New catheter device aims to repair leaky mitral valves in high-risk patients
NCT ID NCT04820764
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early study tests a new device called the CardioMech Mitral Valve Repair System in 25 people with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation (a leaky heart valve) who are at intermediate or high risk for surgery. The device is delivered through a catheter to repair the valve without open-heart surgery. The main goals are to check safety and see if the device reduces the leak.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CardioMech Mitral Valve Repair System (a device implanted via catheter to repair the mitral valve)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could offer a less invasive treatment option for people with leaky mitral valves who are too high-risk for open-heart surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early feasibility study with only 25 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The device could cause serious side effects or fail to improve valve function.
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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 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2021
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2031
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: * Eighteen (18) years of age or greater * Moderate to severe (≥3+) or severe (≥4+) mitral valve regurgitation (per American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) guidelines) due to mitral valve prolapse or flail * Intermediate or high surgical risk for mitral valve repair Exclusion Criteria: * History of rheumatic heart disease * History of prior endocarditis * History of prior repair or replacement of the mitral valve, or annuloplasty * Severely calcified mitral leaflet or has evidence of calcification in the grasping area of the leaflets that would prevent leaflet anchor positioning and deployment * Complex mechanism of MR (leaflet perforation, severe leaflet calcifications, commissural extension, commissural prolapse, multiple flail or prolapsing segments, cleft) present on required imaging
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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
10 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ascension St. Francis via Christi
RECRUITINGWichita, Kansas, 67226, United States
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Ascension St. Thomas West
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37205, United States
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Atrium Health Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCharlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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Baylor Scott & White, The Heart Hospital
RECRUITINGPlano, Texas, 75093, United States
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Cardiovascular Institute of Los Robles Health System
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGThousand Oaks, California, 91360, United States
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CentraCare Heart & Vascular Center
RECRUITINGSaint Cloud, Minnesota, 56303, United States
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Cleveland Clinic
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Intermountain Medical Center
RECRUITINGMurray, Utah, 84107, United States
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Mayo Clinic
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55902, United States
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NYU Langone
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10016, United States
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Northwestern University
RECRUITINGEvanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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The Christ Hospital
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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