Tailor-Made ankle implants could improve surgery outcomes
NCT ID NCT06193057
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether custom-made ankle implants, designed from each patient's CT scans, work better than standard implants for ankle osteoarthritis. About 24 adults aged 40-75 will receive either a custom or standard implant. Researchers will check bone alignment on X-rays, patient-reported quality of life, and overall costs.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
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
-
About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Jul 2023
- Expected to finish
-
Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
40 to 75 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male and female subjects older than 40 years and younger than 75 years (≥ 40 age ≤ 75 years) with arthrosis at the unilateral tibio-tarsal joint who are candidates for primary total ankle replacement. * Consenting patients and able to complete scheduled study procedures and follow-up evaluations. * Patients who have signed the "informed consent" approved by the Ethics Committee. Exclusion Criteria: * Social conditions (homeless patients, with restrictions on personal freedom) * ASA 3 and 4 * Deep venous insufficiency Lower limbs * History of Erisipelas lower limbs * Neurological or psychocognitive disorders * neurological diseases * Axial deformities of ankle \>15° * Personal or family history of DVT or EP * Prosthetic and/or arthrodesis surgeries at another lower extremity joint except that candidate for ankle prosthesis) * Pregnant women * Patients with rheumatic diseases * Patients that requires ancillary surgical procedures
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Ankle osteoarthritis are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute
RECRUITINGBologna, BO, 40126, Italy
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.