New heart valve device tested in canada for severe leaky valve
NCT ID NCT07171060
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early study tests a new device called the Laplace TTVR System, which is designed to replace the tricuspid valve without open-heart surgery. It involves 15 people aged 60-90 with severe tricuspid regurgitation that continues despite medication. The main goal is to see if the device can be safely implanted and works as intended.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Laplace TTVR System (a device for replacing the tricuspid valve without open-heart surgery)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a less invasive treatment option for people with severe tricuspid regurgitation who are not helped by medication alone.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small study (15 people) focused on safety and feasibility. The device may not work as expected, and there are risks from the procedure itself, such as complications from valve 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 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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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60 to 90 years
- 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. 60 - 90 years of age at the time of the study procedure 2. Symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation despite being adequately treated with optimal medical therapy by the Local Heart Team for at least 30 days prior to the time of study consent. 3. Severe, massive or torrential tricuspid regurgitation determined by qualifying transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and/or transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) using the 5-grade classification. 4. Candidate felt suitable for transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement as determined by the local heart team and confirmed by the patient selection committee. For patients with pre-existing trans-tricuspid pacemaker or ICD leads, the local heart team shall include an electrophysiologist. 5. Anatomically suitable for the Laplace TTVR system including trans-jugular access 6 Subject or legally authorized representative has provided informed consent and agrees to return for all required post-procedure follow-up visits Exclusion Criteria: 1. Estimated life expectancy of less than 12 months 2. Systolic pulmonary artery pressure \> 65mmHg per TTE. 3. PVR \>5 Wood units 4. Acutely decompensated defined as hypotension with SBP \<90 mmHg, use of hemodynamic support devices or inotropes within the last 30 days 5. Severe COPD dependent on home oxygen or chronic home oxygen use 6. Echocardiographic evidence of severe right ventricular dysfunction 7. Severe aortic, mitral and/or pulmonic valve stenosis and/or regurgitation requiring treatment 8. New or untreated right heart chamber or/and superior vena cava intracardiac mass, thrombus, or vegetation 9. Presence of significant congenital heart disease including but not limited to hemodynamically significant atrial septal defect, RV dysplasia, and arrhythmogenic RV. 10. Untreatable hypersensitivity or contraindication to any of the following: Aspirin, and Clopidogrel or Ticlopidine, Heparin, and Bivalirudin, Warfarin, or DOAC, Nitinol Alloys. 11. Severe renal insufficiency defined as eGFR \<25 mL/min or requiring chronic renal replacement therapy at the time of screening committee review. 12. Current history (within last 5 years) of illicit drug use. 13. Any percutaneous cardiovascular intervention, cardiovascular surgery, or carotid surgery, within last 30 days. Implant or revision of any rhythm management device (CRT or CRT-D) or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or leadless pacemaker within 90 days prior to the study procedure 14. Need for emergent, urgent or planned surgery or intervention within 30 days following the study procedure. Planned or scheduled cardiac surgery within next 12 months. 15. Stroke or other major cerebrovascular event within 90-days prior to index procedure 16. Untreated clinically significant coronary artery disease requiring revascularization, recent (within last 30 days) acute coronary syndrome or myocardial infarction. 17. Active or recent GI bleed within 30 days prior to study procedure or patients Contraindicated for oral anticoagulation therapy 18. Bleeding disorders including thrombocytopenia or platelet count \<70,000 mm 3 or thrombocytosis (platelet count \>700,000 /mm 3) 19. Transfusion dependent chronic anemia with Hb \<9/dL 20. Current or planned pregnancy within next 12 months for women of childbearing potential 21. Active or recent endocarditis within last 90 days or, sepsis/ other systemic infection requiring oral or intravenous antibiotics within last 30 days 22. Prior tricuspid repair or tricuspid replacement or other device that would interfere with successful deployment or functioning of Laplace tricuspid valve. 23. Participation in another pre-market investigational device study or investigational drug study for a cardiac related drug 24. Presence of other anatomic or comorbid conditions, or other medical, social, or psychological conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, could limit the subject's ability to participate in the clinical investigation or to comply with follow-up requirements. Any patient considered to be vulnerable. 25. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 30% 26. Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within last 6 months 27. Child-Pugh C cirrhosis. 28. Contraindication or inability to complete TEE
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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St. Michael's Hospital
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada
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Sunnybrook Research Institute
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute
RECRUITINGOttawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada
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