Your phone may predict joint replacement success
NCT ID NCT07212699
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tests a smartphone app that collects movement data and patient questionnaires to create a score that predicts satisfaction after knee or hip replacement. Researchers will enroll 1,250 people, including patients before or after surgery and healthy volunteers. The goal is to identify who might be unhappy with their results and improve care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- KneeApp (smartphone app for data collection and functional tests)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a tool that helps doctors predict which patients may be unhappy after joint replacement, allowing earlier support.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early pilot study. The app is only in German and requires a smartphone, so results may not apply to everyone. The score is not yet proven to work.
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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 1,250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * aged 18 years or older * german speaking * signed informed consent * using own smartphone Exclusion criteria: * age below 18 years. * Lack of informed consent * no smartphone * non-German-speaking
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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
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Orthopaedics TUM University Hospital Rechts der Isar
RECRUITINGMunich, Bavaria, 81675, Germany
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