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TerminatedNCT02118272K-06Updated Mar 10, 2025

Clinical Study Evaluating the Outcomes of a New Knee System with a Physiological Rollback Mechanism

An interventional study of Physica KR in Primary Total Knee Replacement, sponsored by Limacorporate S.p.a. Terminated at 3 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 22 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-03-10.

Sponsored by Limacorporate S.p.a · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Study concluded as per protocol
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
156
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
22 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this study is to assess the clinical, radiographic and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after total knee replacement with Physica KR, define the survivorship of the implants and identify possible risk factors that may lead to failure.

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Conditions studied

  • Primary Total Knee Replacement
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In context

Lead sponsor

Limacorporate S.p.a is the lead sponsor of 31 studies on the registry; 12 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
22 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Male and females
  2. Age 22-80 years
  3. Any race
  4. Ambulatory patients
  5. Patients who have a medical condition with over 5 years of life expectancy
  6. Patients requiring knee prosthesis, suitable for the use of Physica KR
  7. Patients with painful primary knee osteoarthritis
  8. Patients with painful secondary knee osteoarthritis
  9. Patients who are suffering from inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis)
  10. Patients who have undamaged and functional collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments
  11. Patients with a flexion greater than or equal to 90° on the affected side
  12. Patients with a fixed flexion contracture less than 10°
  13. Patients who understand the conditions of the study and are willing and able to comply with the prescribed rehabilitation and to perform all scheduled follow-up visits
  14. Patients who have signed the Ethics Committee approved study-specific Informed Consent Form prior to the surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Obese patients with BMI above 35 kg/m2 (severe obesity)
  2. Previous partial knee replacement (unilateral, bicompartimental or patellofemoral joint replacement), patellectomy, high tibial osteotomy or femoral osteotomy in the affected knee
  3. Primary Total Knee Replacement (TKR) in the affected knee
  4. Varus or Valgus deformity greater than 20°
  5. Patients with a fixed flexion contracture greater than 10°
  6. Previous knee replacement on the contralateral side within the last year and whose outcome is achieving an KSS\< 70 points
  7. Patients with symptomatic OA of the hips, spine, ankles, if it can interfere with the evaluation of the target knee
  8. Patients with active or any suspected infection (on the affected knee or systemic)
  9. Muscular insufficiency or absence of muscoligamentous supporting structures required for adequate soft tissue balance
  10. Patients with known or suspicious metal hypersensitivity
  11. Recurrent medical history of severe allergic or immune-mediated reactions
  12. Vascular insufficiency of lower limbs severe enough to interfere with the study evaluation
  13. Current treatment or treatment within the previous 2 years before the screening visit for malignant and life-threatening non-malignant disorders
  14. Any clinically significant pathology based on clinical history that the Investigator feels may affect the study evaluation
  15. Any intercurrent chronic disease or condition that may interfere with the completion of the 5-year follow-up, such as liver disease, severe coronary disease, alcohol or drug abuse, disordered mental state, or other clinically significant condition
  16. Patients who have significant neurological or musculoskeletal disorders or disease that may adversely affect gait and compromise functional recovery and evaluation
  17. Patients who have neuromuscular or neurosensory deficit which would limit the ability to assess the performance of the device
  18. Patients with systemic or metabolic disorders leading to progressive bone deterioration
  19. Patients who have a medical condition with less 5 years of life expectancy
  20. Previous organ transplant surgery
  21. Any psychiatric illness that would prevent comprehension of the details and nature of the study
  22. Participation in any experimental drug/device study within the 6 months prior to the screening visit
  23. Female patients who are pregnant, nursing, or planning a pregnancy
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
156 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Physica KR

    Device: Physica KR

Interventions

  • DevicePhysica KR
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Knee Society Clinical Rating System (KSS)

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 year follow up

Secondary outcomes

  1. Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 year follow-up

  2. Oxford Knee Score (OKS)

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 year follow-up

  3. Satisfaction Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 year follow-up

  4. Survival rate of the implant

    Time frame: at 3 and 5 year follow-up

  5. Incidence of AE/SAE, ADE/SADE

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 year follow-up

  6. Forgotten Joint score (FJS)

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 year follow-up

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Careggi
    Florence, 50134, Italy
  • The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
    Bournemouth, Dorset BH7 7DW, United Kingdom
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2JY, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 10, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02118272
Lead sponsor
Limacorporate S.p.a
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 21, 2014
Start date
May 2014
Primary completion
Nov 2021
Completion
Nov 2021
Last update
Mar 10, 2025

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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