Mini lead aims to supercharge heart failure therapy
NCT ID NCT03750058
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tested a new, very small lead (under 2 French) designed to improve cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure. In 20 patients getting a standard CRT device, doctors temporarily placed the new lead to see if it could pace the heart's left ventricle from multiple spots. The study measured how often the lead worked well and checked for any immediate problems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- new micro multipolar lead (device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more precise and less invasive way to deliver cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 20 patients, so results may not apply to everyone. The lead is new and could have unknown risks or fail to work as expected.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2018
- Finished
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Dec 2018
- 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.
- 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: * Male or female patient aged ≥18 years old. * Patient presenting a CRT-P or CRT-D indication according to the latest ESC guidelines . * Primary implant of a CRT device (including upgrade from a single or dual-chamber pacemaker or ICD). * Signed and dated informed consent. * Patient affiliated with, or beneficiary of a social security category. Exclusion Criteria: * Class IV of NYHA (ambulatory or not). * Allergy to contrast media used for imaging during cardiac catheterization. * Severe Renal Failure (clearance of creatinine \< 30ml/mn/m²). * Previous failure catheterization of the coronary sinus, or previous failure of left ventricular lead implantation. * Already included in another clinical study involving intra-cardiac active implantable device, or participation to any other clinical trial in the last 2 weeks. * Person deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision or placed under judicial protection (guardianship or supervision). * Known pregnancy, breastfeeding women or in childbearing age without an adequate contraceptive method (failure rate \< 1%).
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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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Bordeaux University Hospital
Bordeaux, France
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Lille University Hospital
Lille, France
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Rennes University Hospital
Rennes, France
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Rouen University Hospital
Rouen, France
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