ClinicalTrials.gg
RecruitingNCT05061004Updated Sep 11, 2026

Cephea Early Feasibility Study

An interventional study of Cephea Mitral Valve System in Mitral Regurgitation, sponsored by Abbott Medical Devices. Recruiting at 22 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-11.

Sponsored by Abbott Medical Devices (part of Abbott) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Apr 2022; still recruiting 4 years 6 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
90
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
01

Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 28 studies in Mitral Valve Insufficiency by Abbott Medical Devices — 3 open to participants now, 9 under way, none of them phase 3. Mitral Valve Insufficiency · Abbott Medical Devices.

Planned enrollment
10th of 19
90 · median 90
Started
2022
the only one that year
No phase
17 of 28
1 open now
Registered
25th of 28
by date

Among the 28 studies in Mitral Valve Insufficiency by Abbott Medical Devices, this one is the 10th largest by planned enrollment of the 19 interventional ones, is the only one that started in 2022, is one of 17 with no phase, and was the 25th registered.

By phase

28 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

No phasethis study17 · 1 open
Observational9 · 2 open
Phase 11 · 0 open
Phase 1/21 · 0 open

By the year they started

First in 2003; this study’s year is marked. 1 started in 2022.

Size and results

Median enrollment 90 across the 19 interventional studies, 550 across the 9 observational. Of the 19 that completed or were terminated, 14 (74%) have results posted.

Was this useful?
Watch this landscapeDownload CSVWith an account: a weekly mail of what changed among 28 studies in Mitral Valve Insufficiency by Abbott Medical Devices, or all of them as a file.
02

Study summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the preliminary safety and effectiveness of the Cephea Mitral Valve System for the treatment of symptomatic patients with mitral valve disease (including mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis and mixed mitral valve disease) in whom transcatheter therapy is deemed more appropriate than open heart surgery.

03

Conditions studied

  • Mitral Regurgitation
04

Who can participate

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

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Mitral valve disease resulting in mitral regurgitation (MR ≥ Grade III) and/or severe mitral valve stenosis (mitral valve area ≤ 1.5cm² and/or mean transmitral gradient ≥10 mmHg at normal heart rate) per American Society of Echocardiography criteria.
  • ≥ 30%
  • In the judgement of the Site Heart Team, transcatheter therapy is deemed more appropriate than open heart surgery.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior surgical or interventional treatment that interferes with the Cephea valve delivery or function.
  • Need for emergent or urgent surgery.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

05

Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment

    Treatment of symptomatic patients with mitral valve disease (including mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis and mixed mitral valve disease) with the Cephea Mitral Valve System

    Device: Cephea Mitral Valve System

Interventions

  • DeviceCephea Mitral Valve System

    Transcatheter mitral valve replacement

06

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Primary Safety Endpoint

    Freedom from all-cause mortality, which will be assessed at 30 days post implant.

    Time frame: 30 days post implant

  2. Primary Effectiveness Endpoint

    Proportion of subjects with reduction of MR to ≤ Grade I, will be assessed at 30 days post implant.

    Time frame: 30 days post implant

07

Study locations

20 of 22 sites recruiting
08

References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

09

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 Apr 2022 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2026, 56 months after the start.

Of 90 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Mitral Valve Insufficiency, half reached primary completion within 59 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 25 and three quarters within 144. This study's planned 56 months is close to that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 143 studies reached it within 56 months; a quarter within 25 and three quarters within 108.

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

Registered
Sep 20, 2021
First posted
Sep 29, 2021
StartActual
Apr 28, 2022
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2026
CompletionEst.
Mar 1, 2031
Last update
Sep 11, 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 Sep 11, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
10

Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05061004
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 29, 2021
Start date
Apr 28, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 1, 2031 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 11, 2026

Study contacts

Leslie Centeno
Contact
leslie.centeno@abbott.com
+1 818-294-3041
Clinical Project Manager
Contact
Cephea_FS@abbott.com
Barathi Sethuraman
study director · Abbott Structural Heart

Oversight

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

Interested in this study?

Eligibility is decided by the study team. Share this record with your doctor or contact the team directly.

Contact study team

Follow this study

Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.

Sign in to follow

Discussion

Questions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.

Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.

Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

Start the discussion