Primary completion date2014-08→2016-12
Completion date2015-02→2016-12
InterventionsHand transplantation (Procedure)→Limb transplantation (Procedure)
Eligibility criteria+7 characters
Inclusion Criteria:
Age between 18 and 60 years.
Single dominant hand or bilateralmultiple handlimb amputation.
Time elapsed since amputation more than 6 months but less than 15 years.
Patient has tried myoelectric prosthesis without success.
Level of amputation anywhere from the wrist (or ankle) joint to just below the shoulder (or hip) joint, which should be functional.
Signed written informed [...] stability.
Any diagnosis that puts the subject at risk from handlimb transplant surgery or life-long immune suppression.
Inabili [...]
Secondary endpoints5 to 1 entries
Procedural outcomes of hand transplantation
Functional outcomes of hand transplantation
Psychosocial outcomes of hand transplantation
Financial and economic aspects of hand transplantation
Primary endpoints1 entry, revised
Outcomes of handlimb transplantation
Study description-2,513 characters
HandLimb transplantation surgery, the transfer of the handlimb(s) from a deceased human donor to a patient with amputation of one or bothmore handslimbss, is an experimental reconstructive procedure that has the potential to significantly improve the lives of hand amputees.
HandLimb transplantation is similar to face transplantation in that [...] n, tendons, muscles, ligaments, bones and blood vessels.
The hand transplant team at Brigham and Women's Hospital includes a [...] o provide amputee patients with the significant benefits of handlimb transplantation.
Toward this goal, BWH is actively seeking qual [...] [...]
Publications2 to 5 entries
Bueno E, Benjamin MJ, Sisk G, Sampson CE, Carty M, Pribaz JJ, Pomahac B, Talbot SG. Rehabilitation following hand transplantation. Hand (N Y). 2014 Mar;9(1):9-15. doi: 10.1007/s11552-013-9568-8.
Carty MJ, Zuker R, Cavadas P, Pribaz JJ, Talbot SG, Pomahac B. The case for lower extremity allotransplan [...]
Study title-1 characters
HandVascularized TransplantationComposite Allotransplantation for TreatmentMultiple ofExtremity Dominant Hand or Bilateral Hand AmputeesAmputations