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NCT number NCT04760457
Other study ID # PI04011-2019
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date March 1, 2021
Est. completion date November 30, 2022

Study information

Verified date May 2023
Source Universidade Federal de Goias
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to test the combined effects of different loading protocols and surgical approaches on clinical and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) following the use of four mini implants for mandibular overdenture retention. The main study hypotheses are: 1. There are significant improvements in PROMs following implant intervention compared to baseline measures; 2. Immediately loaded mini implants have similar failure rates compared to mini implants receiving a delayed 6-week protocol. 3. Flapless surgery has similar post-insertion outcomes compared to flapped surgery.


Description:

This study aims to test the combined effects of different loading protocols and surgical approaches on clinical and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) following the use of four mini implants for mandibular overdenture retention. Main study hypotheses: 1. There are significant improvements in PROMs following implant intervention compared to baseline measures; 2. Immediately loaded mini implants have similar failure rates compared to mini implants receiving a delayed 6-week protocol; 3. Flapless surgery has similar post-insertion outcomes compared to flapped surgery. Statement of clinical relevance: Mini implants are an alternative to standard implants for overdentures. They are suitable for insertion in narrow ridges, are less invasive, simpler, less costly, and faster to perform, and are especially advantageous for older and frail patients who would benefit from more conservative and less burdensome treatments. Although previous studies reported favorable outcomes regarding patient oral comfort and function, there is a need for implant/attachment systems with higher predictability on implant survival and retention performance in the long-term. This study aims to provide clinical evidence on the newly developed 2.4mm one-piece TiZr mini implant with a miniaturized carbon-based coating attachment. Methods: This is a randomized clinical trial using a factorial design, to test the effectiveness of a mandibular overdenture retained by four mini implants. Participants will be randomized using a 2×2 factorial design: immediate/delayed loading (factor 1) and flapless/flapped surgery (factor 2). New conventional complete dentures will be provided as the baseline treatment. Next, eligible participants will be those who completed a 6-month period of denture usage, and are in need of implants to improve the function of the mandibular denture. Imaging exam should present a minimum of 5.4 mm of ridge width in the interforaminal region (recommended for flapless surgery). Included subjects to take part in the RCT will be randomized to the treatment groups according to the combined study factors - loading protocols: immediate (IL) or delayed (DL); and surgical approaches: flapless (FLS) or flapped (FPS) surgery. Hence, the combined factors will results in four groups: - IL/FLS (Group I) - IL/FPS (Group II) - DL/FLS (Group III) - DL/FPS (Group IV) Considering the patient's perspective this study design assumed a "worst" protocol (delayed and flapped - Group IV) and a "best" protocol (flapless and immediate - Group I) and two other intermediary conditions (flapped/immediate and flapless/delayed). All participants will receive four Straumann® Mini Implant System (one-piece Tissue Level implants) with an Optiloc® prosthetic connection and PEEK matrix inserts. Surgery will follow the workflow for the surgical procedure for the Straumann® Mini Implant System concerning preoperative planning, implant bed preparation and implant insertion. For the prosthetic procedures, we will perform a chairside incorporation of the retentive inserts to convert the existing well-fitting and well-functioning lower denture into an overdenture with the Optiloc® Retentive System/Straumann® Mini Implants. Outcomes will include short-term outcomes (Patient perceived burdens in surgery, postoperative swelling and pain, consumption of analgesics and surgical time) and long-term - 1-year (implant survival and success, peri-implant marginal bone level changes, PROMs, retention force, prosthodontic events) outcomes. Sample size calculation resulted in a total of 74 participants, 18 in each of the four groups. Data analysis will include descriptive and bivariate analyses, Kaplan-Meier curves and regression models using Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) for longitudinal data.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 74
Est. completion date November 30, 2022
Est. primary completion date November 30, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - No contraindications for implant surgery (mainly related to uncontrolled systemic diseases); - Enough bone height in the interforaminal area for an implant length of at least 10 mm; - Ability to understand and answer the questionnaires used in the study and agree to participate by providing a written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: - Noncompliant participants; - Disagreement to be randomly allocated to the treatment study groups; - Signs of untreated temporomandibular disorders or uncontrolled systemic or oral conditions that require additional treatments.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
Implant placement with flapped surgery
Four mini implants will be placed reflecting a flap.
Implant placement with flapless surgery
Four mini implants will be placed without reflecting a flap.
Implant immediate loading
Four mini implants will be immediately loaded.
Implant delayed loading
Four mini implants will be loaded after a 6-week healing period.

Locations

Country Name City State
Brazil School of Dentistry, Federal University of Goias Goiânia Goias

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Universidade Federal de Goias Institut Straumann AG, ITI International Team for Implantology, Switzerland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (16)

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Enkling N, Saftig M, Worni A, Mericske-Stern R, Schimmel M. Chewing efficiency, bite force and oral health-related quality of life with narrow diameter implants - a prospective clinical study: results after one year. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2017 Apr;28(4):476-482. doi: 10.1111/clr.12822. Epub 2016 Mar 24. — View Citation

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Marcello-Machado RM, Faot F, Schuster AJ, Nascimento GG, Del Bel Cury AA. Mini-implants and narrow diameter implants as mandibular overdenture retainers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and radiographic outcomes. J Oral Rehabil. 2018 Feb;45(2):161-183. doi: 10.1111/joor.12585. Epub 2017 Dec 2. — View Citation

Misch CE, Perel ML, Wang HL, Sammartino G, Galindo-Moreno P, Trisi P, Steigmann M, Rebaudi A, Palti A, Pikos MA, Schwartz-Arad D, Choukroun J, Gutierrez-Perez JL, Marenzi G, Valavanis DK. Implant success, survival, and failure: the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) Pisa Consensus Conference. Implant Dent. 2008 Mar;17(1):5-15. doi: 10.1097/ID.0b013e3181676059. — View Citation

Reissmann DR, Enkling N, Moazzin R, Haueter M, Worni A, Schimmel M. Long-term changes in oral health-related quality of life over a period of 5 years in patients treated with narrow diameter implants: A prospective clinical study. J Dent. 2018 Aug;75:84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2018.05.019. Epub 2018 May 28. — View Citation

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Souza RF, Patrocinio L, Pero AC, Marra J, Compagnoni MA. Reliability and validation of a Brazilian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile for assessing edentulous subjects. J Oral Rehabil. 2007 Nov;34(11):821-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2007.01749.x. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Patient-perceived burdens The Burdens in Oral Surgery Questionnaire (BiOS-Q) will be used to assess patient-perceived burdens. It includes 16 items concerning all aspects of procedures occurring during a surgery. Responses for each item are assessed using a visual analogue scale (VAS) ranging from 0 = no expression of the attribute (e.g. not unpleasant at all) to 100 = maximum expression (e.g. very unpleasant). Twenty-four hours after implant surgery.
Primary Implant survival and success Each implant will be assessed according to the health scale of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI-Pisa health scale). After clinical assessment, each implant will be classified as 'success', 'satisfactory survival', 'compromised survival' or 'failure'. Incidence thoughout the 12-month follow-up after implant placement.
Primary Postoperative pain and discomfort A 100-cm graduated visual analog scale will be used to evaluate participants' assessments of pain and discomfort regarding the surgical process. Each participant will indicate their level of pain and discomfort with each parameter by marking a point along the scale. Assessed 24 hours after implant placement.
Primary Postoperative pain and discomfort A 100-cm graduated visual analog scale will be used to evaluate participants' assessments of pain and discomfort regarding the surgical process. Each participant will indicate their level of pain and discomfort with each parameter by marking a point along the scale. Assessed 72 hours after implant placement.
Primary Postoperative pain and discomfort A 100-cm graduated visual analog scale will be used to evaluate participants' assessments of pain and discomfort regarding the surgical process. Each participant will indicate their level of pain and discomfort with each parameter by marking a point along the scale. Assessed 1 week after implant placement.
Primary Consumption of analgesics The number of analgesics consumed by the participant during the post-operative and healing period will be recorded in the patient's file. Assessed until 1 week after implant placement.
Primary Patient Satisfaction The McGill Denture Satisfaction Instrument - DSI (Awad & Feine, 1998; de Grandmont et al., 1994) will be used to assess patients' satisfaction relating to their prostheses. This is a treatment-specific patient-based outcome assessing satisfaction relating to several aspects of the mandibular prosthesis, including general satisfaction, comfort, stability, aesthetics, chewing ability (ease of chewing), chewing efficiency (ability to crush food in small particles), ease of cleaning, ability to speak and oral condition (condition of their mouth, which can refer to oral health status and was measured by "In general, are you satisfied with your oral condition?''. The subjects will answer on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) anchored by the words 'not at all satisfied' and 'extremely satisfied'. Assessed at baseline (before implant surgery)
Primary Patient Satisfaction The McGill Denture Satisfaction Instrument - DSI (Awad & Feine, 1998; de Grandmont et al., 1994) will be used to assess patients' satisfaction relating to their prostheses. This is a treatment-specific patient-based outcome assessing satisfaction relating to several aspects of the mandibular prosthesis, including general satisfaction, comfort, stability, aesthetics, chewing ability (ease of chewing), chewing efficiency (ability to crush food in small particles), ease of cleaning, ability to speak and oral condition (condition of their mouth, which can refer to oral health status and was measured by "In general, are you satisfied with your oral condition?''. The subjects will answer on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) anchored by the words 'not at all satisfied' and 'extremely satisfied'. Assessed at the 3-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Primary Patient Satisfaction The McGill Denture Satisfaction Instrument - DSI (Awad & Feine, 1998; de Grandmont et al., 1994) will be used to assess patients' satisfaction relating to their prostheses. This is a treatment-specific patient-based outcome assessing satisfaction relating to several aspects of the mandibular prosthesis, including general satisfaction, comfort, stability, aesthetics, chewing ability (ease of chewing), chewing efficiency (ability to crush food in small particles), ease of cleaning, ability to speak and oral condition (condition of their mouth, which can refer to oral health status and was measured by "In general, are you satisfied with your oral condition?''. The subjects will answer on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) anchored by the words 'not at all satisfied' and 'extremely satisfied'. Assessed at the 6-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Primary Patient Satisfaction The McGill Denture Satisfaction Instrument - DSI (Awad & Feine, 1998; de Grandmont et al., 1994) will be used to assess patients' satisfaction relating to their prostheses. This is a treatment-specific patient-based outcome assessing satisfaction relating to several aspects of the mandibular prosthesis, including general satisfaction, comfort, stability, aesthetics, chewing ability (ease of chewing), chewing efficiency (ability to crush food in small particles), ease of cleaning, ability to speak and oral condition (condition of their mouth, which can refer to oral health status and was measured by "In general, are you satisfied with your oral condition?''. The subjects will answer on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) anchored by the words 'not at all satisfied' and 'extremely satisfied'. Assessed at the 12-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Primary Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) The cross-culturally adapted Brazilian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile for edentulous subjects (OHIP-EDENT) will be used. It contains 19 items divided in four different subscale domains: (I) masticatory discomfort and disability (four items), (II) psychological discomfort and disability (five items), (III) social disability (five items), and (IV) oral pain and discomfort (five items). The items are answerable by a 3-point Likert scale and responses will be summed to result an overall score. Higher scores represent worse OHRQoL. Assessed at baseline (before implant surgery).
Primary Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) The cross-culturally adapted Brazilian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile for edentulous subjects (OHIP-EDENT) will be used. It contains 19 items divided in four different subscale domains: (I) masticatory discomfort and disability (four items), (II) psychological discomfort and disability (five items), (III) social disability (five items), and (IV) oral pain and discomfort (five items). The items are answerable by a 3-point Likert scale and responses will be summed to result an overall score. Higher scores represent worse OHRQoL. Assessed at the 3-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Primary Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) The cross-culturally adapted Brazilian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile for edentulous subjects (OHIP-EDENT) will be used. It contains 19 items divided in four different subscale domains: (I) masticatory discomfort and disability (four items), (II) psychological discomfort and disability (five items), (III) social disability (five items), and (IV) oral pain and discomfort (five items). The items are answerable by a 3-point Likert scale and responses will be summed to result an overall score. Higher scores represent worse OHRQoL. Assessed at the 6-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Primary Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) The cross-culturally adapted Brazilian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile for edentulous subjects (OHIP-EDENT) will be used. It contains 19 items divided in four different subscale domains: (I) masticatory discomfort and disability (four items), (II) psychological discomfort and disability (five items), (III) social disability (five items), and (IV) oral pain and discomfort (five items). The items are answerable by a 3-point Likert scale and responses will be summed to result an overall score. Higher scores represent worse OHRQoL. Assessed at the 12-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Primary Prosthodontic maintenance events The incidence of prosthodontic repair/adjustment events will be recorded during the clinical assessments. Throughout 12 months after overdenture delivery.
Primary Surgical time The time interval concerning the clinical visit for implant placement and delivery of the overdenture or denture adaptation will me measured and registered. Procedure (Assessed during the clinical visit of implant placement and overdenture delivery or denture adaptation.)
Secondary Masticatory Performance To perform the masticatory performance test two gums in a dragée form will be used, one blue and one pink, which need to be stuck together manually by wetting them with water and applying moderate force. The participants will be instructed to chew 2 samples of the gum on theirs preferred chewing side for 20 and 50 chewing cycles, respectively, leaving an interval of 1 minute between each chewing sequence. Assessed at baseline (before implant surgery).
Secondary Masticatory Performance To perform the masticatory performance test two gums in a dragée form will be used, one blue and one pink, which need to be stuck together manually by wetting them with water and applying moderate force. The participants will be instructed to chew 2 samples of the gum on theirs preferred chewing side for 20 and 50 chewing cycles, respectively, leaving an interval of 1 minute between each chewing sequence. Assessed at the 3-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Secondary Masticatory Performance To perform the masticatory performance test two gums in a dragée form will be used, one blue and one pink, which need to be stuck together manually by wetting them with water and applying moderate force. The participants will be instructed to chew 2 samples of the gum on theirs preferred chewing side for 20 and 50 chewing cycles, respectively, leaving an interval of 1 minute between each chewing sequence. Assessed at the 6-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Secondary Masticatory Performance To perform the masticatory performance test two gums in a dragée form will be used, one blue and one pink, which need to be stuck together manually by wetting them with water and applying moderate force. The participants will be instructed to chew 2 samples of the gum on theirs preferred chewing side for 20 and 50 chewing cycles, respectively, leaving an interval of 1 minute between each chewing sequence. Assessed at the 12-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Secondary Maximum voluntary bite force Maximum voluntary bite force will be measured with a digital gauge (IDDK - Kratos, Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil) in the region of the first molar with three assessments per side. Assessed at baseline (before implant surgery).
Secondary Maximum voluntary bite force Maximum voluntary bite force will be measured with a digital gauge (IDDK - Kratos, Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil) in the region of the first molar with three assessments per side. Assessed at the 3-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Secondary Maximum voluntary bite force Maximum voluntary bite force will be measured with a digital gauge (IDDK - Kratos, Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil) in the region of the first molar with three assessments per side. Assessed at the 6-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Secondary Maximum voluntary bite force Maximum voluntary bite force will be measured with a digital gauge (IDDK - Kratos, Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil) in the region of the first molar with three assessments per side. Assessed at the 12-month follow-up visit after implant placement.
Secondary Peri-implant bone change Periapical radiographs will be obtained and the peri-implant bone level will be measured and compared longitudinally. Peri-implant bone loss at the 3-month follow-up compared to initial stage (1-week rediograph).
Secondary Peri-implant bone change Periapical radiographs will be obtained and the peri-implant bone level will be measured and compared longitudinally. Peri-implant bone loss at the 6-month follow-up compared to initial stage (1-week rediograph).
Secondary Peri-implant bone change Periapical radiographs will be obtained and the peri-implant bone level will be measured and compared longitudinally. Peri-implant bone loss at the 12-month follow-up compared to initial stage (1-week rediograph).
Secondary Bleeding on probing Incidence of inflammation of the peri-implant soft tissues Assessed at 6-month post-insertion
Secondary Bleeding on probing Incidence of inflammation of the peri-implant soft tissues Assessed at 12-month post-insertion
Secondary Probing depth Level of the peri-implant sulcus (in milimiters) Assessed at 6-month post-insertion
Secondary Probing depth Level of the peri-implant sulcus (in milimiters) Assessed at 12-month post-insertion
Secondary Suppuration Incidence of suppuration on probing the peri-implant soft tissues Assessed at 6-month post-insertion
Secondary Suppuration Incidence of suppuration on probing the peri-implant soft tissues Assessed at 12-month post-insertion
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