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Starlight Cardiovascular Lifeline Ductus Arteriosus Stent IDE Study

Starlight Cardiovascular Inc · with National Institutes of Health (NIH) · NCT07114718

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Up to age 6 mo · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted (a condition is required)
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
45
US sites recruiting
8
Study start
January 16, 2026
Record last updated
September 14, 2026

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What the study is about

Starlight Cardiovascular, Inc. is sponsoring a prospective, multi-center, study to evaluate safety and effectiveness of the Lifeline Ductus Arteriosus Stent System. The study device is a stent that is designed to maintain patency of the Ductus Arteriosus for children who need blood flow through that part of the heart.

Being studied: Ductus Arteriosus Stent

Conditions: Congenital Heart Disease; Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Parental or legal authorized representative provide consent for study enrollment
  • Infants \< 6 months of age
  • Diagnosis of congenital heart defect with ductal-dependent pulmonary circulation requiring infusion of prostaglandins
  • Requires ductus arteriosus stent diameters of 3.5mm or 4mm and stent lengths between 16mm and 28mm

Exclusion Criteria

  • Active blood stream infection
  • Active or history of endocarditis
  • Body weight \<2.5kg
  • Gestational age \<32 weeks at birth
  • Complete heart block
  • Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
  • Anatomic variation judged to be inappropriate for ductal stenting per the treating interventionalist
  • Presence of an aortopulmonary collateral that is expected to require unifocalization
  • Non-confluent pulmonary arteries (i.e. isolated pulmonary artery of ductal origin) or bilateral patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
  • Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum with RV-dependent coronary circulation
  • Currently participating in an investigational drug study or another device study that would confound the study results
  • Patient who is on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), ventricular assist device (VAD), or dialysis prior to ductal stenting procedure
  • Major co-morbidities which, in the opinion of the investigator, would negatively alter expected 1-year survival (e.g., intracranial hemorrhage, renal failure, etc.)
  • Patient who is undergoing another transcatheter procedure (e.g., atrial septostomy, aortic arch intervention, or right ventricular outflow tract intervention) during or within 24 hours prior to the ductus arteriosus stenting procedure
  • Patient who, at the time of enrollment, is deemed not to be a candidate for eventual stage II palliation of single ventricle heart disease, complete surgical repair, nor transcatheter treatment with resultant biventricular circulation
  • Patient who does not plan to return to the enrolling center or another participating center for stage II palliation, complete surgical repair, or definitive catheterization procedure
  • Contraindications to peri-procedural anticoagulation
  • Known to be non-responsive to aspirin or other antiplatelet therapies
  • Known hypersensitivity or allergy to Nickel
  • Known hypersensitivity to contrast media that cannot be adequately pre-medicated

Recruiting US locations

  • UCLA Mattel Children's

    Los Angeles, CA 90095

    Site contact: Nicholas Sharaway · 310-267-7600 · nsharaway28@g.ucla.edu

  • Leland Stanford Junior University

    Stanford, CA 94305

    Site contact: Kifle Yohannes · 650-724-4661 · kifley@stanford.edu

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, CO 80045

    Site contact: Maria Dornon · maria.dornon@childrenscolorado.org

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, OH 45229

    Site contact: Amy Pajk · 513-803-0380 · amy.pajk@cchmc.org

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, OH 43205

    Site contact: Victoria Shay · 614-355-5819 · victoria.shay@nationwidechildrens.org

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, PA 19104

    Site contact: Olivia Martino · 215-590-1000 · martinoo@chop.edu

  • Texas Children's Hospital - Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Lesley Cruz · 832-826-5925 · lxcruz@texaschildrens.org

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, WA 98105

    Site contact: Jeremy Gillis · 206-987-6580 · Jeremy.gillis@seattlechildrens.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Mary Beth Tate, BSBE-MBA · 734-709-2080 · marybeth.tate@globalmedicaldeviceconsultants.com
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