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CompletedNCT03526341RAFDTUpdated Oct 9, 2019

Post Market Clinical Follow Up Study for ReliaTack™ Articulating Reloadable Fixation Device With Deep Purchase Tacks

An observational study in Inguinal Hernia and Ventral Hernia, sponsored by Medtronic - MITG. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-10-09.

Sponsored by Medtronic - MITG · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
116
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A post-market clinical follow-up study for ReliaTack™ articulating reloadable fixation device with deep purchase tacks

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A retrospective, multi-center, chart review of medical records on the use of the device for two (2) surgical procedure indications:

  1. inguinal/femoral hernia
  2. ventral hernia

A minimum of 4 sites in the United States will perform chart review and enter 116 study records in the database for data collection. The 116 subject records will be comprised of 76 for the inguinal/femoral indication, and 40 for the ventral indication.

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Conditions studied

  • Inguinal Hernia
  • Ventral Hernia
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In context

Hernia

1,096 studies on the registry are indexed under Hernia; 132 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 116 is close to the median of 120 across 327 observational studies indexed under Hernia.

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Lead sponsor

Medtronic - MITG is the lead sponsor of 176 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

Of its 17 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 17 (100%) 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
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Subjects who previously underwent minimally invasive or open surgical ventral or inguinal/femoral hernia repair procedures using the ReliaTack™ Articulating Reloadable Fixation Device with Deep Purchase Tacks.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Subject underwent ventral or inguinal/femoral hernia repair procedure utilizing ReliaTack™ Articulating Reloadable Fixation Device with Deep Purchase Tacks on or after 510(k) approval.
  2. Medical records are available, which document a ventral and/or inguinal/femoral hernia repair surgical procedure.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Institutional Review Board (IRB) consent requirement cannot be met:

    1. waiver of subject informed consent requirements are not granted by IRB* and,
    2. an altercation to the consent process is not granted by the IRB and,
    3. subject or subject's parent or legal guardian is unable or unwilling to provide signed informed consent
  2. Subject was participating in any investigational drug or device study at the time of surgery or within 30-day (+3 days) study window
  3. Subject was pregnant at the time of procedure
  4. Subject had a documented allergy at the time of surgery to any of the components of the device or the mesh implant
  5. Subject was treated with any other implantable mechanical fixation device, other than sutures

    • A waiver of subject informed consent procedures will be requested from all IRBs of record for this study.
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
116 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • DeviceReliaTack™ Articulating Reloadable Fixation Device

    ReliaTack™ Articulating Reloadable Fixation Device with Deep Purchase Tacks

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. To confirm the safety for this device during inguinal/ femoral and ventral hernia repair procedures by assessing the proportion of subjects with SADE's/AEs

    Safety will be assessed as the proportion of subjects with SADE's/AEs

    Time frame: 30 days (+3 days) post procedure

Secondary outcomes

  1. The rate of device-related malfunctions will be captured to confirm the performance for this device during inguinal/ femoral and ventral hernia repair procedures

    The rate of device-related malfunctions affecting performance of the device will be captured

    Time frame: 30 days (+3 days) post procedure

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hudson Valley Surgical Group
    Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591, United States
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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 Oct 9, 2019, 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
NCT03526341
Lead sponsor
Medtronic - MITG
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 16, 2018
Start date
Apr 25, 2018
Primary completion
Sep 10, 2019
Completion
Sep 10, 2019
Last update
Oct 9, 2019

Study contacts

John W Odom, MD
principal investigator · St. Josephs/ Candler
Har Chi Lau, MD
principal investigator · Hudson Valley Surgical Group

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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