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FORWARD CAD IDE Study

Shockwave Medical, Inc. · NCT06662500

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted (a condition is required)
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
408
US sites recruiting
28
Study start
April 4, 2025
Record last updated
August 3, 2026

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What the study is about

The FORWARD CAD IDE Study is a Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm, Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Study conducted to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System with the Javelin Coronary IVL Catheter for the treatment of calcified, stenotic de novo coronary artery lesions prior to stenting.

Being studied: Intravascular Lithotripsy

Conditions: Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD)

Eligibility criteria

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General Inclusion Criteria

  • Subject is ≥18 years of age
  • Subject is able and willing to comply with all assessments in the study.
  • Subjects with native coronary artery disease including stable angina or following stabilization after acute coronary syndromes (ACS) for non-emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
  • Biomarkers (troponin) must be:
  • less than or equal to the upper limit of lab normal within 24 hours prior to the procedure or may be drawn from the side port of the sheath at the time of index if the PCI is a non-emergent procedure and has stable angina (result will not be known prior to procedure); OR
  • if above the upper limit of lab normal, biomarker result must be less than 5 times the upper limit of lab normal within 24 hours prior to the procedure and the following criteria must be met: • The procedure must not be emergent and the subject cannot have angina at rest.
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >30% within 6 months (note: in the case of an event (MI or Revascularization) the LVEF must be taken post-event and in the case of multiple assessments of LVEF, the measurement closest to enrollment will be used for this criterion; may be assessed at time of index procedure).
  • Subject, or legally authorized representative, signs a written Informed Consent form to participate in the study, prior to any study-mandated procedures.
  • Estimated life expectancy >1 year.
  • Lesions in non-target vessels requiring PCI may be treated either:
  • >30 days prior to the study procedure if the procedure was unsuccessful or complicated; OR
  • >24 hours prior to the study procedure if the procedure was successful and uncomplicated (defined as a final lesion angiographic diameter stenosis \<30% and TIMI 3 flow (visually assessed) for all non-target lesions and vessels without perforation, cardiac arrest or need for defibrillation or cardioversion or hypotension/heart failure requiring mechanical or intravenous hemodynamic support or intubation, and no evidence of elevated biomarkers post-procedure; OR
  • >30 days after the study procedure

Angiographic Inclusion Criteria

  • The target lesion must be a de novo coronary lesion that has not been previously treated successfully with any interventional procedure
  • Single de novo target lesion stenosis of protected LMCA, or LAD, RCA or LCX (or of their branches)
  • The target vessel reference diameter must be ≥2.5 mm and ≤4.0 mm
  • The target lesion must meet one of the following criteria:
  • Target lesion stenosis >90% up to 40 mm in length and evidence of moderate or severe calcification at the lesion site. Moderate calcification defined as angiography with densities noted only during the cardiac cycle prior to contrast injection; severe calcification defined as angiography with fluoroscopic radio-opacities noted without cardiac motion prior to contrast injection involving both sides of the arterial wall; OR
  • Chronic total occlusion presenting with J-CTO score of 1 with evidence of calcification and occlusion length up to 20 mm.
  • Guidewire must be in true lumen, distal to the lesion, and not subintimal, prior to insertion of Shockwave Javelin Coronary IVL catheter (antegrade wire technique only)

General Exclusion Criteria

  • Any comorbidity or condition which may prevent compliance with this protocol, including follow-up visits
  • Subject is participating in another research study involving an investigational agent including pharmaceutical, biologic, or medical device that has not reached the primary endpoint
  • Subject is pregnant or nursing (a negative pregnancy test is required for women of child-bearing potential within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • Unable to tolerate antiplatelet/anticoagulation therapy per society guidelines
  • Subject has an allergy to imaging contrast media which cannot be adequately pre-medicated
  • Subject experienced an acute STEMI within 30 days prior to index procedure
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure
  • Subject has acute or chronic renal disease with eGFR \<30 ml/min/1.73m2 (using institutional formula)
  • History of a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 60 days, or any prior intracranial hemorrhage or permanent neurologic deficit
  • Active peptic ulcer or upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding within 3 months
  • Untreated pre-procedural hemoglobin \<10 g/dL or intention to refuse blood transfusions if one should become necessary
  • Coagulopathy, including but not limited to platelet count \<100,000 or International Normalized ratio (INR) >1.7 (INR is only required in subjects who have taken warfarin within 2 weeks of enrollment)
  • Subject has a hypercoagulable disorder such as polycythemia vera, platelet count >750,000 or other disorders
  • Subject has an active systemic infection on the day of the index procedure with either fever, leukocytosis or requiring intravenous antibiotics
  • Subjects with clinical evidence of cardiogenic shock
  • Uncontrolled severe hypertension (systolic BP >180 mm Hg or diastolic BP >110 mm Hg)
  • Subjects with an estimated life expectancy of less than 1 year
  • Non-coronary interventional or surgical structural heart procedures (e.g., TAVR, MitraClip, LAA or PFO occlusion, etc.) within 30 days prior to the index procedure
  • Planned non-coronary interventional or surgical structural heart procedures (e.g., TAVR, MitraClip, LAA or PFO occlusion, etc.) within 30 days after the index procedure
  • Subject refusing or not a candidate for emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery
  • Planned use of atherectomy, scoring or cutting balloon, sub-intimal reentry device, or any investigational device other than coronary IVL

Angiographic Exclusion Criteria

  • Unprotected left main diameter stenosis >30%
  • Evidence of a serious angiographic complication in the target vessel prior to treatment with coronary IVL (dissection, perforation, abrupt closure, persistent slow-flow or persistent no reflow)
  • Definite or possible thrombus by angiography in the target vessel
  • Evidence of aneurysm in target vessel within 10 mm of the target lesion
  • Second lesion with >50% stenosis in the same target vessel as the target lesion including its side branches
  • Chronic total occlusion of the target lesion, J-CTO ≥2
  • Target lesion is located in a native vessel that can only be reached by going through a saphenous vein or arterial bypass graft
  • Previous stent within 5 mm of the target lesion
  • Failure to successfully cross the guidewire across the target lesion
  • Planned use of antegrade dissection and reentry (ADR), retrograde guidewire (RW), or retrograde dissection and reentry (RDR) crossing technique at any time during the procedure.

Recruiting US locations

  • Scripps Health

    La Jolla, CA 92037

    Site contact: Brendan Neilan · 858-824-5249 · Neilan.brendan@scrippshealth.org

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, CA 94143

    Site contact: Kaye Reambonanza · 415-514-6147 · Kaye.Reambonanza@ucsf.edu

  • South Denver Cardiology Associates, P.C

    Littleton, CO 80120

    Site contact: Rachel Kim · 303-703-2053 · rkim@southdenver.com

  • Hartford Hospital

    Hartford, CT 06112

    Site contact: Marianne McCarthy · 860-972-1788 · Marianne.McCarthy@hhchealth.org

  • Medstar Washington Hospital Center

    Washington D.C., DC 20010

    Site contact: Michelle Singh · 202-877-2190 · michelle.singh@medstar.net

  • The Cardiac and Vascular Institute

    Gainesville, FL 32605

    Site contact: Marti Roberson · 352-244-0208 · mroberson@tcavi.com

  • Piedmont Heart Institute

    Atlanta, GA 30309

    Site contact: Suzanne Corley · 404-605-3118 · Suzanne.corley@piedmont.org

  • Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta, GA 30322

    Site contact: Farhad Jameel · 404-712-7665 · farhad.jameel@emory.edu

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA 02114

    Site contact: Sidney Searles · 401-601-8007 · ssearles@mgh.harvard.edu

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA 02115

    Site contact: Barbora Zvarova · 617-525-5028 · bzvarova@bwh.harvard.edu

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA 02215

    Site contact: Jenifer Kaufman · 617-632-8956 · jmkaufma@bidmc.harvard.edu

  • Minneapolis Heart Institute

    Minneapolis, MN 55407

    Site contact: Opeyemi Akindumila · 612-863-3900 · Opeyemi.akindumila@allina.com

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York, NY 10016

    Site contact: Natalie Massenburg · 646-634-6178 · natalie.massenburg@nyulangone.org

  • Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital

    New York, NY 10032

    Site contact: Kate Dalton, MS, RD, CCRC · 347-514-3366 · keb2114@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Lenox Hill Hospital

    New York, NY 10075

    Site contact: Sara Velichkovikj · 212-434-3802 · svelichkovik@northwell.edu

  • St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

    Roslyn, NY 11576

    Site contact: Elizabeth Haag · 516-562-6790 · elizabeth.haag@cshli.org

  • NC Heart and Vascular Research, LLC

    Raleigh, NC 27607

    Site contact: James Pierre-Louis · 919-784-8695 · james.pierre-louis@unchealth.unc.edu

  • The Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH 45219

    Site contact: Kiera Carlisle · 513-585-1777 · kiera.carlisle@thechristhospital.com

  • Providence St. Vincent

    Portland, OR 97225

    Site contact: Sheryl Ames · 503-216-2099 · sheryl.ames@providence.org

  • Wellspan York Hospital

    York, PA 17403

    Site contact: Lori Slenker · 717-356-5159 · Lslenker2@wellspan.org

  • Centennial Heart

    Nashville, TN 37203

    Site contact: Christina Kosman · 615-920-0531 · Christina.Kosman@hcahealthcare.com

  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute Dallas

    Dallas, TX 75226

    Site contact: Geoffrey Gong · 214-820-3319 · Gang.Gong@BSWhealth.org

  • Houston Methodist Hospital

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Padmaja Naik · 281-615-9407 · pvnaik@houstonmethodist.org

  • Baylor Scott and White - The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano

    Plano, TX 75093

    Site contact: Selena Ortega · 469-814-4738 · selena.ortega@bswhealth.org

  • Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute

    Salt Lake City, UT 84111

    Site contact: Michael Tomlinson · 801-507-4833 · Michael.Tomlinson@imail.org

  • Overlake Medical Center

    Bellevue, WA 98004

    Site contact: Diana Samolyuk · 425-899-5419 · DSamolyuk@evergreenhealthcare.org

  • Swedish Medical

    Seattle, WA 98122

    Site contact: Tina Pratt · 206-320-3919 · kristina.pratt@swedish.org

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle, WA 98195

    Site contact: John Tushinski · 206-685-4346 · jtushin@uw.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Randee Randoll · 408-577-7856 · RRandoll@its.jnj.com
  • Lesli DeSimone · 916-261-5189 · LDeSimon@its.jnj.com
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