Autopsy report · NCT00400127

The Effect of Silicone Suspension on Standing Balance for Transfemoral Amputees

“poor recruitment, pilot outcome measures inappropriate”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 1 year 2 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 1 year 7 months before it stopped.
• 6 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Amputee

Interventions

Silesian suspension belt

Participants

6

Sites

1

Countries

Canada

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• Near-infrared Imaging With Indocyanine Green for Detection of Peritoneal Metastases for Gastric Adenocarcinoma.
  “Recruitment lower than expected and negative results.” (68% match in meaning)
• Multifactorial Pre-operative Intervention in Diabetes Mellitus
  “Inadequate participant recruitment” (67% match in meaning)
• Prospective Evaluation of Quality of Life in Patients With Acute Colonic Diverticular Disease
  “poor recruitment status” (66% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.