New device offers hope for heart defect patients with failing circulation
NCT ID NCT07532369
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at a device called the Occlutech Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) in 25 people whose Fontan circulation (a surgery for a heart defect) is failing. The goal is to see if the device is safe and works well to create a small hole between heart chambers to improve blood flow. Participants have already received the device through a special FDA program.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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.
Who is studied
The study population will include participants with a dysfunctional Fontan circulation who can benefit from the creation, enlargement, or reduction of a fenestration to achieve tolerable systemic venous pressures.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * The patient has been treated with an AFR device (attempted or successful) for failing Fontan through the Expanded Access Program of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). * The candidate/candidate's legal guardian has been informed of the nature of the study, agrees to its provisions and has provided written informed consent unless the site's IRB provided a waiver of consent. Exclusion Criteria: * If a subject does not meet the eligibility criteria, they will be considered a Screen Failure and cannot be included
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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
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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Cook Children's Health Care System
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States
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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States
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OSF Healthcare System d/b/a/ Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, Illinois, 61637, United States
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Rady Children's San Deigo
San Diego, California, 92123, United States
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University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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