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CompletedNCT04836884Updated Apr 21, 2022

Vascular Anomaly Pathology and Genomics Biopsy Study

An interventional study of Percutaneous Vascular Anomaly/Malformation Biopsy in Vascular Malformations, Vascular Anomaly and Hemangioma, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-21.

Primary conditionArteriovenous MalformationsRegistry: Vascular MalformationsReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Vascular Malformations — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Arteriovenous Malformations
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Arteriovenous Malformations, a narrower term within Vascular Malformations.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
3
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this research is to gather information on the safety and effectiveness of core biopsy of vascular anomalies for clinical pathology and clinical genomics studies.

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Vascular anomalies or vascular malformations often are treated with minimally invasive sclerotherapy, embolization or ablation based on clinical and imaging features without acquisition of tissue. Over the last two decades there have been significant advancements in the understanding of the genetic basis for various vascular anomalies/malformations, which may guide use of therapies for individualized treatment.

As such, given the emergence of novel medications for treatment of vascular anomalies/malformations based on genetic information, acquisition of tissue for pathology and genomic characterization will be increasingly important as treatment of vascular anomalies/vascular malformations moves toward individualized medicine approach.

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Conditions studied

  • Vascular Malformations
  • Vascular Anomaly
  • Hemangioma
  • Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Venous Malformation
  • Klippel Trenaunay Syndrome
  • Lymphatic Malformation
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In context

Arteriovenous Malformations Reclassified

92 studies on the registry are indexed under Arteriovenous Malformations; 29 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 3 is below the median of 43 across 47 interventional studies indexed under Arteriovenous Malformations.

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Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic is the lead sponsor of 3,269 studies on the registry; 672 are open to participants now.

Of its 452 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 321 (71%) have results posted.

Compared within Arteriovenous Malformations, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Vascular Malformations. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with a clinical and imaging diagnosis of a vascular anomaly.
  • No prior treatment for the vascular anomaly.
  • Subjects undergoing clinically indicated sclerotherapy, embolization and/or ablation.
  • Male or female with age greater than or equal to 18 years.
  • Capacity and willingness to provide a written ..

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects with prior treatment for their vascular anomaly.
  • Uncorrectable coagulopathy.
  • Pregnant and/or breast-feeding subjects. A negative pregnancy test within 48 hours of the procedure.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
3 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Vascular anomaly/malformation biopsy

    Subjects with a vascular anomaly will have a research percutaneous vascular anomaly/malformation biopsy completed at the time of the clinically indicated percutaneous sclerotherapy, embolization and/or ablation.

    Procedure: Percutaneous Vascular Anomaly/Malformation Biopsy

Interventions

  • ProcedurePercutaneous Vascular Anomaly/Malformation Biopsy

    US-guided percutaneous vascular anomaly core needle biopsy of up to 10 cores using an 18-gauge co-axial core needle biopsy device at the time of clinically indicated sclerotherapy, embolization or ablation treatment.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Adequacy of core biopsy of vascular anomalies for clinical genomics studies

    DNA and RNA will be extracted from the biopsy specimens, undergo qualitative/quantitative quality control assessment and be analyzed by whole genome sequencing (DNA) and RNA sequence analysis (RNA-seq) to determine the adequacy of vascular anomaly biopsy for vascular anomaly genomics characterization.

    Time frame: 18 months

  2. Adequacy of core biopsy of vascular anomalies for clinical pathology evaluation

    Tissue from the vascular anomaly biopsies will undergo histopathology and immunohistochemical staining to determine the adequacy of vascular anomaly core biopsy for clinical pathology characterization.

    Time frame: 18 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Safety of vascular anomaly core biopsy

    Number of participants with biopsy-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0

    Time frame: 30 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 21, 2022, 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
NCT04836884
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
Emily C. Bendel, M.D. (Principal Investigator, Mayo Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 8, 2021
Start date
Apr 6, 2021
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2022
Completion
Jan 31, 2022
Last update
Apr 21, 2022

Study contacts

Emily Bendel, MD
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic
David A Woodrum, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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