Clinical trials: Amputations
Amputation, Phantom Limb Pain
The Pain in Amputees Reduced by Administration of Diet Examination
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is defined as pain or discomfort in a missing limb following amputation, whereas residual limb pain (RLP) is often experienced as pain at the site of amputation.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Phantom Limb Pain, Residual Limb Pain
- Trial name
- PARADE (NCT05460845)
- Testing
- Low-Carbohydrate Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Behavior, Amputation
Self-Management for Amputee Rehabilitation Using Technology.
Lower Limb Amputations (LLAs) are a substantial burden on the Canadian health services with nearly 50,000 cases reported between 2006 and 2011.
- Conditions
- Behavior, Amputation, Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury), Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury)
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT04953364)
- Testing
- SMART, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
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.
Phantom Limb, Motor Activity
The Effects of Targeted Phantom Motor Execution on Phantom Limb Control
Lower limb amputations account for more than 85% of all amputations. In Canada, it has been reported that transtibial amputation (TTA) is the most common level of amputation.
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb, Motor Activity, Amputation Stump, Amputation
- Trial name
- NCT05247827
- Testing
- Targeted phantom limb motor execution (exercise)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Amputation
Using a Psychosocial Transitional Group to Improve Adaptation, Coping and Mental Health Outcomes Following Limb Loss
People with limb loss receiving inpatient rehabilitation are at greater risk for depression and anxiety, social isolation, and generally have poor quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT05082870
- Testing
- Supportive-expressive group therapy (SEGT)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Upper Limb Amputation
Functional Performance of Voluntary Opening and Closing Body Powered Prostheses
This study will compare the functional performance of voluntary opening (VO) and voluntary closing (VC) body powered prostheses.
- Trial name
- NCT02136238
- Testing
- Hosmer 5XA voluntary opening hook, TRS Grip 3 voluntary closing hook
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Lower Limb Loss
Musculoskeletal Measurements in Transfemoral Amputees
The aim of this study was to identify posture asymmetries in transfemoral amputees utilizing clinical evaluation measures. The purposes of this investigation were: 1) to measure the limb length indirectly to determine the…
- Trial name
- NCT00909922
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Miami VA Healthcare System
Limb Amputation
Content Validation of a Questionnaire on Sports Activities in Children With Limb Amputation
The VESAQ study aims to validate the content of a questionnaire designed to assess sports participation in children with limb amputation.
- Trial name
- VESAQ (NCT07782645)
- Testing
- Three-Round Delphi Process
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hopitaux de Saint-Maurice
Trauma
Investigating Outcomes of Lower Limb Trauma
This is an observational study, which aims to firstly develop a sensor-based objective mobility assessment. This will then be used to profile and compare the outcomes of patients who undergo amputation with those who have limb…
- Trial name
- NCT01691950
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Amputation, Wound; Foot
Comparing Wound Complication Following TMA With Aid of Electrospun Fiber Matrix
Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) patient populations commonly have poor healing outcomes and a large number of complications. There has been little study on the benefits of augmenting a TMA with a synthetic graft substitute.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Wound; Foot, Wound Complication
- Trial name
- NCT06063694
- Testing
- Synthetic electrospun fiber matrix
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Scripps Health
People With Lower Limb Amputation That Are Ambulatory
Assessment of Socket Shapes Made by Central Fabrication Facilities
Quality and accuracy of prosthetic sockets manufactured by central fabrication facilities may be lacking. Poor quality manufacturing can be detrimental to socket fit in amputees and may require more work by prosthetists to…
- Trial name
- NCT01245504
- Testing
- Assessed for socket fit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Amputation, Elderly
Falls in Older Persons With Limb Loss
Lower limb prosthesis users are known to be at a substantially increased fall risk compared to able-bodied individuals. The interaction between increased fall risk, reduced balance confidence and high prevalence of a fear of…
- Trial name
- FOPLL (NCT03670004)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Amputation, Prosthesis User
Myoelectric Game Training and Outcomes
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of myo-electric training tools on prosthesis functional outcomes.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Prosthesis User, Prosthesis
- Trial name
- NCT04354493
- Testing
- Myo-electric Gaming Interface
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liberating Technologies, Inc.
Amputation
Evaluating and Improving Assistive Robotic Devices Continuously and in Real-time
The goal of this research is to determine a quick, accurate and unobtrusive way to optimize the performance of powered assistive devices like ankle exoskeleton or prostheses.
- Trial name
- NCT03632252
- Testing
- Powered ankle prosthesis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Amputation, Congenital, Upper Limb; Amelia
CNS Changes Following Upper Limb Loss
The objective of this study is to better understand the structural and functional changes that the central nervous system (CNS) undergoes following congenital upper limb loss.
- Trial name
- NCT06043518
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Neuropathic Pain, Amputation, Traumatic
Reiki for the Management of Neuropathic Pain
This is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, repeated measures study with intention-to-treat that involves exposure to Reiki therapy or a placebo control intervention for a total of six treatments, three…
- Trial name
- Reiki4Pain (NCT02328703)
- Testing
- Reiki Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Amputation
Comparison of Prosthetic Knee Performance During Sitting and Standing
The Ossur Prosthetic Power Knee claims to assist in helping people with transfemoral amputation to walk up stairs and stand up from sitting.
- Trial name
- NCT00421356
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
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)
Cold Intolerance
Botulinum Toxin Type A for Cold Intolerance Secondary to Digital Amputations and Replantations: A Pilot Study
Patients will be selected for cold intolerance after finger amputation or replantation. They will be given Botox or placebo dose as treatment and assessed over 3 months.
- Trial name
- NCT04917731
- Testing
- Botulinum toxin type A
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Arthroplasty Complications, Amputation
Clinical Trial Comparing Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Standard Dry Dressings
Negative pressure dressings are currently widely used in wound management. Their use is gradually being extended to surgical scars.
- Conditions
- Arthroplasty Complications, Amputation, Prosthesis-Related Infections
- Trial name
- BERLYTZ (NCT04520841)
- Testing
- Prevena TM, Dry dressing
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne Hospitals