New heart valve implant offers hope for patients too sick for surgery
NCT ID NCT06581471
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new device called the TRiCares Topaz system to replace a leaky heart valve (tricuspid valve) without open-heart surgery. It will enroll 80 adults with severe leakage who are at high risk for traditional surgery. The goal is to see if the device is safe and can reduce the leak, helping patients feel better and walk farther.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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.
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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: * Adult patients * Tricuspid regurgitation grade 3 (severe) on a scale of 0 (none) to 5 (torrential) * Institutional Heart Team evaluates patient as being at increased operative risk Exclusion Criteria: * Patient in need of emergent intervention * Patient who is hemodynamically unstable * Anatomical contraindications for implantation with study device * Patient who is currently participating in another clinical investigation where the primary endpoint was not reached yet
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
8 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AZ Delta
RECRUITINGRoeselare, 8800, Belgium
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Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGAalst, 9300, Belgium
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Centre hospitalier universitaire CHU de Liège
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLiège, Belgium
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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc UCL
RECRUITINGBrussels, Belgium
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Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital
RECRUITINGMunich, 81377, Germany
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UZ Brussel
RECRUITINGBrussels, 1090, Belgium
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University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMainz, 55131, Germany
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ZNA Middelheim
RECRUITINGAntwerp, Belgium
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