New heart solution tested in Kids' surgery: could it offer better protection?
NCT ID NCT07381530
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two solutions, Custodiol and Custodiol-N, used to protect the heart during surgery for children with congenital heart defects. About 100 children will receive one of the two solutions while on a heart-lung machine. The goal is to see which one is safer and better at preventing heart damage.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Custodiol-N (a cardioplegia solution)
- What this could lead to
- If Custodiol-N proves safer or more protective, it could become a preferred option to protect children's hearts during surgery for birth defects.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial that is currently suspended, so results may be delayed or never completed. The study compares two similar solutions, so a major breakthrough is unlikely.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- 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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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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24 hours to 17 years
- 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: * Age from birth to less than 18 years of age * congenital heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia * written informed consent of the patients and/ or their legal guardians (must be available before enrolment in the study) * Ability of the legal guardians to understand character and individual consequences of the clinical trial Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have participated within 30 days or are still participating in any other interventional study * History of severe organic (e.g. liver or kidney) disease other than concerning the heart * History of psychiatric disease * Pregnancy and lactation
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Deutsches Herzzentrum München, TUM Universitätsklinikum, Klinik für Chirurgie angeborener Herzfehler und Kinderherzchirurgie
München, 80636, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Abteilung für Kinderherzchirurgie und angeborene Herzfehler
Giessen, 35385, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Münster, Klinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie,Sektion Kinderherzchirurgie
Münster, 48149, Germany
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