Clinical Research
Mount Sinai is dedicated to providing the very latest in interventional radiology. We keep on top of the most advanced research findings by participating in a range of clinical studies. Here are some of the research projects we are working on.
Research
| GCO # | Project Title | PI | Expiration Date |
| 20-1750 | RAVI Registry: Prospective, multi-center, observational, post-market study of Radial Access Embolization Procedures Using HydroPearl Microspheres | Joseph Titano, MD | 09/09/22 |
| 19-1844 | Intrahepatic Flow Diversion Prior to Segmental Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Challenging Tumor Vasculature | Vivian Bishay, MD | 09/20/22 CLOSED |
| 19-2124 | In-line Balloon Occlusion Delivery of Ethylene-vinyl Alcohol Copolymer (Onyx®) for Peripheral Vascular Applications | Aaron M. Fischman, MD | 10/01/22 CLOSED |
| 19-1722 | Use of a Standardized Inferior Vena Cava Filter Macro in Abdominal CT Reports to Improve Filter Retrieval Rates: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study | Aaron M. Fischman, MD | 10/07/22 CLOSED |
| 18-2393 | Early Experiences with Concurrent Nivolumab and Local Regional Therapy | Edward Kim, MD | 10/13/22 CLOSED |
| 18-2281 | EPIQ-Affiniti Ultrasound System Study | Robert Lookstein, MD | 10/18/22 |
| 18-1734 | SAVAL - A Randomized Trial comparing the Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) Below-the-Knee (BTK) Vascular Stent System (DES BTK Vascular Stent System) vs Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Treating Infrapopliteal Lesions in Subjects With Critical Limb Ischemia | Patel, Rahul, MD | 11/08/22 |
| 18-2581 | Computational Analytics for Prognosis Following Y90 Radiation Segmentectomy | Edward Kim, MD | 11/29/22 |
| 21-0931 | Liquid Embolization of Arterial Hemorrhages in the Peripheral Vasculature The LAVA Study | Robert Lookstein, MD | 12/04/22 |
| 21-01620 | STRIKE-PE: A Prospective, Multicenter Registry that Seeks to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Outcomes of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism Treated with the Indigo® Aspiration System | Vivian Bishay, MD | 01/30/23 |
| 20-0134 | Outcomes in Locoregional Therapy | Vivian Bishay, MD | 02/24/23 |
| 18-1532 | Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Consortium Registry | Vivian Bishay, MD | 03/02/23 |
| 18-1146 | Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Time for a Time-to-Treat Algorithm for Interventional Radiology | Vivian Bishay, MD | 03/09/23 |
| 19-0873 | Prostate Artery Embolization | Aaron M. Fischman, MD | 03/21/23 |
| 20-1140 | Single-Center Experience with Outpatient Transradial Uterine Artery Embolization: Safety, Feasibility, Outcomes, and Early Rates of Return | Vivian Bishay, MD | 05/21/23 |
| 20-2236 | ARMOR: Ablation of Renal Masses Outcomes Registry (2003 - 2019) | Aaron M. Fischman, MD | 06/20/23 |
| 21-00894 | Fertility after Pelvic Arterial Embolization for Post-Partum Hemorrhage | Robert Lookstein, MD | 06/23/23 |
| 20-3139 | FlowTriever All-Comer Registry for Patient Safety and Hemodynamics (FLASH) | Robert Lookstein, MD | 06/26/23 |
| 21-0926 | Venous stent for the Iliofemoral Vein Investigational Study Using the Duo™ Stent (VIVID) | Robert Lookstein, MD | 07/04/23 |
| 19-1584 | Automated Detection of Acute Intra-abdominal Hemorrhage Using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) | Robert Lookstein, MD | 07/20/23 |
| 20-2931 | NOLA (NeuWave Observational Liver Ablation) Registry | Patel, Rahul, MD | 10/21/23 |
| 21-00443 | Incidence of Pulmonary Embolism and Venous Thromboembolism in COVID-19 | Robert Lookstein, MD | 04/04/24 |
| 21-00638 | Role of Artificial Intelligence for Pulmonary Embolism Management | Robert Lookstein, MD | 06/03/24 |
| 21-01756 | Prostatic Arterial Embolization (PAE) as a Treatment Modality for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Retrospective Review | Aaron M. Fischman, MD | 03/16/25 |
| 22-1145 | Outcomes of Embolization with TRUFILL® n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (n-BCA) Liquid Embolic for Gastrointestinal Bleeds (GIB) | Aaron M. Fischman, MD | 07/25/25 NEW |
| 18-1033 | A New Focused Curriculum in Interventional Radiology for Third Year Medical Students | Vivian Bishay, MD | IRB Exempt |
| 19-1582 | Crowd Sourced Assessment of IR Technical Skill; A Method to Guide Future Training of Interventional Radiologists | Aaron M. Fischman, MD | IRB Exempt |
| 22-00268 | Improving Medical Student Interest, Familiarity and Exposure Regarding Interventional Radiology During A Pandemic | Vivian Bishay, MD | IRB Exempt |