Recruiting

Cortical Organization

Sponsor:

Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery

Code:

NCT01618682

Conditions

Hand Transplant

Hand Replant

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators hope to gain insights into the functional organization of the human cerebral cortex in response to upper limb amputation and surgical interventions including hand replantation and hand transplantation.

Conditions

Hand Transplant

Hand Replant

Study ID

NCT01618682

Start date

Mar, 2012

Status verified date

Jan, 2018

Completion date

Mar, 2019

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2019

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • between 18-70 yrs old
  • undergone successful allogeneic transplantation of one or both hands OR undergone successful reattachment of one or both hands OR will have experienced surgical repair of one or more severed nerves (ulnar, medial, radial, digital in the upper limb
  • must speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • younger than 18 years or older than 70 years
  • not undergone a replant or transplant

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Hand Transplant Patients

These will be subjects who have undergone a hand transplant.

Hand Replant Patients

These will be patients who have undergone a hand replant procedure.

Primary outcome measure

  • Ultrasound Biomicroscopy [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Christina L Kaufman, PhD

502-562-0390ckaufman@cmki.org

Donna Stacy, RN, MSN

502-562-0313dstacy@cmki.org

Locations

Christine M. Kleinert Insitute of Hand and Microsurgery

Recruiting

Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

Contacts

Christina L Kaufman, PhD

502-562-0390ckaufman@cmki.org

Millicent L Horn, BS

502-562-0307mhorn@cmki.org

Principal Investigator:

Christina L Kaufman, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery

Last update posted

Jan 25, 2018

Last verified

Jan, 2018

Keywords

  • hand transplant
  • hand replant

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery on 2018-01-25.