Mystery device trial underway – details kept secret
NCT ID NCT06709261
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This clinical trial is testing a medical device that has not been approved or cleared by the U.S. FDA. The specific purpose, who can join, and how the device works are not publicly available. Because key details are withheld, it is not possible to describe the expected benefits or risks.
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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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32 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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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21 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.
Criteria for Inclusion: 1. Willing and able to provide informed consent; 2. Scheduled for an elective primary RYGB surgical procedure; 3. American Society of Anesthesiologists classification ≤ ASA III; 4. Body habitus such that the procedure can be safely completed with OTTAVA Robotic System; 5. Body weight \<500 lb (227 kg); 6. Patient presenting with class 2 or 3 obesity (BMI ≥ 35), regardless of comorbidities, or obesity with health risk satisfying 2022 ASMBS/IFSO indications for bariatric surgery; and 7. A minimum of 21 years of age (at time of consent). Criteria for Exclusion: 1. Surgeon determination that there is a medical condition, that makes surgery too risky, including intraoperative finding; 2. Concomitant surgical procedure including cholecystectomy (hiatal hernia repair up to 5 cm and adhesiolysis allowed); 3. Upper abdominal surgery within two years prior to enrollment (prior laparoscopic cholecystectomy allowed); 4. Evidence of hiatal hernia \>5 cm (preoperative/intraoperative); 5. Enrolled in another investigational study that may confound the results of this study; 6. Emergency surgery; 7. Active pregnancy; or 8. 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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, North Carolina, 27704, United States
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IU Health North Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46302, United States
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NYU Long Island
Mineola, New York, 11501, United States
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Orlando Health
Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States
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UT Health Houston and Memorial Hermann TMC
Bellaire, Texas, 77401, United States
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University of South Florida Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States
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