New device aims to catch clots during DVT procedure, prevent lung damage
NCT ID NCT06495996
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study tested a special sheath (the Protrieve Sheath) placed in a large vein to catch any blood clots that might break loose during a procedure to remove deep vein clots (DVT). The goal was to prevent those clots from reaching the lungs and causing a pulmonary embolism. The study included 66 people at high risk for such complications. Researchers measured how well the device captured clots and whether it caused any serious side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Protrieve Sheath (a device that catches blood clots during a procedure to remove deep vein clots)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this device could reduce the risk of a blood clot traveling to the lungs during DVT treatment, making the procedure safer.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, single-arm study with no comparison group, so results may not be definitive. The device itself carries risks like bleeding or damage to blood vessels.
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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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66 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Nov 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. Planned intervention for DVT presenting with one or more of the following characteristics indicative of elevated risk for PE: 1. Bilateral iliofemoral DVT 2. Clot extending into or located in the IVC 3. In-stent thrombosis 4. Presence of thrombosed IVC filter 5. Other features that the investigator deems put the subject at elevated risk for thromboembolism 3. Willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current symptomatic PE 2. Known anatomic inability to place Protrieve device via jugular vein access site 3. Presence of clot extending to the IVC-Right Atrial junction or in the SVC 4. Subject is pregnant 5. Severe allergy to iodinated contrast agents that cannot be mitigated 6. INR \> 1.7 if not currently on anticoagulation therapy, platelets \< 50,000/μl which cannot be corrected prior to enrollment, or Hemoglobin \< 8.0 g/dL 7. Severe renal impairment in patients who are not yet on dialysis that in the Investigator's discretion would pose risk to the patient with the use of marketed contrast agents 8. Subject is participating in another study that may interfere with this study 9. Subject has any condition for which, in the opinion of the Investigator, participation would not be in the best interest of the subject 10. Subject has previously completed or withdrawn from this study 11. Limb-threatening circulatory compromise (e.g., phlegmasia) 12. Uncontrolled severe hypertension on repeated readings (systolic \> 180mmHg or diastolic \> 105mmHg) 13. Severe allergy, hypersensitivity to, or thrombocytopenia from heparin 14. Inability to provide therapeutic anticoagulation per Investigator discretion 15. Known hypercoagulable states that, in the opinion of the Investigator, cannot be medically managed throughout the study period 16. Inability to be a candidate for intervention due to medical or technical reasons based on physician judgement
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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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Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States
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Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida, 33176, United States
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Englewood Hospital
Englewood, New Jersey, 07631, United States
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Hoag Hospital
Newport Beach, California, 92663, United States
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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IU Health Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204, United States
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MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States
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NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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University Medical Center Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102, United States
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, 77555, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States
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