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CompletedNCT06117150Updated Jul 22, 2026

Pilot Study of the Coronary Spur Stent for In-stent Restenosis (DEEPER CORONARY)

A Phase 1 interventional study of Drug-eluting Coronary Spur Stent System in In-stent Restenosis, sponsored by ReFlow Medical, Inc.. Completed at 2 sites in New Zealand. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-22.

Sponsored by ReFlow Medical, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
9
Allocation
Not applicable
Sex
All
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Study summary

To demonstrate acceptable short term safety rates of the Drug-eluting Coronary Spur Stent System as a primary treatment for coronary in-stent restenosis.

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Conditions studied

  • In-stent Restenosis
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In context

Lead sponsor

ReFlow Medical, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 8 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Pre-Procedure Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject willing and able to provide and able to comply with the study protocol and follow up. Subjects who are unable to sign due to a physical limitation may have a legal guardian or legally authorized representative (LAR) sign on their behalf.
  2. greater than 2 years in the investigator's opinion.
  3. Subject is greater than 18 years of age.
  4. Female subjects of have a negative pregnancy test ≤ 7 days before the procedure.
  5. Endovascular treatment is able to be conducted under non-emergent conditions.
  6. Documented stable or unstable angina including non-ST-elevation MI, functional testing demonstrating ischemia, and/or clinical symptoms that in the opinion of the investigator are not amenable to conservative medical therapy and require endovascular intervention.
  7. Subject is eligible for dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) treatment with aspirin plus P2Y12 inhibitor.

Angiographic Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Target vessel is of appropriate size and diameter to be treated with the Coronary Spur Stent.
  2. Target lesion is within a previously placed Bare Metal Stent (BMS) or Drug-eluting Stent (DES) and does not extend further than 5mm beyond either the proximal or distal edge of the stent.
  3. In-stent restenosis of >50% diameter by angiography.
  4. Up to two (2) non-target lesions in non-target vessels may be treated, but successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the non-target lesions must be completed before treatment of the target lesion. Successful treatment of a non-target lesion is defined as a residual stenosis of ≤ 30% in 2 near-orthogonal projections with Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 3 flow, as visually assessed by the physician, without the occurrence of prolonged chest pain or changes consistent with MI.
  5. Successful pre-dilatation of the target lesion, defined as non-compromised flow or presence of thrombus.

Pre-procedure Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject unwilling or unlikely to comply with the one-year duration of the study as in the opinion of the investigator.
  2. Subject is pregnant, breast-feeding, or is a woman of childbearing potential who is not using appropriate .
  3. Subject has an active systemic infection that is not controlled at the time of the procedure, including septicemia or bacteremia.
  4. Stroke within 90 days of the index procedure.
  5. Documented (LVEF) \<35% by echocardiography.
  6. In-stent restenosis occurring in less than 90 days prior to the index procedure.

Impaired renal function ( less than or equal to 25 mL/min) within 30 days of procedure or end stage renal disease on dialysis.

8. History of active peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding within prior 6 months or other inability to comply with recommended duration of DAPT.

9. Known allergies or sensitivities to heparin, antiplatelet drugs, other anticoagulant therapies which could not be substituted, drug balloon coatings and their , including, but not limited to, paclitaxel, sirolimus, or zotarolimus, or an allergy to contrast media that cannot be adequately pre-treated prior to the index procedure.

10. The subject is currently enrolled in another device or drug trial that interferes with the study endpoints.

11. Known allergy to nitinol or nickel.

12. Any expected elective surgical procedure that would necessitate interruption of DAPT through the 12-month visit.

13. Planned use of atherectomy (rotational, orbital, or laser) device, cutting or scoring balloon.

14. Severe hepatic dysfunction (3 times normal reference values).

15. Planned treatment of additional lesions in target vessel or > two (2) non-target lesions within non-target vessels during index procedure.

16. Target lesion has undergone > two (2) prior stent implant procedures (including the initial index procedure, i.e., > two (2) layers of stent are present at any segment of target lesion).

Angiographic Exclusion Criteria

  1. Target lesion is located within an aneurysm or associated with an aneurysm in the vessel segment either proximal or distal to the target lesion.
  2. Fractured or otherwise compromised stents in the target vessel or inflow vessel.
  3. Target lesion and vessel tortuosity must accommodate the Drug-eluting Coronary Spur.
  4. Severe Calcification of the target vessel.
  5. Prior history of repeat drug-eluting stent implantation for DES restenosis.
  6. Angiographic evidence of thrombus within target artery.
  7. Type D dissections or greater incurred during predilitation or crossing (see Appendix II for definitions).
  8. Tortuosity of proximal segment or location of In-stent Restenosis (ISR) or extremely angulated segments which prevents tracking of the Coronary Spur Stent to the target lesion.
  9. Total occlusions > 3 months old and/or bridging collaterals.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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.

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.

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.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
9 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Drug-eluting Coronary Spur StEnt System

    All subjects enrolled will receive the Drug-eluting Coronary Spur Stent System.

    Device: Drug-eluting Coronary Spur Stent System

Interventions

  • DeviceDrug-eluting Coronary Spur Stent System

    All subjects enrolled will be treated with the Drug-eluting Coronary Spur Stent System.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Treatment of the target lesion with the Drug-Eluting Coronary Spur Stent System without occurrence of in-hospital Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE).

    MACE is defined as All-cause death, Myocardial Infarction (MI), any clinically-driven target lesion revascularization (TLR).

    Time frame: From time of enrollment procedure through time of post-procedure discharge

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Auckland City Hospital Te Toka Tumai
    Auckland, Grafton 1142, New Zealand
  • Wellington Hospital | Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley
    Wellington, Wellington Region 6023, New Zealand
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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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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jun 2024 to primary completion in Jul 2025, 13 months.

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

Registered
Sep 28, 2023
First posted
Nov 3, 2023
StartActual
Jun 12, 2024
Primary completionActual
Jul 29, 2025
CompletionActual
Jun 23, 2026
Last update
Jul 22, 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 Jul 22, 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
NCT06117150
Lead sponsor
ReFlow Medical, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 3, 2023
Start date
Jun 12, 2024
Primary completion
Jul 29, 2025
Completion
Jun 23, 2026
Last update
Jul 22, 2026

Oversight

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