New study pokes at best fix for leaky heart valve in Blocked-Artery patients
NCT ID NCT04822675
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at two treatment options for people who have both a leaky heart valve (ischemic mitral regurgitation) and blocked heart arteries. One option is open-heart surgery to fix the valve and bypass the blockages at the same time. The other is a less invasive procedure to repair the valve, followed by surgery to bypass the blockages. The goal is to see which approach leads to better survival and fewer complications like heart attack or stroke. About 80 adults with severe valve leakage and reversible heart muscle damage will take part.
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Study facts
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- 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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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: 1. Patients with severe ischemic Mitral regurgitation (MR), as defined by the 2017 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) guidelines for noninvasive evaluation of native valvular regurgitation. 2. Presence of reversible myocardial ischemia confirmed by preoperative myocardial viability study using radionuclide imaging. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with mixed mitral valve pathology, including fibroelastic deficiency, rheumatic valve disease, ruptured mitral valve chordae, mitral valve endocarditis. 2. Patients with acute ischemic MR, defined as MR caused by papillary muscle infarction and rupture. 3. Age \< 18 years. 4. Prohibitive surgical risk or contraindications to Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) as defined by the Heart Team. 5. Need for a concomitant surgical procedure, excluding Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), tricuspid valve repair, Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, Atrial septal defect (ASD) closure and Maze procedure. 6. Prior mitral valve repair procedure (percutaneous or surgical). 7. Leaflet anatomy unsuitable for MitraClip implantation, proper MitraClip positioning on the leaflets or sufficient reduction in MR by the MitraClip.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada
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