Drugs / Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue
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Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue

also known as BioVAT · EHM

Cell therapy

Developed for
heart failure
Investigated by
Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK) · Repairon GmbH · University Medical Center Freiburg · University Medical Center Goettingen

Trials 1

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 1/2 NCT04396899 Feb 2020 → Dec 2027 expected heart failure University Medical Center Goettingen Recruiting No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 4

DateIssuerRelease
2026-05-28 Repairon GmbH Results Repairon Announces Publication of Clinical Trial Results for Engineered Human Heart Muscle Tissue in the New England Journal of Medicine repairon.de ↗
2025-01-01 Repairon GmbH Results Repairon announces positive clinical outcomes of engineered heart muscle as reparative therapy for advanced heart failure reported at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association repairon.de ↗
Yesterday at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center, latest clinical trial findings were disclosed on the use of human engineered heart muscle as biological ventricular assist tissue (BioVAT) transplants in patients with advanced heart failure.
2023-11-12 Repairon GmbH Results BioVAT-HF Phase 1/2 reveals first evidence for effective heart repair in Advanced Heart Failure repairon.de ↗
The first-in-human dose-finding part of BioVAT-HF demonstrated that EHM were safe and well tolerated at all tested doses.
2023-04-04 Repairon GmbH Results Repairon announces completion of dose-finding part of BioVA T-HF Phase 1/2 trial in Advanced Heart Failure repairon.de ↗
Feasibility and safety demonstrated in patients with advanced heart failure

Evidence & citations 6 cited values

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FieldValueCited text
Known as Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue “designated "Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue" or BioVAT” NCT04396899 ↗
Known as BioVAT “designated "Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue" or BioVAT” NCT04396899 ↗
Known as EHM ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT04396899 ↗
Action Restore “for cardiac remuscularization” PMID 42202318 ↗ May 2026
Modality Cell therapy “composed of cardiomyocytes and stromal cells derived from allogeneic induced pluripotent stem cells” PMID 42202318 ↗ May 2026
Route Other “Implantation of EHM on dysfunctional left or right ventricular myocardium” NCT04396899 ↗