NCT04889339

Validation of a New Generation of Orthopedic Brace for Treating Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis by Using Growth Modulation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 58 (estimated)
• Sponsor: St. Justine's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis affects 3-4% of the Canadian population, of which about 10% will need a brace treatment during pubertal growth spurt. Our team has developed an innovative conception method for brace design by simulating the growth modulation using numerical models. Those models are customized to each patient. In this project, the investigators will evaluate the effectiveness of this platform customized treatment and validate its clinical application.

Conditions

• Scoliosis
• Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Test brace versus control brace: Immediate correction	The trunk surface will be scanned to reconstruct a numerical model of the patient's trunk, this reconstruction will help to produce the optimized brace. The patient skeletal will also be reconstructed from a bilateral radiograph using an EOS imaging system. Each patient will try both the control and the test brace. Radiographic and patient-reported data will be gathered and analyzed to observe changes between the immediate correction of the braces. The SRS-22r will be collected. The study protocol requires no additional visits beyond the standard of care. There will be one additional radiograph compared to the standard of care.
DEVICE	Test brace versus control brace: Long-term correction	After comparing the immediate correction of the braces, each patient will be using either the test or the control brace for a period of two years. There will be follow-up visits, between 6 months and 1 year depending on the patient growth. The brace will be renewed using the same procedure to adapt to the patient's growth. The study protocol requires no additional visits beyond the standard of care. There will be no additional radiograph compared to the standard of care. Compliance monitors are installed in each brace.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-01
• Completion: 2024-01-01
• First posted: 2021-05-17
• Last updated: 2021-05-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada