Trial for Femoroacetabular Impingement Treatment

NCT ID: NCT01893034

Last Updated: 2013-12-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-07-31

Study Completion Date

2017-07-31

Brief Summary

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Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) describes a condition of the hip where additional bone results in the abutment of the femoral neck against the rim of the acetabulum. This gives rise to localised cartilage damage and pain, but also increases the risk of developing osteoarthritis. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of arthroscopic surgery versus physiotherapy and activity modification for the treatment of this condition.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Femoroacetabular Impingement

Keywords

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Femoroacetabular Impingement Arthroscopy Physiotherapy Randomised Controlled Trial

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Conservative treatment

Physiotherapy and activity modification

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Physiotherapy and activity modification

Intervention Type OTHER

Surgical treatment

Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Physiotherapy and activity modification

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Symptomatic patients
* Age 18-60 years
* Clinical and radiological evidence of FAI
* Competent to consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Prior hip surgery
* Established osteoarthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence \>/= 2)
* Hip dysplasia (Centre-Edge angle \< 20 degrees on radiograph)
* Completion of physiotherapy programme targeting FAI within past year
* Co-morbidities that mean surgical intervention is not possible/safe
* Contraindication to MRI
* Pregnancy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Oxford

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sion Glyn-Jones, MA MBBS FRCS DPhil

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Oxford

Locations

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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals Trust

Oxford, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Reading, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Antony Palmer, MA BMBCh

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +441865 227374

Email: [email protected]

References

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Palmer A, Fernquest S, Rombach I, Harin A, Mansour R, Dutton S, Dijkstra HP, Andrade T, Glyn-Jones S; FAIT Study Group. Medium-term results of arthroscopic hip surgery compared with physiotherapy and activity modification for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. Br J Sports Med. 2025 Jan 2;59(2):109-117. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107712.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39592214 (View on PubMed)

Palmer AJR, Ayyar Gupta V, Fernquest S, Rombach I, Dutton SJ, Mansour R, Wood S, Khanduja V, Pollard TCB, McCaskie AW, Barker KL, Andrade TJMD, Carr AJ, Beard DJ, Glyn-Jones S; FAIT Study Group. Arthroscopic hip surgery compared with physiotherapy and activity modification for the treatment of symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement: multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2019 Feb 7;364:l185. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l185.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30733197 (View on PubMed)

Palmer AJ, Ayyar-Gupta V, Dutton SJ, Rombach I, Cooper CD, Pollard TC, Hollinghurst D, Taylor A, Barker KL, McNally EG, Beard DJ, Andrade AJ, Carr AJ, Glyn-Jones S. Protocol for the Femoroacetabular Impingement Trial (FAIT): a multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing surgical and non-surgical management of femoroacetabular impingement. Bone Joint Res. 2014 Nov;3(11):321-7. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.311.2000336.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25431439 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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FAIT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id