Heart valve study: could random placement be just as good?
NCT ID NCT05779787
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at people getting a new heart valve (TAVR) for a narrowed aortic valve. It compares two ways of placing the valve: one carefully aligned and one random. The goal is to see if the random method still allows doctors to easily reach the heart arteries later if needed. 100 participants will be followed to measure how well doctors can re-enter the arteries after the procedure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simpler, faster valve placement is just as good for allowing future heart procedures, potentially simplifying TAVR for many patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (100 patients) looking at technical success, not long-term health outcomes. The results may not apply to all patients or valve types.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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.
Who is studied
Consecutive patients with severe aortic stenosis diagnosed according to ESC guidelines, undergoing transcatheters aortic valve replacement with Navitor valve randomly implanted or Acurate Neo with commisural alignment technique
- 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.
Patients to be included in this registry should have all the following criteria: 1\. Severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis with an indication to TAVI Exclusion criteria and definition Patients excluded in this registry should have all the following criteria: 1. Valve in Valve procedure 2. Hemodynamical instability 3. TAVR performed from other access (not femoral) 4. No-CT Planned TAVR 5. TAVR performed with Chimney Technique
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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ASST GOM Niguarda
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, 20162, Italy
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