Heart device procedure may get easier with new imaging technique
NCT ID NCT06007872
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a heart ultrasound method called Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) works as well as the standard method (TEE) for placing the Watchman device in people with atrial fibrillation. The Watchman device helps prevent strokes by closing off a part of the heart where clots can form. About 100 participants will receive the device using ICE guidance, and doctors will check if it is placed correctly. If successful, this could make the procedure simpler and more comfortable for patients.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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
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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: * All patients who meet guideline established criteria for commercially available Watchman device implant and not enrolled in an active clinical trial Exclusion Criteria: * Patients in whom a procedural TEE cannot be performed and an ICE only implant is needed. * Patients receiving a concomitant ablation procedure * Patients with prior incomplete surgical or percutaneous left atrial appendage ligation/exclusion procedures * Patients in whom the delivery of trans-septal equipment is anticipated to be difficult (e.g. patent foramen ovale (PFO) or atrial septal defect (ASD) closure devices in place).
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cleveland Clinic
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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