Robot surgeon assistant put to the test in spine surgery trial
NCT ID NCT07421752
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing how accurately the eCential Robotics robot helps surgeons place screws in the spine. About 45 people aged 5 and older who need spine surgery will take part. The robot uses 3D imaging and navigation to guide screw placement, and the study will measure screw accuracy, blood loss, surgery time, and any problems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- eCential Robotics surgical robot (a robotic system for guiding screw placement in spine surgery)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that the robot helps surgeons place screws more accurately and safely, potentially reducing the need for repeat surgeries.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (45 people) focused on accuracy, not on long-term outcomes. The robot may not work as well in all patients or surgeries.
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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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About 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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5 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 Criteria: * Patients aged 5 years or older. * Treated at CHU Amiens Picardie for spinal surgery requiring implantation of pedicle screws. * Informed consent signed by patient or legal representative and child. * Membership of a social security scheme. * Negative pregnancy test for adolescent women of childbearing age Exclusion Criteria: * Patient managed by a practitioner with no experience of the eCential Robotics robot. * Patient requiring a technique without implantation of pedicle screws. * Patients already suffering from deterministic radiation effects * Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding women. * Patients under guardianship or curators, under safeguard of justice or deprived under public law.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, 80054, France
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