New silicone implant aims to treat fecal incontinence
NCT ID NCT05708612
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a silicone implant called SimplyFI to treat chronic fecal incontinence in people who haven't gotten better with standard treatments. The implant is placed during a procedure and aims to improve bowel control. Researchers are checking how safe it is and how well it works over 12 months in 36 adults.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- silicone implant (SimplyFI)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this implant could offer a new, less invasive surgical option to help control fecal incontinence and improve quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 36 participants. The implant may cause complications or not work for everyone, and long-term results are unknown.
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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 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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 to 85 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: * Both male and female subjects * Age ≥ 18 years, \<85 years * Subject has failed standard conservative therapy for fecal incontinence (at least 6 months) * Subject is a surgical candidate * Subject is willing and able to cooperate with follow-up examinations * Subject has been informed of the study procedures and the treatment and has signed an informed consent form and provided authorization to use and disclose information for research purposes. Exclusion Criteria: * Treatment with another investigational drug or investigational device * Unable to understand study requirements or is unable to comply with follow-up schedule * Contraindicated according to the instruction for use of the device * Pregnancy or nursing, or plans to become pregnant * History of significant obstructed defecation or other significant chronic defecatory motility disorders * Current, external full thickness rectal prolapse or vaginal prolapse * Inflammatory Bowel Disease * Irritable Bowel Syndrome * Systemic disease as source of FI (scleroderma, neurologic disorders, Crohn's) * Active pelvic infection * Chronic diarrhea * Medical history of anal, rectal, or colon cancer * Prior anterior resection of the rectum * Medical history of pelvic radiation therapy * Significant scarring of the recto-vaginal septum, a permanent implant in the rectovaginal septum, or a history of recto-vaginal fistula * Previous anorectal posterior compartment surgery * History of complex anal fistula
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Göttlicher Heiland Krankenhaus
Vienna, Austria
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Hospital Ruber Internacional
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, Spain
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Klinikum Bielefeld Rosenhöhe
Bielefeld, Germany
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Medical University Vienna
Vienna, Austria
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