New balloon trick may save heart muscle during heart attacks
NCT ID NCT07646977
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 03, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a simple balloon inflation technique to modify blood clots during emergency heart artery opening. 100 heart attack patients will either get the balloon procedure or standard care. The goal is to see if this reduces damage to the heart muscle and improves recovery after 3 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- balloon inflation procedure
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a simple technique that reduces heart muscle damage during heart attack treatment, potentially improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 100 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The procedure may not improve outcomes or could cause complications.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2034
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: * ST-elevation at the J-junction in a minimum of two contiguous ECG leads with a minimum of ≥ 0.1 mV in all leads, except for V2 and V3 (which required ≥ 0.2 for men ≥ 40 years old, ≥ 0.25 in men \< 40 years old, or ≥ 0.15 mV for all women) or new left bundle branch * Admission to hospital within 12 hours of symptom debut * Angiographic signs of a culprit lesion planned to be treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years or inability to provide informed consent * Life expectancy of \< 12 months * Hemodynamically instability * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Known asthma or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease * Expected inability to perform physiological measurements (due to severely tortuous arteries, ostial disease or very distal disease), * CMR contraindications (estimated glomerular filtration rate \< 30 mL/min, magnetic or mechanically activated implants, or any prior metal implants, severe claustrophobia) * Expected to or unavoidable to use thrombectomy
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Conditions
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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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Odense University Hospital
RECRUITINGOdense, Denmark
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