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Clinical trialNCT00201461UnknownPhase 2/PHASE3Interventional

Evaluation of the STARFlex® Septal Closure System in Patients With a Stroke or TIA Due to the Possible Passage of a Clot of Unknown Origin Through a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)

SponsorNMT MedicalEnrollment900Ischemic Attack, TransientPatent Foramen OvaleStroke
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Summary

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The primary objective of the study is to determine whether the STARFlex® septal closure system will safely and effectively prevent a recurrent embolic stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) and mortality in patients with a PFO and to demonstrate superiority of the STARFlex® device compared to best medical therapy.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • the Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Best medical therapy
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
30 Jun 2003
Primary completion
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Completion
30 Apr 2010
Last update posted
30 Dec 2008
Registered enrollment
900
Registry id
NCT00201461
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.