Clinical trials: Amputations
Cystectomy, Segmental Growing of Alveolar Tissue
Study of Collagen Membrane in Guided Bone Regeneration
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of Hypro-Sorb® F, a bilayered bioabsorbable membrane in inducing bone regeneration in different dental procedures requiring GBR.
- Conditions
- Cystectomy, Segmental Growing of Alveolar Tissue, Sinus Lift, Root Amputation and Apicoectomy
- Trial name
- GBR (NCT00454038)
- Testing
- HYPRO SORB F
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya
Amputation
Clinical Trial of Tensegrity Prosthetics K3 Promoter Foot Prosthesis
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine if the experimental Tensegrity prosthetic foot offers a reduction of the amount of oxygen used while walking, if stability is improved over current prosthetic feet, and whether…
- Trial name
- NCT00888199
- Testing
- Experimental prosthetic foot (K3 Promoter)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tensegrity Prosthetics
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, Depression
Self-Management Program for Persons With Limb Loss
The specific aims of this study are: 1. To develop and pilot a self-management (SM) intervention for persons with limb loss in a group setting using a participatory action research (PAR) strategy. 2.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Depression, Pain, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT00198692
- Testing
- self-management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Amputation
Active Knee Prosthesis Study for Improvement of Locomotion for Above Knee Amputees
The purpose of this study is to develop a robust, low-power, stable, and light weight, active knee prosthetic device that can dramatically increase gait symmetry and walking economy of a transfemoral amputee during walking.
- Trial name
- NCT00771589
- Testing
- Active Knee Prosthesis
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Providence VA Medical Center
Amputations, Traumatic
Gait Evaluation of Experienced Below Knee Amputees
Post traumatic amputees with an experience of over 3 months of prosthesis use at home, without any known difficulty using the prosthesis and without stump pathology, using no assistive devices, will be examined in a 3 D…
- Trial name
- NCT00353626
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
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)
Amputation Stumps, Pain
2PX (Topical Strontium Chloride Hexahydrate) in Patients With Post-Amputation Stump Pain.
The objective of this study is to investigate the analgesic effect of topical strontium chloride in stump pain, and to prospectively determine other efficacy and safety measures of topical strontium chloride in stump pain.
- Trial name
- NCT00592098
- Testing
- Strontium chloride hexahydrate
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- SantoSolve AS
Amputation
Penetration of Ertapenem Into Bone
The aim of the study is to determine the penetration levels of ertapenem into bone tissues in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (D.M) or Peripheral Vascular Diseases (P.V.D) undergoing amputation, and to correlate theme to the…
- Trial name
- NCT00392028
- Testing
- ertapenem
- Where
- 3 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
Diabetes, Ulceration
Shear and Pressure Reducing Insoles for the Diabetic Foot
We evaluated the feasibility of the GlideSoft™ novel insole to reduce pressure and shear forces on the foot. No commercially available insoles are designed to reduce shear.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Ulceration, Amputation, Foot Deformity
- Trial name
- GlideSoft (NCT00499356)
- Testing
- pressure reducing insole, GlideSoft®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 299 people
- Sponsor
- Diabetica Solutions Inc.
Amputation, Phantom Limb
A Study to Test the Effectiveness of Mirror-Box and Mental Visualization Treatments on Phantom Limb Pain
The researchers propose to conduct a pilot study on the efficacy of mirror-box and mental visualization treatments on phantom limb pain.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Phantom Limb, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT00301444
- Testing
- mirror-box treatment, Mental visualization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Department of Defense
Phantom Limb, Residual Limb Pain
Acupuncture for the Treatment of Phantom Limb and Residual Limb Pain After Amputation
The purpose of this study is to identify the best treatment sequence and combination of acupuncture points for the treatment of phantom limb or residual limb pain in the traumatic/surgical amputee.
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb, Residual Limb Pain, Traumatic Amputation, Amputation
- Trial name
- NCT00388752
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Amputation, Chronic Pain
Efficacy of Opioids and Mexiletine for the Treatment of Postamputation Pain
Persistent pain occurs in 50-85 percent of patients who experience the amputation of an extremity. This study will compare the effectiveness of morphine and mexiletine to placebo in the treatment of postamputation pain.
- Trial name
- NCT00383682
- Testing
- morphine and mexiletine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Amputation
Clinical Identification of Fall Risk Early After Unilateral Transtibial Amputation
All participants attend for two testing sessions at either Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre or the centre where they received inpatient physiotherapy services.
- Trial name
- NCT00163787
- Testing
- outcome measures and self report
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Bayside Health
Amputation
Prosthetic Limbs After Leg Amputation: Alternative Method of Socket Design
People who have had a leg amputated often choose to use a prosthetic (artificial) leg. This study will evaluate a new method of making prosthetic legs for people who have had an amputation below the knee.
- Trial name
- NCT00061217
- Testing
- Unrectified prosthetic socket, Rectified prosthetic socket
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)