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Status unknownNCT03008317splitmouthUpdated Jan 2, 2017

Microbial Adhesion to Metallic Versus Non Metallic Surfaces of Bounded Removable Partial Denture

An interventional study of PEEK in Polyetheretherketone, sponsored by Cairo University. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-01-02.

Sponsored by Cairo University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2016), so the status shown — last known as Enrolling by invitation — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

a split mouth randomized clinical trial that compares quantity and quality of bacterial adhesion under both PEEK versus cobalt chromium alloy denture base.

Read the detailed description

this study aimed to compare the adhesion of microorganisms to the non metallic denture base of PEEK and metallic denture base of cobalt chromium alloy in patients with class III modification 1

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Conditions studied

  • Polyetheretherketone

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In context

Tissue Adhesions

241 studies on the registry are indexed under Tissue Adhesions; 29 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 2 is below the median of 60 across 184 interventional studies indexed under Tissue Adhesions.

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Lead sponsor

Cairo University is the lead sponsor of 4,780 studies on the registry; 1,427 are open to participants now.

Of its 36 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (14%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • patients are medically free

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients with badly broken abutments
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
2 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    non metallic

    PEEK denture base,

    Device: PEEK

  • Placebo comparator
    metallic denture base

    cobalt chromium alloy denture base

    Device: PEEK

Interventions

  • DevicePEEK

    a metallic denture base

    Also known as: polyetheretherketone denture base, cobalt chromium alloy denture base

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. microbial culture using number of clonies after insertion by 3 months

    microbial adhesion will be measured using continous cultures to assess number of colonies

    Time frame: one year

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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 Jan 2, 2017, 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
NCT03008317
Lead sponsor
Cairo University
Responsible party
Hager essam el azizi (Dr, Cairo University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 2, 2017
Start date
Sep 2016
Primary completion
Oct 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 2, 2017

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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