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CompletedNCT05628064Updated Jun 10, 2025

1C70 Feasibility Study

An interventional study of 1C70 and Pro-Flex XC in Amputation, sponsored by Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH. Completed at 6 sites in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-06-10.

Sponsored by Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
22
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this study is to characterize the extent of 1C70 meeting the amputees needs in comparison with their everyday and a comparator foot, in regards of daily activities, mobility and balance, as well as quality of life and pain.

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Conditions studied

  • Amputation

Keywords

  • amputation
  • transtibial
  • prosthetic foot
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In context

Lead sponsor

Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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

  • Person is at least 18 years old.
  • Person is a unilateral transtibial amputee with stabilized residual limb.
  • Person is a K3 ambulator based on Medicare Functional Classification Level (MFCL) .
  • Person has at least 6 months experience in walking with a prosthesis.
  • Person is using an energy storage and return (ESR) foot as their primary everyday foot
  • Person has a foot size between 22 and 30.
  • Person weights with a prosthesis between 50 and 125 kg (foot size 26 - 30), or between 45 and 100 kg (foot size 22 - 25).
  • Person wears a prosthesis daily and ≥ 8 hours/day.
  • Person is able to walk at least 500 m without having to make a break.
  • Person is willing and able to independently provide .
  • Person is willing to comply with study procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Person is pregnant.
  • Person is using a hydraulic foot as their primary everyday foot.
  • Person is using a sport foot (e.g., Fillauer AllPro, Ottobock Challenger, Össur Flex-Foot Cheetah) as their primary everyday foot.
  • Person is using an ESR foot with an integrated vacuum pump (e.g., Ottobock 1C62 Triton Harmony).
  • Person has conditions that would prevent participation and pose increased risk (e.g., unstable cardiovascular conditions that preclude physical activity such as walking).
  • Person falls ≥ once a week due to the reasons that are not related to prosthesis (e.g., problems with vestibular system).
  • Person is not available for study visits during planned study duration.
  • Person is participating in another study or intends to participate in another study during this study´s duration.
  • Person cannot personally provide their consent.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
22 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1C70 to Pro-Flex XC

    Transtibial amputees randomized to start with 1C70 and cross over to Pro-Flex XC

    Device: 1C70 · Device: Pro-Flex XC

  • Experimental
    Pro-Flex XC to 1C70

    Transtibial amputees randomized to start with Pro-Flex XC and cross over to 1C70

    Device: 1C70 · Device: Pro-Flex XC

Interventions

  • Device1C70

    Investigational energy storage and return prosthetic foot with using novel elastic elements.

  • DevicePro-Flex XC

    Commercially available carbon-fiber energy storage and return foot used as comparative foot for transtibial amputee subjects.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Extent of meeting amputees prosthetic foot needs: 1C70 vs everyday foot

    The extent of meeting amputees prosthetic foot needs by 1C70 as measured by a single question with a 0 to 10 scale compared to the same score for everyday foot. Higher score correspond with higher extent of meeting amputees prosthetic foot needs.

    Time frame: 2 months after fitting with the last study feet

  2. Extent of meeting amputees prosthetic foot needs: 1C70 vs comparator foot

    The extent of meeting amputees prosthetic foot needs by 1C70 as measured by a single question with a 0 to 10 scale compared to the same score for comparator foot. Higher score correspond with higher extent of meeting amputees prosthetic foot needs.

    Time frame: 2 months after fitting with the last study feet

  3. Change in patient-perceived mobility (PLUS-M) compared to baseline

    The change from baseline perception of mobility as measured by the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M) 12-item short form. The PLUS-M questionnaire provides a T-score that ranges from 21.8 to 71.4. Higher PLUS-M scores correspond with greater mobility.

    Time frame: Baseline measurement vs 2 months after fitting with 1C70

  4. Change in patient-perceived mobility (PLUS-M) compared to the comparator foot

    The change from baseline perception of mobility as measured by the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M) 12-item short form. The PLUS-M questionnaire provides a T-score that ranges from 21.8 to 71.4. Higher PLUS-M scores correspond with greater mobility.

    Time frame: 2 months after fitting with each of the study feet

  5. Highest pain reported: 1C70 vs everyday foot

    The level of pain as a highest pain during preceding 7 days reported on a 0 ("No pain at all") to 10 ("the most intense pain imaginable") scale for the following origins: residual limb, sound limb, back, shoulder \& neck area, phantom limb pain, while wearing the 1C70 foot compared to the everyday foot.

    Time frame: Baseline measurement vs 2 months after fitting with 1C70

  6. Highest pain reported: 1C70 vs comparator foot

    The level of pain as a highest pain during preceding 7 days reported on a 0 ("No pain at all") to 10 ("the most intense pain imaginable") scale for the following origins: residual limb, sound limb, back, shoulder \& neck area, phantom limb pain, while wearing the 1C70 foot compared to the coparator foot.

    Time frame: 2 months after fitting with each of the study feet

Other outcomes

  1. Change in patient perceived balance confidence (ABC) compared to baseline: 1C70 vs everyday foot

    Perception of balance confidence as measured by the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale. The questionnaire provides a score that ranges from 0 to 100%. Higher scores indicate greater balance confidence.

    Time frame: Baseline measurement vs 2 months after fitting with 1C70

  2. Change in patient perceived balance confidence (ABC) compared to baseline: 1C70 vs comparator foot

    Perception of balance confidence as measured by the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale. The questionnaire provides a score that ranges from 0 to 100%. Higher scores indicate greater balance confidence.

    Time frame: 2 months after fitting with each of the study feet

  3. Quality of life as measured by the EQ-5D-5L: 1C70 vs everyday foot

    Measure of health status composed of 5 dimensions: mobility, ability to self-care, ability to undertake usual activities, pain and discomfort, anxiety and depression. Each dimension is rated on a 5-point scale indicating the level of perceived problems for each dimension (level 1 indicating no problems and level 5 indicating extreme problems). Each health state can potentially be assigned a summary index score based on societal preference weights for the health state. These weights, sometimes referred to as 'utilities', are often used to compute QALYs for use in health economic analyses. Health state index scores generally range from less than 0 (where 0 is the value of a health state equivalent to dead; negative values representing values as worse than dead) to 1 (the value of full health), with higher scores indicating higher health utility.

    Time frame: Baseline measurement vs 2 months after fitting with 1C70

  4. Quality of life as measured by the EQ-5D-5L: 1C70 vs comparator foot

    Measure of health status composed of 5 dimensions: mobility, ability to self-care, ability to undertake usual activities, pain and discomfort, anxiety and depression. Each dimension is rated on a 5-point scale indicating the level of perceived problems for each dimension (level 1 indicating no problems and level 5 indicating extreme problems). Each health state can potentially be assigned a summary index score based on societal preference weights for the health state. These weights, sometimes referred to as 'utilities', are often used to compute QALYs for use in health economic analyses. Health state index scores generally range from less than 0 (where 0 is the value of a health state equivalent to dead; negative values representing values as worse than dead) to 1 (the value of full health), with higher scores indicating higher health utility.

    Time frame: 2 months after fitting with each of the study feet

  5. Pain interference: 1C70 vs everyday foot

    Perception of pain interference on the usual activities as measured by a single question with a 0 ("Does not interfere") to 10 ("Completely interferes") scale.

    Time frame: Baseline measurement vs 2 months after fitting with 1C70

  6. Pain interference: 1C70 vs comparator foot

    Perception of pain interference on the usual activities as measured by a single question with a 0 ("Does not interfere") to 10 ("Completely interferes") scale.

    Time frame: 2 months after fitting with each of the study feet

  7. Foot preference overall and for use in several specific activities

    Foot preference overall and for use in several specific activities as measured by a questionnaire from the publication of Morgan et al. (Morgan et al. 2018)

    Time frame: 2 months after fitting with the last study feet

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Study locations

6 sites
  • Zentrum für Healthcare Technology der Privaten Hochschule Göttingen (ZHT PFH)
    Göttingen, Germany
  • John+Bamberg
    Hannover, Germany
  • Pohlig Heidelberg
    Heidelberg, Germany
  • UKM ProTec
    Münster, Germany
  • Pohlig Nürnberg
    Nürnberg, Germany
  • Pohlig Traunstein
    Traunstein, Germany
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References and documents

Publications

  • Morgan SJ, McDonald CL, Halsne EG, Cheever SM, Salem R, Kramer PA, Hafner BJ. Laboratory- and community-based health outcomes in people with transtibial amputation using crossover and energy-storing prosthetic feet: A randomized crossover trial. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 7;13(2):e0189652. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189652. eCollection 2018. PubMed 29414988 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — There is no plan to share IPD.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 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
NCT05628064
Lead sponsor
Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
Collaborators
Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 28, 2022
Start date
Nov 24, 2022
Primary completion
May 30, 2023
Completion
Jun 28, 2023
Last update
Jun 10, 2025

Oversight

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