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NCT05610787Enrolling by invitation

EXCOR Active Driving System for the EXCOR Pediatric VAD IDE Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the device performance and monitor the safety and effectiveness of the Berlin Heart EXCOR Active Driving System while being used with the approved EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device. EXCOR Active Driving System is intended for use with the approved EXCOR Pediatric VAD. The EXCOR Pediatric VAD is intended to provide mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to cardiac transplantation for pediatric patients. Pediatric candidates with severe isolated left ventricular or biventricular dysfunction who are candidates for cardiac transplant and require circulatory support may be treated using the EXCOR Pediatric. EXCOR Active is intended for use in a clinical setting. EXCOR Active can be used in any kind of hospital unit (e.g. OR, ICU, intermediate care unit or general care unit). The driving unit may be moved between clinical units using the caddy or baby buggy; however, a patient must always be accompanied by a person trained in the use of the manual pump and emergency procedures during transport in the event of an emergency. The driving unit can be transported during operation.

Status (registry)
Enrolling by invitation
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40 (estimated)
First submitted
14 Sept 2022
Start date
14 Nov 2022
Primary completion date
10 Nov 2023
Lead sponsor
Berlin Heart, Inc
NCT number
NCT05610787

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 40
  • From 14 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 10 Nov 2023
  • 17 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • Patient has any contraindication as specified in the current version of the IFU of the EXCOR® Pediatric VAD system as shown below:
    • "Patients unable to tolerate systemic anticoagulation therapy should not be implanted with EXCOR components.
    • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is contraindicated in patients after being implanted with EXCOR.
    • Patients with aortic valve regurgitation that is more than moderate that cannot be re- paired at the time of implantation should not be implanted with EXCOR. If repair of the aortic valve regurgitation requires surgical closure of the aortic valve, EXCOR should not be implanted. EXCOR is not intended to be used as a total artificial heart and should not be used in this configuration."

Age

  • Females of childbearing age who are not on contraceptives or surgically sterile or pregnant.

Other

  • Patient and/or legal representative has not given written consent to participate in the study (non-consent).

Who the study is looking for

  • Patient meets all indications as specified in the current version of the Instructions for Use (IFU) of the EXCOR® Pediatric VAD system as shown below:
    • "EXCOR is intended to provide mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to cardiac transplantation for pediatric patients. Pediatric patients with severe isolated left ventricular or biventricular dysfunction who are candidates for cardiac transplant and require circulatory support may be treated using EXCOR."
  • Patient and/or legal representative has signed the study informed consent form.

Age in the registry: - to 21 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (17)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
CS Mott Children's Hospital
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Ann ArborUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's Hospital Colorado
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AuroraUnited StatesUnknown status
Dell Children's Medical Center
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AustinUnited StatesUnknown status
Boston Children's Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Levine Children's Hospital
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CharlotteUnited StatesUnknown status
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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CincinnatiUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Florida - Shands
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GainesvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Texas Children's Hospital
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's Hospital Wisconsin
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MilwaukeeUnited StatesUnknown status
Columbia University Medical Center
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Stanford
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Palo AltoUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
Primary Children's Hospital
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUnknown status
St. Louis Children's Hospital
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St LouisUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's National
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status

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