Controlled Trial to Compare Single Versus Two Portal Knee Arthroscopy Techniques
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Injuries, Knee
In brief
This randomized, controlled clinical trial will compare the outcomes of single portal versus two portal techniques in patients who have meniscus or articular cartilage pathology. The study hypothesis is that patients who undergo single portal arthroscopy will have less pain post-operatively, use less pain medication, and have a higher International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) score at six months and one year compared to patients who undergo traditional two portal knee arthroscopy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02648971
- Run by
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- People needed
- 36
- Starts
- 2016-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-05-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-12-30
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Men and women between 21 and 65 years of age, who agree to comply with the protocol
- Patients undergoing a primary knee arthroscopy procedure for meniscus or articular cartilage pathology
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with a history of long term pain medication use and/or chronic pain conditions unrelated to the surgery.
- Subjects with severe renal disease, allergies to pain medication, and subjects that will have adverse drug-drug reactions from prescribed pain medication.
- Patients with previous reconstructive procedures, lateral retinacular release, or microfracture
- Active knee infection or sepsis at the time of surgery
- Meniscal injuries requiring repair
- Ligamentous instability
- Advanced degenerative or inflammatory arthritis
- Known cancer at the time of surgery
- Conditions that might interfere with recovery from knee arthroscopy (i.e. conditions or diseases of the nervous and/or muscular system, vascular disease, uncontrolled diabetes)
- Malignant tumor history or treatment of malignant tumor of the knee
- Lower extremity condition causing abnormal ambulation (e.g. ankle fusion, ankle arthroplasty, previous hip fracture, knee arthrofibrosis)
- Pregnant, breast feeding, or planning on becoming pregnant during the time frame of the study, (if a woman of child-bearing age)
- Emotional or neurological conditions that affect the subject's ability or willingness to participate in the study including mental illness or drug and/or alcohol abuse
- Severely overweight (BMI >40) at study enrollment or surgery
- Currently participating in another research study
- Prisoner or impending imprisonment
- Workers' Compensation claims
Where it is running
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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