New device aims to suck out dangerous blood clots, sparing patients from Long-Term leg damage
NCT ID NCT05701917
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 8 times
Summary
This study compares a device that physically removes blood clots from leg veins (ClotTriever) to standard blood-thinning medication alone for people with deep vein thrombosis (DVT). About 300 participants with recent, severe DVT in one leg will be randomly assigned to either treatment. The goal is to see if the device better prevents long-term complications like chronic leg pain and swelling.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ClotTriever System (a device that mechanically removes blood clots)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a more effective way to treat deep vein thrombosis and reduce the risk of long-term leg pain and swelling (post-thrombotic syndrome).
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early study with 300 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The device procedure carries risks like bleeding or vessel damage, and it may not prove better than standard blood thinners.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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 * Age ≥ 18 years * Proximal lower extremity unilateral DVT involving at least the common femoral, external iliac, or common iliac veins, alone or in combination * Symptom onset within 12 weeks of enrollment in the study * Significant symptoms, as defined by a Villalta score \> 9 * Willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria * Bilateral iliofemoral DVT * Prior venous stent in the target venous segment * IVC aplasia/hypoplasia or other congenital anatomic anomalies of the IVC or iliac veins * IVC filter in place at the time of enrollment * Limb-threatening circulatory compromise (e.g., phlegmasia) * Clot in transit including IVC thrombus presenting as extension of \>2cm into the IVC from the CIV * Symptomatic PE with right heart strain where the physician judges that a DVT intervention is inappropriate at this time. * Inability to be a candidate for intervention due to medical or technical reasons based on physician judgement * Severe allergy, hypersensitivity to, or thrombocytopenia from heparin * Severe allergy to iodinated contrast agents that cannot be mitigated * Hemoglobin \< 8.0 g/dL, INR \> 1.7 before warfarin was started, or platelets \< 50,000/µl which cannot be corrected prior to enrollment * Severe renal impairment (estimated GFR \< 30 ml/min) in patients who are not yet on dialysis * Inability to provide therapeutic anticoagulation per Investigator discretion * Uncontrolled severe hypertension on repeated readings (systolic \> 180mmHg or diastolic \> 105mmHg) * Recently (\< 30 days) had DVT interventional procedure * Subject is participating in another study that may interfere with this study * Life expectancy \< 6 months or chronic non-ambulatory status * Known hypercoagulable states that, in the opinion of the Investigator, cannot be medically managed throughout the study period * Subject has any condition for which, in the opinion of the Investigator, participation would not be in the best interest of the subject (e.g., contraindication to use of ClotTriever per local approved labeling, compromise the well-being or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments) * Subject has previously completed or withdrawn from this study * Patient unwilling or unable to conduct the follow up visits per protocol
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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
48 sites in 6 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Allegheny General Health Research Network
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States
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Allegheny St. Vincent Hospital
RECRUITINGErie, Pennsylvania, 16544, United States
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Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
TERMINATEDMilwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States
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Baptist Health Research Institute
RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States
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BayCare Health System
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33607, United States
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
TERMINATEDBerlin, State of Berlin, 10117, Germany
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Clements University Hospital (UTSW)
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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Cleveland Clinic
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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Community Healthcare System
TERMINATEDMunster, Indiana, 46321, United States
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Cooper University Hospital
RECRUITINGCamden, New Jersey, 08103, United States
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Freeman Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne
RECRUITINGNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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GSST London/St Thomas
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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HCA Florida Largo Hospital
TERMINATEDLargo, Florida, 33770, United States
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Helsinki University Hospital
RECRUITINGHelsinki, Finland
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Henry Ford Health
RECRUITINGDetroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Holy Name Medical Center
TERMINATEDTeaneck, New Jersey, 07666, United States
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Honor Health
RECRUITINGScottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States
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Huntington Health
RECRUITINGPasadena, California, 91105, United States
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Imperial College
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern
RECRUITINGBern, Switzerland
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Kantonsspital Baden
RECRUITINGBaden, Switzerland
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Klinikum Hochsauerland GmbH
RECRUITINGArnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, 59759, Germany
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Lakeland Vascular Institute
TERMINATEDLakeland, Florida, 33805, United States
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Lexington Medical Center
TERMINATEDWest Columbia, South Carolina, 29169, United States
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Luzerner Kantonsspital
RECRUITINGLucerne, Switzerland
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MVZ CCB Frankfurt und Main-Taunus GbR
RECRUITINGFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60389, Germany
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Manatee Memorial Hospital
TERMINATEDBradenton, Florida, 34208, United States
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McLaren Healthcare
RECRUITINGBay City, Michigan, 48708, United States
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MedStar Health Research Institution
RECRUITINGWashington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Memorial Health University Medical Center
TERMINATEDSavannah, Georgia, 31404, United States
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Mercy Health - The Heart Institute
TERMINATEDCincinnati, Ohio, 45211, United States
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Mission Health
TERMINATEDAsheville, North Carolina, 28801, United States
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MyMichigan Medical Center
RECRUITINGMidland, Michigan, 48670, United States
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NYP-Brooklyn Methodist
RECRUITINGBrooklyn, New York, 11215, United States
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NYU Langone Medical Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10016, United States
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Northwell Health
RECRUITINGBay Shore, New York, 11706, United States
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Oxford - John Radcliffe
RECRUITINGOxford, United Kingdom
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Pima Heart and Vascular
RECRUITINGTucson, Arizona, 85704, United States
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Prisma Health Upstate
TERMINATEDGreenville, South Carolina, 29615, United States
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Providence Sacred Heart Med Center
TERMINATEDSpokane, Washington, 99204, United States
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Rhode Island Hospital
RECRUITINGProvidence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
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SUNY, The University at Buffalo
TERMINATEDBuffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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Saint Francis Hospital
RECRUITINGTulsa, Oklahoma, 74136, United States
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Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
TERMINATEDKansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States
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Sarasota Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGSarasota, Florida, 34239, United States
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Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
RECRUITINGNorfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States
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Spartanburg Medical Center
RECRUITINGSpartanburg, South Carolina, 29303, United States
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St. Elizabeth Edgewood
TERMINATEDEdgewood, Kentucky, 41017, United States
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St. Louis University
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63104, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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UCI Medical Center
RECRUITINGOrange, California, 92868, United States
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University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
RECRUITINGLas Vegas, Nevada, 89102, United States
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University Of Colorado
RECRUITINGDenver, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of Maryland
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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University of Missouri
RECRUITINGColumbia, Missouri, 65212, United States
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Universität Leipzig
RECRUITINGLeipzig, Saxony, 04109, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Augsburg
RECRUITINGAugsburg, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
RECRUITINGHeidelberg, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
RECRUITINGTübingen, Baden-Würtemberg, 72076, Germany
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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Vascular and Interventional Specialists of Orange County
RECRUITINGOrange, California, 92868, United States
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Vienna General Hospital (AKH Wien)
RECRUITINGVienna, Austria
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Yale University
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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