Clinical trial Recruiting at 34 sites Interventional Ages 18 and up

Using Shockwave technology to treat calcified coronary artery disease

Official title: Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm, Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Study of the Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System With the Shockwave Javelin Coronary IVL Catheter (FORWARD CAD IDE Study)

Run by Shockwave Medical, Inc. · NCT06662500 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing a new shockwave treatment to see if it can safely help people with hard, calcified arteries feel better before they get stents.

Quick facts

Study typeInterventional
Ages18 Years and up
SexAll
Enrollment408 (estimated)
SponsorShockwave Medical, Inc.
Industry-sponsored
Locations34 sites (La Jolla, California and 33 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedApril 4, 2025
Main results expectedDecember 8, 2025
Study endsDecember 2027
Registry record updatedAugust 3, 2026
Trial IDNCT06662500 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates include adults aged 18 and older with moderate-to-severe calcified coronary artery lesions suitable for non-emergent percutaneous coronary intervention.

Probably not a fit

Patients with emergent conditions or those with severe angina at rest may not benefit from this study.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

The FORWARD CAD IDE Study evaluates the safety and effectiveness of the Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System with the Javelin Coronary IVL Catheter for treating calcified, stenotic coronary artery lesions prior to stenting. This multicenter, single-arm study aims to enroll up to 158 subjects with moderate-to-severe calcification in their coronary arteries. The catheter is designed to modify calcium in difficult lesions, enhancing vessel compliance and facilitating further treatment options. The study will be conducted across 35 sites, focusing on patients with stable angina or those stabilized after acute coronary syndrome.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this approach could significantly improve treatment outcomes for patients with calcified coronary artery disease.

How similar studies have gone: Other studies utilizing intravascular lithotripsy have shown promising results, indicating potential success for this approach.

Who can join: the full rules

Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
General Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject is ≥18 years of age
2. Subject is able and willing to comply with all assessments in the study.
3. Subjects with native coronary artery disease including stable angina or following stabilization after acute coronary syndromes (ACS) for non-emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
4. Biomarkers (troponin) must be:

   1. 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
   2. 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.
5. 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).
6. Subject, or legally authorized representative, signs a written Informed Consent form to participate in the study, prior to any study-mandated procedures.
7. Estimated life expectancy \>1 year.
8. Lesions in non-target vessels requiring PCI may be treated either:

   1. \>30 days prior to the study procedure if the procedure was unsuccessful or complicated; OR
   2. \>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
   3. \>30 days after the study procedure

   Angiographic Inclusion Criteria
9. The target lesion must be a de novo coronary lesion that has not been previously treated successfully with any interventional procedure
10. Single de novo target lesion stenosis of protected LMCA, or LAD, RCA or LCX (or of their branches)
11. The target vessel reference diameter must be ≥2.5 mm and ≤4.0 mm
12. The target lesion must meet one of the following criteria:

    1. 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
    2. Chronic total occlusion presenting with J-CTO score of 1 with evidence of calcification and occlusion length up to 20 mm.
13. 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:

1. Any comorbidity or condition which may prevent compliance with this protocol, including follow-up visits
2. Subject is participating in another research study involving an investigational agent including pharmaceutical, biologic, or medical device that has not reached the primary endpoint
3. Subject is pregnant or nursing (a negative pregnancy test is required for women of child-bearing potential within 7 days prior to enrollment)
4. Unable to tolerate antiplatelet/anticoagulation therapy per society guidelines
5. Subject has an allergy to imaging contrast media which cannot be adequately pre-medicated
6. Subject experienced an acute STEMI within 30 days prior to index procedure
7. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure
8. Subject has acute or chronic renal disease with eGFR \<30 ml/min/1.73m2 (using institutional formula)
9. History of a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 60 days, or any prior intracranial hemorrhage or permanent neurologic deficit
10. Active peptic ulcer or upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding within 3 months
11. Untreated pre-procedural hemoglobin \<10 g/dL or intention to refuse blood transfusions if one should become necessary
12. 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)
13. Subject has a hypercoagulable disorder such as polycythemia vera, platelet count \>750,000 or other disorders
14. Subject has an active systemic infection on the day of the index procedure with either fever, leukocytosis or requiring intravenous antibiotics
15. Subjects with clinical evidence of cardiogenic shock
16. Uncontrolled severe hypertension (systolic BP \>180 mm Hg or diastolic BP \>110 mm Hg)
17. Subjects with an estimated life expectancy of less than 1 year
18. 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
19. 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
20. Subject refusing or not a candidate for emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery
21. Planned use of atherectomy, scoring or cutting balloon, sub-intimal reentry device, or any investigational device other than coronary IVL

    Angiographic Exclusion Criteria
22. Unprotected left main diameter stenosis \>30%
23. 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)
24. Definite or possible thrombus by angiography in the target vessel
25. Evidence of aneurysm in target vessel within 10 mm of the target lesion
26. Second lesion with \>50% stenosis in the same target vessel as the target lesion including its side branches
27. Chronic total occlusion of the target lesion, J-CTO ≥2
28. Target lesion is located in a native vessel that can only be reached by going through a saphenous vein or arterial bypass graft
29. Previous stent within 5 mm of the target lesion
30. Failure to successfully cross the guidewire across the target lesion
31. 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.

Where it's running

  • Scripps Health
    La Jolla, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of California, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • South Denver Cardiology Associates, P.C
    Littleton, Colorado, United States
    Recruiting
  • Hartford Hospital
    Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    Recruiting
  • Medstar Washington Hospital Center
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Cardiac and Vascular Institute
    Gainesville, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
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  • Piedmont Heart Institute
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Emory University Hospital
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
  • NYU Langone Health
    New York, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
    New York, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Lenox Hill Hospital
    New York, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center
    Roslyn, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • NC Heart and Vascular Research, LLC
    Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Christ Hospital
    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • Providence St. Vincent
    Portland, Oregon, United States
    Recruiting
  • Wellspan York Hospital
    York, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • Centennial Heart
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute Dallas
    Dallas, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Houston Methodist Hospital
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Baylor Scott and White - The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
    Plano, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute
    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    Recruiting
  • Overlake Medical Center
    Bellevue, Washington, United States
    Recruiting
  • Swedish Medical
    Seattle, Washington, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Washington Medical Center
    Seattle, Washington, United States
    Recruiting
  • Basildon University Hospital
    Basildon, UK, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Bristol Heart Institute
    Bristol, UK, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
    Leeds, UK, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Glenfield Hospital
    Leicester, UK, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • St. Thomas Hospital
    London, UK, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • St. George's Hospital
    London, UK, United Kingdom
    Recruiting

Study contacts

  • Principal investigator: Robert W Yeh, M.D., M.Sc, M.B.A — Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Study coordinator: Randee Randoll
  • Email: RRandoll@its.jnj.com
  • Phone: 408-577-7856

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How to take part

  1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
  2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
  3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.
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