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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT04751266
Other study ID # 6659
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date March 2015
Est. completion date April 2022

Study information

Verified date April 2022
Source Hannover Medical School
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a metal wear debris after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum and if there's a clinical relevance. Our hypothesis is that the metal bar after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum leads to a locally and systemic immune reaction due to elevated metal contamination.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 28
Est. completion date April 2022
Est. primary completion date April 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 12 Years to 45 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - MIRPE Exclusion Criteria: - none

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum
substernal insertion of a metal bar

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Dr. Caroline Fortmann Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary change of mean chromium values in blood (µg/l) measurement of:
1) chromium in blood (in µg/l)
at the time points:
pre implantation
4 weeks after implantation (to see change to baseline)
1 year after implantation (to see change to baseline)
2 years after implantation (to see change to baseline)
explantation (usually 3 years after implantation; to see change to baseline)
6-12 months after explantation (to see change to explantation)
We will compare the mean metal values at each time point post implantation with the mean metal values pre implantation. Clinical data like body weight etc. won't be relevant for the analysis.
4 years
Primary change of mean chromium values in urine (µg/l) measurement of: 2) chromium in urine (in µg/l)
at the time points:
pre implantation
4 weeks after implantation (to see change to baseline)
1 year after implantation (to see change to baseline)
2 years after implantation (to see change to baseline)
explantation (usually 3 years after implantation; to see change to baseline)
6-12 months after explantation (to see change to explantation)
We will compare the mean metal values at each time point post implantation with the mean metal values pre implantation. Clinical data like body weight etc. won't be relevant for the analysis.
4 years
Primary change of mean chromium values in tissue (µg/g) measurement of: 3) chromium in tissue (in µg/g)
at the time points:
implantation
explantation (usually 3 years after implantation; to see change to baseline)
We will compare the mean metal values at explantation with the mean metal values before implantation. Clinical data like body weight etc. won't be relevant for the analysis.
3 years
Primary change of mean nickel values in blood (µg/l) measurement of: 4) nickel in blood (in µg/l)
at the time points:
pre implantation
4 weeks after implantation (to see change to baseline)
1 year after implantation (to see change to baseline)
2 years after implantation (to see change to baseline)
explantation (usually 3 years after implantation; to see change to baseline)
6-12 months after explantation (to see change to explantation)
We will compare the mean metal values at each time point post implantation with the mean metal values pre implantation. Clinical data like body weight etc. won't be relevant for the analysis.
4 years
Primary change of mean nickel values in urine (µg/l) measurement of: 5) nickel in urine (in µg/l)
at the time points:
pre implantation
4 weeks after implantation (to see change to baseline)
1 year after implantation (to see change to baseline)
2 years after implantation (to see change to baseline)
explantation (usually 3 years after implantation; to see change to baseline)
6-12 months after explantation (to see change to explantation)
We will compare the mean metal values at each time point post implantation with the mean metal values pre implantation. Clinical data like body weight etc. won't be relevant for the analysis.
4 years
Primary change of mean nickel values in tissue (µg/g) measurement of: 6) nickel in tissue (in µg/g)
at the time points:
implantation
explantation (usually 3 years after implantation; to see change to baseline)
We will compare the mean metal values at explantation with the mean metal values before implantation. Clinical data like body weight etc. won't be relevant for the analysis.
3 years
Secondary Observation of clinical reactions in correlation with elevated metal values observation (description) of clinical symptoms of a metal allergy like
local rash
lassitude
chest pain
tachycardia
Nausea
pleural effusion
for the time the bar is in place (3 years) and the metal values are evaluated.
-> Then compare the mean metal values (see above) with the baseline and the other patients (with and/or without problems)
No records when the patients don't have any problems.
4 years