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NCT Number: NCT05362370

Stryker PEEK Customized Implant: A Prospective Post Market Follow Up to Evaluate Safety, Performance and Effectiveness

The purpose of this study is to confirm the safety, performance and effectiveness of Stryker's PEEK Customized Implants when used for the augmentation and/or restoration of bony and/or soft tissue deformities in the cranial and craniofacial skeleton. The study is designed as a prospective, multi-center trial with a long-term follow-up (up to 24-months) of study participants.

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This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Age range

42 month and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Universitätsklinik für Neurochirurgie Auenbruggerplatz 29, Graz, Austria

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About this study

Stryker's PEEK Customized Implants are patient-specific implants based on CT-data of the individual patient and input of the surgeon. The implants are fabricated from Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and intended to be used to fill bony voids in the cranial and craniofacial region (e.g. cranium, orbital rim, zygoma, and adjacent bone). This observational post-market clinical follow-up (PMCF) is designed to confirm the safety, performance and clinical benefit of Stryker's PEEK Customized Implants for the augmentation and/or restoration of bony and/or soft tissue deformities in the cranial and craniofacial skeleton (orbital rim, zygoma, and adjacent bone); including but not limited to, the correction and prevention of persistent temporal hollowing (PTH). Infection of implants is one of the common risks associated with this type of surgery. This PMCF study will investigate infection rate as the primary safety endpoint. These data will be collected in a real world setting, where all treatment is per routine clinical practice. The study is designed as a prospective, multi-center trial at participating institutions in the United States and in Europe. Up to 110 study participants will be enrolled in this PMCF. Stryker's PEEK Customized Implants are intended to stay implanted permanently. Therefore, study participants will be followed for up to 24-months after implantation of the devices to allow evaluation of long-term safety and performance of the products.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Subject is eligible for a PEEK customized implant as per routine clinical practice.
  • Subject is 12 years of age or older (Europe only).
  • Subject is 3.5 years of age or older (USA only).
  • Adult subjects able to give consent.
  • Subjects under the age of 18 will have a legal representative or parents (France - both parents must sign) to provide informed consent.
  • Subjects who are unable to give consent themselves but have a legally authorized representative that may consent on their behalf.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subject has an active systemic or local infection.
  • Subject has known allergy to plastic or polymers and/or known sensitivity to foreign bodies.
  • Comprised bone due to poor blood supply, disease, infection or prior implantation, which would not allow adequate support or fixation of the implant.
  • Mental or neuromuscular disorder which could create an unacceptable risk of implant instability or implant fixation failure, or complications in postoperative care.
  • Knowingly pregnant or nursing women.
  • Concomitant participation in other clinical trials related to cranioplasty.
  • Subject who has an expected survival rate of less than 2 years, in the opinion of the investigator who takes consent.

Treatment and study plan

Stryker's PEEK Customized Implant

Device

The PEEK Customized Implants will be used in this patient cohort for augmentation and/or restoration of bony and/or soft tissue deformities in the cranial and craniofacial skeleton (orbital rim, zygoma, and adjacent bone); including but not limited to, the correction and prevention of persistent temporal hollowing (PTH).

Primary outcomes

  1. Infection Rate

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Assessment of rate of infection associated with Stryker's PEEK Customized Implants.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of device related serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Incidence of device related SAEs up to 24 months post implantation

  2. Ability to place the Customized Implant during surgery leading to good aesthetic outcome

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Assessment of success of placement by the surgeon as determined by the ability to close the defect effectively, even with modification of implant

  3. Rate of implant failure

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Rate of implant failure leading to explantation

  4. Quality of life questionnaire

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Outcome of Short Form health survey-12 (SF-12) quality of life questionnaire

  5. Length of hospitalisation

    Time frame: 1 month

    Time duration after surgery until hospital discharge

  6. Persistent temporal hollowing

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Presence of persistent temporal hollowing after the procedure

  7. Neurological Assessment

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Glasgow Coma Scale

  8. Scale of brain injuries

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended

  9. Aesthetic assessment

    Time frame: Up to 24 months post-operative

    Aesthetic assessment score

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stryker Craniomaxillofacial

Industry

Collaborators

  • Qmed Consulting A/S

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
May 5, 2022
Registry last updated
May 29, 2026

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