening took part. The goal was to see which method helps the stent fit better and work more effectively.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

coronary atherosclerosis

As listed by the trial registrant

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

TREATMENT IN CALCIFIED CORONARY DISEASE

Contacts and locations

Locations

Banner Health

Phoenix, Arizona, 85012, United States
Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital

Dallas, Texas, 75226, United States
Baylor Scott and White Health

Plano, Texas, 75024, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medcial Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
Capital Cardiology

Albany, New York, 12211, United States
Christ Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
Columbia Cardiology

New York, New York, 10032, United States
Columbia University Medical Center/ NewYork Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York, 10032, United States
Henry Ford Health

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
Honor Health

Scottsdale, Arizona, 13400, United States
Houston Methodist

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Maine Medical Center

Portland, Maine, 04102, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
Saint Luke's

Overland Park, Kansas, 66207, United States
UAB Structural Heart and Valve Clinic

Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
UCSF Cardiology

San Francisco, California, 94117, United States
UPMC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
UVA Heart and Vascular Center

Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
Wellspan York Hospital

York, Pennsylvania, 17403, United States
Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States

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