GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder and Antiplatelet Medical Management for Reduction of Recurrent Stroke in Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO): the REDUCE Post Approval Study
Recruiting · Not applicable · NCT03821129
Conditions: Stroke, PFO - Patent Foramen Ovale
At a glance
- Research payments reported, 2025
- $823,267
- U.S. investigators named
- 41
- Sites paid
- 39
- Planned or actual enrollment
- 636
About the trial
- Sponsor
- W.L.Gore & Associates
- Tested
- PFO closure with GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (device)
- Dates
- Started 2019-07-25; completion 2031-10
- Results posted
- Not yet
This study will assess the safety and effectiveness of GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder in a post approval setting and evaluate the quality of operator education and training and transferability of trial experience to a post-market setting.
From ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-30. Full record, eligibility and contacts (opens in a new tab)
Industry funding
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. reported $823,267 in research payments for this study in 2025 (233 payments).
Products named: Gore Cardioform Septal Occluder, Product in Development
Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites to run a study, not to the investigators personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
U.S. investigators named on this study
- Joseph Aragon, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Santa Barbara, CA
- Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH Interventional Cardiology · San Francisco, CA
- Jason M. Hoff, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Loma Linda, CA
- Matthew J. Price, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · La Jolla, CA
- Lee A. Macdonald, MD Interventional Cardiology · Littleton, CO
- Justin A. Strote, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Fort Collins, CO
- Jeremy D. Asnes, MD Pediatric Cardiology · New Haven, CT
- Matthew C. Schwartz, MD Pediatric Cardiology · Hartford, CT
- Mauricio G. Cohen, MD Interventional Cardiology · Miami, FL
- Robert J. Cubeddu, MD Interventional Cardiology · Naples, FL
- Bibhu D. Mohanty, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Tampa, FL
- Siddharth A. Wayangankar, MD Interventional Cardiology · Jacksonville, FL
- Chandanreddy Devireddy, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Atlanta, GA
- Phillip A. Horwitz, MD Interventional Cardiology · Iowa City, IA
- Mark A. Tannenbaum, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · West Des Moines, IA
- Keith H. Benzuly, MD Interventional Cardiology · Chicago, IL
- Hussam Suradi, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Chicago, IL
- Ignacio Inglessis-azuaje, MD Cardiology · Boston, MA
- Stanley J. Chetcuti, MD Cardiology · Ann Arbor, MI
- Mario Goessl, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Minneapolis, MN
- Matthew D. Saybolt, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Eatontown, NJ
- Vijay S. Iyer, MD, PHD Cardiology · Amherst, NY
- Robert J. Sommer, M.D. Cardiology · New York, NY
- Brandon M. Jones, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Portland, OR
- Paul L. Hermany II, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Bethlehem, PA
- Benjamin M. Jackson, MD Vascular Surgery · Allentown, PA
- Bryan W. Kluck, D.O. Cardiology · Allentown, PA
- Robert N. Piana, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Nashville, TN
- Jorge A. Alvarez, MD Interventional Cardiology · San Antonio, TX
- Joe Aoun Interventional Cardiology · Houston, TX
- Dhaval Parekh, MD Interventional Cardiology · Houston, TX
- Guilherme V. Silva, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Houston, TX
- Robert J. Widmer, MD, PHD Interventional Cardiology · Temple, TX
- Anwar Tandar, MD Interventional Cardiology · Salt Lake City, UT
- Vamsee M. Yaganti, MD Interventional Cardiology · Salt Lake City, UT
- John T. Saxon, MD Interventional Cardiology · Charlottesville, VA
- Matthew R. Summers, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Norfolk, VA
- Kurt G. Kinney, M.D. Cardiology · Tacoma, WA
- Tanvir K. Bajwa, MD Interventional Cardiology · Milwaukee, WI
- Michael Cinquegrani, MD Interventional Cardiology · Milwaukee, WI
- Richard O. Han, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Charleston, WV
Clinicians the company named as principal investigators in its Open Payments reports.
Sites paid to run it
- Methodist Hospital Research Institute $139,064
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple, TX $62,053
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics, IA $61,626
- University of Michigan Health System, MI $45,212
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, CA $39,617
- Carolinas Health Care System $34,618
- University of Utah $34,214
- Massachusetts General Hospital, MA $31,961
- Northwestern University $27,048
- Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA $26,725
- UCSF Medical Center, CA $26,140
- Usf Health $24,500
- Yale University $24,446
- Baptist Health Research Institute $22,261
- University of Virginia Medical Center, VA $18,012
- Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York $17,003
- Nch Healthcare System $16,545
- Medical Center of the Rockies $15,868
- St Mark's Hospital, UT $13,938
- Rush University Medical Center, IL $13,559
- Providence Health and Services $12,948
- Baylor College of Medicine $12,109
- Jersey Shore University Medical Center, NJ $12,000
- Medical College of Wisconsin $11,831
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, VA $11,315
- Research Foundation of Suny $11,145
- Charleston Area Medical Center Health Education and Research Institute $9,500
- Loma Linda University $9,321
- South Denver Cardiology Associates $7,618
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN $7,439
- Scripps Mercy Hospital, CA $5,473
- Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital, WA $4,063
- Aurora St Lukes Medical Center, WI $3,837
- Baylor Research Institute $3,367
- Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center, IA $2,206
- Emory University Hospital, GA $1,944
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation $1,564
- Cleveland Clinic Florida $996
- Sarah Cannon Research Institute $182
Sources: CMS Open Payments research payments (program year 2025) and ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine.