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Active, not recruitingNCT03382457Updated May 8, 2026

Clinical Study of Edwards Cardioband FIT Valve Repair System

An interventional study of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair in Tricuspid Regurgitation, sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences. Active, not recruiting at 9 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-08.

Sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 14 studies in Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency by Edwards Lifesciences — 4 open to participants now, 10 under way, none of them phase 3. Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency · Edwards Lifesciences.

Started
2018
the only one that year
No phase
9 of 14
1 open now
Registered
4th of 14
by date

Among the 14 studies in Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency by Edwards Lifesciences, this one is the only one that started in 2018, is one of 9 with no phase, and was the 4th registered.

Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency

227 studies on the registry are indexed under Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency; 110 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

4 of the 14 studies in Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency by Edwards Lifesciences are open now, in 8 countries. Recruiting first, the newest first:

By country, each count listing its studies:

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Who these studies take

Of the 82 Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency studies recruiting now, 68 (83%) set no upper age limit and none (0%) stop at 75 or younger; 7 take children under 18; 2 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Clinical Study of the Edwards Cardioband FIT Repair System

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The study is a multi-center, prospective, single-arm, and non-randomized study designed to evaluate the safety and performance of the Edwards Cardioband FIT Repair System

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Conditions studied

  • Tricuspid Regurgitation

Keywords

  • Functional
  • TR
  • FTR
  • Transcatheter
  • Repair
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Tricuspid regurgitation (moderate or greater)
  • Despite medical therapy, per the local Heart Team, patient has signs of TR, symptoms from TR, or prior heart failure hospitalization from TR.
  • The local site Heart Team determines that the patient is appropriate for transcatheter tricuspid reconstruction
  • Patient is willing and able to comply with all specified study evaluations and provides written

Key Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with conditions or anatomical considerations that preclude safe and successful procedure-related or study device access, deployment, or function, including but not limited to:

  • Patients in whom transesophageal echocardiography is or cannot be completed.
  • Patients in whom tricuspid valve anatomy is not evaluable by TTE or TEE
  • Untreatable or contraindication to any of the following: all antiplatelets, all anticoagulants, nitinol alloys (nickel and titanium), polyester, or contrast media.
  • Previous tricuspid valve repair or replacement with device in place
  • Presence of trans-tricuspid pacemaker or defibrillator leads where: (a)TR is a result of impingement on the tricuspid valve leaflet as evaluated by echocardiography; or (b) implanted in the RV within the last 90 days

Primary tricuspid valve disease

Any physical impairment which limits the patient's capacity to complete functional testing due to other medical conditions independent of their TR (e.g., orthopedic condition)

Currently participating in another biologic, drug, or device study

Any of the following cardiovascular procedures:

  • Percutaneous coronary, intracardiac, or endovascular intervention within the last 30 days
  • Carotid surgery within the last 30 days
  • Direct current cardioversion within the last 30 days
  • Leadless RV pacemaker implant within the last 30 days
  • Cardiac surgery within the last 90 days

Any of the following underlying medical conditions:

  • Severe aortic, mitral and/or pulmonic valve stenosis and/or regurgitation
  • Active endocarditis or infection requiring antibiotic therapy (oral or intravenous)
  • Hemodynamically significant pericardial effusion
  • Significant intra-cardiac mass, thrombus, or vegetation
  • Untreated coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring revascularization, evidence of acute coronary syndrome, or recent myocardial infarction (MI)
  • Known history of untreated severe symptomatic carotid stenosis (>50% by ultrasound) or asymptomatic carotid stenosis (>70% by ultrasound)
  • Hypotension (systolic pressure \<90 mmHg) or requirement for inotropic support or hemodynamic support within the last 30 days
  • Known bleeding or clotting disorders or patient refuses blood transfusion
  • Active GI bleeding
  • Recent stroke
  • Need for emergent or urgent surgery for any reason or any planned cardiac surgery within the next 12 months or any planned percutaneous cardiac procedure within the next 90 days
  • Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) in the last 6 months

Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy within the next 12 months

Concurrent medical condition with a of less than 12 months in the judgment of the Investigator

Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
75 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment

    Treatment with the Edwards Cardioband FIT Repair System

    Device: Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair

Interventions

  • DeviceTranscatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair

    Repair of the tricuspid valve through a transcatheter approach

    Also known as: Edwards Cardioband Tricuspid Valve Repair

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Primary Safety Endpoint -Composite Major Adverse Event (MAE) Rate

    Number and percentage of patients who experienced at least one major adverse event (MAE).

    Time frame: 30 days

  2. Primary Performance Endpoint - Intraprocedural Success

    Number of patients who had Intraprocedural Success, definition modified from TVARC criteria. Per patient analysis.

    Time frame: Intraprocedural

  3. Primary Performance Endpoint - Clinical Success

    Number of patients who had Clinical Success at 30 days and 1 year, definition modified from TVARC criteria. Per patient analysis.

    Time frame: 30 days and 1 year

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Study locations

9 sites
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References and documents

Publications

  • Davidson CJ, Abramson S, Smith RL, Kodali SK, Kipperman RM, Eleid MF, Reisman M, Whisenant BK, Puthumana J, Fowler D, Grayburn PA, Hahn RT, Koulogiannis K, Pislaru SV, Zwink T, Minder M, Deuschl F, Feldman T, Gray WA, Lim DS; Cardioband Tricuspid Valve Reconstruction System Early Feasibility Study Investigators. Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair With the Use of 4-Dimensional Intracardiac Echocardiography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Mar;15(3):533-538. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.01.029. Epub 2021 Mar 17. No abstract available. PubMed 33744150 ↗
  • Davidson CJ, Lim DS, Smith RL, Kodali SK, Kipperman RM, Eleid MF, Reisman M, Whisenant B, Puthumana J, Abramson S, Fowler D, Grayburn P, Hahn RT, Koulogiannis K, Pislaru SV, Zwink T, Minder M, Dahou A, Deo SH, Vandrangi P, Deuschl F, Feldman TE, Gray WA; Cardioband TR EFS Investigators. Early Feasibility Study of Cardioband Tricuspid System for Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation: 30-Day Outcomes. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jan 11;14(1):41-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.10.017. PubMed 33413863 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Jul 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2026, 101 months after the start.

Of 55 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency, half reached primary completion within 38 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 27 and three quarters within 70. This study's planned 101 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 86 studies reached it within 38 months; a quarter within 23 and three quarters within 58.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 19, 2017
First posted
Dec 26, 2017
StartActual
Jul 1, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2026
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2031
Last update
May 8, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 8, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03382457
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 26, 2017
Start date
Jul 1, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2031 (estimated)
Last update
May 8, 2026

Study contacts

William Gray, MD
principal investigator · Lankenau Heart
Firas Zahr, MD
principal investigator · Oregon Health and Science University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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