New balloon treatment could unclog tiny heart arteries without stents
NCT ID NCT07158307
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is testing a special balloon coated with a drug (paclitaxel) and natural substances (shellac and vitamin E) to treat small coronary artery disease. The balloon is inflated inside the narrowed artery to deliver the drug and help keep it open. Researchers will follow 3,000 adults for several years to see if this approach reduces heart-related complications like heart attack or the need for repeat procedures.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter with shellac and vitamin E
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safer, effective way to treat small coronary artery disease without permanent implants like stents.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a randomized trial, so results may be less definitive. Risks include vessel injury or incomplete opening.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2031
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.
Who is studied
Subjects who underwent PCI with GENOSS DCB for small coronary artery disease with de novo lesions
- Ages
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19 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: * Adults over the age of 19 * Patients with new lesions with coronary small vascular disease (vascular diameter \<3.0 mm) underwent a GENOSS® DCB procedure through percutaneous coronary intervention * Subjects who agreed to the clinical research plan and the clinical follow-up plan, voluntarily decided to participate in this clinical study, and agreed in writing to the consent of the study subjects Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who plan to become pregnant during the period of this study as women of the gestational age * Subjects whose remaining life expectancy is expected to be less than one year * Subjects who visited the hospital due to psychogenic shock at the time of visiting the hospital and are predicted to have a low chance of survival based on medical judgment * If it falls under any of the following items after prior dilation of the target lesion; * Stent procedures are required due to vascular detachment that limits blood flow * If the residual stenosis is \>30% * If the TIMI flow is \<3 * Subjects participating in a randomized study of medical devices * If the researcher determines that it is not appropriate for this clinical study or may increase the risk associated with participation in the study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. 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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Ulsan University Hospital
Ulsan, 44033, South Korea
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