Custom knee implants put to the test against standard ones
NCT ID NCT02494544
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether custom-made knee implants (ConforMIS iTotal) help people move better than standard off-the-shelf implants after knee replacement surgery. About 215 adults with osteoarthritis took part. Researchers measured walking, daily activities, and sports performance to see which implant worked best.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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215 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2015
- Finished
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Nov 2022
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion: * Clinical condition included in the approved Indications For Use for the iTotal CR * Osteoarthritis, as confirmed by the investigator's assessment of disease status at screening visit that warrants a TKR procedure. Disease status is assessed by Clinical and Radiographic assessment * Willingness to participate in the clinical study, to give informed consent and to attend all follow-up visits * \> 18 years of age Exclusion: * Subject will require a simultaneous bilateral procedure * Other lower extremity surgery within 1 year * Severe (\> 15º) fixed valgus or varus deformity * Severe (\> 15º) extension deficit * Severe instability due to advanced loss of osteochondral structure * Loss of bone or musculature, osteoporosis, neuromuscular or vascular compromise in the area of the joint to be operated on to an extent that the procedure is unjustified * Insufficient bone stock on the femoral or tibial surfaces * Contralateral knee replacement surgery within the past 6 months * BMI \> 40 * Active malignancy (defined as a history of any invasive malignancy - except non-melanoma skin cancer), unless patient has been treated with curative intent and there have been no clinical signs or symptoms of the malignancy for at least 5 years * Poorly controlled diabetes (defined as HbA1c \>7 or surgeon discretion) * Immunocompromised * Other physical disability affecting the hips, spine, or contralateral knee that limits function * Disabling chronic pain with narcotic dependence * Compromised PCL or collateral ligament * Prior history of failed implant surgery of the joint to be treated, including Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA), or Bicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (BKA) * Prior history of failed high tibial osteotomy (HTO) * Participation in another clinical study which would confound results * Inability to complete the protocol in the opinion of the clinical staff due to safety or other reasons
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Denver-Vail Orthopedics
Parker, Colorado, 80134, United States
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OrthoNY
Albany, New York, 12205, United States
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Sharp Healthcare
San Diego, California, 92123, United States
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The Lindner Center for Research and Education
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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Tufts University
Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States
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University of California in San Diego
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, 65212, United States
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Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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