Sound wave device aims to crack hardened heart arteries
NCT ID NCT07510438
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This first-in-human study tests a new device called Pulse IVL that uses sound waves to break up calcium buildup in heart arteries. Up to 15 people with coronary artery disease will receive the treatment before getting a stent. The goal is to see if the device is safe and helps open the artery enough for successful stenting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pulse Intravascular Lithotripsy (Pulse IVL) device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could offer a safer way to prepare hardened arteries for stenting, potentially improving blood flow and reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small study with only 15 people. The device may not work as expected or could cause vessel damage. More research is needed before it becomes widely available.
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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 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 18 years of age * Subjects with native coronary artery disease * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 35% within 6 months * The target lesion must be a single de novo coronary lesion * The target lesion stenosis of left anterior descending artery (LAD), right coronary artery (RCA), left circumflex artery (LCX), or ramus intermedius (RI), or of their branches with Stenosis of ≥70% and \<100% or Stenosis ≥50% and \<70% with evidence of ischemia * Lesion length must not exceed 44 mm Key Exclusion Criteria: * Subject experienced an acute Myocardial Infarction (MI), either ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) within 30 days prior to index procedure. * Subject has New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure. * Subject has renal failure with serum creatinine \>2.5 mg/dL, or chronic dialysis. * Subject has a previous stent in the target vessel implanted within last six months. * Unprotected LMCA diameter stenosis \>30%. * Target lesion has a myocardial bridge. * Target vessel is excessively tortuous, defined as the presence of 2 or more bends \>90 degrees or 3 or more bends \>75 degrees. * Evidence of aneurysm in target vessel within 10 mm of the target lesion. * Target lesion in ostial location (LAD, RCA, LCX, or RI, within 5 mm of ostium) or in an unprotected LMCA. * Target lesion is a bifurcation with ostial diameter stenosis ≥30%. * Any previous stent within 10 mm of the target lesion.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites in 2 countries. 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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Auckland City Hospital
RECRUITINGAuckland, 1142, New Zealand
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Monash Health, Victorian Heart Hospital
RECRUITINGMelbourne, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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St. Vincent's Hospital
RECRUITINGSydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
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