New heart pump driver could be lifeline for kids awaiting transplants
NCT ID NCT05610787
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a new driving system for the EXCOR Pediatric heart pump, which helps children with severe heart failure while they wait for a heart transplant. About 40 children will take part to see if the new driver works safely and effectively. The goal is to keep patients alive and stable until a donor heart becomes available.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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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Up to 21 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: * Patient meets all indications as specified in the current version of the Instructions for Use (IFU) of the EXCOR® Pediatric VAD system as shown below: "EXCOR is intended to provide mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to cardiac transplantation for pediatric patients. Pediatric patients with severe isolated left ventricular or biventricular dysfunction who are candidates for cardiac transplant and require circulatory support may be treated using EXCOR." • Patient and/or legal representative has signed the study informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: • Patient has any contraindication as specified in the current version of the IFU of the EXCOR® Pediatric VAD system as shown below: "Patients unable to tolerate systemic anticoagulation therapy should not be implanted with EXCOR components. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is contraindicated in patients after being implanted with EXCOR. Patients with aortic valve regurgitation that is more than moderate that cannot be re- paired at the time of implantation should not be implanted with EXCOR. If repair of the aortic valve regurgitation requires surgical closure of the aortic valve, EXCOR should not be implanted. EXCOR is not intended to be used as a total artificial heart and should not be used in this configuration." * Patient and/or legal representative has not given written consent to participate in the study (non-consent). * Females of childbearing age who are not on contraceptives or surgically sterile or pregnant.
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
17 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ann&Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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CS Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Children's Hospital Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, United States
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Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Children's National
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin, Texas, 78723, United States
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Levine Children's Hospital
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28203, United States
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital-Stanford
Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States
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St Louis Children's Hospital
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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University of Florida - SHands
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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