Smartwatch study for spastic foot surgery stalls after just 2 patients
NCT ID NCT06138418
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if a connected watch could measure changes in walking distance before and after surgery for spastic foot. Researchers planned to enroll 30 adults who needed surgery, but only 2 joined before the study was stopped early. The main idea was to use the watch for 10 days before surgery and again 6 months after to compare daily walking.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Neurotomy (surgical cutting of nerves to relieve spastic foot)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could show that a simple smartwatch is a useful tool to track recovery after foot surgery.
- What could go wrong
- The study was terminated early with only 2 participants, so results are not reliable. It is too small to draw any conclusions.
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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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2 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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: * Over 18 years old * Walking patient * Spastic foot surgery indication * Consent form ok * Patient with iOS or Android mobile phone Exclusion Criteria: * Previous spastic surgery * Psychiatric disease * Pregnancy
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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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Angers University Hospital
Angers, 44933, France