Knee brace study pulled before it even started
NCT ID NCT03670550
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study was designed to see how a special knee brace (the Ossur Rebound ACL Brace) affects knee movement in people with torn ACLs. Researchers planned to use X-ray videos to compare braced and unbraced knees during activities like walking and stair climbing. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ossur Rebound ACL Brace
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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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Oct 2018
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2019
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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 60 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: * Unilateral, complete ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) ruptures (must be documented by prior MRI) * No other concomitant lower extremity injuries and an uninjured contralateral limb * Acute ACL tears that will be scheduled for ACL reconstruction with Dr. Robert F. LaPrade * Minimal swelling and pain * Able and willing to perform the required study activities Exclusion Criteria: * Previous surgery or significant injury to either knee * Relevant surgery, procedure, injury, or condition in the past two years which may affect knee pain or general movement patterns on either side * Diagnosis of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid conditions, cancers, or other conditions which may affect musculoskeletal health * Women who are pregnant, or trying/planning to become pregnant during the next 10 months * Known balance or vestibular disorders * Persons with a history of significant radiation exposure, whether occupational or medical in nature (Anyone with a history of medical radiation therapy, for cancer or other conditions, is excluded from the study. Those who have an annual occupational radiation exposure greater than 25mSv may not enroll.) * Persons with a pacemaker, hearing aid, aneurysm clip or artificial heart valve, or other forms of loose metal implants * Initial MRI exclusion criteria (assessed by clinical MRI obtained as standard of care at time of ACL injury diagnosis): concomitant injury, multi-ligamentous injury, significant meniscal damage * Allergy or sensitivity to silver or latex * Adults lacking capacity to consent for themselves Post-Op Visit Exclusion Criteria * Participants who do not pass their return-to-sport test within 7-9 months of ACL-Reconstruction surgery will be excluded from the second phase of testing. * Participants who no longer pass the MRI screening at the time of Phase 2 testing (for example, who have a new loose metal implant), will be excluded from the MRI portion of the testing only.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Steadman Philippon Research Institute
Vail, Colorado, 81657, United States
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