Dissolvable medicine stent for leg artery disease
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests a new dissolvable stent that slowly releases medicine to keep your lower-leg artery open. It is for people with severe leg pain or small wounds due to poor blood flow, and who are not eligible for other stents.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must have severe leg pain at rest or a small sore on your foot or leg (Rutherford category 4 or 5).
- The blocked artery must be in your lower leg, not near the ankle, and the artery must be about 2.75 to 3.75 mm wide.
- You cannot have any stents already in the same artery in your lower leg that is being treated.
- You must have good kidney function (not on dialysis and eGFR above 30).
- You cannot have had a major amputation (above the ankle) on the leg that needs treatment.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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