New sensor aims to cut hospital visits after heart valve fix
NCT ID NCT07442903
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a small implantable sensor that monitors pressure in the lung artery for patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation and heart failure. The sensor is placed before a minimally invasive valve repair, and pressure readings are tracked for a year. The goal is to see if early detection of pressure changes can prevent hospitalizations. About 45 participants will be enrolled at a single center in Germany.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cordella PA Sensor System (implantable device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better heart failure management after tricuspid valve repair, potentially reducing hospital stays and improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study (45 people) testing feasibility, not effectiveness. The device is new for right-sided heart failure, and results may not apply broadly. Risks include complications from sensor implantation.
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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 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- 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 * Heart-failure NYHA class III despite optimal medical therapy * Heart failure related hospitalization in the 12 month prior to Cordella PA pressure sensor system implant * Planned tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER) or transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) * Willingness to participate and sign informed consent * Ability to perform PA pressure reading and telemonitoring Exclusion Criteria: * Cardiogenic shock or hemodynamic instability * Previous tricuspid intervention or surgery with repair or replacement of tricuspid leaflets * Active endocarditis * Tricuspid valve stenosis (baseline tricuspid valve in-flow gradient \> 5 mmHg) * Life expectancy of less than 12 months * Chronic renal failure requiring dialysis * Anatomic conditions impeding implantation of PA sensor * Acute pulmonary embolism or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
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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
2 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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LMU Klinikum
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMunich, Germany
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LMU Munich
RECRUITINGMünchen, Germany