Catheter study for lung blood clots pulled before it started
NCT ID NCT06975969
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study was designed to test a special catheter that delivers clot-dissolving medicine directly into the lungs of people with blood clots. The trial was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available. It would have included adults aged 18 to 80 with submassive pulmonary embolism.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Versus™ Endovascular Pulmonary Artery Drug Delivery Catheter
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- 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
Patients age 18 - 80 years old who present with symptoms requiring intervention with delivery of physician-specified thrombolytics to the pulmonary vasculature, including patients who present with submassive pulmonary embolism (PE), who receive treatment using the Versus™ Catheter.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- 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: * Patients 18 - 80 years, inclusive * Patients who present with submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) * Patients requiring thrombolytic intervention to the pulmonary vasculature * Physician decision to use the Versus™ Catheter during the treatment of the patient Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent treatment with thrombectomy * Concurrent treatment with a catheter-directed thrombolysis device that is NOT the Versus™ Catheter * Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) * Active bleeding disorder1 * Recent cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack1 * Recent neurosurgery1 * Recent intracranial trauma1 * Absolute contraindication to anticoagulation1 * BMI \> 45kg/m2 * In the opinion of the investigator, the participant is not a suitable candidate for the study
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
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