New balloon coated with drug aims to keep leg arteries open longer
NCT ID NCT06832631
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study follows 284 people with blocked leg arteries (peripheral arterial disease) who are treated with a paclitaxel-coated balloon. The balloon is inflated inside the artery to open it and release a drug that helps prevent it from narrowing again. Researchers are tracking safety and how well the artery stays open over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- paclitaxel-coated balloon
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm that the paclitaxel-coated balloon is a safe and effective way to open blocked leg arteries and reduce the need for repeat procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a randomized trial, so results may be less definitive. The drug coating may carry risks like inflammation or late complications, and long-term benefits are still being studied.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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283 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2029
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
Patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease
- 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: * Consecutive patients intended to be or treated by the VITUS peripheral drug-coated dilatation catheter as per physicians' decision and according to IFU in the setting of routine clinical care are entered into the registry * The lesion to be treated should be shorter than the nominal length of balloon at a reference vessel diameter of 2.0 mm up to 7.0 mm. * If lesion is longer than the individual balloon, more than one DCB can be used for longer lesions with the mandatory overlapping balloons of 10mm to avoid any geographical miss. * Rutherford clinical categories 2-5 Exclusion Criteria: * The patients are excluded from registration if ANY of the following conditions apply: * High probability of non-adherence to the follow-up requirements (due to social, psychological or medical reasons) * Currently participating in another investigational drug or device study in which a routine angiographic follow-up in peripheral arteries is planned * A life expectancy of \<1year * Explicit refusal of participation in the registry * Residual stenosis \>50% after vessel preparation
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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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AZ Groennge
Kortrijk, 3000, Belgium
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AZ Jan Portaels
Vilvoorde, 1800, Belgium
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AZ Sint-Blasius
Dendermonde, 9200, Belgium
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AZORG
Aalst, 9300, Belgium
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense
Ourense, 32005, Spain
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Hospital General de Granollers
Granollers, 08402, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes
Gijón, 33394, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Toledo
Toledo, 45007, Spain
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Klinikum Lippe Detmold
Detmold, 32756, Germany
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RZ Heilig Hart Tienen
Tienen, 3300, Belgium
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SRH Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach GmbH
Karlsbad, 76307, Germany
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Singapore General Hospital
Singapore, 169608, Singapore
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ZOL Genk
Genk, 3600, Belgium
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