Laser zaps stent blockages better than balloons?
NCT ID NCT07382154
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using a laser to clear re-narrowed heart stents works better than standard balloon treatment. About 1,260 adults with drug-eluting stent restenosis will be enrolled. The goal is to see if laser-assisted angioplasty reduces heart-related deaths, heart attacks, or the need for repeat procedures within one year.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 1,260 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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.
Who is studied
The study plans to enroll patients aged ≥ 18 years who have undergone coronary angioplasty for DES restenosis. It will be a retrospective and prospective multicenter national cohort study.
- Ages
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19 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: * Patients aged ≥ 18 years who have undergone coronary angioplasty for restenosis of a drug-eluting stent in at least one coronary vessel * Acquisition of written informed consent from patients included in the study * 1-year follow-up in patients in the retrospective cohort Exclusion Criteria: * concurrent presence of a new angiographically significant lesion on the coronary artery treated for ISR * hybrid treatment of two or more drug-eluting stent restenoses in the same angioplasty procedure. That is, treatment of one or more restenoses with balloon-based therapy alone and treatment of one or more restenoses using the ELCA technique in the same angioplasty procedure. * inability to take dual antiplatelet therapy for the period required by the coronary angioplasty procedure 4) life expectancy \< 1 year
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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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IRCCS Policlinico di Sant'Orsola
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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