Clinical trials: Extremity Amputation
Clinical Practice Guidelines, Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury)
TeleEducation for Implementing a Clinical Practice Guideline For Amputees
The publication of a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) is often not enough for its correct use in the field of health care. There are barriers to the implementation of the CPG recommendations, including those related to the lack…
- Conditions
- Clinical Practice Guidelines, Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury), Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury), Lower Limb Amputation Knee
- Trial name
- TEFICA (NCT05601349)
- Testing
- Telehealth-based strategy
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Grupo Rehabilitacion en Salud
Amputations, Diabetes
Clinical Trial of Footwear in Patients With Diabetes
A Seattle VA study indicated lower extremity ulcers preceded 84% of diabetic amputations. Nearly half of the events that ban the causal chain leading to ulcers and amputation were initiated by ill-fitting footwear.
- Conditions
- Amputations, Diabetes, Lower Extremity Ulcers
- Trial name
- NCT00032864
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Amputation of Lower Extremity, All Causes
Gait and Energy Expenditure in Children With Lower Limb Amputation (MAPEDE)
In lower limb amputation, prosthetic gait has been shown to be particularly energy-intensive. While energy expenditure has been the focus of many studies in adult amputees, this area of research is less developed for paediatric…
- Trial name
- MAPEDE (NCT07076602)
- Testing
- Gait and energy expenditure
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Amputation, Dysmelia
Physical Activity and Sports for People With Special Needs
Purpose of this study was to assess the balance level of highly qualified amputee football players in relation to their sports level, training experience, position on the pitch, as well as the type of amputation/dysfunction and…
- Conditions
- Amputation, Dysmelia, Leg; Deformity, Congenital
- Trial name
- NCT05778799
- Testing
- Balance test
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education
Stroke, Parkinson Disease
C-STAR Movement Database
The purpose of this study is to develop a database that contains movement and rehabilitation-related data collected through the use of wearable sensors and video.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Parkinson Disease, Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury), Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury)
- Trial name
- NCT05471375
- Testing
- Database Entry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Phantom Limb Pain
Pre-emptive Sciatic Bloc to Prevent Lower Limb Phantom Pain
Phantom limb pain is a complication of amputation. Although pre-empitve epidural analgesia was once thought to prevent such a com plication, recent studies did not demonstrate this.
- Trial name
- NCT00528463
- Testing
- sciatic nerve block
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Amputation, Surgical
Improving Prosthetic Arms for Amputee: A Better Fit and More Functionality
This research and development will improve upon and investigate the potential validity of an innovative new transradial socket and harness design (the KSH system) that offers an alternative to standard hard sockets and rubber…
- Trial name
- KSH (NCT05990062)
- Testing
- K-Socket-Harness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Ischemia, Phantom Limb Pain
Sciatic Perineural Versus Stump Catheter for Below Knee Amputation
The goal of this study is to determine if pre-operative placement of the continuous peripheral nerve block by an anesthesiologist using ultrasound technology is more effective than a continuous peripheral nerve block placed…
- Conditions
- Ischemia, Phantom Limb Pain, Vascular Disease, Chronic Pain
- Trial name
- NCT01608035
- Testing
- Sciatic catheter, Stump catheter
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Amputation, Amputation, Traumatic
Evaluation of Dexterous Terminal Device
Liberating Technologies, Inc. (LTI) has developed Pointdexter, a dexterous prosthetic fingertip that is integrated into a commercial prosthetic hand and allows for an additional fine grasp.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Amputation, Traumatic, Amputation; Traumatic, Hand, Limb; Absence, Congenital, Upper
- Trial name
- NCT05840601
- Testing
- Pointdexter, Comparator
- Sponsor
- Liberating Technologies, Inc.
Amputation
Amputee Residual Limb Volume Fluctuation
The goal of this project is a useful clinical instrument for diagnosis and treatment of residual limb volume fluctuation in individuals who use prosthetic limbs.
- Trial name
- NCT01161238
- Testing
- Monitored for limb volume
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Critical Limb Ischemia
Study to Explore the Effect of Lowering Blood Viscosity in Patients With Treatment-resistant Critical Limb Ischemia
PAD is caused by an increased flow resistance in atherosclerotic ischemic limbs. The investigators hypothesize that reducing blood viscosity (through controlled phlebotomy), thereby increasing the deformability of red blood…
- Trial name
- CLI-PH (NCT01758874)
- Testing
- phlebotomy
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul Veterans Hospital
Amputation, Lower Extremity Amputation
Psychometric Qualities IPAQ-SF
This is an observational, prospective multicentric study designed to develop medical knowledge. The aim of the study is to validate the IPAQ-SF questionnaire in a population of lower limb amputee patients.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Lower Extremity Amputation, Gait Analysis, Questionnaires
- Trial name
- QUAPSY (NCT05989113)
- Testing
- Administration of the IPAQ-SF questionnaire
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- FondationbHopale
Amputation
Enhanced Tactile (Touch) Spatial Acuity in Upper Limb Amputees
This study will examine whether tactile (touch) abilities at the lip are more acute in people with upper limb amputation compared with healthy normal volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00028210
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Phantom Limb Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
A Clinical Trial of Mirror Treatment for Phantom Pain
A randomized controlled clinical to examine the effect of mirror therapy on phantom pain and residual limb pain in patients with traumatic transtibial amputations in Cambodia.
- Trial name
- NCT02912975
- Testing
- Mirror treatment, Tactile treatment
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trauma Care Foundation, Norway
Amputation
Effectiveness of Frontal Plane Adaptability in a Novel Foot Prosthesis
People with lower extremity amputation (LEA) have persistent problems with balance, falls, residual limb pain, functional mobility, cognitive attention during gait, and satisfaction with participation in daily activities, despite…
- Trial name
- NCT06214026
- Testing
- META-Arc foot locked, META-Arc foot unlocked
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Diabetes Mellitus
Assessing Diabetic Foot Ulcer Microcirculation With High-frequency Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound
The objective of this observational study is to investigate and validate the utility of high-frame-rate ultrasound imaging technology for dynamic observation of the blood perfusion process at the site of ulcer wounds in…
- Trial name
- NCT06309082
- Testing
- Amputation, Debridement
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Hand
Dexterous Partial Hand Prosthesis Outcomes
Liberating Technologies, Inc. (LTI) has developed a dexterous prosthetic fingertip that will be fit onto an i-Digits™ partial hand prosthesis and allow for an additional fine grasp.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Hand, Limb; Absence, Congenital, Upper, Prosthesis User
- Trial name
- NCT05038566
- Testing
- Pointdexter
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liberating Technologies, Inc.
Vascular Diseases, Peripheral Artery Disease
RECCORD (Recording Courses of Vascular Diseases) Registry
The RECording COurses of vasculaR Diseases registry (RECCORD registry) is an observational, prospective, multicentre, all-comers registry platform.
- Conditions
- Vascular Diseases, Peripheral Artery Disease, Claudication, Critical Limb Ischemia
- Trial name
- RECCORD (NCT03448029)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people
- Sponsor
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Angiologie, Gesellschaft für Gefäßmedizin e.V.
Lower Extremity Amputation
Community Walking Trials: Comparing Prosthetic Feet
The purpose of the study is to obtain performance measurements and participant feedback about use of an investigational prosthetic foot compared to the participant's usual prosthetic foot.
- Trial name
- NCT03703232
- Testing
- Investigational prosthetic foot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Acute Ischemia of Lower Limb
Treatment of Acute Lower Limb Ischaemia in Sweden 1994-2014
Study of acute lower ischemia therapies based on data collected from the Swedish Vascular Surgery Registry between 1994 and 2014.
- Trial name
- NCT02835027
- Testing
- Open versus endovascular surgery
- Volunteers
- 16,287 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University Hospital