New knee implant under watch: will it last longer?
NCT ID NCT06627699
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is a registry that will follow 300 people who receive the Freedom Total Knee System, a new artificial knee implant. The goal is to see how well the device holds up over time and how safe it is. Participants are adults with severe knee arthritis who have not gotten relief from non-surgical treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Freedom Total Knee System (artificial knee implant)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this registry will confirm that the Freedom Total Knee System is safe and works well for knee replacement, potentially improving long-term implant survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a controlled trial, so results may not prove the device is better than others. Risks include typical surgery complications like infection or implant loosening.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 300 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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Mar 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The registry population will consist of adult male and female subjects who are suffering from moderate to severe symptoms of the following diagnoses: painful degenerative knee disease.
- Ages
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18 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: Candidates for this registry must meet ALL of the following criteria: * Patient is \> 18 years of age * Patient has failed attempts at non-operative conservative therapy * Patient has participated in the informed consent process and signed an IRB approved informed consent * Patient is scheduled to undergo unilateral or bilateral primary TKA of the knee EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Candidates will be excluded from the evaluation if ANY of the following apply: * Patients with previous TKA, UKA, HTO or knee fusion of the indicated knee * Patients that have undergone previous surgery of indicated knee for tumor, trauma or fracture * Evidence of active or suspected (systemic or local) infection at time of surgery * Other significant disabling problems from the musculoskeletal system than in the knee (i.e.: muscular dystrophy, polio, neuropathic joints) * Patients with or having; malignancy - active malignancy, Paget's disease, renal osteodystrophy, immunologically suppressed, sickle cell anemia and systemic lupus erythematosus * Patients with neuromuscular or neurosensory deficit * Women who are pregnant * Prisoner or transient * Recent history of known narcotic abuse * Any significant psychological disturbance past or present, that could impair the consent process or ability to complete subject self-report questionnaires
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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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
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Ascentist Healthcare
RECRUITINGLeawood, Kansas, 66211, United States
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South Texas Bone & Joint Institute
RECRUITINGSan Antonio, Texas, 78249, United States
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