Clinical trial · Interventional
Study of the Impact of the Femoral Implant "Y-strut" on Lytic Bone Metastases of the Femoral Neck (WAZA-ARY)
Prospective Multi-center Study of Impact of Femoral "Y-strut" Implant on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients With Lytic Bone Metastases of the Femoral Neck
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Bone metastases appear in many cancers. They are associated with severe pain that is refractory to standard treatment. Improving the quality of life and better pain relief is therefore an essential goal of the treatment of metastatic disease. The most common site of long bone metastases is the superior femoral epiphysis. The usual management of patients with bone metastases in the superior femoral epiphysis is based on gamma implant osteosynthesis when there is a known risk of fracture (Mirels score\> 8). Nonetheless this surgery is only accessible to a few patients because of the associated morbidities. Percutaneous cementoplasty has been developed to treat patients who are not eligible for conventional surgery. It consists in a filling of the bone cavity created by metastasis using an acrylic resin. However, these approaches do not completely prevent the risk of upper femoral epiphyseal fracture due to the low mechanical resistance of the resin to shear movements. The Y-STRUT® implantable medical device was developed to overcome this risk of superior femoral epiphyseal fracture by the biomechanical strengthening of the proximal femur in addition to cementoplasty. It has been successfully tested in more than 70 patients with cancer but access to reimbursement and the APHP market have been postponed due to lack of sufficient clinical evidence. The investigators propose this prospective phase 2a study in order to provide evidence of the performance of the Y-STRUT® implant.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hip Fractures | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neoplasms, Bone Tissue | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.85 |
| Pain, Intractable | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Implantation | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Y-Strut Implant
- description
- Single interventional arm
- interventionNames
- Device: Implantation
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Measure of Quality of Life for each patient within one month after the implantation
- timeFrame
- 30 days
- description
- Measure of the Quality of Life score using the questionary of quality of life of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer BM-22. Patients answer at 22 questions to describe their quality of life during the past week. For each question, patient must choose between 1.not at all, 2.a little, 3.enough, 4.a lot. A global score is calculated by adding the 22 score of each questions. The higher value of this global score represents the better outcome.
Secondary outcomes (18)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * age \>= 18 years * patient with a lytic or mixed matrix bone metastasis of the superior femoral epiphysis visualized in imaging * MIRELS score ≥8 within 20 days prior to inclusion, * ECOG-PS 2 or 3 within 20 days prior to inclusion, * Cervico-diaphyseal angle between 115 ° and 135 ° inclusive, * Length of the proximal part of the femur greater than or equal to 90 mm * Patient refusing gamma nail * Life expectancy greater than 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Act of general anesthesia impossible, * ECOG \<2 (patients eligible for nailing treatment), * INR \<0.7 in the 24 hours preceding the intervention, * Platelets \<70000 / mm3 within 24 hours of surgery, * Allergy previously known by the patient to PEEK and / or PMMA, * Patient who previously had a cementoplasty of the target lesion, * Osteolysis of the target epiphyseal cortex\> 2/3 of the circumference of the epiphyseal cortex, * Pre-fracture lesions of the underlying ipsilateral diaphysis or ipsilateral acetabulum * Patient unable or unwilling to give written consent.
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