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CompletedNCT05828173PINNACLE-IUpdated Mar 6, 2025

A Clinical Trial to Assess the Elixir Medical LithiX Coronary Hertzian Contact Intravascular Lithotripsy Catheter

An interventional study of LithiX Coronary Hertzian Contact Intravascular Lithotripsy Catheter (LithiX Coronary HCIVLC; LithiX) in Coronary Artery Disease, sponsored by Elixir Medical Corporation. Completed at 7 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-03-06.

Sponsored by Elixir Medical Corporation · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of the PINNACLE I Clinical Study is to assess safety and performance of the LithiX Coronary Hertzian Contact Intravascular Lithotripsy Catheter (LithiX Coronary HCIVLC; LithiX) to treat moderately to severely calcified coronary artery lesions by calcium fragmentation utilizing Hertzian contact stress from LithiX HCIVLC.

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This study is a prospective, multicenter, single-arm clinical study. Enrollment of up to 60 patients requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on up to two de novo coronary artery lesions with reference vessel diameters ≥ 2.25 mm and ≤ 3.5 mm, and lesion lengths of ≤ 34 mm, with moderate to severe calcification.

The LithiX Coronary HCIVLC is a proprietary Hertzian contact intravascular lithotripsy catheter delivered through the coronary arterial system to visualize and treat calcified stenoses potentially resistant to full stent expansion. The LithiX Coronary HCIVLC consists of a semi-compliant balloon featuring multiple rows of stainless-steel hemispheres which are intended to atraumatically fragment calcium via Hertzian contact intravascular lithotripsy.

In the Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging subgroup, approximately 30 patients will undergo OCT imaging at pre-procedure, post-LithiX treatment, and the end of procedure following stent deployment.

Subjects will be followed through hospital discharge and will have clinical follow-up conducted by phone at 30 days and 6 months post-index procedure.

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Conditions studied

  • Coronary Artery Disease

Keywords

  • Coronary Lithotripsy, Calcified Coronary Lesions
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In context

Coronary Artery Disease

5,600 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronary Artery Disease; 958 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 60 is below the median of 123 across 3,438 interventional studies indexed under Coronary Artery Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Elixir Medical Corporation is the lead sponsor of 18 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Eligibility criteria

General Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject is ≥ 18 years of age.
  2. Subject or a legally authorized representative must provide written informed consent prior to any study related procedures.
  3. Subject must agree not to participate in any other clinical study during the course of the study that would interfere with the endpoints of this study.
  4. Subjects must have a single or double vessel coronary artery disease (CAD) and clinical evidence of ischemic heart disease, such as CAD, silent ischemia, stable / unstable angina, and NSTEMI if biomarkers are stable or falling at time of inclusion.

Angiographic Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject must have de novo lesion(s) in native coronary arteries suitable for percutaneous coronary intervention.
  2. Up to 2 de novo coronary artery lesions in separate epicardial vessels, which are moderately to severely calcified, meeting all of the following criteria visually assessed by angiography:

    • ≥70% diameter stenosis by visual estimation
    • reference vessel diameters of 2.25 mm - 3.5 mm
    • lesion length of ≤ 34 mm
    • TIMI flow ≥ 1 at baseline
  3. Any non-target lesion must be located in different coronary artery from a target lesion. Treatment of non-target lesion, if any, must be completed prior to treatment of target lesion and must be deemed a clinical angiographic success as visually assessed by the physician.

General Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject with a known hypersensitivity or contraindication to aspirin, heparin, bivalirudin, anti-platelet medications, or sensitivity to contrast media which cannot be adequately pre-medicated.
  2. Subject with known diagnosis of STEMI at index presentation or within 7 days of study screening.
  3. Patient refusing or not a candidate for emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.
  4. Subject with known pregnancy or is nursing. Women of child-bearing potential should have a documented negative pregnancy test within 7 days before index procedure.
  5. Planned use of atherectomy, laser, lithoplasty, thrombectomy, scoring or cutting balloon, or any investigational device other than LithiX in the target lesion during the index procedure.
  6. Patients on renal dialysis or with known eGFR \< 30 ml/min.
  7. NYHA class III or IV heart failure.
  8. Patient has active systemic infection.
  9. Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attach (TIA) within the past 6 months.
  10. Active peptic ulcer or active gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding within the past 6 months.
  11. Subject has a known left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<30% (LVEF may be obtained at the time of the index procedure if the value is unknown, if necessary).
  12. Subject is a member of a vulnerable population as defined GCP E6, including individuals with mental disability, persons in nursing homes, children, impoverished persons, persons in emergency situations, homeless persons, nomads, refugees, and those incapable of giving informed consent. Vulnerable populations also may include members of a group with a hierarchical structure such as university students, subordinate hospital and laboratory personnel, employees of the Sponsor, members of the armed forces, and persons kept in detention.

Angiographic Exclusion Criteria:

  1. More than two target lesions or more than 1 target and 1 non-target lesion requiring treatment.
  2. Extreme angulation (90º or greater) proximal to or within the target lesion.
  3. Previous percutaneous intervention of lesions in a target vessel (including side branches) conducted within 6 months before the study procedure, or any prior lesion treated within 10 mm (proximal or distal) from the current target lesion.
  4. Previous percutaneous intervention of lesions in a non-target vessel (including side branches) conducted within 30 days before the study procedure.
  5. Angiographic evidence of a target lesion dissection prior to LithiX Hertzian Contact Lithotripsy.
  6. Visible thrombus (by angiography) at target lesion site.
  7. Unprotected left main coronary artery disease (Greater than 50% diameter stenosis).
  8. Target lesion is located in a native vessel distal to anastomosis with a saphenous vein graft or LIMA/RIMA bypass.
  9. Evidence of aneurysm in target vessel.
  10. Coronary artery spasm of the target vessel in the absence of a significant stenosis.
  11. Target lesion involves a bifurcation requiring treatment with more than one stent or pre-dilatation of a side branch >2.0 mm in diameter
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    LithiX Coronary Hertzian Contact Intravascular Lithotripsy Treatment

    Device: LithiX Coronary Hertzian Contact Intravascular Lithotripsy Catheter (LithiX Coronary HCIVLC; LithiX)

Interventions

  • DeviceLithiX Coronary Hertzian Contact Intravascular Lithotripsy Catheter (LithiX Coronary HCIVLC; LithiX)

    Vessel preparation of moderately to severely calcified coronary artery lesions prior to stenting allows for full stent expansion and apposition to the vessel wall

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Clinical success

    This is the primary effectiveness and safety endpoint and defined as residual stenosis \<50% after final treatment (with or without stenting) with no evidence of in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).

    Time frame: At the end of procedure

  2. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)

    This is the primary safety endpoint and defined as a per-subject composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and target vessel revascularization.

    Time frame: 30 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Angiographic success

    defined as success in facilitating stent delivery with \<50% residual stenosis and without serious angiographic complications

    Time frame: During the procedure

  2. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging

    assessment of the lesion and stent in a subset of patients

    Time frame: During the procedure

  3. All myocardial infarction

    Q-wave and non-Q-wave

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months

  4. Target vessel revascularization

    defined as any repeat percutaneous intervention or surgical bypass of any segment of the target vessel including the target lesion.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months

  5. Target lesion revascularization

    defined as any repeat percutaneous intervention of the target lesion or bypass surgery of the target vessel performed for restenosis or other complication of the target lesion

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months

  6. Target lesion failure

    defined as a per-subject composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, target vessel myocardial infarction, and clinically-indicated target lesion revascularization

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months

  7. Stent thrombosis

    definite and probable stent thrombosis

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months

  8. All-cause death

    Cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular death

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months

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Study locations

7 sites
  • ZNA Middelheim
    Antwerp, Belgium
  • Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Campus Sint Jan
    Genk, Belgium
  • Jessa Ziekenhuis
    Hasselt, Belgium
  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
    Leuven, Belgium
  • Meander Medical Centre
    Amersfoort, Netherlands
  • Catharina Ziekenhuis
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Maasstad Ziekenhuis
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 6, 2025, 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
NCT05828173
Lead sponsor
Elixir Medical Corporation
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 25, 2023
Start date
Apr 27, 2023
Primary completion
Mar 29, 2024
Completion
Sep 9, 2024
Last update
Mar 6, 2025

Study contacts

Stefan Verheye, MD, PhD
principal investigator · ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Johan Bennett, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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