An interventional study of Coronary sinus reducer in Coronary Artery Disease and Angina (Stable), sponsored by UMC Utrecht. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-20.
Sponsored by UMC Utrecht · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Refractory angina due to advanced obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a major clinical problem with limited evidence-based treatment options. The coronary sinus reducer (CSR) is an hourglass-shaped stainless-steel mesh device designed to create a controlled narrowing of the coronary sinus (CS). By increasing CS pressure, CSR implantation may improve myocardial perfusion and reduce anginal symptoms, although the physiological mechanisms underlying this effect remain incompletely understood.
REDUCE-ANGINA is a prospective observational study investigating the hemodynamic effects of CSR implantation in 25 patients with refractory angina and advanced CAD. The study evaluates the interaction between coronary sinus hemodynamics and coronary arterial blood flow before and after CSR implantation. The main study endpoints include changes in coronary sinus pressure, coronary flow reserve, microvascular resistance reserve, and absolute microvascular resistance from baseline to 6 months, measured using continuous flow thermodilution during saline-induced coronary hyperemia.
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This study's planned enrollment of 25 is below the median of 124 across 3,006 interventional studies indexed under Coronary Artery Disease.
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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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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.
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NYHA class (heart failure)
The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.
Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.
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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.
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Life expectancy
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CSR arm
Device: Coronary sinus reducer
Impantation of coronary sinus reducer
Also known as: reducer
Change in coronary flow reserve
Change in coronary flow reserve from baseline to 6 months (measured by the continuous flow thermodilution technique using saline-induced coronary hyperaemia)
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months
Angina episodes
Difference in number of daily episodes of angina recorded on the ORBITA-app at 6 month follow-up.
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months
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Plan to share: Undecided
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Start is estimated for Apr 2026; primary completion for Dec 2027, 20 months later.
Of 753 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Coronary Artery Disease, half reached primary completion within 33 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 53. This study's planned 20 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 930 studies reached it within 30 months; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 50.
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