Heart device watchdog: 5,000-Patient registry launches
NCT ID NCT04241328
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This registry is an observational study that will follow 5,000 people who receive a Medtronic heart surgery device. Its goal is to confirm the devices are safe and work well in everyday use, and to spot any new risks. No new treatment is being tested—just real-world monitoring.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 5,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2020
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
All consecutive subjects with the intent of being treated or treated (up to discharge from treating hospital) with a market-approved Medtronic CS product, are candidates to be enrolled. The Investigator will determine subject eligibility in SYMBIOSIS based upon the inclusion/exclusion criteria. If a subject meets all inclusion and none of the exclusion criteria, they will be informed about the SYMBIOSIS Registry. SYMBIOSIS will collect data of numerous patient conditions for which Medtronic CS products are being used.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Subject or legally authorized representative provides written data release and/or informed consent per institution and/or geographical requirements prior to discharge from participating registry hospital. * Subject will undergo or underwent a procedure in which an eligible Medtronic CS product is/was used. Exclusion Criteria: * Currently participating in an interventional drug or device study which may induce confounding factor(s) to the results from this Registry
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
6 sites in 4 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AKH Wien
RECRUITINGVienna, 1090, Austria
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CHU d'Angers
COMPLETEDAngers, France
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Catharina Ziekenhuis
COMPLETEDEindhoven, 5623 EJ, Netherlands
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Clinique Claude Bernard
TERMINATEDMetz, 57070, France
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Deutsches Herzzentrum München
RECRUITINGMunich, 80636, Germany
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Haukeland Universitetssjukehus
SUSPENDEDBergen, Norway
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Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW
RECRUITINGBad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Hospital Clinic Barcelona
COMPLETEDBarcelona, 08036, Spain
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Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+)
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGMaastricht, 6229 HX, Netherlands
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Onassis Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGAthens, Greece
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St. Antonius Ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGNieuwegein, Netherlands
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UZ Leuven
COMPLETEDLeuven, Belgium
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Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
RECRUITINGAachen, Germany
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Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
COMPLETEDGenk, 3600, Belgium
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