Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-06 @ 6:34 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 2:50 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT05700526
Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Last Update Posted:
2024-02-26
First Post:
2022-12-19
Brief Title:
Customized Bone Allografts by 3D-printing
Sponsor:
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Organization:
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Study Overview
Official Title:
Customized Bone Allografts by Virtual Surgical Planning and 3D-printing for Correcting Musculoskeletal Deformities in Children
Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Status Verified Date:
2024-02
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
3D-MALF 2
Brief Summary:
Virtual surgical planning VSP the simulation of bone corrections in virtual reality Computer Aided Surgical Simulation CASS and 3D printing of customized implants and devices are achieving an increasingly central role in clinical practice and orthopaedic surgery
Those technologies and processes allow an allow incredibly versatile and accurate planning and reproduction of complex bone correction or joint replacement procedures
Recent and converging evidence document how the use of these technologies is able to significantly reduce surgical times bleeding and intra-operative complications and the use of intra-operative fluoroscopy
Due to the collaboration between the ward of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute and the Department of Industrial Engineering DIN of the University of Bologna it was possible to experiment validate and introduce simulation planning and personalization technologies of interventions of corrective surgery of Musculoskeletal Disorders MSDs of the limbs in childhood and developmental age into clinical practice 3D-MALF - CE AVEC 3562018SperIOR
Currently extremely complex bone correction interventions are often planned and performed through Computer Aided Design CAD and 3D printing of models and custom sterilizable cutting guides Patient-Specific Instrument PSI
In pediatric orthopedic surgery is often necessary to use homologous massive bone grafts customized on the patients anatomy which can be employed in the replacement of neoplastic lesions in the axial correction of deformities or even in the extemporaneous lengthening of bone segments
The Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank BTM regularly provides bone grafts processed in a Class A controlled contamination environment according to GMP Clean Room guaranteeing quality and microbiological safety The current realization standard of bone grafts on specific request is a freehand realization The BTM technicians model the grafts based on the indications received length width height indications on geometry using standard surgical instruments osteotomes oscillating saws etc
The present clinical trial aims to validate the feasibility accuracy and effectiveness of an innovative process for producing customized bone allografts to correct bone deformities in children the customization process will be conducted by using computer-aided surgical simulation and 3D printing
Those technologies and processes allow an allow incredibly versatile and accurate planning and reproduction of complex bone correction or joint replacement procedures
Recent and converging evidence document how the use of these technologies is able to significantly reduce surgical times bleeding and intra-operative complications and the use of intra-operative fluoroscopy
Due to the collaboration between the ward of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute and the Department of Industrial Engineering DIN of the University of Bologna it was possible to experiment validate and introduce simulation planning and personalization technologies of interventions of corrective surgery of Musculoskeletal Disorders MSDs of the limbs in childhood and developmental age into clinical practice 3D-MALF - CE AVEC 3562018SperIOR
Currently extremely complex bone correction interventions are often planned and performed through Computer Aided Design CAD and 3D printing of models and custom sterilizable cutting guides Patient-Specific Instrument PSI
In pediatric orthopedic surgery is often necessary to use homologous massive bone grafts customized on the patients anatomy which can be employed in the replacement of neoplastic lesions in the axial correction of deformities or even in the extemporaneous lengthening of bone segments
The Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank BTM regularly provides bone grafts processed in a Class A controlled contamination environment according to GMP Clean Room guaranteeing quality and microbiological safety The current realization standard of bone grafts on specific request is a freehand realization The BTM technicians model the grafts based on the indications received length width height indications on geometry using standard surgical instruments osteotomes oscillating saws etc
The present clinical trial aims to validate the feasibility accuracy and effectiveness of an innovative process for producing customized bone allografts to correct bone deformities in children the customization process will be conducted by using computer-aided surgical simulation and 3D printing
Detailed Description:
The study is a double-blind randomized clinical trial and point to achieve a comparison of geometry and use in the operating room between manually modelled bone grafts and bone grafts modelled using CAD techniques and customized cutting guides realized with 3D printing
In addition two other objectives will be pursued 1 to conduct a preliminary analysis of the management and production costs of customized bone grafts and of the generation process using VSP and 3D printing of models and surgical interventions aids such as sterilizable PSI and GSI 2 to treat pediatric patients suffering from congenital malformations that require complex multiplanar multifocal andor multisegmental bone correction surgery planning the intervention using VSP and implanting bone grafts produced by BTM with the aid of sterilizable PSI made by 3D printing
The study involves the creation of a clinical-surgical path divided into various consecutive steps implemented in part by PED-IOR by BTM-IOR by DIN-UNIBO and by Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology RAD-IOR
The process begins with the selection of the patient for the study by PED-IOR After a clinical evaluation of the patient and the definition of the underlying pathology and deformity to be treated if the patient complies with the inclusion criteria a hypothesis of treatment and a choice of surgical technique is identified Then the path is illustrated to the patient and the family also for the purpose of acquiring a written informed consent
Once the patient is enrolled the path includes the radiological study of the patient by RAD-IOR As normal clinical practice requires the bone segments will first be examined by panoramic x-rays with any comparatives of the contralateral limb then the pre-operative CT scan at very low radiation dose will be performed
The diagnostic imaging data of the treated patients and of the bone segments that have to be processed from the bank will be kept on a company network computer and pseudo-anonymized according to current company procedures in line with the recent law provisions on the protection of sensitive data GDPR 2016679 In particular imaging data are renamed with a unique PatientID for each patient the file that associates the patients name with the PatientID will be password protected and kept on the company network The pseudo-anonymized radiographic images will be segmented by PED-IOR on a computer on the hospital network obtaining a file in Standard Triangulation Language STL named with the PatientID The segmentation of the pre-operative CT will be obtained using a workflow validated by us for clinical and surgical use the DICOM file is processed and converted using open-source software 3D-Slicer 411 or similar software with free license into an STL file which format file is completely anonymous and allows the three-dimensional display of the data The file is now ready to be sent to DIN-UNIBO to realize surgical simulation three-dimensional planning 3D printing of models and PSI according to the surgeon instructions
Three-dimensional surgical planning is performed on the STL file through a continuous comparison between the DIN-UNIBO engineer and the IRCCS-IOR surgeon The surgeon hypothesizes and suggests the possible corrections to be made as well as the design of PSI that will be simulated on the computer using open source or with academic licenses software of design and three-dimensional modelling such as Blender 28 or similar The engineers will provide the rendering of the planned correction and PSI which will form the basis for the preparation of the models grafts and PSIGSI if approved by the surgeon
Once the planning has been defined and models and PSI have been designed the DIN-UNIBO engineers will proceed with the drafting of specific reports with the details of the intervention They will also deal with the 3D printing of models and PSI using the technology already validated and currently used in our unit for the execution of complex osteotomies Specifically models are converted into G-code printing code Ultimaker Cura v 4131 or similar and then 3D-printed in High Temperature Polylactic Acid HTPLA using a 3D printer appropriately set The entire process has already been validated by us and allows the production of models and cutting guides that can be sterilized with the current autoclave models present in the Institute at 134 C for 50 minutes
The geometry of the graft will be defined according to the surgical planning The bone tissues from which the grafts will be obtained are taken from the cadaver donor treated and stored in compliance with the guidelines Minimum organizational structural and technological requirements of the Institutes of tissues for quality and safety in donation procurement control processing conservation storage and distribution of human tissues and cells of the National Transplant Center The musculoskeletal tissues distributed by BTM regardless of the processing performed are always included within normal clinical practice as they are legally classified as transplants and not as medical devices
In this phase the production method of the homologous bone graft will also be assigned on the basis of the randomization criteria After the virtual planning of the surgery the main measures of the designed graft are extrapolated Specifically two groups will be defined Standard group and GSI group
For the Standard Group DIN-UNIBO will extrapolate from the graft design the main measurements length width height shape and will send the two-dimensional drawing of the graft to BTM for the manual processing The operators will perform the processing according to the routine procedures obtaining the required graft on the basis of the information received
For the GSI group the bone bank provides a series of CTs of bone segments from those available for processing These bone segments are reconstructed and compared with the planning to find the best three-dimensional match between the planned bone graft and the available segments possibly adapting the VSP schedule based on the graft selected Subsequently DIN-UNIBO will design models and GSI cutting guides and will 3D print them and then will send them to BTM-IOR together with the indication of the segment to be processed BTM-IOR will execute the sterilization of the GSI that will be used in the clean-room processing of the graft The segments will be treated with an oscillating saw using the customized models and cutting guides GSI
The grafts obtained regardless of the group they belong to will be sterile packed according to the standard procedures BTM-IOR including only an indication on the direction of the implant in order not to give any indication to the surgeon about the preparation method The surgery will be performed according to the pre-operative planning established using the graft and the PSI produced for the specific case
To obtain a size and shape comparison between the planned graft and the graft made in the clean room a three-dimensional reconstruction of the latter must be available on a computer Since BTM-IOR must guarantee the sterility of the graft and that 3D scanning technologies suitable for use in clean rooms are not currently available in IOR CT scanning of the packaged grafts will be realized as the packaging is almost radio-transparent The CT scans will be performed inserting the grafts in the bank tissue scan protocol and therefore no additional resources are required to perform this procedure by IOR CT examinations of the grafts will be executed with GE Revolution 64 Slice Dual Energy equipment and with a layer thickness of less than 1 mm to have data available to allow reliable measurements and three-dimensional reconstructions CT images of the graft will be used for 3D reconstruction which will be employed to extract the main measurements through CAD software These measurements are the most clinically significant and will be compared with the same measurements of the planned graft
Moreover having the geometry of the implanted graft available also makes it possible to perform a volumetric difference analysis using point cloud comparison software such as Meshlab or CloudCompare As an additional check of the correct production of the graft according to the schedule the main dimensions of the graft will still be measured in the clean-room with a sterile gauge immediately after processing and before packaging
The study duration will be four years from its approval The follow up is fixed at one year During the first three years of the study the enrollment and execution of the interventions will take place while the last year is intended for the conclusion of the follow-up of the last patients treated
The collected data will be analyzed using SPSS v 22 A preliminary analysis and a descriptive report will be drawn to express the geometric differences between planned and realized graft demographic and clinical variables of patients deformity type location and degree as measured on panoramic radiographs and CT comparing it with the counter-lateral limb or with general population physiological parameters in case of bilateral deformity degree and characteristics of the planned correction using VSP methods timing costs and problems related to the preparation of the VSP selection of the graft to be processed processing of the customized bone graft printing of the instrumentation such as cutting guides operating times blood losses any intra-operative and peri-operative complications problems related to cutting guides and bone grafting correction obtained at post-operative control clinical-functional outcome at one year of follow-up the accuracy of the post-operative correction obtained comparing it to the planning through reliability analysis
Frequencies means medians interquartile ranges and standard deviations will be used to describe the study variables Differences between groups will be evaluated using the chi-square test for categorical variables and the t-Student test or Mann-Whitney U test for independent samples for continuous variables
No data collection and procedureanalysis will be conducted before signing the consent Sensitive data will be processed in accordance with current legislation by the head of the study Furthermore participants can withdraw their consent to participate at any time without any consequences The protection of the personal information provided by the subjects will take place according to the current legislation on the protection of personal data In line with international data protection legislation the following measures will be taken the paper material will be stored in dedicated lockers which are locked and not accessible to unauthorized persons at the coordinating center IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli all data will be stored in digital format at the SC Ortopedia e Traumatologia Pediatrica with access allowed only with a password
All patients included will be identified with a numerical code to pseudo-anonymize sensitive The data will be kept by the investigator for the time necessary for scientific production In order to guarantee the confidentiality of clinical trial data as required by applicable national and European legislation the data will be accessible only to the study promoter and his designees for monitoringauditing procedures to the investigator and collaborators to the Ethics Committee of the center where the research is conducted and to the relevant health authorities The investigator and the Institute will allow access to the data and source documentation for monitoring auditing reviewing by the Ethics Committee and inspections by the Health Authority but retaining the confidentiality of personal data in accordance with current legislation
In addition two other objectives will be pursued 1 to conduct a preliminary analysis of the management and production costs of customized bone grafts and of the generation process using VSP and 3D printing of models and surgical interventions aids such as sterilizable PSI and GSI 2 to treat pediatric patients suffering from congenital malformations that require complex multiplanar multifocal andor multisegmental bone correction surgery planning the intervention using VSP and implanting bone grafts produced by BTM with the aid of sterilizable PSI made by 3D printing
The study involves the creation of a clinical-surgical path divided into various consecutive steps implemented in part by PED-IOR by BTM-IOR by DIN-UNIBO and by Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology RAD-IOR
The process begins with the selection of the patient for the study by PED-IOR After a clinical evaluation of the patient and the definition of the underlying pathology and deformity to be treated if the patient complies with the inclusion criteria a hypothesis of treatment and a choice of surgical technique is identified Then the path is illustrated to the patient and the family also for the purpose of acquiring a written informed consent
Once the patient is enrolled the path includes the radiological study of the patient by RAD-IOR As normal clinical practice requires the bone segments will first be examined by panoramic x-rays with any comparatives of the contralateral limb then the pre-operative CT scan at very low radiation dose will be performed
The diagnostic imaging data of the treated patients and of the bone segments that have to be processed from the bank will be kept on a company network computer and pseudo-anonymized according to current company procedures in line with the recent law provisions on the protection of sensitive data GDPR 2016679 In particular imaging data are renamed with a unique PatientID for each patient the file that associates the patients name with the PatientID will be password protected and kept on the company network The pseudo-anonymized radiographic images will be segmented by PED-IOR on a computer on the hospital network obtaining a file in Standard Triangulation Language STL named with the PatientID The segmentation of the pre-operative CT will be obtained using a workflow validated by us for clinical and surgical use the DICOM file is processed and converted using open-source software 3D-Slicer 411 or similar software with free license into an STL file which format file is completely anonymous and allows the three-dimensional display of the data The file is now ready to be sent to DIN-UNIBO to realize surgical simulation three-dimensional planning 3D printing of models and PSI according to the surgeon instructions
Three-dimensional surgical planning is performed on the STL file through a continuous comparison between the DIN-UNIBO engineer and the IRCCS-IOR surgeon The surgeon hypothesizes and suggests the possible corrections to be made as well as the design of PSI that will be simulated on the computer using open source or with academic licenses software of design and three-dimensional modelling such as Blender 28 or similar The engineers will provide the rendering of the planned correction and PSI which will form the basis for the preparation of the models grafts and PSIGSI if approved by the surgeon
Once the planning has been defined and models and PSI have been designed the DIN-UNIBO engineers will proceed with the drafting of specific reports with the details of the intervention They will also deal with the 3D printing of models and PSI using the technology already validated and currently used in our unit for the execution of complex osteotomies Specifically models are converted into G-code printing code Ultimaker Cura v 4131 or similar and then 3D-printed in High Temperature Polylactic Acid HTPLA using a 3D printer appropriately set The entire process has already been validated by us and allows the production of models and cutting guides that can be sterilized with the current autoclave models present in the Institute at 134 C for 50 minutes
The geometry of the graft will be defined according to the surgical planning The bone tissues from which the grafts will be obtained are taken from the cadaver donor treated and stored in compliance with the guidelines Minimum organizational structural and technological requirements of the Institutes of tissues for quality and safety in donation procurement control processing conservation storage and distribution of human tissues and cells of the National Transplant Center The musculoskeletal tissues distributed by BTM regardless of the processing performed are always included within normal clinical practice as they are legally classified as transplants and not as medical devices
In this phase the production method of the homologous bone graft will also be assigned on the basis of the randomization criteria After the virtual planning of the surgery the main measures of the designed graft are extrapolated Specifically two groups will be defined Standard group and GSI group
For the Standard Group DIN-UNIBO will extrapolate from the graft design the main measurements length width height shape and will send the two-dimensional drawing of the graft to BTM for the manual processing The operators will perform the processing according to the routine procedures obtaining the required graft on the basis of the information received
For the GSI group the bone bank provides a series of CTs of bone segments from those available for processing These bone segments are reconstructed and compared with the planning to find the best three-dimensional match between the planned bone graft and the available segments possibly adapting the VSP schedule based on the graft selected Subsequently DIN-UNIBO will design models and GSI cutting guides and will 3D print them and then will send them to BTM-IOR together with the indication of the segment to be processed BTM-IOR will execute the sterilization of the GSI that will be used in the clean-room processing of the graft The segments will be treated with an oscillating saw using the customized models and cutting guides GSI
The grafts obtained regardless of the group they belong to will be sterile packed according to the standard procedures BTM-IOR including only an indication on the direction of the implant in order not to give any indication to the surgeon about the preparation method The surgery will be performed according to the pre-operative planning established using the graft and the PSI produced for the specific case
To obtain a size and shape comparison between the planned graft and the graft made in the clean room a three-dimensional reconstruction of the latter must be available on a computer Since BTM-IOR must guarantee the sterility of the graft and that 3D scanning technologies suitable for use in clean rooms are not currently available in IOR CT scanning of the packaged grafts will be realized as the packaging is almost radio-transparent The CT scans will be performed inserting the grafts in the bank tissue scan protocol and therefore no additional resources are required to perform this procedure by IOR CT examinations of the grafts will be executed with GE Revolution 64 Slice Dual Energy equipment and with a layer thickness of less than 1 mm to have data available to allow reliable measurements and three-dimensional reconstructions CT images of the graft will be used for 3D reconstruction which will be employed to extract the main measurements through CAD software These measurements are the most clinically significant and will be compared with the same measurements of the planned graft
Moreover having the geometry of the implanted graft available also makes it possible to perform a volumetric difference analysis using point cloud comparison software such as Meshlab or CloudCompare As an additional check of the correct production of the graft according to the schedule the main dimensions of the graft will still be measured in the clean-room with a sterile gauge immediately after processing and before packaging
The study duration will be four years from its approval The follow up is fixed at one year During the first three years of the study the enrollment and execution of the interventions will take place while the last year is intended for the conclusion of the follow-up of the last patients treated
The collected data will be analyzed using SPSS v 22 A preliminary analysis and a descriptive report will be drawn to express the geometric differences between planned and realized graft demographic and clinical variables of patients deformity type location and degree as measured on panoramic radiographs and CT comparing it with the counter-lateral limb or with general population physiological parameters in case of bilateral deformity degree and characteristics of the planned correction using VSP methods timing costs and problems related to the preparation of the VSP selection of the graft to be processed processing of the customized bone graft printing of the instrumentation such as cutting guides operating times blood losses any intra-operative and peri-operative complications problems related to cutting guides and bone grafting correction obtained at post-operative control clinical-functional outcome at one year of follow-up the accuracy of the post-operative correction obtained comparing it to the planning through reliability analysis
Frequencies means medians interquartile ranges and standard deviations will be used to describe the study variables Differences between groups will be evaluated using the chi-square test for categorical variables and the t-Student test or Mann-Whitney U test for independent samples for continuous variables
No data collection and procedureanalysis will be conducted before signing the consent Sensitive data will be processed in accordance with current legislation by the head of the study Furthermore participants can withdraw their consent to participate at any time without any consequences The protection of the personal information provided by the subjects will take place according to the current legislation on the protection of personal data In line with international data protection legislation the following measures will be taken the paper material will be stored in dedicated lockers which are locked and not accessible to unauthorized persons at the coordinating center IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli all data will be stored in digital format at the SC Ortopedia e Traumatologia Pediatrica with access allowed only with a password
All patients included will be identified with a numerical code to pseudo-anonymize sensitive The data will be kept by the investigator for the time necessary for scientific production In order to guarantee the confidentiality of clinical trial data as required by applicable national and European legislation the data will be accessible only to the study promoter and his designees for monitoringauditing procedures to the investigator and collaborators to the Ethics Committee of the center where the research is conducted and to the relevant health authorities The investigator and the Institute will allow access to the data and source documentation for monitoring auditing reviewing by the Ethics Committee and inspections by the Health Authority but retaining the confidentiality of personal data in accordance with current legislation
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None