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Tests Cera occluder device for patent foramen ovale in people with cryptogenic stroke

Compares the Cera heart device with another device for a small heart opening, in adults.

Key facts

Who runs it
Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Where
Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Kunming, Meizhou, Ningbo, Shenyang, and Wenzhou, ChinaSee the 14 sites
Trial code
Registry title
Safety and Efficacy of Cera™ Patent Foramen Ovale Occluders.
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
244 people, planned
Started
8 Jun 2023
Expected to end
30 Jun 2029
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Cera™ patent foramen ovale occluders
  • Another patent foramen ovale occluders
Record updated
1 September 2023

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for adults aged 18-60 with a patent foramen ovale (a small opening between the upper heart chambers) and a stroke of unknown cause, who can have the hole closed with a plug device.

Age
18 to 60 years
Sex
All sexes can join.
Disease stage
Patent foramen ovale confirmed by heart ultrasound or a contrast test showing a medium or large shunt. Stroke of unknown cause, with risk factors, a blood clot in a vein or lung, or a stroke returning despite blood-thinning treatment.
Earlier treatment
Some people joined after a stroke returned despite antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy. People who took part in another drug or device trial within three months cannot join.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Narrowing of the neck arteries of more than 50%
  • Atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
  • Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the trial
  • Severe heart valve disease, heart failure, or a clot or tumour inside the heart
  • Liver or kidney function problems, or uncontrolled high blood pressure

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Patients aged 18-60 years
  • Be able to understand the purpose of the experiment, voluntarily participate in the experiment and sign the informed consent
  • Patent foramen ovale was confirmed by at least one of the following conditions exists:; Patent foramen ovale was confirmed by Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) or Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE); The presence of medium or large right-to-left shunt was confirmed by Right-heart acoustic contrast (cTTE or cTCD)
  • It meets the clinical status of patent foramen ovale plugging indication, and at least one of the following conditions exists:; Cryptogenic stroke complicated with patent foramen ovale, combined with one or more clinical risk factors; Cryptogenic stroke complicated with patent foramen ovale, combined with one or more anatomical risk factors of patent foramen ovale; Cryptogenic stroke complicated with patent foramen ovale, with clear deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, and not suitable for anticoagulant therapy; Cryptogenic stroke complicated with patent foramen ovale, but still recurred with antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy

Who cannot take part

  • Mitral/aortic disease: including mitral stenosis or severe mitral regurgitation of any cause, severe aortic stenosis or severe aortic regurgitation, mitral or aortic valve vegetations or prior valve replacement surgery
  • Participate in clinical trials of other drugs or medical devices within three months
  • Patients with intracardiac thrombosis or tumor, intracardiac vegetations
  • Acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months
  • Left ventricular aneurysm formation or left ventricular wall movement disorder
  • Patients with active endocarditis or other untreated infections or other hemorrhagic diseases
  • Pulmonary hypertension or patent foramen ovale was a special channel
  • Uncontrolled hypertension (> 180/100 mmHg)
  • Contraindication of antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy, such as severe bleeding within 3 months, obvious retinopathy, history of other intracranial bleeding, and obvious intracranial diseases
  • Coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and other vascular diseases that are poorly controlled by drugs or other means
  • Thrombosis exists at the location or route of implantation
  • Malignant neoplasms or other diseases with a life expectancy of less than 2 years
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy, LVEF < 35%, or other severe heart failure
  • Liver and kidney function impairment (ALT or AST > 3 times the upper limit of normal value, serum creatinine (Cr) > 2 times the upper limit of normal value)
  • Carotid atherosclerotic stenosis was determined by the investigator based on CT or vascular ultrasound (> 50%)
  • Large cerebral infarction occurred within 4 weeks (MR/CT or DWI image ASPECTS score <6 points or infarction volume ≥70 ml or infarction area > 1/3 middle cerebral artery blood supply area)
  • Patients with right-to-left shunt due to other causes, including atrial septal defect or perforated diaphragm
  • Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (chronic or intermittent)
  • Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the trial
  • The investigator determined that the patient was not suitable for implantation of PFO occluder (for example, the diameter of the base of the atrial septal tumor ≥25mm and the size of the foramen ovale ≥5mm) or the patient has contraindications for implantation of PFO occluder
  • Patients who could not be followed up during the trial

Check if you might fit

Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.

  • Are you between 18 and 60 years old?

Where in China

  • Fuwai Hospital ,CAMS&PUMCBeijing, ChinaContact: Hanlu LINot yet recruiting
  • Peking University First HospitalBeijing, ChinaContact: Yan LiangNot yet recruiting
  • The First Hospital Of JiLin UniversitvChangchun, ChinaContact: Fei WangNot yet recruiting
  • The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, ChinaContact: Chuankun MiaoTaking people
  • The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, ChinaContact: Yuxia XiangTaking people
  • The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou, ChinaContact: Lei TangTaking people
  • Zhejiang Provincial People's HospitalHangzhou, ChinaContact: Can WangTaking people
  • Qilu Hospitalof Shandong UniversityJinan, ChinaContact: Bailu WangNot yet recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital)Jinan, ChinaContact: Juan YinNot yet recruiting
  • Fuwai Yunnan Cardiovascular HospitalKunming, ChinaContact: Da ZhuTaking people
  • Meizhou People HospitalMeizhou, ChinaContact: Fayou YangTaking people
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo UniversityNingbo, ChinaContact: Qingya YangNot yet recruiting
  • General Hospital of Northern Theater CommandShenyang, ChinaContact: Hongying ZhangNot yet recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou, ChinaContact: Huafang ChenTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

To evaluate the performance of Cera™ patent foramen ovale occluders developed by Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., LTD;

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Cera™ patent foramen ovale occludersTreatment being tested

    Patients with cryptogenic stroke complicated with patent foramen ovale will be implanted with the Cera™ patent foramen ovale occluders according to the INSTRUCTIONS for Use (IFU).

  • Another patent foramen ovale occludersExisting treatment, for comparison

    Patients with cryptogenic stroke complicated with patent foramen ovale will be implanted with the Another patent foramen ovale occluders according to the INSTRUCTIONS for Use (IFU).

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
A Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized, Controlled Non-inferiority Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Cera™ Patent Foramen Ovale Occluders.
Plain-language title
Tests Cera occluder device for patent foramen ovale in people with cryptogenic strokeGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Fit questions
Built from NCT05774288, who can take part
Record updated
1 September 2023