# Exploratory Study of the Edwards APTURE Transcatheter Shunt System (ALT-FLOW Canada)

> **NCT04000607** · NA · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Edwards Lifesciences** · enrollment: 45 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Heart Failure

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** APTURE transcatheter shunt

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04000607
- **Lead sponsor:** Edwards Lifesciences
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2019-07-10
- **Primary completion:** 2023-11-03
- **Final completion:** 2028-11-11
- **Target enrollment:** 45 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04000607

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04000607, "Exploratory Study of the Edwards APTURE Transcatheter Shunt System (ALT-FLOW Canada)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04000607. Licensed CC0.

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