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Could a scaffold help nerves regrow? new trial launches
NCT ID NCT06529835
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new device called the NeuroSpan Bridge for repairing damaged nerves in the arms or legs. It is compared to two standard treatments: a nerve guide and a nerve graft from another part of the body. The trial will enroll 80 people with nerve injuries and measure how well they regain feeling and movement after 12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- NeuroSpan Bridge (a scaffold device for nerve repair)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a better option for repairing damaged nerves, potentially improving sensation and movement without needing a nerve graft from another body part.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with only 80 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The device could cause infection, inflammation, or chronic pain, and it may not work better than existing treatments.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
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 to 80 years
- 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: 1. Patients aged 18 to 80 with upper or lower extremity nerve injury with a gap of 0.5 to 3.0 cm. 2. Nerve diameter at injury site ≤3mm. 3. Nerve injury location is the arm from the shoulder to the wrist, including the hand or the leg from the hip to the ankle including the foot. 4. For Motor Nerve Injuries: Distance from site of injury to the nearest innervated muscle: ≤100mm 5. For Sensory and Mixed Nerve injuries: Distance from the site of injury to the nearest sensory nerve target: ≤250mm 6. Repair must take place within 3 months from injury 7. No contraindications to surgical repair (e.g., risk of concurrent infection, dog bite) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previous history of nerve repair attempt at the treated nerve. 2. Concurrent disease that reduces nerve regeneration: diabetes, previous diagnosis of non-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, chemotherapy treatment, other causes of peripheral neuropathy. 3. Allergy to Bovine products such as Bovine Collagen Nerve Cuff. 4. Pregnancy or planning to become pregnant
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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
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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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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Medstar Union Memorial Hospital- The Curtis National Hand Center
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States
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NYU Langone Orthopedic Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10003, United States
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OSU Wexner Medical Center
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43212, United States
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The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group (TSAOG Orthopaedics)
RECRUITINGSan Antonio, Texas, 78258, United States
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UC San Diego Health
RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92103, United States
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UCSF Orthopedic Institute
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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UT Health Houston
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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University of Pennsylvania- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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