Autopsy report · NCT00761410

A Study to Determine the Performance of the Press Fit Condylar (P.F.C.) Sigma RP-F Knee System

“Study was terminated early due to prolonged recruitment period.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 3 years 11 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 10 years 7 months before it stopped.
• 170 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

DePuy International

Sponsor type

Industry

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Interventions

P.F.C. Sigma RP-F Total Knee Replacement

Participants

170

Sites

8

Countries

India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom

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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.