Balloon breakthrough: No-Stent fix for clogged heart arteries shows promise
NCT ID NCT05977842
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a special balloon coated with medication to reopen completely blocked heart arteries in 309 people. The balloon delivers drug to keep the artery open without leaving a permanent stent. Researchers checked if the artery stayed open and if there were any heart problems within 6 months.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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309 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2012
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- 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 de novo CTO undergoing successful PCI with the use of DCB-only strategy.
- 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: * de novo coronary CTO undergoing successful recanalization with the use of DCB-only strategy at the occlusion site Exclusion Criteria: * de novo coronary CTO undergoing successful recanalization with the use of DES at the occlusion site * in-stent CTO
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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1st Military Hospital
Lublin, Poland
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American Heart of Poland
Bielsko-Biala, Poland
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Bielanski Hospital
Warsaw, Poland
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Dr Alfred Sokolowski Specialist Hospital
Wałbrzych, Poland
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Emergency Clinical County Hospital
Oradea, Romania
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Graz University Heart Center
Graz, Austria
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Heart Institute
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid
Valladolid, Spain
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Hospital zum Heiligen Geist
Kempen, Germany
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Humanitas University
Milan, Italy
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Jagiellonian University Medical College
Krakow, Poland
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John Paul II Hospital
Krakow, Poland
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John Paul II Western Hospital
Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
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Jolimont Hospital
Uccle, Belgium
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Kardiologické Centrum AGEL
Pardubice, Czechia
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Klinik Ottakring
Vienna, Austria
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Liberec Regional Hospital
Liberec, Czechia
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Lille University Hospital
Lille, France
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MSWiA Hospital
Lodz, Poland
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MSWiA Hospital
Lublin, Poland
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MSWiA Hospital
Rzeszów, Poland
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Medical University of Bialystok
Bialystok, Poland
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Military Institute of Medicine
Warsaw, Poland
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National Institute of Cardiology
Warsaw, Poland
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Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Poznan, Poland
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SP ZOZ Hospital
Puławy, Poland
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Santissima Annunziata Hospital
Savigliano, Italy
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Shamir Assaf Harofeh MC
Be’er Ya‘aqov, Israel
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Silesian Center for Heart Disease
Zabrze, Poland
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University Hospital Brno
Brno, Czechia
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University of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary
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University of Szeged
Szeged, Hungary
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Villa Sofia Hospital
Palermo, Italy
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Wroclaw Medical University
Wroclaw, Poland
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Županijska bolnica Čakovec
Čakovec, Croatia
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