Smart toothbrush trial for cleft surgery kids pulled before it started
NCT ID NCT03750708
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aimed to see if using a connected toothbrush (Ara® KOLIBREE) for one month before alveolar bone graft surgery could improve oral hygiene in children aged 5 to 12 with cleft lip and palate. The trial was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available. The idea was that better brushing might reduce post-surgery complications like infections or graft loss.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ara® KOLIBREE connected toothbrush
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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.
- Started
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Jan 2019
- Finished
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Feb 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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4 to 11 years
- 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 Criteria: * Children aged 5 to 12 years. * Children benefiting from iliac alveolar bone graft (first side for bilateral clefts) as part of the surgical management of unilateral a bilateral cleft lip and palate. * Children benefiting from a pre-operative orthodontic treatment using Quad Helix type (usual protocol). * Collection of the consent of the persons holding the parental authority and of the child participating in the study. * Affiliation to social security. Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment preventing the satisfactory education for the use of the connected device. * Chronic disease potentially favouring dental infections (congenital or acquired immunosuppression, congenital enamel disease). * Children undergoing secondary alveolar bone grafts (after an unsatisfactory first alveolar bone graft) or undergoing surgery for the second side in bilateral clefts. * Children participating in another interventional research.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades
Paris, 75015, France
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