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ABSORB Post-Approval Clinical Study

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What is being tested

Absorb BVS

Device
Who is being recruted

Cardiovascular Diseases+1

+ Heart Diseases

+ Vascular Diseases

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: August 2017
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Summary

Principal SponsorAbbott Medical Devices
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: August 1, 2017

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

After approval of commercial use of Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) System in over 75 countries as of December 31, 2015, Abbott Vascular has developed a post-approval commitment plan that includes the initiation of the ABSORB Post-Approval Clinical Study, a single-arm trial that will include approximately 2000 subjects at approximately 265 sites in the US and Canada. The objectives of ABSORB PostApproval Study are the following: * Evaluate the safety of the use of Absorb in a real world setting following commercial physician training. * Observe the effectiveness of commercial physician training on appropriate vessel sizing in the use of Absorb in a real world setting. The study design allows evaluating low frequency events, effectiveness of commercial physician training and education for very small vessels (< 2.25 mm as assessed by quantitative coronary angiography \[QCA\]), and confirmation of generalizability of the treatment with Absorb to real-world practice. The estimated follow-up of safety and effectiveness will be 3 years. Angiographic Subgroup: Approximately the first 500 consecutive subjects implanted by operators inexperienced in the usage of Absorb GT1 BVS to receive baseline assessment of reference vessel diameter (RVD) by the angiographic core laboratory. An inexperienced operator is defined as having performed two or fewer Absorb implants prior to commercial approval. The purpose of the angiographic subgroup is to evaluate the effectiveness of training in the selection of appropriately sized coronary arteries for GT1 BVS implantation. Study staff will be notified after the procedure if the subject is in the angiographic subgroup, and instructed to send pre-procedure angiogram and supporting materials to core laboratory for assessment.

Official TitleABSORB Post-Approval Clinical Study
Principal SponsorAbbott Medical Devices
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart DiseasesVascular DiseasesMyocardial Ischemia

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * The subject agrees and signs the Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved informed consent form * The subject receives an Absorb Exclusion Criteria: * Subject is a member of a vulnerable population. Vulnerable population: Defined as subject whose willingness to volunteer in a clinical investigation could be unduly influenced by the expectation, whether justified or not, of benefits associated with participation or of retaliatory response from senior members of a hierarchy in case of refusal to participate. Examples of populations which may contain vulnerable subjects include: Individuals with lack of or loss of autonomy due to immaturity or through mental disability, persons in nursing homes, children, impoverished persons, subjects in emergency situations, ethnic minority groups, homeless persons, nomads, refugees, and those incapable of giving informed consent. Other vulnerable subjects include, for example, members of a group with a hierarchical structure such as university students, subordinate hospital and laboratory personnel, employees of the sponsor, members of the armed forces, and persons kept in detention

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Subjects receiving Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS).

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 5 locations

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Tallahassee Memorial Hospital

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Franciscan St. Francis Health

Indianapolis, United States
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Baptist Health Louisville

Louisville, United States
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Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

Englewood, United States
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