New heart device aims to ease heart failure symptoms
NCT ID NCT03191656
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is tracking 500 heart failure patients in Germany who receive a small device called the InterAtrial Shunt. The device is implanted to create a tiny passage between the heart's upper chambers, which may help lower pressure and improve breathing and quality of life. Researchers are collecting real-world data on safety and effectiveness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- InterAtrial Shunt Device (IASD System II)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could offer a new way to manage heart failure by reducing pressure in the heart, potentially improving symptoms and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a randomized trial, so results may be less definitive. There are risks of device-related complications, and the device is already approved in the EU, so this study is for further confirmation.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2017
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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
Patients with heart failure with preserved (HFpEF) or mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF) with elevated left atrial pressures, who remain symptomatic despite standard Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT), in accordance with CE-mark approved labeling.
- Ages
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40 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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This is a post market registry so no criteria requirements (only recommendations).
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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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Bürgelspital Solothurn
Solothurn, Switzerland
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Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Essen
Essen, Germany
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Evangelisches Krankenhaus Paul Gerhardt Stift - Unfallstation
Wittenberg, Germany
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Heinrich Braun Klinikum
Zwickaü, Germany
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Helios Kliniken Schwerin
Schwerin, 19049, Germany
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Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen Klinik für Kardiologie
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Herz-Kreislauf-Zentrum Rotenburg
Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany
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Herzzentrum Dresden GmbH
Dresden, Germany
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Herzzentrum der Kerckhoff-Klinik
Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Herzzentrum der Universität zu Köln
Cologne, Germany
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Klinik für Innere Medizin III mit den Schwerpunkten Kardiologie, Angiologie und internistische
Kiel, Germany
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Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH
Chemnitz, Germany
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Klinikum Karlsburg
Karlsburg, Germany
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Klinikum Lippe GmbH
Detmold, Germany
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Klinikum Sankt Georg
Leipzig, Germany
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Klinikum am Plattenwald Bad Friedrichshall
Heilbronn, Germany
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Niels-Stensen-Kliniken - Marienhospital
Osnabrück, Germany
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Segeberger Kliniken GmbH
Bad Segeberg, Germany
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St Vincenz-Kranenhaus
Paderborn, Germany
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Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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Universitäts Klinikum Halle
Halle, Germany
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Universitätsklinik Ulm-Keßler
Ülm, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie u. Angiologie
Düsseldorf, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Gießen
Giessen, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Munster
Münster, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
Lübeck, Germany
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