Heart stent study halted: Real-World data sought
NCT ID NCT03190057
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how well the BIOFREEDOM stent works in everyday medical practice for people with narrowed heart arteries. Researchers planned to track 218 patients to see rates of death, heart attack, or need for repeat procedures. The study was stopped early, so results are limited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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218 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2019
- Finished
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Sep 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
Patient with BIOFREEDOM™ FAMILY stent
- Ages
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19 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 19 and more * Patient with BIOFREEDOM™ FAMILY stent * Written consent Exclusion Criteria: * Intervention with BIOFREEDOM™ FAMILY stent and other drug eluting stent at the same time * Life-expectancy less than 1 year * Cardiac shock
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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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Asan Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
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Chonnam National University Hospital
Gwangju, South Korea
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Eulji General Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
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Gachon University Gil Hospital
Incheon, South Korea
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Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
Anyang, South Korea
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Inje University Pusan Paik Hospital
Pusan, South Korea
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Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Cheonan
Cheonan, South Korea
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The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon ST. Mary's Hospital
Daejeon, South Korea
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