New device aims to keep knee tears fixed without repeat surgery
NCT ID NCT04228367
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 104 adults who had a torn meniscus repaired with the JuggerStitch device. The main goal is to see if the repair holds up without needing another surgery within one year. Researchers also track any side effects to confirm the device is safe.
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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 104 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
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.
- 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: * Subject qualifies for meniscal repair based on the physical exam and medical history and meets the approved indications for use of the study product; * Older than 18 years and skeletally mature; * Willing and able to comply with the study procedures; * Subject is capable of understanding the doctor's explanations, following his instructions and is able to participate in the follow-up program; * Subject is able to read and understand the informed consent form (ICF) and has voluntarily provided written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Meniscal tears in the avascular zone of meniscus; * Meniscal tears not suitable for repair because of the degree of damage(marked irregularity and complex tearing) to the meniscus body including degenerative, radial, horizontal cleavage and flap tears; * Presence of active infection; * If female, subject is pregnant; * Subject is vulnerable (prisoner, mentally incompetent or unable to understand what participation to the study entails, a known alcohol or drug abuser, anticipated to be non-compliant); * The subject is unwilling or unable to give consent or to comply with the follow-up program; * Subject meets any contraindications of the appropriate Instruction for Use.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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.
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The places running it
4 sites in 3 countries. 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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Ichihara Hospital
RECRUITINGTsukuba, Ibaraki, 300-3295, Japan
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Medizinische Fakultät der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
RECRUITINGMagdeburg, 39120, Germany
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OrthoCarolina
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCharlotte, North Carolina, 28207, United States
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OrthoVirginia, Inc.
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGRichmond, Virginia, 23226, United States
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Ramsay General de Sante - Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz - Centre Orthopédique Santy
RECRUITINGLyon, 69008, France
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Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine
RECRUITINGTokyo, 113-8519, Japan
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