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Clinical Pilot Study of New Prosthesis for Trans-femoral Amputated Patients
Pilot Study of New Prosthesis for Trans-femoral Amputated Patients Clinical Study Protocol
1 other identifier
interventional
3
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Patients with a trans-femoral amputation who experienced problems, complications pain due to the ischial weight bearing and discomfort with conventional socket prosthesis will be proposed to implant a new developed prosthesis.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Feb 2018
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 9, 2018
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
February 20, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 26, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 30, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 30, 2025
CompletedMarch 5, 2026
March 1, 2026
7.6 years
January 9, 2018
March 3, 2026
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Quality of Life
Patients outcome evaluation of health-related quality of life through quality of life questionnaire EQ-5D-5L
Two years
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Adverse Events
Two years
Study Arms (1)
Femoral prosthesis
EXPERIMENTALnewly developed prosthesis for trans-femoral amputation
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age \>18 and \<75 years
- Patients with Trans-femoral Amputations since at least 2 years and suffering from pain and discomfort with the current standard socket prosthesis, i.e., with a baseline VAS score for pain between 3 and 10 or a health-related quality of life (Eq-5D) score \< 60 or an SF-36 result below the 50th percentile
- Amputation due to:
- Trauma
- Oncologic disease
- Written informed consent
You may not qualify if:
- Trans-femoral amputation due to infection
- Patients affected by
- metabolic disease
- neurologic degenerative disease
- vascular disease proximal to the amputation
- body weight \>100 kg
- Hip arthritis of the amputated limb
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Ospedale Regionale di Lugano Civico e Italiano
Lugano, 6900, Switzerland
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Christian Candrian, Dr. med
EOC
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- MD
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 9, 2018
First Posted
February 26, 2018
Study Start
February 20, 2018
Primary Completion
September 30, 2025
Study Completion
September 30, 2025
Last Updated
March 5, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
not foreseen