New implant could help amputees walk better and avoid infections
NCT ID NCT06134167
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a surgically implanted device called the Transdermal Compress Device in 100 people with above-knee amputations. The device is designed to help them use a prosthetic limb more effectively and safely. Researchers will track how well participants can wear and use their prosthesis, as well as monitor for infections or the need for additional surgeries over two years.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Transdermal Compress Device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could allow people with above-knee amputations to wear a prosthetic limb more comfortably and with fewer infections or complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 100 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Risks include infection, need for additional surgery, or the device not working as hoped.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2031
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 60 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. Participant must be able to understand the investigational nature of this study and has reviewed and provided written, informed consent prior to any study-specific procedures. 2. Participant is a skeletally mature male or female and is 18 - 60 years of age at screening. Participants \< 22 years of age require radiographic confirmation of skeletal maturity and must have failed the use of conventional prosthesis. 3. Participant has an estimated BMI of ≥ 18.5 and ≤ 40 kg/m2 and weight ≤ 245 lbs without prosthesis. 4. Participant has unilateral or bilateral transfemoral limb loss without bone or vascular disease. 5. Participant has problems with conventional prostheses or is not able to use a prosthesis at all or is anticipated to experience problems with a socket prosthesis in the investigator's judgment. 6. Participant has adequate bone stock to support the implanted device 7. Participant does not have any cortical defect located between the expected location of the anchor plug and spindle/bone interface. 8. Participant has the willingness, ability, and commitment to participate in baseline and follow-up evaluations for the full length of the study including the prescribed rehabilitation program. Exclusion Criteria 1. Female participants who are pregnant, nursing, or have a planned pregnancy during the first 12 months post-surgical implantation. 2. Participant had a prior osseointegrated device implanted in the lower limb planned for the study device. 3. Participant has a history of systemic or localized infection at the residual limb site within 6 months prior to Study Day 1. 4. Participant has any distant foci of infections. 5. Participant has a history of sepsis within 6 months prior to Study Day 1. 6. Participant's length of the residual femur cannot accommodate the intramedullary portion of the Transdermal Compress device. 7. Participant has a femoral deformity that in the opinion of the treating surgeon results in an inability to properly insert the Transdermal Compress implant system, and/or results in alignment that is biomechanically unsound. 8. Participant does not have an adequate myofascial flap to allow for circumferential contact with the implanted device. 9. Participant has evidence of or history of severe peripheral vascular disease or insufficiency, muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, or diabetes mellitus (Type I or Type II). 10. Participant has evidence of or a documented history of osteomyelitis (excluding the history of osteomyelitis distal to amputation), systemic osteoporosis, or osteomalacia. 11. Participants with identified risk factors for osteoporosis must have a reported T-score \> -2.5 within 6 months prior to Study Day 1. 12. Participant has evidence of or a documented history of severe metabolic disorders that may impair bone formation. 13. Participant has a history of systemically administered corticosteroids or immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory therapy or chemotherapy drugs. 14. Participant has known drug or alcohol dependence currently or within the last year. 15. Participant is a smoker, nicotine, or tobacco user in any form or who has used nicotine or tobacco-containing products within the past 6 months prior to Study Day 1. 16. Participant has any other condition, which in the opinion of the Investigator, precludes the participant's participation in the study or the participant is unlikely to comply with the protocol-defined
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How to take part
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The places running it
9 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Penn Medicine; University of Pennsylvania Health System
RECRUITINGPhilidelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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UC Davis Medical Center
RECRUITINGSacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20889, United States
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