Heart scans may predict Post-Surgery risks in valve patients
NCT ID NCT06770062
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study at Mayo Clinic will use cardiac MRI scans to examine how the heart's main pumping chamber changes in people with severe mitral regurgitation before and after valve repair surgery. The goal is to see if this approach can help identify patients at risk of developing heart weakness after surgery. Thirty adults undergoing robotic mitral annuloplasty will receive two MRI scans—one before surgery and another 6–12 months later.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could pave the way for a larger trial that helps doctors better predict which patients with mitral regurgitation are at risk of heart dysfunction after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 30 participants, designed mainly to test feasibility. It is not testing a treatment, so it cannot directly improve patient outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
Adults with chronic severe primary mitral regurgitation undergoing robotic mitral annuloplasty at Mayo Clinic Rochester
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
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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: * Age \>= 18 * Male or Female * A diagnosis of severe chronic primary mitral regurgitation * Undergoing isolated robotic mitral annuloplasty at Mayo Clinic Rochester * Patients must have the ability to consent or have an appropriate representative available to do so. Exclusion Criteria: * Prior valve intervention, * Concomitant valve surgery at the time of mitral annuloplasty (e.g. tricuspid annuloplasty, aortic valve replacement). * Concomitant \>= moderate regurgitation or stenosis in any other valve by preoperative echocardiography * History of prior myocardial infarction * History of cardiomyopathy unrelated to mitral regurgitation (e.g. dilated, hypertrophic, infiltrative) * Pregnancy. Women of childbearing potential will be verbally screened by clinical staff during as part of routine pre-MRI evaluation. If a subject is unsure whether they could be pregnant, a negative pregnancy test will be performed prior to scanning. * Implantable devices that would be a contraindication to MRI * Severe allergy to gadolinium MRI contrast
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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