# Cerebral Embolic Load in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Comparison of the Conventional With the Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation Technique Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound

> **NCT02308566** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern** · enrollment: 48 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Aortic Valve Stenosis
- Extracorporeal Circulation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation (MECC)
- **PROCEDURE:** Conventional Extracorporeal Circulation (CECC)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02308566
- **Lead sponsor:** Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2011-06
- **Primary completion:** 2016-03
- **Final completion:** 2016-06
- **Target enrollment:** 48 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-06-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02308566

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02308566, "Cerebral Embolic Load in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Comparison of the Conventional With the Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation Technique Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02308566. Licensed CC0.

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