Heart valve repair may unlock higher doses of key heart failure drugs
NCT ID NCT07578129
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This observational study will follow 50 people with severe tricuspid regurgitation (a leaky heart valve) and reduced heart function who undergo valve repair using the PASCAL Precision System. The main goal is to see if, 12 months after repair, patients can take higher doses of standard heart failure medications compared to before the procedure. Researchers will also track hospitalizations and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PASCAL Precision System (device for tricuspid valve repair)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that repairing the tricuspid valve helps heart failure patients tolerate higher doses of guideline-directed medications, potentially improving outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early observational study (50 people) with no control group. It only measures medication changes, not direct health improvements, so results may not be conclusive.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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.
Who is studied
Participants from France with at least severe tricuspid regurgitation with associated left ventricular dysfunction
- 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: * Participants of age ≥ 18 years * ≥ severe tricuspid regurgitation * LVEF \< 50% * Written informed consent of the patient or her/his legal representative * Patient understands the purpose, the potential risks as well as benefits of the trial and is willing to participate in all parts of the follow-up * Planned follow-up within a dedicated heart failure clinic as part of routine care. Exclusion Criteria: * Anatomy unsuitable for TEER as determined by local heart team * severe mitral regurgitation (defined as an EROA\>40 mm2) treated (surgically or percutaneously) less than 3 months prior * severe left ventricular dysfunction (defined as an LVEF \<20%) * systolic pulmonary artery pressure \>70 mmHg (right heart catheterization) * prior tricuspid valve intervention * severe leaflet degeneration or tricuspid valve anatomy precluding successful device placement * primary tricuspid valve disease * COPD requiring home oxygen therapy * active endocarditis, or recent episode within 4 weeks of discontinuation of antibiotic therapy * participants with unstable hemodynamic condition * significant co-morbidities resulting in an expected less than 12-month life expectancy * The presence of other anatomic or comorbid conditions or other medical, social or psychological conditions that in the investigators' opinion could limit the subject's ability to participate in the clinical study and its follow-up. * Participants under judicial protection, guardianship or curatorship or if they are deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Participation in another trial, which would lead to deviations in the preparation or performance of the intervention or the post-implantation management from this protocol
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