New device aims to improve survival and reduce hospital stays for lung clot patients
NCT ID NCT06055920
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study compares a device called FlowTriever (used with blood thinners) to blood thinners alone for people with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (blood clots in the lungs). About 1,200 adults with clots in major lung arteries and signs of heart strain will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The goal is to see if the device reduces death, worsening symptoms, hospital readmission, and shortness of breath within 30 days.
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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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About 1,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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.
- 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 at enrollment ≥ 18 years 2. Objective evidence of a proximal filling defect in at least one main or lobar pulmonary artery, as confirmed by CTPA, pulmonary angiography, or other imaging modality 3. RV dysfunction, as defined as one or more of the following: RV/LV ratio ≥ 0.9 or RV dilation or hypokinesis 4. At least two additional risk factors, identified by at least one measure in two separate categories noted below: a. Hemodynamic: i. SBP 90-100mmHg ii. Resting heart rate \> 100 bpm b. Biomarker: i. Elevated\* cardiac troponin (troponin I or troponin T, conventional or high sensitivity) ii. Elevated\* BNP or NT-proBNP iii. Elevated venous lactate ≥2 mmol/L \* Elevated, meaning at or above the upper limit of normal, per local standards for the assay used c. Respiratory: i. O2 saturation \< 90% on room air ii. Supplemental O2 requirement ≥ 4 L/min iii. Respiratory rate ≥ 20 breaths/min iv. mMRC score \> 0 5. Symptom onset within 14 days of confirmed PE diagnosis 6. Willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to be anticoagulated with heparin, enoxaparin or other parenteral antithrombin 2. Presentation with hemodynamic instability\* that meets the high-risk PE definition in the 2019 ESC Guidelines1, including ANY of the following 1. Cardiac arrest OR 2. Systolic BP \< 90 mmHg or vasopressors required to achieve a BP ≥ 90 mmHg despite adequate filling status, AND end-organ hypoperfusion OR 3. Systolic BP \< 90 mmHg or systolic BP drop ≥ 40 mmHg, lasting longer than 15 min and not caused by new-onset arrhythmia, hypovolemia, or sepsis \* Patients who are stable at time of screening or randomization (i.e., SBP ≥ 90 mmHg and adequate organ perfusion without catecholamine or vasopressor infusion) may be included despite initial presentation including temporary, low-dose catecholamines or vasopressors, or temporary fluid resuscitation. 3. Known sensitivity to radiographic contrast agents that, in the Investigator's opinion, cannot be adequately pre-treated 4. Imaging evidence or other evidence that suggests, in the opinion of the Investigator, the patient is not appropriate for catheter-based intervention (e.g., inability to navigate to target location, clot limited to segmental/subsegmental distribution, predominately chronic clot) 5. End stage medical condition with life expectancy \< 3 months, as determined by the Investigator 6. Current participation in another drug or device study that, in the investigator's opinion, would interfere with participation in this study 7. Current or history of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) or chronic thromboembolic disease (CTED) diagnosis, per 2019 ESC Guidelines1 8. If objective testing was performed\*, estimated RV systolic pressure \> 70 mmHg on standard of care echocardiography \* If clinical suspicion of acute-on-chronic PE, chronic obstruction, or chronic thromboembolism, echocardiographic estimated RVSP must be confirmed ≤70 mmHg to meet eligibility. Pressure assessment not required if Investigator attests to absence of such clinical suspicion 9. Administration of advanced therapies (thrombolytic bolus, thrombolytic drip/infusion, catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy, mechanical thrombectomy, or ECMO) for the index PE event within 30 days prior to enrollment 10. Ventricular arrhythmias refractory to treatment at the time of enrollment 11. Known to have heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) 12. Subject has any condition for which, in the opinion of the investigator, participation would not be in the best interest of the subject (e.g., compromise the well-being or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments). This includes a contraindication to use of FlowTriever System per local approved labeling 13. Subject is currently pregnant 14. Subject has previously completed or withdrawn from this study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AHN Saint Vincent Hospital
Erie, Pennsylvania, 16505, United States
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AP-HM Hopital La Timone
Marseille, France
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Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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AdventHealth Orlando
Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States
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Allegheny Health Network Research Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States
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Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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Aurora Saint Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States
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Baylor Scott & White - Temple
Temple, Texas, 76508, United States
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Brookwood Medical Center
Birmingham, Alabama, 35243, United States
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CCB Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
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CHU Lille
Lille, France
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Charité Campus Virchow Clinic - Klinik fuer Radiologie
Berlin, Germany
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Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston, West Virginia, 25304, United States
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Elisabeth Hospital GmbH
Essen, Germany
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Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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HCA FL Largo Medical Center
Largo, Florida, 33770, United States
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HCA Tristar
Brentwood, Tennessee, 37027, United States
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HerzZentrum Dresden Universitaetsklinik
Dresden, Germany
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Hopital Clinico Universitario San Carlos
Madrid, Spain
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Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena, California, 91105, United States
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Hôpital Louis Pradel
Lyon, France
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Hôpital Nord Marseille
Marseille, France
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Inova Fairfax
Falls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
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Klinikum rechts der Isar (TUM)
Munich, Germany
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Ludwig Maximilians-University
Munich, Germany
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Luzerner Kantonsspital
Lucerne, Switzerland
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McLaren Greater Lansing
Lansing, Michigan, 48910, United States
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Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, Missouri, 65804, United States
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Methodist Main Hospital
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, United States
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Northwell Health
New York, New York, 10075, United States
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Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Ohio State University - Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis
Aalst, Belgium
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Parkland Hospital
Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States
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Royal Columbian Hospital
New Westminster, British Columbia, V3L 3W7, Canada
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SUNY, The University of Buffalo/Gates Vascular
Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, 64111, United States
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Schwarzwald-Baar-Klinikum
Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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St. Luke's University Hospital
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18015, United States
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Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States
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Surrey Memorial Hospital
Surrey, British Columbia, V3V 1Z2, Canada
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Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States
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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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The University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19144, United States
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UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease
Birmingham, Alabama, 35205, United States
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UPMC Hamot
Erie, Pennsylvania, 16507, United States
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UPMC Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17101, United States
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UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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UTMC Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee, 37920, United States
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Unfall Krankenhaus Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Dὒsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Essen
Essen, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
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Universitaetsspital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
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University Hospital - Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
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University Hospital Augsburg
Augsburg, Germany
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University Hospital Cologne
Cologne, Germany
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University Hospital Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
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University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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University of Colorado, Denver
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
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Universitäts-Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen
Bad Krozingen, Germany
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Universitätsspital Bern
Bern, Switzerland
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Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9, Canada
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Virtua Health
Camden, New Jersey, 08103, United States
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Wellspan York Hospital
York, Pennsylvania, 17403, United States
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West Virginia University Ruby Memorial Hospital
Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States
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Westpfalz Klinikum
Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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