Computer models aim to help pelvic sarcoma patients walk better after surgery
NCT ID NCT05054335
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study creates personalized computer models of walking to help doctors plan surgery and rehabilitation for people with pelvic sarcomas. Researchers will use motion capture and X-ray imaging to build these models. The goal is to predict the best surgical approach and custom implant design to maximize each patient's walking function after surgery. The study involves 130 adults who have had or will have internal hemipelvectomy at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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 lead to better surgical plans and custom implants that improve walking function after pelvic sarcoma surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study, not a treatment trial. The models may not accurately predict outcomes for all patients.
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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 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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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 who have received or are scheduled to receive an internal hemipelvectomy with or without reconstruction at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. 2. Patients who are 18 years of age and older Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who have undergone an external (hindquarter amputated), or an isolated type III internal hemipelvectomy. 2. Previous surgery or significant injury to either hip (prospective patients only) 3. Relevant surgery, procedure, injury, or condition in the last two years which may affect hip pain or general movement patterns on either side (prospective patients only) 4. Pregnant women or women nursing an infant 5. Persons with a pacemaker, hearing aid, aneurysm clips or artificial heart valves, and other forms of loose metal implants will be excluded from the study as assessed by a pre-MRI questionnaire administered by the MRI technician at the time of the scan. 6. Radiological exclusion criteria (assessed after MR scan is conducted on the first visit, prior to DSX/CT radiation exposure): evidence on preliminary MRI of fracture, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), masses, lesions, or other anomalies not consistent with an FAI diagnosis.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States