New heart valve device shows promise for High-Risk patients
NCT ID NCT03613246
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how well the ALLEGRA TAVI system works in real-world patients with severe aortic valve disease who are at high risk for surgery. Researchers tracked 346 patients to see if the device improves survival and quality of life. The goal is to control the disease and reduce symptoms, not to cure it.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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346 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2019
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
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
Symptomatic patients with elevated surgical risk and candidate for TAVI with severe calcified and stenotic aortic valves or failing surgical bioprosthetic aortic valves.
- 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: 1. Symptomatic degeneration of severe calcified aortic heart valve OR failing surgical aortic bioprosthetic valve 2. Acceptable candidate for elective treatment with the ALLEGRA TAVI System TF (according to the most recent version of the ALLEGRA Instructions For Use) 3. High risk for surgery as assessed by the heart team 4. Has signed the Patient Informed Consent Form \>= 18 years Exclusion Criteria: General: 1. Echocardiographic evidence of intracardiac thrombus or vegetation 2. Significant aortic disease such as severe obstructive calcification or marked tortuosity or kinking which will preclude a safe advancement of the ALLEGRA TAVI System TF 3. Iliofemoral vessel conditions such as severe obstructive calcification, severe tortuosity or kinking that would preclude safe placement of an 18 Fr introducer sheath or make endovascular access to the aortic valve impossible 4. Severe ventricular dysfunction with LVEF \<20% 5. Evidence of active endocarditis or other acute infections 6. Renal failure requiring continuous renal replacement therapy 7. Known hypersensitivity to contrast media, which cannot be adequately pre-medicated or contraindication to anticoagulant or anti-platelet medication or to nitinol alloy or to bovine tissue 8. Life expectancy ≤ 12 months due to other medical illness 9. Currently participating in another investigational drug or device study Patients with native aortic valve disease: 1. Unicuspid or bicuspid aortic valve 2. Non-calcified aortic stenosis 3. Combined aortic valve disease with predominant aortic regurgitation \> 3 4. Distance between aortic valve basal plane and the orifice of the lowest coronary artery \< 8 mm Patients with degenerated surgical bioprosthetic aortic valves: 1. Low position of the coronary ostia, especially in combination with shallow sinuses 2. Internal diameter of the bioprosthesis is ≤16 mm or \>28 mm 3. Partially detached leaflets that in the aortic position may obstruct a coronary ostium
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinica Mediterranea Neapel
Naples, Italy
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Heartcentre Catharina Hospital Eindhoven
Eindhoven, 5623 EJ, Netherlands
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Herz- und Gefäßzentrum Bad Bevensen
Bad Bevensen, 29549, Germany
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Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro
Vigo, 36213, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, 28046, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria
Málaga, 29010, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Salamanca
Salamanca, 37007, Spain
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Kath. Marienkrankenhaus
Hamburg, 22087, Germany
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MH Hannover
Hanover, 30625, Germany
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Morriston Hospital
Swansea, United Kingdom
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Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, 20132, Italy
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Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, 90220, Finland
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SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn
Heilbronn, 74078, Germany
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Schuechtermann-klinik
Bad Rothenfelde, Germany
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