New device sucks out dangerous blood clots in leg veins
NCT ID NCT05003843
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study is testing a device called the Indigo Aspiration System that suctions out blood clots in people with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the leg. The goal is to see if it safely and effectively removes the clot and restores blood flow. About 229 participants with recent DVT symptoms are being treated with this device and followed for complications.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Indigo Aspiration System (a device that suctions out blood clots)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safer, more effective way to quickly remove large blood clots in the leg veins, potentially reducing long-term damage and complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-arm study without a comparison group, so benefits may be overstated. Risks include bleeding, device-related injury, or the clot returning.
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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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229 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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 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: * Unilateral lower extremity DVT occlusion involving iliac and/or common femoral veins with up to 2 cm extension in the inferior vena cava (IVC) or femoral in combination with iliac veins, including patients with extension of clot into the contralateral common iliac vein Note: Patients with non-iliofemoral DVT in the contralateral limb, who do not require endovascular treatment, may be enrolled * Acute thrombotic or thromboembolic occlusion with symptom duration of 14 days or less at presentation * Frontline treatment with Indigo Aspiration System in the target venous segment per Investigator decision * Patient is ≥18 years of age * Informed consent is obtained per Institutional Review Board requirements Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to systemic or therapeutic doses of anticoagulants * Contraindication to iodinated contrast venography that cannot be adequately premedicated * Complete infrarenal IVC occlusion * In the index leg: prior DVT * Prior stent in target venous segment * Treatment of index DVT with thrombolytics within 14 days prior to index procedure * Pulmonary embolism (PE) defined as either high (systolic blood pressure \< 90 mmHg and/or patient on IV vasoactive medication to support blood pressure), or intermediate high-risk PE, as defined by the European Society Guideline on management of PE. Low risk PE and/or intermediate low risk PE can be enrolled. * Known coagulation disorders both acquired (e.g., Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia, etc.) or genetic (e.g., Factor V Leiden, etc.), thrombophilia, or hypercoagulable state * Pregnant patients * Life expectancy \<1 year due to comorbidities * Primary brain, metastatic cancer or marrow malignancies * Current participation in another investigational drug or device study that may confound the results of this study. Studies requiring extended follow-up for products that were investigational but have since become commercially available are not considered investigational studies. * Other medical, behavioral, or psychological conditions that, in the opinion of the Investigator, precludes the patient from appropriate consent, could limit the patient's ability to participate in the study, including compliance with follow-up requirements, or that could impact the scientific integrity of the study * Pre-existing malpositioned stent(s) that obstructs the ostium of the index iliac vein and contacts the vena cava wall as demonstrated by venography prior to the index procedure * Congenital anatomic anomalies of the IVC or iliac veins
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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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BUMC - Dallas (Scott & White)
Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States
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Baptist of Miami
Miami, Florida, 33176, United States
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Christ Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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Christiana Care
Newark, Delaware, 19713, United States
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Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Hackensack Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States
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Holston Valley Medical
Kingsport, Tennessee, 37660, United States
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Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46290, United States
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Jewish Barnes Hospital
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Kaleida University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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LSU Hospital Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana, 71103, United States
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Lafayette General/Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Lafayette, Louisiana, 70503, United States
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Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602, United States
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Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York, 10075, United States
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Long Beach Medical Center
Long Beach, California, 90806, United States
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Lovelace Heart
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102, United States
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MUSC
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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McLaren Greater Lansing
East Lansing, Michigan, 48910, United States
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MedStar Washington
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Memorial Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, 32216, United States
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Mount Sinai Miami
Miami Beach, Florida, 33140, United States
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Mount Sinai NY
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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NC Heart and Vascular Research
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607, United States
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NYU
New York, New York, 11220, United States
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Nebraska Methodist
Omaha, Nebraska, 68118, United States
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Northwestern Memorial
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Protestant Memorial Medical Center, Inc
Belleville, Illinois, 62226, United States
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Radiology and Imaging Specialists
Lakeland, Florida, 33805, United States
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Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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Sarasota Memorial
Sarasota, Florida, 34239, United States
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Sentara
Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States
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Sharp Grossmont
La Mesa, California, 91942, United States
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St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48197, United States
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St. Vincent
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260, United States
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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States
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TriHealth
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45242, United States
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UCLA
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States
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UPenn
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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