New balloon could keep leg arteries open longer
NCT ID NCT05734157
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a special balloon coated with the drug everolimus to treat blockages in the leg's main arteries. The balloon is inflated inside the artery to push the blockage open and release the drug to help prevent the artery from narrowing again. The trial included 75 people with blocked or narrowed femoral or popliteal arteries. The goal was to see if the balloon is safe and effective at keeping the artery open and reducing the need for repeat treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- everolimus-coated balloon
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a better way to treat blocked leg arteries, reducing the chance of repeat blockages and the need for further procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is a first-in-human study with only 75 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The balloon may not keep arteries open as hoped, and there are risks like vessel damage or allergic reactions.
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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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75 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subject must be at least 18 years of age. 2. Subject or his/her legally authorized representative provides written informed consent prior to any clinical investigation related procedure, as approved by the appropriate Ethics Committee of the respective clinical site. 3. Subject must agree to undergo all clinical investigation plan-required follow-up visits and examinations. 4. Subjects with symptomatic leg ischemia, requiring treatment of SFA or popliteal (P1 segment) artery. 5. De novo or restenotic lesion(s) \>70% within the SFA and popliteal arteries in a single limb which are ≥3 cm and ≤15 cm in cumulative total length (by visual estimation). Lesion must be at least 2 cm from any stented area. 6. Subject is willing to comply with the required follow up visits, testing schedule and medication regimen. 7. Successful wire crossing of lesion. 8. Target vessel reference diameter ≥4 mm and ≤6 mm (by visual estimation). 9. Target lesion(s) can be treated with a maximum of two (2) CVT Everolimus-coated PTA Catheters. 10. At least one patent (less than 50% stenosis) tibio-peroneal run-off vessel confirmed by baseline angiography or prior MR angiography or CT angiography. 11. Life expectancy \>1 year 12. Rutherford classification of 2, 3 or 4. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or lactating females. 2. Co-existing clinically significant aneurismal disease of the abdominal aorta, iliac or popliteal arteries. 3. Significant gastrointestinal bleeding or any coagulopathy that would contraindicate the use of anti-platelet therapy. 4. Known intolerance to study medications, everolimus or contrast agents. 5. Doubts in the willingness or capability of the subject to allow follow-up examinations. 6. Subject is actively participating in another investigational device or drug study. 7. History of hemorrhagic stroke within 3 months of procedure. 8. Previous or planned surgical or interventional procedure within 30 days of index procedure. 9. Prior vascular surgery of the target lesion. 10. Lesion length is \<3 cm or \>15 cm or there is no normal proximal arterial segment in which duplex ultrasound velocity ratios can be measured. 11. Known inadequate distal outflow. 12. Significant inflow disease. 13. Acute or sub-acute thrombus in target vessel. 14. Use of adjunctive therapies (i.e. laser, atherectomy, cryoplasty, scoring/cutting balloons, brachytherapy, lithotripsy). 15. Outflow arteries (distal popliteal, anterior or posterior tibial or peroneal arteries) with significant lesions (≥ 50% stenosis) may not be treated during the same procedure. 16. Treatment of the contralateral limb during the same procedure or within 30 days of the study procedure. 17. Rutherford classification of 0, 1, 5 or 6 18. Presence of prohibitive calcification that precludes adequate PTA treatment. 19. Subjects held in custody in an institution by official or court order.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Pasteur
Toulouse, 31300, France
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DIAKO Krankenhaus Flensburg
Flensburg, 24939, Germany
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Hôpital Nord Laennec - CHU de Nantes
Saint-Herblain, 44800, France
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Hôpital Paris Saint Joseph
Paris, 75014, France
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Institut für Radiologie, Kinderradiologie und interventionelle Therapie
Berlin, 12351, Germany
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Jüdisches Krankenhaus Berlin
Berlin, 13347, Germany
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Polyclinique Les Fleurs
Ollioules, 83190, France
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Romed Klinikum Rosenheim
Rosenheim, 83022, Germany
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