Please sign in to follow a disease.
New digital tool could show your face after jaw surgery before you go under the knife
NCT ID NCT06822127
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a computer model that simulates how a person's face will look after orthognathic (jaw) surgery. Researchers will compare the simulation to actual 3D scans taken 6 months after surgery in 30 patients. The goal is to give patients a reliable preview of their post-surgery appearance.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could give patients a realistic preview of their face after jaw surgery, reducing anxiety and improving satisfaction.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The simulation might not perfectly match real outcomes.
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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Oct 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
-
18 years and older
- 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: * Patient over 18 ; * Patients who have been informed of the study and who have freely given their informed consent to participate in the study; * Patient undergoing isolated mandibular or maxillary orthognathic surgery, or maxillo-mandibular surgery with or without genioplasty for any indication (occlusal disorder, sleep apnoea syndrome, functional joint disorder, etc.); * Patient covered by a French social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with maxillary disjunction ; * Patients with facial malformations; * Pregnant or breast-feeding patient; * Patient under guardianship; * Patients who do not understand French; * Patients under court protection * No pre- or postoperative CT scan or CT scan that cannot be used * Surgery, trauma, progressive infection or cosmetic injection on the face after orthognathic surgery and before the postoperative scan
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Orthognathic surgery are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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
-
CH Annecy Genevois
RECRUITINGAnnecy, 73330, France
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can Eye-Tracking reveal the social impact of jaw surgery?
- Tape to tame Post-Surgery face swelling?
- Can routine monitoring predict dangerous reflexes during jaw surgery?
- Jaw surgery may lift depression along with the bite
- New study to test which surgical guide works best for jaw realignment
- Could a Pre-Surgery painkiller make jaw surgery recovery easier?