Femoroacetabular Impingement RandomiSed Controlled Trial

NCT ID: NCT01623843

Last Updated: 2020-08-25

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

220 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-09-30

Study Completion Date

2020-03-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether surgical correction of hip impingement morphology via arthroscopic osteochondroplasty (shaving of bone) will provide improved clinical results (decreased pain and improved function) in adult patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) compared to arthroscopic lavage (washing out of painful inflammation debris) and treating obvious damage of the hip joint.

Detailed Description

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Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a condition of the hip where there is a mismatch of the ball and socket in the hip joint. This mismatch creates abnormal contact in the hip which can cause patients to experience hip pain. This can eventually lead to hip damage and osteoarthritis. Hip arthroscopy, a form of minimally invasive surgery has become a popular treatment option. The investigators are conducting a definitive randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine whether surgical correction of the impingement morphology via arthroscopic osteochondroplasty (shaving of bone) will provide improved clinical results (decreased pain and improved function) in adult FAI patients compared to arthroscopic lavage (washing out of painful inflammation debris) and treating obvious damage of the hip joint.

Like most RCTs, FIRST is designed to demonstrate efficacy (i.e. that an intervention can work theoretically under optimal conditions). In order to address generalizability and improve external validity of the FIRST trial, we are including an external validation cohort using a "RCT with and Embedded ProspectIve Cohort design" (FIRST-EPIC). This pragmatic cohort will allow us to: 1) safeguard against bias attributable to patients declining to take part in the RCT; 2) corroborate or refute whether our efficacy (RCT) population represents the best case scenario (i.e. those with optimal response to osteochondroplasty); 3) evaluate effectiveness of osteochondroplasty and other standard of care treatments for FAI in patients with potentially distinct prognostic factors; and 4) evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the interventions.

Conditions

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Femoroacetabular Impingement

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Arthroscopic Lavage

Participants have three hip portals (antero-lateral, mid anterior, distal antero-lateral) with limited capsulotomy allowing for a complete assessment of the central and peripheral compartments. The participant has a diagnostic arthroscopy and lavage of the hip joint with three litres of normal saline. No osteochondroplasty or rim resection is completed in this group. No instruments are used to treat minor cartilage or labral damage. The labrum should only be repaired if mechanically unstable once probed with visible displacement or chondrolabral separation. The labrum will be refixated only if the above criteria for labral instability is met.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Arthroscopic Lavage

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Lavage: inflammation debris caused from continual friction in the hip is washed out.

Arthroscopic Osteochondroplasty

After establishing standard portals, an inter-portal capsulotomy will be completed to allow for complete evaluation of the central compartment of the hip. Significant and obvious labral tears and cartilage damage will be addressed. The labrum will be repaired if mechanically unstable once probed with visible displacement or chondrolabral separation. The acetabular rim will be evaluated and any evident Pincer lesion will be resected using an arthroscopic burr under fluoroscopic guidance. Following this resection, the labrum will be refixated only if the criteria for labral instability is met. Following this, a limited capsulotomy will be completed along the head-neck junction of the femoral neck to allow for visualization and treatment of the impingement lesion in the peripheral compartment. For the FIRST-EPIC sub-study, participants will receive the osteochondroplasty intervention as per standard of care.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Arthroscopic Osteochondroplasty

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Osteochondroplasty: reshaping the hip ball and socket ("osteoplasty" or "rim trimming").

Interventions

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Arthroscopic Lavage

Lavage: inflammation debris caused from continual friction in the hip is washed out.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Arthroscopic Osteochondroplasty

Osteochondroplasty: reshaping the hip ball and socket ("osteoplasty" or "rim trimming").

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult men or women ages 18 to 50 years
2. Hip pain for greater than 6 months with no relief from non-operative means (physiotherapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, rest)
3. Documentation of failed physiotherapy, including core conditioning of the hip, back, and abdomen
4. CAM or Mixed Type FAI as diagnosed on x-rays and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance arthrogram (MRA)
5. Temporary relief from an intra-articular hip injection
6. Informed consent from participant
7. Ability to speak, understand and read in the language of the clinical site

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous inclusion in a study involving FAI
2. Evidence of hip dysplasia (centre edge angle less than 20)
3. Presence of advanced hip osteoarthritis (Tonnis Grade 2 or 3)
4. Presence of other hip syndromes (concurrent non-FAI related pathology)
5. Previous trauma to the affected hip
6. Previous surgery on the affected hip or contralateral hip
7. Severe acetabular deformities (e.g. acetabular protrusion, coxa profunda, circumferential labral ossification)
8. Immunosuppressive medication use
9. Chronic pain syndromes
10. Significant medical co-morbidities (requiring daily assistance for ADLs)
11. History of paediatric hip disease (Legg-Calve-Perthes; slipped capital femoral epiphysis)
12. Ongoing litigation or compensation claims secondary to hip problems
13. Any other reasons given to exclude the patient

* If a patient does not meet the eligibility criteria for the FIRST trial, they may be considered eligible for the FIRST-EPIC sub-study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

McMaster Surgical Associates

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

McMaster University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Olufemi Ayeni, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

McMaster Univerity

Locations

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Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Kingston General Hospital

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

London Health Sciences

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Odense University Hospital

Odense, , Denmark

Site Status

Hatanpää Hospital

Tampere, , Finland

Site Status

Turku University Hospital

Turku, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Canada Denmark Finland

References

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Kay J, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR; FIRST Investigators; Bhandari M, Bedi A, Jarvinen T, Musahl V, Naudie D, Seppanen M, Slobogean G, Thabane L, Duong A, Skelly M, Shanmugaraj A, Crouch S, Sprague S, Heels-Ansdell D, Buckingham L, Ramsay T, Lee J, Kousa P, Carsen S, Choudur H, Sim Y, Johnston K, Wong I, Murphy R, Sparavalo S, Whelan D, Khan R, Wood GCA, Howells F, Grant H, Zomar B, Pollock M, Willits K, Firth A, Wanlin S, Remtulla A, Kaniki N, Belzile EL, Turmel S, Jorgensen U, Gam-Pedersen A, Sihvonen R, Raivio Sihvonen M, Toivonen Sihvonen P, Pirjetta Routapohja M. Effect of Osteochondroplasty on Time to Reoperation After Arthroscopic Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement: Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Orthop J Sports Med. 2022 Apr 5;10(4):23259671211041400. doi: 10.1177/23259671211041400. eCollection 2022 Apr.

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Femoroacetabular Impingement Randomized Controlled Trial (FIRST) Investigators; Ayeni OR, Karlsson J, Heels-Ansdell D, Thabane L, Musahl V, Simunovic N, Duong A, Bhandari M, Bedi A, Jarvinen T, Naudie D, Seppanen M, Slobogean G, Skelly M, Shanmugaraj A, Crouch S, Sprague S, Buckingham L, Ramsay T, Lee J, Kousa P, Carsen S, Choudur H, Sim Y, Johnston K, Sprague S, Wong I, Murphy R, Sparavalo S, Whelan D, Khan R, Wood GCA, Howells F, Grant H, Naudie D, Zomar B, Pollock M, Willits K, Firth A, Wanlin S, Remtulla A, Kaniki N, Belzile EL, Turmel S, Jorgensen U, Gam-Pedersen A, Hatanpaa T, Sihvonen R, Raivio M, Toivonen P, Routapohja MP. Osteochondroplasty and Labral Repair for the Treatment of Young Adults With Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Jan;49(1):25-34. doi: 10.1177/0363546520952804. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

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Simunovic N, Heels-Ansdell D, Thabane L, Ayeni OR; FIRST Investigators. Femoroacetabular Impingement Randomised controlled Trial (FIRST) - a multi-centre randomized controlled trial comparing arthroscopic lavage and arthroscopic osteochondroplasty on patient important outcomes and quality of life in the treatment of young adult (18-50 years) femoroacetabular impingement: a statistical analysis plan. Trials. 2018 Oct 29;19(1):588. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2965-0.

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FIRST Investigators. A multi-centre randomized controlled trial comparing arthroscopic osteochondroplasty and lavage with arthroscopic lavage alone on patient important outcomes and quality of life in the treatment of young adult (18-50) femoroacetabular impingement. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2015 Mar 20;16:64. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0500-y.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25886958 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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FIRST-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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