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Heart study reveals hidden link between blocked arteries
NCT ID NCT07314879
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at 160 people with coronary artery disease who needed a stent in one artery and also had a partial blockage in another. Researchers measured pressure in the second blockage before and after stenting the first, to see if treatment changed the reading. The goal was to better understand how blockages in different arteries affect each other, which could guide future treatment decisions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better decide which blockages to treat, potentially reducing unnecessary procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only measures changes in pressure readings, not patient outcomes, so its direct impact on care is uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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160 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2020
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 who were scheduled for percutaneous coronary intervention of at least one coronary index stenosis and had at least one additional remote stenosis in a parallel coronary artery
- Ages
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18 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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Scheduled percutaneous coronary intervention for at least one coronary lesion (as indicated by evidence of myocardial ischemia on non-invasive stress imaging, an angiographic stenosis severity \>90% diameter stenosis, or an hemodynamically significant intracoronary pressure measurement) * Additional stenosis of ≥ 30% diameter stenosis in a parallel coronary artery anatomically suitable for wire-based intracoronary pressure assessment Exclusion Criteria: * ST-elevation myocardial infarction * Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction with immediate invasive strategy recommended by current ESC guidelines (e.g. due to hemodynamic instability, cardiogenic shock, acute heart failure presumed secondary to ongoing myocardial ischemia, recurrent or ongoing chest pain refractory to medical treatment, or life-threatening arrhythmias or cardiac arrest after presentation) * Acute totally occluded coronary artery * Unsuitability for intracoronary measurement of FFR (e.g. due to contraindications for the administration of adenosine)
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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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Deparment of Medicine 2 - Cardiology and Angiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen, 91054, Germany
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Department of Medicine 1 - Cardiology, Nephrology, Intensive Care and Rhythmology, St. Johannes Hospital Dortmund
Dortmund, 44137, Germany
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Steigerwaldklinik Burgebrach
Burgebrach, 96138, Germany
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