Smart brace monitor aims to boost scoliosis treatment compliance
NCT ID NCT03292601
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a wearable device and smartphone app that track how often and how tightly teens with scoliosis wear their brace. Researchers want to see if giving patients and their families real-time feedback on brace use improves compliance. About 87 adolescents with scoliosis will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- NYRC Brace Scoliosis Monitor (wearable device and smartphone app)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could give doctors and families a reliable way to track brace use and fit, potentially making bracing more effective for scoliosis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on measurement, not treatment. It may not prove that better monitoring actually improves scoliosis outcomes.
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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 87 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2017
- Expected to finish
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Feb 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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8 to 17 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Diagnosis of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) * Sanders skeletal stage 4 or earlier * Clinician-recommended Rigo bracing * Patient receiving brace treatment Exclusion Criteria: \- Prior spine surgery
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NY Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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