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Silk Vista Baby flow diverter for unruptured brain aneurysms

Tests the Silk Vista Baby device in people with unruptured intracranial aneurysms.

Key facts

Who runs it
Balt USA
Where
Buffalo, Jacksonville, Springfield, Thousand Oaks, and Walnut Creek, United StatesSee the 5 sitesAlso in 1 other country, 1 site
Trial code
Registry title
Pivotal Study of the Silk Vista Baby Flow Diverters in the Treatment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms (PIONEER)
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
250 people, planned
Started
4 Feb 2026
Expected to end
Feb 2031
Type of study
Interventional
Treatments tested
  • Silk Vista Baby (SVB) Flow Diverter
Record updated
5 October 2026

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 with one unruptured bulge in a small brain artery (intracranial aneurysm). They are treated with the Silk Vista Baby (SVB) Flow Diverter, a small mesh tube placed through the blood vessels.

Age
22 to 80 years
Sex
All sexes
Disease stage
One target unruptured aneurysm, saccular or fusiform, 12 mm or smaller. It grows from a vessel 1.5 mm to 3.4mm wide. Its neck is 4mm or wider, or its dome to neck ratio is under 2. At least one risk factor for rupture is needed, such as high blood pressure, smoking, or growth seen on scans.
Earlier treatment
No earlier treatment of the aneurysm or its artery that would get in the way of placing the device. No brain implant in the past 12 weeks.
Biomarker or test result
PRU blood test (platelet response) between 60-200, taken up to 14 days before the procedure.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • The aneurysm needs more than one flow diverter or added coils, or the blood vessels block safe access.
  • Cannot take blood-thinning or anti-platelet drugs, or severe allergy to nickel, titanium, platinum or contrast dye.
  • Disability score (mRS) of 3 or more, or brain bleeding in the last 30 days (60 days for bleeding inside brain tissue).
  • Serious other illness, such as heart disease, kidney failure, cancer under active treatment, or life expectancy under 5 years.
  • Pregnant, nursing, or wishing to become pregnant during the study.

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Age 22 to ≤ 80 years old
  • Participant has a single target unruptured intracranial aneurysm (IA) originating from a parent vessel of 1.5 mm to 3.4mm in diameter located at or distal to the ICA terminus or in SVB-amenable anterior or posterior anatomy
  • Participant has a target saccular or fusiform IA with an aneurysm neck ≥ 4mm or a dome to neck ratio <2
  • Participant has a target IA that is ≤ 12 mm
  • Participant meets one or more risk factors for IA rupture, such as age (≤70); hypertension; cigarette smoking; use of sympathomimetic drugs; Japanese or Finnish ancestry; history of prior aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH); familial intracranial aneurysms or SAH; clinical or radiological mass effect; reduced quality of life due to fear of rupture; IA size, location, and morphology (yielding 1 point or greater score per UIATS scale); documented growth of IA on serial imaging; presence of multiple IAs; and presence of concurrent pathology
  • Participant has pre-procedure (obtained up to 14 days prior to the procedure day) PRU value between 60-200
  • Participant or a legally authorized representative (LAR) provides written informed consent using the IRB/REB-approved consent form and agrees to comply with protocol follow-up and requirements

Who cannot take part

  • Has vessel characteristics, such as severe tortuosity, stenosis, atherosclerotic disease, or morphology that would preclude safe endovascular access to the target aneurysm necessary for treatment with the study device
  • Received previous treatment of the target aneurysm or parent artery where it would interfere with the placement or proper apposition of the device
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage occurred within 30 days prior to enrollment
  • Intracranial parenchymal hemorrhage occurred within 60 days prior to enrollment
  • Major surgery (including previous intracranial implant) occurred within previous 30 days or is planned in the next 120 days after treatment date
  • Received previous intracranial implant associated with the symptomatic or vascular distribution within the past 12 weeks prior to treatment date
  • Chronic anticoagulation therapy is ongoing or known coagulopathy exists
  • Presence of intracranial mass (tumor, except meningioma that doesn't require surgery for 1 year) or non-treated arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in the territory of the target aneurysm
  • Has a medical contraindication to study or procedure-related antiplatelet/anticoagulation medications (e.g., aspirin, clopidogrel/Plavix, ticagrelor, Prasugrel, Gp IIb/IIIa inhibitors, heparin, etc.), local or general anesthesia, or life-threatening allergy to contrast dye
  • Has a known severe allergy to nickel, titanium or platinum
  • The health of the participant or the validity of the study outcomes (e.g., high risk of neurologic events, worsening of clinical condition in the last 30 days) may be compromised by the participant's enrollment
  • Life expectancy is less than 5 years due to other illness or condition (in addition to an intracranial aneurysm)
  • Unable to complete study follow-up due to dementia or psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, or history of noncompliance with medical advice
  • Has other known serious concurrent medical conditions such as active bacterial infection, heart disease (including atrial fibrillation, pacemaker, recent myocardial infarction [< 12 weeks], symptomatic congestive heart failure, or carotid stenosis), kidney failure (e.g., >2.0mg/dl serum creatinine) or any other non-neurological disease-related acute life threatening illness to be treated in this trial, pulmonary disease, uncontrolled diabetes, progressive neurologic disorders, cancer requiring active treatment (e.g., chemotherapy, etc.) or on palliative care, vasculitis, high risk of ischemic stroke or recent stroke (within 30 days)
  • Target aneurysm is unsuitable for flow diverter treatment
  • Subject requires more than one flow diverter for target aneurysm treatment
  • Modified Rankin Score (mRS) assessment is ≥ 3 at screening or pre-procedure mRS could not be assessed
  • Has more than one IA that requires treatment within 120 days of treatment date
  • Requires adjunctive coiling during SVB procedure
  • Women who are pregnant or nursing at the time of enrollment or women who wish to become pregnant during the length of study participation
  • Participation in any other investigational study which can influence collection of valid data under this study

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 22 and 80 years old?

Where in United States

Also in 1 other country, 1 site

  • University of Buffalo NeurosurgeryBuffalo, United StatesContact: Ellen CarlTaking people
  • Baptist HealthJacksonville, United StatesContact: Teresa NicolTaking people
  • Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, United StatesContact: Jay GuttaTaking people
  • Vascular and Neuroscience Institute of Southern CaliforniaThousand Oaks, United StatesContact: Priya KaushalTaking people
  • John Muir Health - Walnut Creek HospitalWalnut Creek, United StatesContact: Melanie AaronTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The PIONEER Study is a pivotal, multi-center, prospective, single-arm study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Silk Vista Baby (SVB) Flow Diverter for the treatment of unruptured aneurysms.

The group in the trial

  • Silk Vista Baby (SVB) Flow DiverterTreatment being tested

    Participants meeting eligibility criteria will undergo endovascular treatment of a single unruptured intracranial aneurysm using the SVB Flow Diverter.

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
Pivotal Study of the Silk Vista Baby Flow Diverters in the Treatment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms (PIONEER)
Plain-language title
Silk Vista Baby flow diverter for unruptured brain aneurysmsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
Fit questions
Built from NCT07225075, who can take part
Record updated
5 October 2026