Sound waves instead of surgery? new device trial for stiff heart valves
NCT ID NCT06650839
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study was designed to test the safety of a device called Valvosoft, which uses ultrasound waves from outside the body to treat moderate aortic valve stenosis. The goal was to see if it could improve valve movement without major complications. However, the trial was withdrawn before any patients were enrolled, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Non-invasive ultrasound therapy (Valvosoft device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a non-surgical treatment option for moderate aortic valve stenosis, potentially reducing the need for invasive procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This trial was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no data exist. The approach is still early-stage, and safety and effectiveness are unproven.
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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.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Aortic Valve Area (AVA) ≥1.0 cm2 ≤ 1.5 cm2 and either mean aortic Pressure Gradient (mPG) of \>25 - \< 40 mmHg or maximum velocity (Vmax) ≥3 ≤4 m/sec in normal flow conditions; or 2. Normal-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis (AS) with preserved ejection fraction (mean aortic Pressure Gradient (mPG) \<40 mmHg, Aortic Valve Area (AVA) ≥0.8 ≤1.0 cm2, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ≥50%, Stroke Volume Index (SVi) \>35 mL/m2); 3. Age ≥18 years; Exclusion Criteria: 1. mPG ≥40 mmHg; or 2. Severe aortic valve stenosis or other severe valve diseases; or 3. Subject with severe aortic regurgitation; or 4. Subjects with implanted mechanical or bioprosthetic valve in aortic position, or mechanical valve in any other positions; or 5. Heart failure with a NYHA 3 or 4; or 6. Cardiogenic shock or other hemodynamic instability; or 7. LVEF ≤50%; or 8. History of heart transplant; or 9. Subject with a significant kidney disease (eGFR ≤30 mL/min/1.73 m2) or subject is on dialysis; or 10. Subject with uncontrolled hypertension defined as systolic Blood Pressure (BP) ≥160 mmHg and/or a diastolic BP ≥100 mmHg (mean of 3 measurements for both assessments); or 11. Cardiac imaging evidence of vegetation; or 12. Current endocarditis; or 13 Subject has a documented history of cardiac amyloidosis; or 14\. Acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) ≤1 month prior to enrolment; or 15. Stroke or Transient Ischemic attack (TIA) ≤1 month prior to enrollment; or 16. Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty (BAV) ≤3 months prior to enrollment; or 17. Leukopenia (WBC \<4000 cell/μL), anemia (Hgb \< 8 g/dL), thrombocytopenia (platelet count \<50.000 cell/μL), or history of coagulopathy or hypercoagulable state.
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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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University Clinical Centre Serbia
Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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