New wheelchair brake could make slopes safer
NCT ID NCT06524128
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new braking system called Dreeft® for manual wheelchairs. The goal was to see if it helps users feel more satisfied and perform daily tasks more easily. 24 adults with motor disabilities who use a manual wheelchair took part. The study measured changes in satisfaction and performance with daily activities.
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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.
- Participants
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24 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Finished
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May 2025
- 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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18 to 63 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Male or female aged ≥ 18 years and \< to 64 years. * Participants having signed the written consent form to participate in the study after free and informed information. * Wheelchair user for more than one year. * Participants affiliated to a social security scheme (beneficiary or beneficiary's beneficiary) excluding AME. * Living at home. * Have a motor disability, whatever its origin, and use a manual wheelchair independently as their main mobility tool, with or without propulsion assistance. * Who propel their manual wheelchair with both upper limbs. * Using a personal manual wheelchair compatible with Dreeft® wheels. * Able to mount/dismount the wheels, or a third party to assist with wheel changes. * Referred by the person's referring physician or occupational therapist on clinical indication for the device. Exclusion Criteria: * Participant deprived of liberty (by judicial or administrative decision). * Participant of legal age under legal protection or unable to express consent. * Participation in another ongoing clinical trial. * Pregnant or breastfeeding women or women of childbearing age without contraception. * Lack of proficiency in spoken and written French. * Unstable health condition. * Mentally or linguistically incapable of understanding the instructions for taking the research tests. * User unable to propel himself/herself independently in a manual wheelchair, hemiplegic user. * Body weight \> 120 kg
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre de ressources et d'innovation mobilité handicap (CEREMH)
Vélizy-Villacoublay, 78140, France
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Centre de rééducation et de réadaptation fonctionnelles de Kerpape
Ploemeur, 56270, France