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Not yet recruitingNCT07826078TORCH-004Updated Oct 13, 2026

TORCH-LATAM-004: Regional Advanced-Therapy Pathways for Adults With Acquired or Structural Heart Disease

An interventional study of TORCH Adult Advanced Therapies Pathway (TORCH-AATP) in Advanced Heart Failure, Acquired Heart Disease and Structural Heart Disease, sponsored by CardioVision International Tech, S.A.S. de C.V.. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-13.

Sponsored by CardioVision International Tech, S.A.S. de C.V. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
360
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

TORCH-LATAM-004 is a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial evaluating a regional pathway for adults with advanced heart failure secondary to acquired or structural heart disease who may require heart or combined transplantation, mechanical circulatory or extracorporeal support, advanced structural intervention, or another regulated advanced-therapy pathway. Clusters transition from usual local pathways to TORCH-AATP. The primary outcome is completion of the prespecified multidisciplinary evaluation and documentation of an advanced-pathway decision within 90 days after enrollment. The study also evaluates barriers, authorized pathway or waiting-list activation, longitudinal status, mechanical support, definitive therapy, external regulated pathways, and clinical outcomes. Donor-organ and matching events are captured only where legally authorized and do not replace national allocation systems or transplant-center decisions.

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Each TORCH regional network cluster is anchored in an authorized advanced-therapy or transplant center and may include activated evaluation, referral, advanced-heart-failure, structural-heart, intensive-care, mechanical-support, donor-origin, procurement, preservation, logistics, and data-coordination nodes. Adults with advanced heart failure secondary to acquired or structural heart disease may be identified at transplanting or non-transplanting centers when an authorized route to specialized evaluation exists. Authorized centers and competent authorities retain all legal and clinical authority for advanced-therapy candidacy, waiting-list activation, organ acceptance, allocation, and transplantation.

The recipient pathway records identification, referral, enrollment, completion of multidisciplinary adult evaluation, a documented advanced-pathway decision, barrier management, activation of an authorized pathway or official waiting list, longitudinal clinical and support status, transplantation, advanced structural intervention, regulated external-protocol enrollment, or an alternative outcome. Study enrollment is analytically distinct from advanced-therapy candidacy and official wait-list status.

The pathway permits clinically documented redirection among heart or combined transplantation; temporary or durable mechanical support; advanced structural intervention; recovery; surveillance; palliative care; and independently governed investigational protocols. TORCH does not assign an investigational drug, device, cell, organoid, xenograft, or other experimental therapy and does not infer efficacy or safety for such products.

Where legally authorized, donor-organ and recipient pathways converge at traceable compatibility and offer episodes. Each decision, non-acceptance reason, reassignment, urgency change, distance, logistics constraint, and final disposition is time-stamped. TORCH does not create a supranational allocation authority or override governmental or institutional systems.

Interoperability may range from audited manual transfer to structured documents, batch exchange, application programming interfaces, standards-based exchange, or validated remote-monitoring devices. Cross-border activity is activated only after applicable ethical, regulatory, institutional, data-protection, financial, and operational approvals.

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Conditions studied

  • Advanced Heart Failure
  • Acquired Heart Disease
  • Structural Heart Disease
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support

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Keywords

  • advanced heart failure
  • acquired heart disease
  • structural heart disease
  • transplant candidacy
  • waiting list
  • mechanical circulatory support
  • ECMO
  • advanced structural intervention
  • advanced therapies
  • implementation science
  • health services research
  • Latin America
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In context

Heart Failure

6,331 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure; 1,396 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 360 is above the median of 76 across 4,049 interventional studies indexed under Heart Failure.

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Lead sponsor

CardioVision International Tech, S.A.S. de C.V. is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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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

  • Adult aged 18 years or older at .
  • Documented acquired or structural heart disease with advanced heart failure meeting a protocol-defined trigger for specialized advanced-therapy evaluation.
  • Identification within an activated TORCH network cluster with an operational route to at least one authorized advanced-therapy or transplant center.
  • Ability to complete protocol-defined follow-up directly or through an authorized network pathway.
  • Provision of informed consent according to applicable requirements.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Congenital heart disease as the primary condition, or absence of a documented pathophysiological relationship between acquired or structural heart disease and advanced heart failure.
  • No authorized route for protocol evaluation or follow-up at the time of enrollment.
  • Unable or unwilling to provide when required.
  • The prespecified multidisciplinary evaluation and advanced-pathway decision were already completed and remain clinically current before enrollment.
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Informed consent

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
360 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    TORCH-AATP Intervention Period

    Participants enrolled while their cluster is assigned to the intervention period receive the TORCH Adult Advanced Therapies Pathway, including protocolized identification and referral, multidisciplinary evaluation, pathway-decision adjudication, barrier navigation, pathway and waiting-list status tracking, and traceable donor-organ opportunity coordination when applicable.

    Other: TORCH Adult Advanced Therapies Pathway (TORCH-AATP)

  • No intervention
    Usual Local Pathway Period

    Participants enrolled before their cluster transitions to TORCH-AATP receive locally available referral, evaluation, treatment, support, structural-heart, and transplant-candidacy processes. Study data collection does not alter the authority of local programs or competent authorities.

Interventions

  • OtherTORCH Adult Advanced Therapies Pathway (TORCH-AATP)

    A multicomponent health-services pathway that standardizes identification, referral, multidisciplinary adult advanced-heart-failure evaluation, advanced-pathway decision documentation, barrier navigation, longitudinal waiting-list and support status, authorized donor-organ and matching traceability, and secure information exchange. It does not assign organs, authorize therapies, or replace transplant-center or governmental decisions.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Completion of Multidisciplinary Adult Advanced-Therapy Evaluation and Documented Pathway Decision Within 90 Days

    Percentage of eligible enrolled participants who complete the prespecified multidisciplinary adult advanced-therapy evaluation and have a documented advanced-pathway decision within 90 days after enrollment. APD-A, APD-B, APD-D, APD-E, APD-F, APD-G, and APD-H count as completed decisions when the minimum evaluation is complete. APD-C denotes incomplete evaluation and is not counted as success. Death, irreversible deterioration, or missing evidence before day 90 is not counted as success unless the minimum evaluation and a valid decision were documented.

    Time frame: Within 90 days after enrollment.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Activation of an Authorized Advanced-Therapy Pathway or Official Waiting List

    Percentage of participants with a qualifying advanced-pathway decision who achieve documented activation of an authorized pathway or official waiting list. Enrollment alone is not activation.

    Time frame: Within 180 days after the first documented advanced-pathway decision qualifying for activation.

  2. Time to Completed Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Advanced-Pathway Decision

    Time from enrollment to completion of the prespecified multidisciplinary adult evaluation and documentation of a valid advanced-pathway decision.

    Time frame: From enrollment to completed evaluation and documented advanced-pathway decision, assessed through 180 days.

  3. Redirection of the Advanced-Therapy Pathway

    Percentage of enrolled participants with a documented change in intended advanced therapy or destination pathway, with origin, destination, authority, and reason recorded.

    Time frame: Through 24 months after enrollment.

  4. Waiting-List Status or Urgency Transition

    Number and distribution of documented waiting-list status or urgency transitions by reason among participants with an official waiting-list episode.

    Time frame: At each documented waiting-list transition through 24 months after enrollment.

  5. Initiation of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory or Extracorporeal Life Support

    Percentage of enrolled participants with initiation of protocol-defined temporary mechanical circulatory support or extracorporeal life support; organ supported, configuration, and therapeutic intent are classified.

    Time frame: Through 24 months after enrollment.

  6. Durable Mechanical Support Implantation

    Percentage of enrolled participants receiving protocol-defined durable mechanical circulatory support; device category and therapeutic strategy are reported separately.

    Time frame: Through 24 months after enrollment.

  7. Transplantation by Organ Type

    Percentage of enrolled participants who undergo heart or combined transplantation, reported separately by transplant type.

    Time frame: Through 24 months after enrollment.

  8. Advanced Structural Heart Intervention

    Percentage of enrolled participants who undergo a protocol-defined advanced structural heart intervention as the documented destination therapy.

    Time frame: Through 24 months after enrollment.

  9. Survival Free From Irreversible Clinical Deterioration

    Percentage of enrolled participants alive without protocol-defined irreversible deterioration that precludes the intended advanced-therapy pathway at each prespecified time point.

    Time frame: At 90 days, 1 year, and 2 years after enrollment.

  10. Resolution of Identified Barriers

    Percentage of prespecified clinical, administrative, financial, regulatory, logistical, geographic, social, technological, or information barriers documented as resolved according to the barrier-specific rule; each barrier is the unit of analysis.

    Time frame: Within 180 days after identification of each barrier.

  11. Authorized Enrollment in an External Advanced-Therapy Protocol

    Percentage of enrolled participants who provide protocol-specific consent and are formally enrolled in an independently governed advanced-therapy protocol. Referral, contact, screening, or APD-G alone is not enrollment. This outcome measures access and not efficacy or safety of the external product.

    Time frame: Through 24 months after enrollment.

  12. Utilization of TORCH-Evaluated Donor Organs

    Percentage of donor organs meeting the prespecified evaluable-opportunity denominator that are implanted. Final disposition is classified as implanted, recovered but not implanted, or not recovered, with prespecified reasons for non-use recorded.

    Time frame: Up to 24 months after participant enrollment.

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Timeline

1 registry update 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

Start is estimated for Mar 2027; primary completion for Mar 2029, 24 months later.

Of 236 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Heart Failure, half reached primary completion within 34 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 18 and three quarters within 62. This study's planned 24 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,354 studies reached it within 31 months; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 52.

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

Registered
Sep 8, 2026
First posted
Sep 17, 2026
StartEst.
Mar 30, 2027
Primary completionEst.
Mar 30, 2029
CompletionEst.
Mar 30, 2031
Last update
Oct 13, 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.
Contact
Study contact's phone or email changed: e•••@gmail.com→i•••@torch-latam.org. See the current contact
Oct 13, 2026
Sponsor
Collaborators added: Advanced Science Technologies; collaborators removed: Advanced Sciences Technologies, S.A. de C.V.·Advanced Science Technologies S.A.S.
Oct 13, 2026
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  1. Oct 13, 2026
    Sponsor Collaborators added: Advanced Science Technologies; collaborators removed: Advanced Sciences Technologies, S.A. de C.V.·Advanced Science Technologies S.A.S.
    Contact Study contact's phone or email changed: e•••@gmail.com→i•••@torch-latam.org. See the current contact
    + 1 other change: references

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07826078
Collaborators
Advanced Science Technologies
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 17, 2026
Start date
Mar 30, 2027 (estimated)
Primary completion
Mar 30, 2029 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 30, 2031 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 13, 2026

Study contacts

Eliecer Villamizar De La Hoz, MD
Contact
info@torch-latam.org
+50370878226
Eliecer Villamizar De La Hoz, MD
principal investigator · CardioVision International Tech S.A. de C.V.

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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