Secret device trial raises questions
NCT ID NCT07664163
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This clinical trial is testing a medical device that has not been approved or cleared by the U.S. FDA. Most details about the study, including its purpose and who can join, are not publicly available. Because so little information is known, it is hard to say what the device does or whether it is safe.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- unapproved medical device
- What could go wrong
- The device is not FDA-approved, and trial details are withheld. Without clear data, it is impossible to assess safety or effectiveness.
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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 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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.
- Ages
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65 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: 1. Patients aged ≥65 2. Indicated for transfemoral TAVR for severe aortic stenosis
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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
2 sites. 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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Macquarie University Hospital
RECRUITINGSydney, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
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St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
RECRUITINGSydney, New South Wales, Australia
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