New compression device aims to stop bleeding in heart implant patients
NCT ID NCT05292326
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested a medical device called PacePress in 122 patients at high risk of bleeding who were getting a heart device implant. The device uses controlled compression to prevent hematomas and other bleeding complications. The trial was terminated early, so its effectiveness is not fully known.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PacePress device (electronically-controlled compression site)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a safer way to prevent bleeding and hematomas after heart device implantation, reducing hospital stays and complications.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early, so results are limited. It is a small, early-stage study, and the device may not prove better than standard care.
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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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122 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- 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: 1. Age \> 18 years. 2. The patient qualified for: * the CIED implantation procedure (initial), * the CIED replacement procedure (ICD, CRT), * expansion of the system, * revision of electrodes. 3. The patient standing high bleeding risk defined as a result of PACE DRAP ≥5. 4. The patient taking anti-coagulation or anti-platelet drugs or anti-coagulation and anti-platelet drugs permanently. Exclusion Criteria: 1. The absence of written consent to participate in the study. 2. A female patient who is pregnant or breast-feeds. 3. The interview reveals addiction to alcohol, drugs, and other psychoactive substances. 4. The anamnesis reveals known hemorrhagic diathesis or thrombocytopenia, particularly after heparin is administered. 5. Active infection of the implantation site. 6. Active infection 4 weeks before inclusion in the study. 7. Anomaly in the chest near the device site. 8. The patient participates in another clinical trial. 9. Anticipated life span \< 6 months. 10. Diagnosed allergy to any device ingredient. 11. The patient undergoes active biological therapy. 12. Treated cancer. 13. The patient undergoes shoulder girdle physiotherapy. 14. The patient undergoes systemic steroid therapy (intravenous therapy). 15. Obesity preventing the application of PacePress device. Criteria excluding the patient from the study that may appear during or immediately after the procedure: 16. Cardiac arrest (CPR) 17. Perforation. 18. Pneumothorax. 19. Intubation (patient intubated after the procedure). 20. Change of pacemaker position (conversion to the right side). 21. Procedure completed without implantation of the intended system. 22. Need for invasive treatment of complications of the procedure.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cardiology Clinic, Medical University of Warsaw
Warsaw, 02-091, Poland
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Clinical Department of Cardiology, the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration
Warsaw, 02-507, Poland
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Department of Cardiology / 1st Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases
Zabrze, 41-800, Poland
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Electrocardiology Clinic, Medical University
Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, 92-213, Poland
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I Cardiology Clinic, Medical University in Poznań
Poznan, 61-848, Poland
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I Clinic for Cardiac Arrhythmias National Institute of Cardiology Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński National Research Institute
Warsaw, Poland
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Wolski Hospital, Cardiology Ward
Warsaw, 01-211, Poland
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