Hamstrings X Patellar Tendon for ACL Reconstruction in Soccer Players - RCT

NCT ID: NCT02642692

Last Updated: 2021-08-27

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-06-30

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to specifically evaluate outcomes of bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft versus hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction in soccer players.

Detailed Description

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A number of techniques for ACL reconstruction have been proposed and tested, and most surgeons now prefer autografts with the patellar tendon or semitendinosus tendon. The functional outcome after ACL reconstruction with the patellar or semitendinosus tendon has been a recent area of interest. Soccer is the most popular sport worldwide with more than 260 million active players, and it is hard to say if patellar tendon or semitendinosus grafts have different outcomes.

The purpose of this study was to specifically evaluate outcomes of bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft versus hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction in soccer players. The hypothesis of this study was that hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction would provide no statistically significant differences in patient-reported outcome scores, postoperative level of sports function, and harvest-site morbidity when compared with patellar tendon autograft .The Cincinnati Knee Rating System (CKRS) was chosen as the primary outcome. As secondary outcome, reruptures.

Between march 2016 and march 2017, 60 soccer players will be operated. The investigators consider as soccer players those who play more than 4 times a week. Once included in the study, they will be randomized in two groups: "hamstring group" and "patellar tendon group".

The final clinical evaluation with two years. For both groups, the technique is the same, the fixation of the grafts with metal interference screws. Femoral tunnel will be drilled with outside-in technique. The tibial tunnel with conventional 55 degrees guide.

Both groups of patients will receive the same physical therapy protocol. Data will be evaluated with the SPSS software for Windows (version 13.0).

Conditions

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries

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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Patellar Tendon Graft

Kind of graft that will be used for acl reconstruction

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Patellar Tendon graft

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Acl reconstruction with patellar tendon graft

Hamstring Graft

Kind of graft that will be used for acl reconstruction

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Hamstring Graft

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Acl reconstruction with hamstring graft

Interventions

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Patellar Tendon graft

Acl reconstruction with patellar tendon graft

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Hamstring Graft

Acl reconstruction with hamstring graft

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* unilateral ACL lesion
* skeletally mature patients with closed physis
* no previous surgery on the affected knee (except for arthroscopic meniscectomy)
* less than 1 year from injury
* no associated ligament injuries (except for the medial collateral ligament grade I and II)
* soccer players.

Exclusion Criteria

* morbid obesity
* degenerative changes in arthroscopy or image exams
* those who play soccer less than 4 times / week
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Luiz Gabriel Betoni Guglielmetti

MD, Master, Phd

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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luiz G guglielmetti, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo

Locations

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Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo

São Paulo, , Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

References

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Corry IS, Webb JM, Clingeleffer AJ, Pinczewski LA. Arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. A comparison of patellar tendon autograft and four-strand hamstring tendon autograft. Am J Sports Med. 1999 Jul-Aug;27(4):444-54. doi: 10.1177/03635465990270040701.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10424213 (View on PubMed)

Aglietti P, Buzzi R, Zaccherotti G, De Biase P. Patellar tendon versus doubled semitendinosus and gracilis tendons for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. 1994 Mar-Apr;22(2):211-7; discussion 217-8. doi: 10.1177/036354659402200210.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8198189 (View on PubMed)

Carter TR, Edinger S. Isokinetic evaluation of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: hamstring versus patellar tendon. Arthroscopy. 1999 Mar;15(2):169-72. doi: 10.1053/ar.1999.v15.0150161.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10210074 (View on PubMed)

Mascarenhas R, Tranovich MJ, Kropf EJ, Fu FH, Harner CD. Bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft versus hamstring autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the young athlete: a retrospective matched analysis with 2-10 year follow-up. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2012 Aug;20(8):1520-7. doi: 10.1007/s00167-011-1735-2. Epub 2011 Nov 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22048746 (View on PubMed)

Walden M, Hagglund M, Werner J, Ekstrand J. The epidemiology of anterior cruciate ligament injury in football (soccer): a review of the literature from a gender-related perspective. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2011 Jan;19(1):3-10. doi: 10.1007/s00167-010-1172-7. Epub 2010 Jun 9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20532868 (View on PubMed)

Fink C, Hoser C, Benedetto KP, Judmaier W. [(Neuro)muscular changes in the knee stabilizing muscles after rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament]. Sportverletz Sportschaden. 1994 Mar;8(1):25-30. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-993449. German.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8197541 (View on PubMed)

Guglielmetti LGB, Salas VER, Jorge PB, Severino FR, Duarte A, de Oliveira VM, Cury RPL. Prospective and Randomized Clinical Evaluation of Hamstring Versus Patellar Tendon Autograft for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Soccer Players. Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Sep 24;9(9):23259671211028168. doi: 10.1177/23259671211028168. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34604426 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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16373713.1.0000.5479

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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