New balloon device aims to unclog brain arteries and prevent strokes
NCT ID NCT07170618
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new balloon microcatheter in 56 people with severely narrowed brain arteries (70% or more blockage). The device can both widen the artery and deliver other treatments. Researchers will check if it works safely and effectively, tracking complications like strokes or vessel damage.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- balloon microcatheter
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could offer a safer, more effective way to open narrowed brain arteries and deliver treatments, potentially reducing stroke risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 56 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Risks include vessel damage, stroke, or device failure.
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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 56 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
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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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: 1. 18 to 80 years of age 2. Patients with intracranial artery stenosis (Degree of stenosis: ≥70%) 3. Target vessel reference diameter must be visually estimated to be 1.25 mm to 4.50 mm 4. Willingness to participate in this clinical trial and signing the consent form for patients or their legally authorised representatives Exclusion Criteria: 1. The proximal end of the target vessel is extremely tortuous, severely angulated, or heavily calcified, making it difficult for the device to reach the target vessel 2. Pre-existing severe respiratory, hepatic, or renal diseases (e.g., creatinine ≥ 3.0 mg/dL) or coagulation disorders 3. Disabling stroke with a baseline mRS score ≥ 3 points 4. Non-atherosclerosis diseases 5. Patients with stroke caused by branch occlusion 6. Patients who were participating in other clinical trials who had not yet reached the primary clinical endpoint 7. Known hypersensitivity to aspirin, heparin, anesthetics and contrast agents 8. Investigators consider the patient who is not suitable for enrolling in the present trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Harbin, China
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