Secret device trial raises questions
NCT ID NCT07298317
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This trial is studying a device that has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. The purpose is to learn more about how the device works and its potential effects. Participant details and key results are not yet available.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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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22 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 Subjects must satisfy all inclusion criteria to be eligible for enrollment: 1. Willing and able to provide informed consent 2. A minimum of 22 years old at time of consent 3. Scheduled for elective primary inguinal hernia repair 4. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification I, II, or III 5. Weight less than 227 kilograms (500 pounds) Exclusion Criteria Subjects who meet any of the exclusion criteria may not be enrolled: 1. Physician determination, including intraoperative finding, that subject is a poor candidate for robotic surgery 2. Scheduled concomitant surgical procedure, other than lysis of adhesions, groin hernia repair, or umbilical or epigastric hernia repair not requiring mesh 3. Previous ipsilateral minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair (laparoscopic or robotic) 4. Previous radical prostatectomy procedure or pelvic irradiation 5. Hernia with significant scrotal involvement 6. Emergency surgery 7. Enrolled in another investigational study that may confound the results of this study 8. Currently pregnant or will be pregnant at time of procedure 9. Subject from a vulnerable population, including anyone unable to adequately provide informed consent.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke Regional Hospital
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27704, United States
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Indiana University North Hospital
RECRUITINGCarmel, Indiana, 46032, United States
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Tampa General Hospital
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33606, United States
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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