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  • Suzanne E Thomson

    Correspondencia a: Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit & Scottish National Brachial Plexus Injury Service, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

    [email protected]

    School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

  • Nigel YB Ng

    Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

  • Mathis O Riehle

    School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

  • Paul J Kingham

    Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

  • Lars B Dahlin

    Department of Translational Medicine - Hand Surgery, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

    Department of Hand Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

  • Mikael Wiberg

    Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

    Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

  • Andrew M Hart

    Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit & Scottish National Brachial Plexus Injury Service, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

    School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Contributions of authors

SET, MR, AH, and PK conceived the review.

SET and NN drafted the protocol, and MR, AH, PK, LD, and MW revised the draft. All authors approved publication of the protocol.

All authors developed the search strategy with assistance from Cochrane team.

SET and NN: screened titles and abstracts and full‐text reports performed data extraction and assessed risk of bias.

AH, MR, or PK: resolved differences in study selection and risk of bias assessment.

NN entered data into Review Manager 5 and SET checked data entry.

All authors commented on and approved the final draft of the review.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • No sources of support provided

External sources

  • Medical Research Council, UK

    Clinical Research Training Fellowship (SET)

  • National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UK

    This project was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), via Cochrane Infrastructure funding to Cochrane Neuromuscular. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Systematic Reviews Programme, NIHR, NHS or the Department of Health. Cochrane Neuromuscular is also supported by the Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases.

Declarations of interest

SET: recently complete PhD clinical research training fellowship (MRC 70085). She collaborates with NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) on peripheral nerve repair projects with no financial links and no current research output. She holds a Tenovus Scotland Grant actively researching nerve regeneration strategies in collaboration with the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment at the Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow. She works clinically on surgery of the peripheral nerve and has published and presented translationally relevant research on the topic. She serves on the British Surgical Society of the Hand (BSSH) Overseas Trainee Committee as research lead and contributes to global research in the field of upper limb surgery.

NYBN: is an Orthopaedic Surgery Registrar, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

MOR: University Of Glasgow (MRC Fellowship (MR/L017741/1) held by Suzanne Thomson: grant/contract) (July 2014 to July 2017). He has given talks on multiple occasions in the UK (Strathclyde, University College London, Aberdeen, King's College London), posted on Twitter (@morenorse), and contributed to scientific publications and commentary. He is a member of the British Neuroscience Association, British Society for Cell Biology and of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.

PJK: his former institution is the patent holder for a peripheral nerve growth conduit (patent US20160082149A1) and a peripheral nerve growth scaffold including poly‐E‐caprolactone (patent GB2490269A), for which he has received no personal payment.

LBD: has received payment from AxoGen for membership of an advisory board on a practical course in nerve repair and membership of a Data Safety and Monitoring Board (November 2019). LBD was a member of an EU consortium, financially supported by an EU grant, in which Medovent AG (manufacturer of chitosan nerve guides) was also a member. He has received no financial support from this company. Medovent Inc provides chitosan conduits in the project. He has an active research collaboration with Vibrosense Inc concerning evaluation of vibrotactile sense (Dahlin 2015), which is supported by the foundation VINNOVA, Sweden. He has received no financial support from the company. He has been consultant for AxoGen Inc, Gainsville, Florida, USA 2003 to 2004. AxoGen Inc produce Avance (R) Nerve Graft, Axoguard(R) Nerve Connector, and Axoguard(R) Nerve Protector. LBD has been a principal investigator in a clinical trial of Neurocap(R) (Protect Neuro) for neuroma treatment financed by Polyganics B.V. LBD is also a board member of Scania Hand Center AB. He was involved in an included study that had university and Swedish Medical Research Council funding (Lundborg 2004).

MW: works as a hand surgeon at Umeå University Hospital. He was involved in a study eligible for the review funded as previously in receipt of an AstraTech research funding for the investigation of poly(R)‐3‐hydroxybutyrate (PHB) as a material for use in peripheral nerve repair from 1992 to 2008, a consulting fee 2002 to 2008, and funding for a prospective randomised clinical controlled trial of the use of PHB material for wraparound repair of peripheral nerve injuries. The research has been concluded and there are no ongoing connections by AstraTech (Aberg 2009).

AMH: is in receipt of a stipend from the British Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (BAPRAS) for his role as Editor of the Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS). He receives payment from BMI and Nuffield hospitals for small volume private practice as a Consultant Hand & Plastic Surgeon, which (rarely) includes peripheral nerve reconstruction. His institution receives grants from the following: NHSBT – provision of clinical and academic advice on product development (potential decellularised nerve allograft product) and research options, and ethical/regulatory dataset requirements; Ossur – clinical trial lead, contract start January 2021; and Bobby Charlton Foundation – clinical trial lead for the first in human testing of a nanokicked osteogenic stem cell therapy. He has worked as a hand and plastic surgeon in the National Health Service, New Zealand, and Sweden for over 20 years, as a consultant since around 2006. His honorary post in the University of Glasgow is focused on peripheral nerve injury and tissue engineering research. He has subspecialty clinical practice in major peripheral nerve injury (adult and paediatric). He has published, presented, supervised research, and given expert advice in the field of peripheral nerve regeneration and reconstruction as part of normal clinical and academic roles. He is a member of British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and the BSSH, in addition to other professional bodies. BSSH and, to a lesser extent, BAPRAS have been actively involved in the field of peripheral nerve research, and AMH was involved in the BSSH‐funded James Lind Alliance project to identify research priorities, which included the field of peripheral nerve injury.

Acknowledgements

The review authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Medical Research Council, which funded the lead author's PhD Fellowship (L70085). We would also like to acknowledge the ongoing support throughout the review process of Ruth Brassington, Cochrane Neuromuscular and Information Specialists of Cochrane Neuromuscular, Angela Gunn and Farhad Shokraneh, who developed the search strategy in consultation with the review authors.

The Methods section of this review is based on a template developed by Cochrane Neuromuscular from an original created by the Cochrane Airways Group.

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Bioengineered nerve conduits and wraps for peripheral nerve repair of the upper limb

Review

Suzanne E Thomson, Nigel YB Ng, Mathis O Riehle, Paul J Kingham, Lars B Dahlin, Mikael Wiberg, Andrew M Hart

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012574.pub2

2017 Mar 08

Bioengineered nerve conduits and wraps for peripheral nerve repair of the upper limb

Protocol

Suzanne E Thomson, Nigel YB Ng, Mathis O Riehle, Paul J Kingham, Lars B Dahlin, Mikael Wiberg, Andrew M Hart

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012574

Differences between protocol and review

We made the following changes from our protocol (Thomson 2017).

Types of studies. Our protocol described plans for narrative discussion of large cohort studies if RCTs were unavailable. We identified RCTs and this was not necessary.

No subgroup analysis was possible due to heterogeneity, methodological variation, and relatively low participant numbers per trial. There were no instances of three or more treatment groups per trial and there were no cases when participants were randomised to one graft and an alternative used for a second graft.

We prespecified 24 months' follow‐up for the primary outcomes in our summary of findings tables and also 12‐month time point for secondary outcomes. We changed them to '24 months or more' and '12 to 24 months' to allow for extended follow‐up times, given their relevance for decision‐makers, and to maximise the use of data from 12 to 24 months. In the protocol, we specified a minimum follow‐up duration of 12 months in included studies, which we applied in the review. In keeping with this, we made a correction to the outcomes section in the review to remove references to outcome measurement at six months.

The review protocol specified that we would report serious adverse events. Only one study made the distinction between serious and non‐serious device‐related adverse events (Aberg 2009), and did not find either. Other studies did not make a distinction between serious and non‐serious adverse events. We reported all adverse events mentioned in the included studies in order to adequately capture benefits and harms.

Data on cost of bioengineered devices were complex and we did not report them in the summary of findings table as planned in the protocol. Instead, the authors provided detail in a separate table, for clarity of presentation.

We removed a planned sensitivity analysis on the advice of the group methodologist: 'Repeat the analysis excluding any large studies to establish how much they dominate the results.'

Keywords

MeSH

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Keywords

Medical Subject Headings Check Words

Humans;

PICO

Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome

El uso y la enseñanza del modelo PICO están muy extendidos en el ámbito de la atención sanitaria basada en la evidencia para formular preguntas y estrategias de búsqueda y para caracterizar estudios o metanálisis clínicos. PICO son las siglas en inglés de cuatro posibles componentes de una pregunta de investigación: paciente, población o problema; intervención; comparación; desenlace (outcome).

Para saber más sobre el uso del modelo PICO, puede consultar el Manual Cochrane.

Study PRISMA flow diagram.

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Figure 1

Study PRISMA flow diagram.

Risk of bias graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

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Figure 2

Risk of bias graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

Forest plot of comparison: 1 Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, outcome: 1.5 Integrated functional outcome, assessed with Rosén Model Instrument.

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Figure 3

Forest plot of comparison: 1 Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, outcome: 1.5 Integrated functional outcome, assessed with Rosén Model Instrument.

Forest plot of comparison: 1 Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, outcome: 1.9 Adverse events.

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Figure 4

Forest plot of comparison: 1 Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, outcome: 1.9 Adverse events.

Forest plot of comparison: 1 Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, outcome: 1.10 Device removal or revision.

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Figure 5

Forest plot of comparison: 1 Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, outcome: 1.10 Device removal or revision.

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 1: Sensory recovery at ≥ 24 months

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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 1: Sensory recovery at ≥ 24 months

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 2: Muscle strength, assessed with BMRC motor grading at 12–24 months

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Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 2: Muscle strength, assessed with BMRC motor grading at 12–24 months

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 3: Motor Rosén at 12–24 months

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Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 3: Motor Rosén at 12–24 months

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 4: Sensory recovery, assessed with BMRC sensory grading at 12–24 months

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Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 4: Sensory recovery, assessed with BMRC sensory grading at 12–24 months

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 5: Integrated functional outcome, assessed with Rosén Model Instrument

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Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 5: Integrated functional outcome, assessed with Rosén Model Instrument

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 6: Touch threshold, measured by Semmes‐Weinstein Monofilament

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Analysis 1.6

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 6: Touch threshold, measured by Semmes‐Weinstein Monofilament

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 7: Cold intolerance

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Analysis 1.7

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 7: Cold intolerance

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 8: Sensory nerve action potential (SNAP)

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Analysis 1.8

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 8: Sensory nerve action potential (SNAP)

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 9: Adverse events

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Analysis 1.9

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 9: Adverse events

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 10: Device removal or revision

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Analysis 1.10

Comparison 1: Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair, Outcome 10: Device removal or revision

Summary of findings 1. Bioengineered devices compared to standard techniques for peripheral nerve repair of the upper limb

Repair using bioengineered devices versus standard techniques

Patient or population: people undergoing peripheral nerve repair of the upper limb
Setting: upper limb peripheral nerve injury
Intervention: bioengineered devices
Comparison: standard repair

Outcomes

Anticipated absolute effects* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

№ of participants
(studies)

Certainty of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Risk with standard repair

Risk with bioengineered devices

Muscle strength at ≥ 24 months
assessed with: BMRC Grading (manual muscle testing, score 0–5, where 0 = no movement, 5 = normal)

Not reported

Sensory recovery at ≥ 24 months
assessed with: BMRC Grading (score S0–S4, where S0 = no sensation, S4 = normal)
Follow‐up: 2 years

The mean sensory recovery assessed with BMRC sensory grading in the standard repair group at 2 years was 2.75 points

The mean sensory recovery assessed with BMRC sensory grading at 2 years with bioengineered devices was 0.03 points higher
(0.43 lower to 0.49 higher)

28 (1 RCT)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very lowa,b

There may be no difference in therapeutic effect on sensory recovery with bioengineered devices compared to standard repair at 24 months, but the evidence is very uncertain.

Integrated functional outcome at ≥ 24 months
assessed with: RMI (scale from 0 to 3, higher score better)

Follow‐up: 2 years

The mean integrated functional outcome (RMI score) in the standard repair group was 1.875

The mean integrated functional outcome (RMI score) with bioengineered devices was 0.17 lower (0.38 lower to 0.05 higher)

60
(2 RCTs)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
Lowc,d

There may be little or no difference in RMI with bioengineered devices compared to standard repair at 24 months to 5 years.

At 5 years, the RMI may be slightly better after device repair than standard repair (MD 0.23, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.38; 1 RCT, 28 participants).

Touch threshold
assessed with: Semmes‐Weinstein monofilament

(score 0–1, where higher score is better)
Follow‐up: 24 months

Mean touch threshold score in the standard repair group was 0.81

The mean touch threshold score with bioengineered devices was

0.01 higher

(0.06 lower to 0.08 higher)

32 (1 RCT)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very lowa,e

There may be little or no difference in touch threshold measured by Semmes‐Weinstein monofilament test with bioengineered nerve conduits compared to standard repair at 24 months.

Semmes‐Weinstein monofilament test contributed to RMI data in 2 studies at 12 months. 1 further study planned to use this outcome measure but found it to be imprecise and did not report data.

Impact on daily living
assessed with: DASH PROM
Scale from: 0 (good) to 100 (poor)
Follow‐up: 24 months

No studies employed DASH PROM.

Adverse events

assessed as: adverse events (serious and non‐serious)

Follow‐up: range 3 months to 5 years

10 per 1000

68 per 1000 (17 to 280)

RR

7.15 (1.74 to 29.42)

213 participants
(5 RCTs)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very lowf,g,h

Use of bioengineered devices may increase adverse events compared to standard repair techniques, but the evidence is very uncertain.

2 studies included in this analysis had no adverse events.

1 study provided no information on adverse events in the standard repair group.

Specific serious adverse events: further surgery (device removal or revision)i

assessed as: any unplanned secondary surgery to remove device

Follow‐up: range 3 months to 5 years

12/129 devices required further surgery (device removal) in the bioengineered devices group; 0/127 procedures required further surgery in the standard repair group

RR 7.61 (1.48 to 39.02)

256 repairs
(5 RCTs)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very lowf,h

The use of bioengineered devices may require more revision (device removal or revision) than standard repair but the evidence is uncertain.

Unplanned removal of 12/44 devices (1/21 poly(DL‐lactide‐caprolactone) (Neurolac) devices, 8/17 silicone devices and 3/6 polyglycolic acid devices.

2 studies included in this analysis required no device removal.

*The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).

BMRC: British Medical Research Council; CI: confidence interval; DASH PROM: Disability of Arm Shoulder and Hand Patient‐Reported Outcome Measure; MD: mean difference; RCT: randomised controlled trial; RMI: Rosén Model Instrument; RR: risk ratio.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High certainty: we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect.
Moderate certainty: we are moderately confident in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different.
Low certainty: our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: the true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect.
Very low certainty: we have very little confidence in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect.

aDowngraded twice for imprecision, because of the very small sample size.
bDowngraded once for study limitations; outcome assessor blinding was broken beyond the first follow‐up year, representing a high risk of bias, and we judged two domains, including allocation concealment, at unclear risk of bias.
cDowngraded once for imprecision because of the small sample size and the CIs did not rule out an effect (in favour of standard repair).
dDowngraded once for study limitations; in one study, outcome assessor blinding was broken beyond the first follow‐up year, representing a high risk of bias. Across both studies, multiple domains, including allocation concealment in both studies, were at unclear risk of bias.
eDowngraded once for indirectness due to subjective nature of the test, and one study found the test results too heterogeneous to be reported.
fDowngraded twice for very serious imprecision because of the wide CIs.
gDowngraded once for indirectness. We planned to report serious adverse events, but the studies did not classify adverse events as serious or non‐serious.
hDowngraded once for study limitations. All trials were either at high risk of bias or unclear risk of bias in multiple domains.
iWe added secondary surgeries for unplanned device removal to the summary of findings table as a change from protocol, as this outcome is important in decision‐making.

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Summary of findings 1. Bioengineered devices compared to standard techniques for peripheral nerve repair of the upper limb
Table 1. Cost of devices

Device trade name

Material

Cost for device to repair 10 mm gap, 2 mm diameter

NeuroTube

Polyglycolic acid

GBP 580 exc of VAT (November 2018)

Neurogen PNG220

Type I collagen

GBP 689.26 exc of VAT (Nov 2018)

Neurolac (Polyganics)

poly(DL‐lactide‐ε‐caprolactone)

No reply November 2018 [email protected] and info@polyganics emailed further 7 January 2019 further 18 May 2019

Salubridge

Polyvinyl alcohol

No reply November 2018 [email protected] emailed further 7 January 2019 further 18 May 2019

Axoguard

Porcine small intestine submucosa

USD 1000 equivalent to GBP 789.04 (April 2019)

Avance Axogen

Decellularised cadaveric nerve

USD 1800 equivalent to GBP 1420.28 (April 2019)

RevoInerv (NG02‐0203)

Porcine Type I and III collagen, bovine Type I

GBP 348 exc of VAT (January 2019)

exc: exclusive; GBP: Great British pounds; USD: United States dollars; VAT: value added tax.

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Table 1. Cost of devices
Table 2. Registered studies evaluating bioengineered nerve wraps/conduits

Conduit/name

Study detail

Outcomes measured

Status

Study design

Registry of Avance Nerve Graft Evaluating utilization and outcomes for the Reconstruction of peripheral nerve discontinuities (RANGER)

Avance, Axogen Inc.

NCT01526681

Avance vs standard practice (epineurial suture or autologous nerve graft).

Aim 5000 participants, 36 months' follow‐up

Adverse events, "improvement in function, return of meaningful recovery"

Recruiting, estimated completion December 2020, extended to December 2025

Observational retrospective registry

Polynerve

University of Manchester (UK)

NCT02970864

Polynerve repair of nerve gaps 5–20 mm

Aim 16 participants, 12 months' follow‐up

Adverse reactions (Clavien‐Dindo classification), 2‐PD, SWM

Recruitment complete, 17 participants, estimated completion August 2019

Prospective observational cohort

Fibrin wrap or conduit

University Hospital Basel (Switzerland)

NCT01573650

Fibrin wrap or conduit vs standard practice (epineurial suture or autologous nerve graft) direct repair or > 5 mm gap digital nerves.

Aim 48 participants, 6 months' follow‐up

2‐PD, SWM, electroneurography

Recruiting, estimated completion December 2022

Interventional case control

Hydrophilic polymers at repair site

Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)

NCT02359825

Repair and topical polyethylene glycol (MiraLAX (MERCK) at repair site vs repair alone (epineurial suture or autologous nerve graft)). Within 48 hours of injury.

Aim 18 participants

12 months' follow‐up

Return of nerve function as measured by BMRC classification.

Recruiting, estimated completion March 2020

Interventional RCT

Reaxon

Siemers, Medovent, GmBH (Germany)

NCT02459015

Reaxon vs standard practice (epineurial suture or autologous nerve graft) < 26 mm gap digital nerves. Within 3 months of injury.

Aim 76 participants, study terminated

2‐PD, cold intolerance, Hoffmann‐Tinel‐Test, adverse reactions

Recruiting, estimated completion December 2018.

January 2019 update

Terminated

(study was stopped due to slow participant recruitment and insufficient participant compliance)

Interventional RCT

Comparison of processed nerve allograft and collagen nerve cuffs for peripheral nerve repair (RECON)

Axogen Inc.

NCT01809002

Human nerve allograft vs bovine collagen repair cuff

Aim 220 participants

12 months' follow‐up

2‐PD

Recruiting

Estimated completion November 2021

Interventional RCT

A multicentre prospective observational study of

nerve repair and reconstruction associated with major extremity trauma

Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, Maryland)

NCT02718768

Partial or complete upper extremity nerve injury, all repair types.

Aim 250 participants

24 months' follow‐up

Extensive list of primary and secondary outcome measures with 2‐year follow‐up period – detail available

Active, not recruiting

Estimated completion September 2022

Prospective observational cohort

Chitosan nerve tube for primary repair of traumatic sensory nerve lesions of the hand (CNT)

BG Unfallklinik (Frankfurt, Germany)

NCT02372669

Chitosan nerve tube vs standard repair sensory nerves of the hands

Aim 100 participants

24 months' follow‐up

2‐PD, DASH, grip strength, range of motion, pain, cold intolerance, hypersensitivity, existence of neuromas, adverse events

Recruiting

Last update July 2017

Interventional RCT

Mid‐term effect observation of biodegradable conduit small gap tubulisation repairing peripheral nerve injury

Peking University People's Hospital (Beijing, China)

NCT03359330

Repair of peripheral nerve injury in the upper extremities using a biodegradable conduit

Aim 150 participants

36 months' follow‐up

BMRC grading

SHEN Ning‐jiang score

Active

Estimated completion December 2021

Prospective observational cohort

Preliminary evaluation of the clinical safety and effectiveness of the bionic nerve scaffold

Xijing Hospital (China)

NCT03780855

Preliminary evaluation of the clinical safety and effectiveness of the bionic nerve scaffold

Aim 10 participants

6 months' follow‐up

2‐PD, joint position sense and haematological tests

Recruiting

Last update December 2018

Prospective observational cohort

Pilot study to evaluate the reconstruction of digital nerve defects in humans using an implanted silk nerve guide

Klinik für Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie – UniversitätsSpital Zürich (Switzerland)

NCT03673449

Prospective, unblinded, single‐group assignment silk nerve guide

Aim 15 participants

12 months' follow‐up

Adverse events, sensory recovery 2‐PD, VAS, patient satisfaction Patient Global Impression of Change questionnaire

Recruiting

Estimated completion March 2021

Prospective observational cohort

CoNNECT (Conduit Nerve approximation versus Neurorrhaphy Evaluation of Clinical Outcome Trial): a study of sutureless nerve repair

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (UK)

ISRCTN97234566

Digital nerve injuries in upper limb, direct repair vs poly(DL‐lactide‐caprolactone) (Neurolac) nerve guide sutured vs Neurolac nerve guide no sutures

Aim 240 participants

12 months' follow‐up

Static and moving 2‐PD, monofilament pressure testing, DASH, EQ‐5D, Tinel sign, pain, cold intolerance, hyperaesthesia, site, and quality of repair

Active

Estimated completion January 2021

Interventional RCT

Expanded access for single patient treatment of autologous human Schwann cells (ahSC) for peripheral nerve repair

NCT02480777

Autologous, culture expanded Schwann cells seeded in Duragen collagen matrix used to repair a sciatic nerve defect

Not provided

Single participant study, 5 years' follow‐up

Single participant study

BMAC Nerve Allograft Study

NCT03964129

Decellularised cadaveric nerve graft combined with unexpanded autologous bone marrow cells. Aim 15 participant recruitment, comparison to historical outcome measures obtained for Avance nerve graft.

Adverse events, Rosén Model Instrument, motor and sensory nerve conduction studies, pinch and grip strength, 1‐PD and 2‐PD

Recruiting

Single group, interventional clinical trial

1‐PD: 1‐point discrimination; 2‐PD: 2‐point discrimination; DASH: disability of the arm, shoulder and hand; EQ‐5D: Euro‐Qol 5 Dimension; BMRC: British Medical Research Council; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SWM: Semmes‐Weinstein monofilament; VAS: visual analogue scale.

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Table 2. Registered studies evaluating bioengineered nerve wraps/conduits
Comparison 1. Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1.1 Sensory recovery at ≥ 24 months Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.1.1 At 5 years

1

28

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.03 [‐0.43, 0.49]

1.2 Muscle strength, assessed with BMRC motor grading at 12–24 months Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.2.1 At 18 months

1

11

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

0.40 [‐0.38, 1.18]

1.3 Motor Rosén at 12–24 months Show forest plot

2

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.3.1 At 24 months

2

60

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.09 [‐0.24, 0.05]

1.3.2 At 12 months

1

35

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.15 [‐0.18, ‐0.12]

1.4 Sensory recovery, assessed with BMRC sensory grading at 12–24 months Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.4.1 At 18 months

1

11

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

0.93 [‐0.09, 1.95]

1.5 Integrated functional outcome, assessed with Rosén Model Instrument Show forest plot

2

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.5.1 At 5 years

1

28

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.23 [0.07, 0.38]

1.5.2 At 24 months

2

60

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐0.17 [‐0.38, 0.05]

1.5.3 At 12 months

2

65

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐2.29 [‐2.49, ‐2.09]

1.6 Touch threshold, measured by Semmes‐Weinstein Monofilament Show forest plot

2

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.6.1 At 24 months

1

32

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.01 [‐0.06, 0.08]

1.6.2 At 12 months

2

65

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.05 [‐0.07, 0.17]

1.7 Cold intolerance Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.7.1 At 24 months

1

32

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

0.11 [‐0.08, 0.30]

1.8 Sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) Show forest plot

2

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.8.1 At 24 months

2

60

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

‐0.08 [‐1.89, 1.73]

1.8.2 At 12 months

2

61

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

0.23 [‐0.58, 1.03]

1.9 Adverse events Show forest plot

5

213

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

7.15 [1.74, 29.42]

1.10 Device removal or revision Show forest plot

5

256

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

7.61 [1.48, 39.02]

Figuras y tablas -
Comparison 1. Repair using bioengineered device versus standard nerve repair