| Source of record | UK Clinical Trials Gateway |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN51381850 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 28/09/2007 |
| Local reference number(s) | N0249180873 |
| Public title | A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Conventional, Active and Passive Self-ligating Orthodontic Bracket Systems |
| Scientific title |
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| Acronym | N/A |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Oral Health: Orthodontics |
| Study hypothesis | Do any of three routinely used brackets show superiority in terms of time to alignment and/or use of clinician time? |
| Design/methodology | Double blind randomised controlled trial |
| Research ethics review | Not provided at time of registration |
| Countries of trial | United Kingdom |
| Participants - inclusion criteria | 100 children under 18 requiring routine upper and lower fixed appliances following extraction. |
| Participants - exclusion criteria | 1. Subjects with learning difficulties
2. Subjects who do not understand English
3. Subjects with incomplete labial segments, ie incisors or canines missing |
| Patient information material |
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| Anticipated start date | 01/03/2006 |
| Anticipated end date | 01/04/2009 |
| Status of trial | Ongoing |
| Target number of participants | 100 |
| Interventions | 1. Standard GAC Omni bracket
2. System R GAC Omni bracket
3. Damon bracket |
| Primary outcome measure(s) | Time to alignment, chair side time |
| Secondary outcome measure(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
| Sources of funding | Taunton and Somerset Research and Development Consortium
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| Sponsor name | Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health |
| Sponsor details | The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
London
United Kingdom
SW1A 2NL |
| Sponsor telephone | +44 (0)20 7307 2622 |
| Sponsor fax | +44 |
| Sponsor email | dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk |
| Sponsor website | http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en |
| Contact name | Miss Nikki Atack |
| Contact details | Department of Orthodontics
Taunton & Somerset Hospital
Musgrove Park
Taunton
United Kingdom
TA1 5DA |
| Contact telephone | +44 01823 342136 |
| Contact fax | +44 |
| Contact email | nicola.atack@tst.nhs.uk |
| More information | For more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below. |
| Link to record in ISRCTN Register | ISRCTN51381850 |
| Date last extracted from ISRCTN register | 17/04/2008 |
