Heart valve study pulled before it even started
NCT ID NCT04636073
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study was designed to test a device called Leaflex Performer for people with severe aortic stenosis, a condition where the heart's aortic valve becomes narrow. The goal was to see if the device could safely improve valve function without needing surgery or a new valve. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available.
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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.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- 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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18 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: * Patient with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis who are operable, but not recommended by the heart team for immediate treatment with surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement. * Patient is willing to comply with scheduled visits and tests and is able and willing to provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Inoperable for emergency surgery. * Moderate or greater aortic regurgitation. * Anatomic contraindications. * Coronary, carotid, or vertebral artery disease that, in the opinion of the heart team, should be treated; or treatment of coronary artery disease ≤ 1 month prior to index procedure. * Aortic balloon valvuloplasty ≤ 3 months prior to index procedure. * Stroke ≤ 12 months prior to index procedure. * History of a myocardial infarction ≤ 6 weeks prior to index procedure. * Patients with clinically significant abnormality in cell blood count, history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy. * Hemodynamic instability. * Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with obstruction. * Left ventricle ejection fraction \<30%. * Ongoing severe infection, including endocarditis, or sepsis. * Life expectancy ≤ 12 months.
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