Recruiting

Ultrasound Device

Sponsor:

Scripps Health

Code:

NCT07420400

Conditions

Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Point-of-care ultrasound

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will test the sensitivity of a novel, battery-powered, non-invasive ultrasound device to detect a right-to-left shunt

Conditions

Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)

Study ID

NCT07420400

Start date

Jan 7, 2026

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Mar 1, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Undergoing clinically indicated TEE with bubble study for the detection of a PFO

Study Design

Enrollment

75 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Intervention

Subjects undergoing clinicially-indicated TEE for the detection of a PFO

Interventions

Point-of-care ultrasound

Point-of-care ultrasound device to detect microbubbles in the intracranial circulation

Primary outcome measure

  • Primary diagnostic outcome [ Time Frame: Intraprocedural (during TEE) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Matthew J Price, MD

858-824-5269price.matthew@scrippshealth.org

Locations

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

Recruiting

La Jolla, California, United States, 92037-6837

Contacts

Matthew J Price, MD

8582050098price.matthew@scrippshealth.org

More Information

Sponsor

Scripps Health

Last update posted

Feb 19, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • PFO
  • Cryptogenic stroke
  • shunt

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Scripps Health on 2026-02-19.