Hip InjuriesNCT05245097
Mitigation of Major Hip Injury Due to Fall With a Smart Belt
A study testing Tango Belt in people with Hip Injuries and Fractures, Hip, run by ActiveProtective Technologies, Inc at 10 sites in United States.
Trial summary
Multi-center, comparative, non-significant risk adaptive study with retrospective controls. After providing informed consent and being screened for eligibility, intervention subjects will be prescribed and provided an appropriately sized Tango Belt. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 65 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Hip Injuries, Fractures, Hip, Fall Injury
- What is being tested?
- Tango Belt
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 471 participants
- Where
- 10 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 29 Mar 2022to 3 Nov 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 65 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Age 65 years or older;
- Have experienced a fall-related fracture after age 50 -OR- Have experienced one or more falls in the 12-months prior to consent and have a diagnosis of osteoporosis, osteopenia, or prescribed osteoporosis medication.
- Independently or with staff or caregiver assistance, able to transfer between surfaces (e.g., to or from a bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, standing position) or walk or move between locations (use of an assistive device such as a walker is acceptable);
- Have a waist circumference between 29 - 50 inches (63.5 - 127 cm);
- Able to comply with required study procedures and follow-up schedule as determined by the Study Investigator;
- Are under the care of the Investigational organization;
- Provides consent or their legally authorized representative provides consent on subject's behalf
Who cannot join
- Age 64 years or less;
- Participation in a different clinical investigation that can conflict with this clinical study as determined by the Study Investigator and approved by the Sponsor;
- Total dependence on staff or caregiver assistance to be able to transfer between surfaces (e.g., to or from a bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, standing position) and walk and move between locations;
- Use of other devices or interventions outside of SOC (Standard of care) for fall risk management during study participation without Sponsor approval;
- Unable to comply with required study procedures and follow-up schedule as determined by the Study Investigator;
- Does not provide consent, or legally authorized representative does not provide consent
Trial locations and contacts
10 sites in 1 country.
10 sites in 1 country
United States10 sites
Holy Redeemer Health System
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, 19020
Foulkeways at Gwynedd
Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, 19436
Country Meadows Hershey
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033
Meadowood Senior Living
Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 19446
Camilla Hall
Malvern, Pennsylvania, 19355
Chandler Hall Health Services
Newtown, Pennsylvania, 18940
Revere Court of Sacramento
Sacramento, California, 95831
The Heritage of Green Hills
Shillington, Pennsylvania, 19607
Country Meadows Wyomissing
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, 19610
Country Meadows of York-South
York, Pennsylvania, 17403
About this study
Official title: Mitigation of Major Hip Injury Due to Fall in an At-Risk, Older Adult Population With a Wearable Smart Belt
Multi-center, comparative, non-significant risk adaptive study with retrospective controls.
After providing informed consent and being screened for eligibility, intervention subjects will be prescribed and provided an appropriately sized Tango Belt. The subject must demonstrate a minimum of 64% adherence to the use of the Tango Belt within 14 days of initiation to fully enroll in the study. Upon demonstration of at least minimum adherence, the subject will be provided the Tango Belt to wear continuously for at least 6 months, except during bathing, device charging, and as deemed by clinical staff.
The study will investigate the safety and effectiveness of the Tango Belt with the primary and secondary endpoints being taken every 3 months and at the end of the study run time from the electronic medical record. Additionally, ancillary endpoints on adverse events and device performance will be gathered.
Read the detailed description
This is a multi-center, comparative, adaptive, non-significant risk clinical trial conducted in the United States to assess the safety and efficacy of the Tango Belt within senior care settings. Effectiveness of the Tango Belt will be determined by analysis of evidence for the Tango Belt as an adjunctive intervention to the standard-of-care (SOC) to mitigate major hip injuries from falls in an older adult population at-risk for fall injury as the primary endpoint. Performance of the Tango Belt to mitigate fall injuries that result in hip fracture, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations will be secondary endpoints. The performance of the device is determined by the comparison of the proportion of fall-related major hip injuries in the intervention group as compared to the proportion of fall-related major hip injuries in a retrospective control group utilizing only SOC. SOC utilization will be verified for each clinical site enrolled. An adaptive trial design will be utilized to allow an initial efficacy target to be evaluated at 6 months; if the initial target is not met, then a second cohort of sites and subjects will be enrolled for an additional 6 months to allow a lower efficacy target to be evaluated.
Safety of the device will be determined by analysis of adverse events as an ancillary endpoint.
- Conditions
- Hip Injuries, Fractures, Hip, Fall Injury, Fall Risk, Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis Risk
- Being tested
- Tango Belt, Standard of Care (SOC)
- Keywords
- Fall risk, Fall injury, Major hip injury, Hip fracture
- Medical subject headings
- Hip Injuries, Hip Fractures, Osteoporosis
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Tango BeltDevice
The Tango Belt is a patient-contacting electronic device made out of medical grade plastics and biocompatible fabrics worn around the waist. The Tango Belt contains a fall-in-progress detection algorithm which can detect a serious hip-impacting fall-in-progress using built-in sensors and deploy an automotive-grade cold-gas airbag to protect the hips from ground impact forces. When connected to Wi-Fi, the Tango Belt can send automated fall and impact alerts to caregivers and Healthcare Providers (HCPs) while recording motion and event data, which can then be analyzed for usage-based metrics viewable via a companion mobile app and/or desktop app. Alerts are sent in the form of short message service (SMS) texts and emails to alert recipients designated in the mobile or desktop Companion App. The Tango Belt can also detect non-serious hip-impacting or non-hip impacting falls in which the wearer may have incurred a minor injury (i.e., not a major hip injury) and/or may be unable to get up.
Standard of Care (SOC)Other
The standard of care (SOC) in the US for managing the fall risk of geriatric patients is the CDC's Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) initiative, which implements the America and British Geriatric Societies'' Clinical Practice Guidelines for fall risk management. The STEADI algorithm consists of tools and resources for healthcare providers for fall risk screening, assessment, and interventioniv,v. Screening and assessment includes identifying fall history and modifiable factors related to fall and fall injury risk (e.g. fear of falling, gait, strength, balance, medications, comorbidities, etc.); then interventions to reduce the fall and fall injury risk are applied based upon assessment findings, and can include physical therapy, medication adjustments, patient education, bed and chair alarms, bed rails, etc.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention Group | Experimental | The intervention group will be assigned a Tango Belt to be worn around the waist for up to 24 hours a day (removed for bathing, charging of device and upon request) for 6 months. The Tango Belt (the "Device") is a wearable belt designed to enable safer mobility of geriatric individuals (≥ 65 years of age) at risk for fall injury by mitigating major hip injuries due to falls by deploying an airbag around the hips upon sensing a serious hip-impacting fall-in-progress to protect the hips from ground impact forces. Receives: Device: Tango Belt; Other: Standard of Care (SOC) |
| Control Group | Other | The clinical site's electronic medical record (EMR) database will be reviewed determine their long-term care patient population's initial eligibility for meeting the study inclusion criteria beginning at the time frame 6 months prior to the institutional review board (IRB) approval date. Subjects eligible for the control group must meet the requirements of the inclusion and exclusion criteria except for the waist circumference and need for consent. Eligible subjects' electronic health records will be mined for the baseline, midpoint, and final study metrics. Receives: Other: Standard of Care (SOC) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Major Hip Injuries Due to Serious Hip-impacting Fall
The percent of subjects in the ITT population with major hip injuries due to serious hip-impacting falls.
Measured: 6 months
Secondary outcomes (3)
Number of Hip Fractures Related to Fall
The number of subjects in the ITT group with hip fractures related to a fall event.
Measured: 6 months
Number of Emergency Department Visits Related to Fall
The number of subjects in the ITT group with emergency department visits related to fall.
Measured: 6 months
Number of Hospitalizations Due to Fall
The number of subjects in the ITT group admitted to a hospital due to fall.
Measured: 6 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Feb 2022
- Study start29 Mar 2022
- Primary completion3 Nov 2023
- Study completion3 Nov 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (17)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Hip InjuriesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 471 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- ActiveProtective Technologies, Inc
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- Avania
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Richard Stefanacci, DO, MGH,MBA, AGSF, CMD, Principal investigator, ActiveProtective Technologies, Inc
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05245097
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- COP-0001
- Status last verified
- May 2025
- First submitted
- 29 Jan 2022
- Last updated
- 13 Jun 2025
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
CDC Facts About Falls. (2021, August 6). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/falls/facts.html
Bergen G, Stevens MR, Burns ER. Falls and Fall Injuries Among Adults Aged >/=65 Years - United States, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Sep 23;65(37):993-998. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6537a2.
PubMed 27656914Florence CS, Bergen G, Atherly A, Burns E, Stevens J, Drake C. Medical Costs of Fatal and Nonfatal Falls in Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Apr;66(4):693-698. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15304. Epub 2018 Mar 7.
PubMed 29512120Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society. Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society clinical practice guideline for prevention of falls in older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jan;59(1):148-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03234.x.
PubMed 21226685CDC STEADI - Older Adult Fall Prevention, Resource Algorithm for Fall Risk Screening, Assessment, and Intervention. 2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov/steadi.
Stefanacci RG, Haimowitz D. Stand by me--preventing falls. Geriatr Nurs. 2012 Mar-Apr;33(2):134-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.02.003. No abstract available.
PubMed 22464055Kannus P, Parkkari J, Niemi S, Pasanen M, Palvanen M, Jarvinen M, Vuori I. Prevention of hip fracture in elderly people with use of a hip protector. N Engl J Med. 2000 Nov 23;343(21):1506-13. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200011233432101.
PubMed 11087879Parker MJ, Gillespie WJ, Gillespie LD. Effectiveness of hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in elderly people: systematic review. BMJ. 2006 Mar 11;332(7541):571-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38753.375324.7C. Epub 2006 Mar 2.
PubMed 16513687Bulat T, Powell-Cope G, Rubenstein L. Perceived Barriers and Facilitators for the Use of External Hip Protectors. Gerontological Journal. June 2004, Vol 3, No1.
Parkkari J, Heikkila J, Kannus IP. Acceptability and compliance with wearing energy-shunting hip protectors: a 6-month prospective follow-up in a Finnish nursing home. Age Ageing. 1998 Mar;27(2):225-9. doi: 10.1093/ageing/27.2.225.
PubMed 16296684Moreland B, Kakara R, Henry A. Trends in Nonfatal Falls and Fall-Related Injuries Among Adults Aged >/=65 Years - United States, 2012-2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Jul 10;69(27):875-881. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6927a5.
PubMed 32644982Bhasin S, Gill TM, Reuben DB, Latham NK, Ganz DA, Greene EJ, Dziura J, Basaria S, Gurwitz JH, Dykes PC, McMahon S, Storer TW, Gazarian P, Miller ME, Travison TG, Esserman D, Carnie MB, Goehring L, Fagan M, Greenspan SL, Alexander N, Wiggins J, Ko F, Siu AL, Volpi E, Wu AW, Rich J, Waring SC, Wallace RB, Casteel C, Resnick NM, Magaziner J, Charpentier P, Lu C, Araujo K, Rajeevan H, Meng C, Allore H, Brawley BF, Eder R, McGloin JM, Skokos EA, Duncan PW, Baker D, Boult C, Correa-de-Araujo R, Peduzzi P; STRIDE Trial Investigators. A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 9;383(2):129-140. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2002183.
PubMed 32640131Gill TM, Bhasin S, Reuben DB, Latham NK, Araujo K, Ganz DA, Boult C, Wu AW, Magaziner J, Alexander N, Wallace RB, Miller ME, Travison TG, Greenspan SL, Gurwitz JH, Rich J, Volpi E, Waring SC, Manini TM, Min LC, Teresi J, Dykes PC, McMahon S, McGloin JM, Skokos EA, Charpentier P, Basaria S, Duncan PW, Storer TW, Gazarian P, Allore HG, Dziura J, Esserman D, Carnie MB, Hanson C, Ko F, Resnick NM, Wiggins J, Lu C, Meng C, Goehring L, Fagan M, Correa-de-Araujo R, Casteel C, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ. Effect of a Multifactorial Fall Injury Prevention Intervention on Patient Well-Being: The STRIDE Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Jan;69(1):173-179. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16854. Epub 2020 Oct 9.
PubMed 33037632Yang Y, Komisar V, Shishov N, Lo B, Korall AM, Feldman F, Robinovitch SN. The Effect of Fall Biomechanics on Risk for Hip Fracture in Older Adults: A Cohort Study of Video-Captured Falls in Long-Term Care. J Bone Miner Res. 2020 Oct;35(10):1914-1922. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4048. Epub 2020 Jul 6.
PubMed 32402136Quigley P, Singhatat W, Tarbert R. Technology Innovation to Protect Hips from Fall-Related Fracture. 2019, Phys Med Rehabil Res. Vol 4. 104. DOI: 10.15761/PMRR.1000205
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Jun 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Mitigation of Major Hip Injury Due to Fall in an At-Risk, Older Adult Population With a Wearable Smart Belt
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05245097
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- COP-0001
- Conditions
- Hip Injuries, Fractures, Hip, Fall Injury, Fall Risk, Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis Risk
- Keywords
- Fall risk, Fall injury, Major hip injury, Hip fracture
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 471 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- ActiveProtective Technologies, IncIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- Avania
- Study start
- 29 Mar 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 3 Nov 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 3 Nov 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 17 Feb 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 13 Jun 2025
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Multi-center, comparative, non-significant risk adaptive study with retrospective controls.
After providing informed consent and being screened for eligibility, intervention subjects will be prescribed and provided an appropriately sized Tango Belt. The subject must demonstrate a minimum of 64% adherence to the use of the Tango Belt within 14 days of initiation to fully enroll in the study. Upon demonstration of at least minimum adherence, the subject will be provided the Tango Belt to wear continuously for at least 6 months, except during bathing, device charging, and as deemed by clinical staff.
The study will investigate the safety and effectiveness of the Tango Belt with the primary and secondary endpoints being taken every 3 months and at the end of the study run time from the electronic medical record. Additionally, ancillary endpoints on adverse events and device performance will be gathered.
Detailed description
This is a multi-center, comparative, adaptive, non-significant risk clinical trial conducted in the United States to assess the safety and efficacy of the Tango Belt within senior care settings. Effectiveness of the Tango Belt will be determined by analysis of evidence for the Tango Belt as an adjunctive intervention to the standard-of-care (SOC) to mitigate major hip injuries from falls in an older adult population at-risk for fall injury as the primary endpoint. Performance of the Tango Belt to mitigate fall injuries that result in hip fracture, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations will be secondary endpoints. The performance of the device is determined by the comparison of the proportion of fall-related major hip injuries in the intervention group as compared to the proportion of fall-related major hip injuries in a retrospective control group utilizing only SOC. SOC utilization will be verified for each clinical site enrolled. An adaptive trial design will be utilized to allow an initial efficacy target to be evaluated at 6 months; if the initial target is not met, then a second cohort of sites and subjects will be enrolled for an additional 6 months to allow a lower efficacy target to be evaluated.
Safety of the device will be determined by analysis of adverse events as an ancillary endpoint.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention Group | Experimental | Device: Tango Belt, Other: Standard of Care (SOC)The intervention group will be assigned a Tango Belt to be worn around the waist for up to 24 hours a day (removed for bathing, charging of device and upon request) for 6 months. The Tango Belt (the "Device") is a wearable belt designed to enable safer mobility of geriatric individuals (≥ 65 years of age) at risk for fall injury by mitigating major hip injuries due to falls by deploying an airbag around the hips upon sensing a serious hip-impacting fall-in-progress to protect the hips from ground impact forces. |
| Control Group | Other | Other: Standard of Care (SOC)The clinical site's electronic medical record (EMR) database will be reviewed determine their long-term care patient population's initial eligibility for meeting the study inclusion criteria beginning at the time frame 6 months prior to the institutional review board (IRB) approval date. Subjects eligible for the control group must meet the requirements of the inclusion and exclusion criteria except for the waist circumference and need for consent. Eligible subjects' electronic health records will be mined for the baseline, midpoint, and final study metrics. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 65 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Age 65 years or older;
- Have experienced a fall-related fracture after age 50 -OR- Have experienced one or more falls in the 12-months prior to consent and have a diagnosis of osteoporosis, osteopenia, or prescribed osteoporosis medication.
- Independently or with staff or caregiver assistance, able to transfer between surfaces (e.g., to or from a bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, standing position) or walk or move between locations (use of an assistive device such as a walker is acceptable);
- Have a waist circumference between 29 - 50 inches (63.5 - 127 cm);
- Able to comply with required study procedures and follow-up schedule as determined by the Study Investigator;
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Age 64 years or less;
- Participation in a different clinical investigation that can conflict with this clinical study as determined by the Study Investigator and approved by the Sponsor;
- Total dependence on staff or caregiver assistance to be able to transfer between surfaces (e.g., to or from a bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, standing position) and walk and move between locations;
- Use of other devices or interventions outside of SOC (Standard of care) for fall risk management during study participation without Sponsor approval;
- Unable to comply with required study procedures and follow-up schedule as determined by the Study Investigator;
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Tango BeltThe Tango Belt is a patient-contacting electronic device made out of medical grade plastics and biocompatible fabrics worn around the waist. The Tango Belt contains a fall-in-progress detection algorithm which can detect a serious hip-impacting fall-in-progress using built-in sensors and deploy an automotive-grade cold-gas airbag to protect the hips from ground impact forces. When connected to Wi-Fi, the Tango Belt can send automated fall and impact alerts to caregivers and Healthcare Providers (HCPs) while recording motion and event data, which can then be analyzed for usage-based metrics viewable via a companion mobile app and/or desktop app. Alerts are sent in the form of short message service (SMS) texts and emails to alert recipients designated in the mobile or desktop Companion App. The Tango Belt can also detect non-serious hip-impacting or non-hip impacting falls in which the wearer may have incurred a minor injury (i.e., not a major hip injury) and/or may be unable to get up. | Device | Intervention Group |
| Standard of Care (SOC)The standard of care (SOC) in the US for managing the fall risk of geriatric patients is the CDC's Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) initiative, which implements the America and British Geriatric Societies'' Clinical Practice Guidelines for fall risk management. The STEADI algorithm consists of tools and resources for healthcare providers for fall risk screening, assessment, and interventioniv,v. Screening and assessment includes identifying fall history and modifiable factors related to fall and fall injury risk (e.g. fear of falling, gait, strength, balance, medications, comorbidities, etc.); then interventions to reduce the fall and fall injury risk are applied based upon assessment findings, and can include physical therapy, medication adjustments, patient education, bed and chair alarms, bed rails, etc. | Other | Control Group, Intervention Group |
Primary outcome
Major Hip Injuries Due to Serious Hip-impacting Fall
Time frame: 6 months
The percent of subjects in the ITT population with major hip injuries due to serious hip-impacting falls.
3 secondary outcomes
Number of Hip Fractures Related to Fall
Time frame: 6 months
Number of Emergency Department Visits Related to Fall
Time frame: 6 months
Number of Hospitalizations Due to Fall
Time frame: 6 months
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Jun 2025.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- BackgroundCDC Facts About Falls. (2021, August 6). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/falls/facts.html
- Background: PubMed 27656914Bergen G, Stevens MR, Burns ER. Falls and Fall Injuries Among Adults Aged >/=65 Years - United States, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Sep 23;65(37):993-998. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6537a2.
- Background: PubMed 29512120Florence CS, Bergen G, Atherly A, Burns E, Stevens J, Drake C. Medical Costs of Fatal and Nonfatal Falls in Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Apr;66(4):693-698. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15304. Epub 2018 Mar 7.
- Background: PubMed 21226685Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society. Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society clinical practice guideline for prevention of falls in older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jan;59(1):148-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03234.x.
- BackgroundCDC STEADI - Older Adult Fall Prevention, Resource Algorithm for Fall Risk Screening, Assessment, and Intervention. 2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov/steadi.
- Background: PubMed 22464055Stefanacci RG, Haimowitz D. Stand by me--preventing falls. Geriatr Nurs. 2012 Mar-Apr;33(2):134-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.02.003. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 11087879Kannus P, Parkkari J, Niemi S, Pasanen M, Palvanen M, Jarvinen M, Vuori I. Prevention of hip fracture in elderly people with use of a hip protector. N Engl J Med. 2000 Nov 23;343(21):1506-13. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200011233432101.
- Background: PubMed 16513687Parker MJ, Gillespie WJ, Gillespie LD. Effectiveness of hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in elderly people: systematic review. BMJ. 2006 Mar 11;332(7541):571-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38753.375324.7C. Epub 2006 Mar 2.
- BackgroundBulat T, Powell-Cope G, Rubenstein L. Perceived Barriers and Facilitators for the Use of External Hip Protectors. Gerontological Journal. June 2004, Vol 3, No1.
- Background: PubMed 16296684Parkkari J, Heikkila J, Kannus IP. Acceptability and compliance with wearing energy-shunting hip protectors: a 6-month prospective follow-up in a Finnish nursing home. Age Ageing. 1998 Mar;27(2):225-9. doi: 10.1093/ageing/27.2.225.
- Background: PubMed 32644982Moreland B, Kakara R, Henry A. Trends in Nonfatal Falls and Fall-Related Injuries Among Adults Aged >/=65 Years - United States, 2012-2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Jul 10;69(27):875-881. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6927a5.
- Background: PubMed 32640131Bhasin S, Gill TM, Reuben DB, Latham NK, Ganz DA, Greene EJ, Dziura J, Basaria S, Gurwitz JH, Dykes PC, McMahon S, Storer TW, Gazarian P, Miller ME, Travison TG, Esserman D, Carnie MB, Goehring L, Fagan M, Greenspan SL, Alexander N, Wiggins J, Ko F, Siu AL, Volpi E, Wu AW, Rich J, Waring SC, Wallace RB, Casteel C, Resnick NM, Magaziner J, Charpentier P, Lu C, Araujo K, Rajeevan H, Meng C, Allore H, Brawley BF, Eder R, McGloin JM, Skokos EA, Duncan PW, Baker D, Boult C, Correa-de-Araujo R, Peduzzi P; STRIDE Trial Investigators. A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 9;383(2):129-140. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2002183.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Richard Stefanacci, DO, MGH,MBA, AGSF, CMD principal investigator
ActiveProtective Technologies, Inc
10 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Tango Belt in people with Hip Injuries and Fractures, Hip, run by ActiveProtective Technologies, Inc at 10 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jun 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 10 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 13 Jun 2025). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Major Hip Injuries Due to Serious Hip-impacting Fall (time frame: 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05245097, which also lists 17 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jun 2025.