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Status unknownNCT02717299Updated May 4, 2020

Making Sense Out of Total Knee Sensor Assisted Technology: A Randomized Control Trial

An interventional study of Verasense in Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, sponsored by TriHealth Inc.. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-05-04.

Sponsored by TriHealth Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2019), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 4 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2015, registered Mar 2016).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
78
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the patient reported outcome measures of total knee replacement patients who received intra operative sensor guided technique for soft tissue balancing to a group of patients who receive surgeon guided soft tissue balancing.

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This study will compare a group of total knee arthroplasty patients who receive sensor guidance technology for soft tissue balancing intra operatively to a group of patients who receive surgeon guided soft tissue balancing. Patients will be randomized to either the experimental group with the sensor guided technology or the control group which is the surgeon guided technique and current standard of care. All patients will have the sensor placed intra operatively so that measurements can be captured and recorded however, the measurements for the patients who are not in the sensor guided group will not be revealed to the surgeon. The information will be gathered for post enrollment data analysis only. The patients measurements in the sensor guided group will be revealed to the surgeon and the surgeon will use this information in order to help guide soft tissue balancing for optimal alignment intra operatively. Patients will be followed for 1 year post operatively. Patient reported outcomes measures such as KSS, KOOS, PROMIS PF CAT, EQ-5D and UCLA activity will be collected preoperatively and at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. Post-operative Likert scale patient satisfaction scores will also be collected. All outcomes will be scored and compared to determine significance.

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Conditions studied

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
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In context

Lead sponsor

TriHealth Inc. is the lead sponsor of 102 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 4 (44%) have results posted.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, inflammatory arthropathy, or post traumatic arthritis.
  • Patients able to understand study intent, and agree to study participation.
  • Patients receiving Smith and Nephew Journey II total knee implant system.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with previous ipsilateral knee ligament surgery.
  • Patients with orthopaedic and medical co-morbidities that would thwart postoperative recovery such as extra-articular pathology with referred pain to the knee (spinal stenosis, neuropathy, ipsilateral hip disease), severe knee deformity.
  • Untreated Osteoarthritis
  • BMI > 40
  • ASA class > III
  • History of drug or alcohol abuse
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
78 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Sensor Guided Tissue Balancing

    Patients in this group will have the Verasense trial sensor device inserted, and the data collected electronically. The surgeon will use this data to intraoperatively align the knee according to the indications of the data.

    Device: Verasense

  • Placebo comparator
    Surgeon Guided Tissue Balancing

    Patients in this group will have the Verasense trial sensor device inserted, and the data collected electronically. The computer displaying the data will be turned away from the surgeon, so that he is not able to use the sensor data, and must balance the knee with feel and visual estimation of balance.

    Device: Verasense

Interventions

  • DeviceVerasense

    Verasense will collect balancing data on all patients in this trial.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient Satisfaction

    Overall Patient Satisfaction will be reported through various surveys.

    Time frame: Surgery to 12 months post-operative

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Study locations

1 site
  • Good Samarian Hospital
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45220, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Yes, Orthosensor receives the data collected.

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 May 4, 2020, 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
NCT02717299
Lead sponsor
TriHealth Inc.
Collaborators
Orthosensor, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 23, 2016
Start date
Nov 2015
Primary completion
Apr 2019
Completion
Apr 8, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
May 4, 2020

Study contacts

Mark Snyder, MD
principal investigator · TriHealth Inc.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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