Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial (BrAIST)
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Brief summary
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a structural curve of the spine with no clear underlying cause. Bracing is currently the standard of care for preventing curve progression and treating AIS. However, the effectiveness of bracing remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to compare the risk of curve progression in adolescents with AIS who wear a brace versus those who do not and to determine whether there are reliable factors that can predict the usefulness of bracing for a particular individual with AIS.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00448448
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 383 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 10 Years to 15 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 2007 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Sep 2013 (Actual)
- Completion
- Sep 2013 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Mar 2, 2026
2007 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 22
- U.S. states
- 16
- U.S. cities
- 21
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Central California | Madera | California | 93638 | — |
| Shriners Hospital of Northern California | Sacramento | California | 95817 | — |
| Rady Childrens Hospital | San Diego | California | 92123 | — |
| Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and Nemours Children's Clinic | Wilmington | Delaware | 19899 | — |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta | Georgia | 30342-4755 | — |
| Shriner's Hospital for Children | Chicago | Illinois | 60707 | — |
| University of Iowa Children's Hospital | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | — |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children - Lexington | Lexington | Kentucky | 40502 | — |
| Children's Hospital Boston | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children - Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55414 | — |
| Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. | Kansas City | Missouri | 64108 | — |
| St. Louis Children's Hospital | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children - St. Louis | St Louis | Missouri | 63131 | — |
| Carrie Tingley Hospital | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 87102-1715 | — |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester | New York | 14642 | — |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45229 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children - Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84103 | — |
| University of Virginia Health System | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22908-0232 | — |
| Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98105 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00448448, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Mar 2, 2026 · Synced Oct 30, 2026
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