Heart study tests Metal-Free option for long artery blockages
NCT ID NCT06710210
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 03, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study compares two ways to treat long, diffuse blockages in heart arteries. One method uses a temporary scaffold and drug-coated balloons that leave no permanent metal behind. The other uses standard metal stents. Researchers will check how well blood flow improves right after the procedure and at 12 months. The trial involves 150 adults with stable or unstable heart conditions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bioresorbable magnesium scaffold and drug-coated balloons
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this hybrid approach could offer a metal-free alternative to permanent stents for treating long coronary artery blockages, potentially reducing long-term complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 150 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The approach is new and may not be as effective or safe as standard stents.
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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 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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: Clinical inclusion criteria 1. Participant is ≥18 years. 2. Participant has provided written informed consent as approved by the independent Ethical Committee (EC) or Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the respective participating centre prior to any study-related procedure. 3. Participant is eligible for PCI according to the ESC guidelines (4, 5) . 4. Participant is hemodynamically stable. 5. Participant with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) or acute coronary syndrome (ACS): unstable angina, non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), or stabilized ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). 5a. Participants with STEMI are eligible for the treatment of non-culprit coronary lesions, if participant consent occurs ≥72 hours after successful primary PCI of the culprit STEMI lesion. 5b. Target lesion(s) to be treated are not located in the STEMI culprit vessel(s) and are not STEMI culprit lesion(s). 6\. Participant is eligible for dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin plus either clopidogrel, prasugrel, or ticagrelor for ≥6 months. 7\. Participant is willing to participate and able to comply with the protocol requirements for the duration of the study, including completion of study visits and control coronary angiogram at 12 months. Angiographic inclusion criteria 8. Target lesion length is \>40 mm according to operator visual estimation, which may be assisted by Quantitative Coronary Angiography (QCA), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), or Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). 9\. Target vessel has a maximum reference diameter between 3.0-4.6 mm according to operator visual estimation, which may be assisted by QCA, IVUS, or OCT. Notes: The proximal segment, which has a larger vessel diameter, will be treated with one Freesolve scaffold, in accordance with the vessel diameter range specified in the IFU. The distal segment, which naturally tapers to a smaller diameter, can be treated with one or more Pantera Lux DCB, in accordance with the vessel diameter range specified in the IFU. 10\. Target lesion with a baseline (pre-PCI) Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow ≥1. Exclusion criteria: Clinical exclusion criteria 1. Participant has a known allergy to contrast medium that cannot be adequately premedicated, or any known allergy or intolerance to aspirin, P2Y12 receptor inhibitors (clopidogrel, ticagrelor, or prasugrel), both heparin and bivalirudin, any of the following DES or bioresorbable scaffold component (magnesium, aluminium, tantalum, poly-L-lactide, or sirolimus), or drug-coated balloon component (paclitaxel). 2. Participant with STEMI \<72 hours prior to study index procedure. 12a: Participants with hemodynamically stable NSTEMI are eligible for study enrolment. 3. Participant with prior PCI within the target vessel during the last 12 months prior to the study index procedure. 4. Participant is on dialysis or has chronically impaired renal function defined as serum creatinine \>2.5 mg/dL or 221 μmol/L. 5. Participant is unable to adhere to DAPT for at least 6 months (e.g. planned surgery, dental surgical procedure, active bleeding disorders, active coagulopathy). 6. Participant is on oral anticoagulation therapy (OAC) prior to index procedure unless DAPT plus OAC (i.e. triple therapy) can be maintained for a minimum of 1 month. 7. Participant with life expectancy \<1 year. 8. Participant is pregnant and/or breastfeeding or intends to become pregnant during the duration of the study. 9. Participant unwilling or unable (e.g. physical or cognitive) to comply with study procedures, medication adherence and schedule. 10. Contraindications and limitations of the medical devices as described in the instructions for use. 11. Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse. 12. Inability to follow the procedures of the investigation, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant. 13. Participation in another investigation with an investigational drug or another MD within the 30 days prior to enrolment or during participation in the present investigation is generally not permitted. However, co-enrolment in another interventional clinical investigation may be allowed on a case-by-case basis, provided that: * the investigational interventions are scientifically and clinically distinct, the objectives and primary endpoints of the studies are not competing or confounding, * participation is not expected to interfere with participant safety, investigational device performance, or interpretation of the BIOHYBRID study endpoints. Angiographic exclusion criteria 14. Target vessel previously treated with a bare-metal stent or a drug-eluting stent and the target lesion is within 5 mm proximal or distal to the previously treated lesion. 15. Target lesion is a chronic total occlusion. 16. Target lesion is located in left main coronary artery, ostial left anterior descending artery, ostial left circumflex artery, or ostial right coronary artery (within 5.0 mm of the vessel origin). 17. Target lesion is located in, or supplied by, an arterial or venous bypass graft. 18. Target lesion with excessive tortuosity proximal to or within the lesion based on operator visual estimation, or heavily calcified target lesion which may be adequately prepared using a non-compliant and/or cutting/scoring balloon. 19. Target lesion requires treatment with a device other than a non-compliant balloon and/or a modified (cutting/scoring) balloon prior to scaffold/stent placement (including but not limited to atherectomy devices, intravascular lithotripsy). 20. Target lesion involves a coronary bifurcation with a side branch with reference vessel diameter ≥2.0 mm that requires a two-device strategy after pre-dilatation. 21. Presence of thrombus in the target vessel. 22. Future planned staged PCI or coronary artery bypass graft surgery after the study PCI procedure. 23. Target with unsuccessful lesion preparation, defined as the absence of residual stenosis ≥30%, TIMI flow grade \<3 following complete lesion preparation (6), type C to F coronary artery dissection according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) classification (7) (Appendix 2) and angiographic complications (e.g. distal embolization, or side branch closure).
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Conditions
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Basel University Hospital
RECRUITINGBasel, Switzerland
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Geneva University Hospitals
RECRUITINGGeneva, Canton of Geneva, 1205, Switzerland
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Inselspital
RECRUITINGBern, Switzerland
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Zurich University Hospital
RECRUITINGZurich, Switzerland
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