Heart failure patients get a tiny shunt without a permanent implant
NCT ID NCT05685303
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a device that creates a small opening between the heart's upper chambers to relieve pressure in people with chronic heart failure. Unlike other shunts, this one leaves no permanent implant behind. The trial will compare the device to a sham procedure in 700 patients and measure effects on survival, heart failure events, and quality of life after one year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Alleviant ALV1 System (a device that creates a small passage between the upper chambers of the heart without leaving a permanent implant)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new, less invasive way to lower pressure in the heart and reduce symptoms for people with a certain type of heart failure.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with no prior proof of benefit in humans. The sham control means some patients may not improve, and there are risks from the catheter procedure itself.
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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 700 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2032
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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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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Symptomatic HFpEF/HFmrEF with LVEF greater than or equal to 40% 2. NYHA Class II, III or ambulatory IV 3. Exercise right heart catheterization\* 1. Elevated left atrial pressure during exercise right heart catheterization (greater than or equal to 25 mmHg) 2. Exercise PVR \< 1.8 WU 4. Ongoing stable GDMT Exclusion Criteria: 1. Advanced heart failure 2. Presence of a pacemaker 3. Evidence of right heart dysfunction
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
75 sites in 14 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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4th Military Hospital
RECRUITINGWroclaw, Poland
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AZ Sint Jan Brugge
RECRUITINGBruges, Belgium
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Advent Health Orlando
RECRUITINGOrlando, Florida, 32803, United States
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Advocate Aurora Health/Aurora Research Institute
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGMilwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States
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Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
TERMINATEDChicago, Illinois, 60657, United States
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Arizona Cardiovascular Research Center
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGPhoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States
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Ascension Sacred Heart
RECRUITINGPensacola, Florida, 32504, United States
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Ascension St. John Hospital
TERMINATEDDetroit, Michigan, 48236, United States
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Atlanta VA Health Care System
RECRUITINGDecatur, Georgia, 30032, United States
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Austin Heart
RECRUITINGAustin, Texas, 78756, United States
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Austin Hospital
RECRUITINGHeidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia
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Barcelona Hospital del Mar
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08033, Spain
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Baylor Scott & White Research Institute
RECRUITINGPlano, Texas, 75093, United States
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Boston Medical Center
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Cardiovascular Institute of the South
RECRUITINGHouma, Louisiana, 70360, United States
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Centre Integre Universitaire de Sainte et de Services Scoiiaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS)
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 0C1, Canada
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Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 0C1, Canada
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ChristChurch Hospital
RECRUITINGChristchurch, 8011, New Zealand
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Cleveland Clinic
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Duke University Hospital
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27705, United States
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Dunedin Hospital
RECRUITINGDunedin, 9016, New Zealand
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Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital
TERMINATEDBarcelona, 08916, Spain
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HCA Florida Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32216, United States
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Hartford Hospital
TERMINATEDHartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States
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Hendrick Health
RECRUITINGAbilene, Texas, 79601, United States
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HonorHealth
TERMINATEDScottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States
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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca
RECRUITINGSalamanca, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28222, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Puerta del Cadíz
TERMINATEDCadiz, 11009, Spain
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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08025, Spain
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Humanitas Research Milan
TERMINATEDRozzano, Michigan, Italy
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Indiana University
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Instituto Auxologico Italiano
RECRUITINGMilan, 20149, Italy
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Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Kardiocentrum Nemocnice AGEL Trinec-Podlesi
RECRUITINGTřinec, 73961, Czechia
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Kashubian Center for Heart and Vascular Diseases, Pomeranian
RECRUITINGWejherowo, 84-200, Poland
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Lenox Hill Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10075, United States
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Marienkrankenhaus
TERMINATEDHamburg, 22087, Germany
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Medical University of South Carolina
RECRUITINGCharleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Medizinische Universität Graz
RECRUITINGGraz, Austria
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Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center
RECRUITINGLong Beach, California, 90806, United States
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Midwest Cardiovascular Institute
RECRUITINGNaperville, Illinois, 60540, United States
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Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
RECRUITINGMinneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States
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Mission Hospital
RECRUITINGAsheville, North Carolina, 28801, United States
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Monash Health Victorian Heart Hospital
RECRUITINGClayton, Victoria, 3068, Australia
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Monument Health
RECRUITINGRapid City, South Dakota, 57701, United States
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NC Heart and Vascular Research
RECRUITINGRaleigh, North Carolina, 27607, United States
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NCH Research Institute
RECRUITINGNaples, Florida, 34102, United States
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New York University
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10016, United States
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OLV Hospital
RECRUITINGAalst, Belgium
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Pima Heart and Vascular
RECRUITINGTucson, Arizona, 85718, United States
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Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute
RECRUITINGHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17101, United States
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Poznan University of Medical Sciences
RECRUITINGPoznan, Poland
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Prairie Education and Research Cooperative
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGSpringfield, Illinois, 62769, United States
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Prisma Health - Midlands
RECRUITINGColombia, South Carolina, 29203, United States
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ProMedica Toledo Hospital
RECRUITINGToledo, Ohio, 43606, United States
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Providence St. Vincent's Medical Center
TERMINATEDPortland, Oregon, 97225, United States
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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
RECRUITINGSanta Barbara, California, 93105, United States
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Scripps Clinical Research Services
RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92121, United States
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Shaare Zedek Medical Center
TERMINATEDJerusalem, Israel
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Shamir Medical Center
RECRUITINGZrifin, Israel
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Silesian Center for Heart Disease
RECRUITINGZabrze, Poland
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South Oklahoma Heart Research, LLC.
RECRUITINGOklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73135, United States
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Southlake Regional Hospital Centre
RECRUITINGNewmarket, Ontario, L3Y 2P6, Canada
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St. Elizabeth Healthcare
RECRUITINGEdgewood, Kentucky, 41017, United States
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St. Francis Hospital
TERMINATEDRoslyn, New York, 11576, United States
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Stern Cardiovascular Foundation
RECRUITINGGermantown, Tennessee, 38138, United States
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Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
TERMINATEDBrighton, Massachusetts, 02135, United States
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Stony Brook Medicine
RECRUITINGStony Brook, New York, 11794-8167, United States
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Tbilisi Heart and Vascular
RECRUITINGTbilisi, Georgia
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, Israel
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Tennova Healthcare - Turkey Creek Medical Center
RECRUITINGKnoxville, Tennessee, 37934, United States
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The Cardiac and Vascular Institute (TCAVI)
RECRUITINGGainesville, Florida, 32504, United States
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UC Davis Medical Center
RECRUITINGSacramento, California, 95817, United States
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UMC of Southern Nevada
RECRUITINGLas Vegas, Nevada, 89102, United States
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UT Southwestern
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75930, United States
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Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH)
RECRUITINGLübeck, 23538, Germany
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University Clinical Hospital in Opole
RECRUITINGOpole, Poland
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University Hospital UMHAT Sveti Georgi
RECRUITINGPlovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria
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University Medical Center New Orleans
RECRUITINGNew Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States
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University of California San Francisco
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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University of Washington
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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Universitätsklinikum Kardiologie
RECRUITINGMagdeburg, 39120, Germany
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Uniwesytecki Szpital Kliniczny
RECRUITINGWroclaw, Poland
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VA Ann Arbor
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48105, United States
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VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
TERMINATEDNew York, New York, 10010, United States
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Valencia Hospital Clinico
RECRUITINGValencia, 46010, Spain
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Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Barcelona
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Spain
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Waco Cardiology
RECRUITINGWaco, Texas, 76712, United States
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Washington University - St Louis
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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ZAS Middelheim
RECRUITINGAntwerp, Belgium
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