Autopsy report · NCT03641196

Orthodontic Approaches to Correct Deep Bite in Mixed Dentition Patients

“The study was terminated due to difficulties in the recruitment attributed to the Covid19 pandemic.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 5 months before it started.
• Ran for about 2 years 8 months before it stopped.
• 4 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

University of Alberta

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Overbite (Excessive) Deep

Interventions

Fixed appliance; Composite bite plane

Participants

4

Sites

1

Countries

Canada

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
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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.