Arm access may be safer for heart valve patients, major trial launches
NCT ID NCT06284837
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether using the wrist (radial artery) instead of the groin (femoral artery) as a second access point during a minimally invasive heart valve replacement (TAVI) reduces bleeding and other complications. About 542 patients will be randomly assigned to one of the two approaches. The goal is to find the safest way to perform this common heart procedure.
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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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542 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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: * Age \>18 years * Undergoing transfemoral TAVI with any commercially available transcatheter heart valve * Suitable radial and secondary femoral access Exclusion Criteria: * Primary arterial access via surgical cut-down * Inadequate contralateral femoral artery access and/or bilateral radial artery access as determined by the interventional cardiologist * Previously failed attempt to access bilateral radial arteries. * Patient on hemodialysis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Alfred Health
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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Cabrini Health
Melbourne, Victoria, 3144, Australia
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Epworth Healthcare
Melbourne, Victoria, 3121, Australia