Protocol of Accelerated Rehabilitation Following Surgical Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
NCT ID: NCT03719807
Last Updated: 2023-09-13
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Basic Information
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Recruitment Status
COMPLETED
Clinical Phase
NA
Total Enrollment
23 participants
Study Classification
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Start Date
2018-12-01
Study Completion Date
2022-11-30
Brief Summary
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This study aims to identify whether an accelerated physiotherapy led rehabilitation programme for adolescents undergoing idiopathic scoliosis correction surgery can be delivered safely and effectively post-operatively, and whether it might improve activity levels and quality of life outcomes for the study group.
This research is being conducted as previous research indicates that up to 41% of patients who have surgical correction of their scoliosis either return to athletic activity at a lower level than before, or they do not return to athletic activity at all. This is despite significant advancement in the instrumentation being used in recent years which makes the corrections more stable and robust. Some studies have shown that surgically treated AIS patients have significantly reduced physical function and quality of life scores, and that this could be improved with exercise. So far no trials have investigated whether post-operative rehabilitation can improve quality of life for these patients.
The initial study will be a pilot study, comprising of 20 participants in a small, pragmatic randomised controlled trial (RCT). It will be conducted at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, a specialist National Health Service (NHS) orthopaedic centre. Adolescents (between 11-18 years of age) who have a diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and are on the waiting list for surgical correction of this scoliosis will be included. The study will compare a post-operative accelerated rehabilitation programme (commenced at 6 weeks post surgery) with usual care and investigate if the accelerated intervention can be delivered safely and effectively after this procedure. Following surgery, both groups will have the same inpatient rehabilitation up until the point of discharge home. The intervention group will then complete 12 sessions of physiotherapy as an outpatient, which starts at 6 week post-op. The usual care group will not have any further physiotherapy, in line with current standard practice at this centre. Both groups will be assessed using patient reported outcome measures pre-operatively, and at 6 months and 12 months post-operatively, to assess function and quality of life.
This research is being conducted as previous research indicates that up to 41% of patients who have surgical correction of their scoliosis either return to athletic activity at a lower level than before, or they do not return to athletic activity at all. This is despite significant advancement in the instrumentation being used in recent years which makes the corrections more stable and robust. Some studies have shown that surgically treated AIS patients have significantly reduced physical function and quality of life scores, and that this could be improved with exercise. So far no trials have investigated whether post-operative rehabilitation can improve quality of life for these patients.
The initial study will be a pilot study, comprising of 20 participants in a small, pragmatic randomised controlled trial (RCT). It will be conducted at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, a specialist National Health Service (NHS) orthopaedic centre. Adolescents (between 11-18 years of age) who have a diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and are on the waiting list for surgical correction of this scoliosis will be included. The study will compare a post-operative accelerated rehabilitation programme (commenced at 6 weeks post surgery) with usual care and investigate if the accelerated intervention can be delivered safely and effectively after this procedure. Following surgery, both groups will have the same inpatient rehabilitation up until the point of discharge home. The intervention group will then complete 12 sessions of physiotherapy as an outpatient, which starts at 6 week post-op. The usual care group will not have any further physiotherapy, in line with current standard practice at this centre. Both groups will be assessed using patient reported outcome measures pre-operatively, and at 6 months and 12 months post-operatively, to assess function and quality of life.
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Detailed Description
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This is an internal pilot study, comprising a small pragmatic, RCT conducted at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It will aim to test whether an accelerated rehabilitation protocol can be implemented safely and effectively for patients following correction surgery for AIS and, if so, whether the intervention leads to an improvement in activity levels or quality of life scores in the study group. It will also aim to identify whether it is feasible to implement such a programme as part of a bigger RCT in the future based on the attendance rate and functional improvements.
Recruitment:
Participants will be identified and recruited pre-operatively through the spinal deformity waiting list. The Eligibility of participants can be obtained through their medical notes.
Once identified and confirmed as eligible, participants will be approached by one of the research nurses and invited to take part in the study. There are two potential pathways to recruitment:
* If the participant is due to have a clinic appointment (such as a pre-operative assessment) within one month of their surgery, then patient information sheets and study invitation letters will be given to them at this appointment with their normal pre-operative information, by a research nurse. Follow up telephone calls can be conducted 7-10 days later to give participants and parents time to read and consider the information. Consent can be obtained at subsequent pre-operative appointments if any are scheduled (giving participants time to consider before consent), or at the time of admission for surgery should the participant want more time to consider.
* If the patient has already completed their pre-operative assessment and is not due to attend for any further appointments prior to their surgery, they will be sent this information in the post. Participants will be given adequate time to read and consider the information given. This time scale has been set at 7-10 days, to give participants and their parents plenty of time to read the information and consider it before contacting them. A telephone call will then take place prior to their admission to ask whether they have read and had time to consider the information and whether they have any questions. If they would like to take part in the trial, then a research clinician will meet with them the day before their surgery, when they are admitted, in order to fill in the consent form and to fill in the baseline questionnaire.
Evidence of screening for all potential participants, whether recruited or not, should be kept and recorded.
Post-Operatively:
Following their surgery, a research clinician will visit the participant on the ward, approximately 3-4 days after their surgery. This is to check from the operation records that there has not been any surgical complications that would exclude them from the study, and to check that the participant and their parents are still happy to take part in the study. If so, the participant will be randomised by the research clinician at this point. Randomisation will be performed using sealed envelopes. The results of the randomisation will be given to the treating physiotherapist. Prior to the participants discharge home from the ward, the treating physiotherapist will inform the participant which group they have been allocated to. If they are in the intervention arm their outpatient physiotherapy appointments will be booked for them at this point. If they are randomised to the usual care arm, then the patient will be discharged from the ward and will not be required to attend for any further physiotherapy. All patients will have the same level of inpatient care on the ward prior to discharge home.
Intervention:
There are two arms to the trial and there will be 10 participants randomly allocated to each arm. The control group will be seen by the physiotherapist on the ward and given daily physiotherapy up until the point of discharge home. They will then not have any further physiotherapy follow up, as part of usual care, unless there are any post-operative complications that require a physiotherapy referral. If a participant in the control group is referred back into secondary care for physiotherapy during the trial, then this will be recorded as a deviation from the protocol and included in final analysis.
The intervention group involves the same inpatient care as the control arm, plus 12 sessions of physiotherapy as an outpatient, and this will start 6 week post-operatively. The participants will initially come once a week for 6 weeks. Then from 12 weeks post-operatively they will be required to come once every 2 weeks. The treatment will be pragmatic depending on the patients individual goals and needs, but will follow the accelerated rehabilitation protocol that has been agreed with the spinal deformity consultant surgeons. Once the participants in the intervention arm have completed their 12 sessions, they will be discharged from physiotherapy for self-management, unless they have any on-going physiotherapy related needs. In this case they can continue with physiotherapy and it will be recorded as a deviation from the protocol.
Data Collection and Follow Up:
All 20 participants will fill in a baseline data collection booklet at the time of consent, which is just before their surgery. This includes patient reported outcome measures. All participants in both groups will be followed up at approximately 6 months, and again at 12 months, following their surgery. Where possible, participants will be approached at their 6 month and 12 months consultant review appointments to fill out the questionnaires for data collection. If this is not possible, then the questionnaires will be sent out in the post for them to complete and return to the research department. The questionnaires booklets contain:
Data will also be collected regarding recruitment rates, compliance with the intervention and serious adverse events (SAEs).
Recruitment:
Participants will be identified and recruited pre-operatively through the spinal deformity waiting list. The Eligibility of participants can be obtained through their medical notes.
Once identified and confirmed as eligible, participants will be approached by one of the research nurses and invited to take part in the study. There are two potential pathways to recruitment:
* If the participant is due to have a clinic appointment (such as a pre-operative assessment) within one month of their surgery, then patient information sheets and study invitation letters will be given to them at this appointment with their normal pre-operative information, by a research nurse. Follow up telephone calls can be conducted 7-10 days later to give participants and parents time to read and consider the information. Consent can be obtained at subsequent pre-operative appointments if any are scheduled (giving participants time to consider before consent), or at the time of admission for surgery should the participant want more time to consider.
* If the patient has already completed their pre-operative assessment and is not due to attend for any further appointments prior to their surgery, they will be sent this information in the post. Participants will be given adequate time to read and consider the information given. This time scale has been set at 7-10 days, to give participants and their parents plenty of time to read the information and consider it before contacting them. A telephone call will then take place prior to their admission to ask whether they have read and had time to consider the information and whether they have any questions. If they would like to take part in the trial, then a research clinician will meet with them the day before their surgery, when they are admitted, in order to fill in the consent form and to fill in the baseline questionnaire.
Evidence of screening for all potential participants, whether recruited or not, should be kept and recorded.
Post-Operatively:
Following their surgery, a research clinician will visit the participant on the ward, approximately 3-4 days after their surgery. This is to check from the operation records that there has not been any surgical complications that would exclude them from the study, and to check that the participant and their parents are still happy to take part in the study. If so, the participant will be randomised by the research clinician at this point. Randomisation will be performed using sealed envelopes. The results of the randomisation will be given to the treating physiotherapist. Prior to the participants discharge home from the ward, the treating physiotherapist will inform the participant which group they have been allocated to. If they are in the intervention arm their outpatient physiotherapy appointments will be booked for them at this point. If they are randomised to the usual care arm, then the patient will be discharged from the ward and will not be required to attend for any further physiotherapy. All patients will have the same level of inpatient care on the ward prior to discharge home.
Intervention:
There are two arms to the trial and there will be 10 participants randomly allocated to each arm. The control group will be seen by the physiotherapist on the ward and given daily physiotherapy up until the point of discharge home. They will then not have any further physiotherapy follow up, as part of usual care, unless there are any post-operative complications that require a physiotherapy referral. If a participant in the control group is referred back into secondary care for physiotherapy during the trial, then this will be recorded as a deviation from the protocol and included in final analysis.
The intervention group involves the same inpatient care as the control arm, plus 12 sessions of physiotherapy as an outpatient, and this will start 6 week post-operatively. The participants will initially come once a week for 6 weeks. Then from 12 weeks post-operatively they will be required to come once every 2 weeks. The treatment will be pragmatic depending on the patients individual goals and needs, but will follow the accelerated rehabilitation protocol that has been agreed with the spinal deformity consultant surgeons. Once the participants in the intervention arm have completed their 12 sessions, they will be discharged from physiotherapy for self-management, unless they have any on-going physiotherapy related needs. In this case they can continue with physiotherapy and it will be recorded as a deviation from the protocol.
Data Collection and Follow Up:
All 20 participants will fill in a baseline data collection booklet at the time of consent, which is just before their surgery. This includes patient reported outcome measures. All participants in both groups will be followed up at approximately 6 months, and again at 12 months, following their surgery. Where possible, participants will be approached at their 6 month and 12 months consultant review appointments to fill out the questionnaires for data collection. If this is not possible, then the questionnaires will be sent out in the post for them to complete and return to the research department. The questionnaires booklets contain:
Data will also be collected regarding recruitment rates, compliance with the intervention and serious adverse events (SAEs).
Conditions
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Scoliosis Idiopathic
Study Design
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Allocation Method
RANDOMIZED
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Primary Study Purpose
TREATMENT
Blinding Strategy
SINGLE
Outcome Assessors
Study Groups
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Control Group
Usual Care No routine outpatient physiotherapy following discharge home post-operatively in line with standard care.
Group Type
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Usual Care
Intervention Type
OTHER
No routine outpatient physiotherapy. Normal inpatient physiotherapy to match intervention group.
Intervention Group
12 x Exercise//Rehabilitation sessions Begin at 6 weeks. 6 x weekly sessions Followed by 6 x bi-weekly sessions In line with Accelerated Rehabilitation protocol
Group Type
EXPERIMENTAL
Rehabilitation protocol
Intervention Type
OTHER
A physiotherapy rehabilitation protocol - comprising of pragmatic exercises.
Interventions
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Rehabilitation protocol
A physiotherapy rehabilitation protocol - comprising of pragmatic exercises.
Intervention Type
OTHER
Usual Care
No routine outpatient physiotherapy. Normal inpatient physiotherapy to match intervention group.
Intervention Type
OTHER
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Aged between 11-18 years old at the time of surgery.
* Diagnosis of AIS confirmed by spinal deformity team.
* On the waiting list to have a posterior or combined anterior/posterior scoliosis correction surgery.
* Diagnosis of AIS confirmed by spinal deformity team.
* On the waiting list to have a posterior or combined anterior/posterior scoliosis correction surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
* Underlying cause of scoliosis which makes it not idiopathic.
* Significant post-operative complications that prevents participation in the trial.
* Any significant learning disabilities or cognitive impairment that would limit the patient's ability to take part in the rehabilitation protocol.
* Planned anterior-only scoliosis correction surgery.
* Patients that are unable to understand verbal instructions or written information given in English.
* Patients involved in any other research trials.
* Significant post-operative complications that prevents participation in the trial.
* Any significant learning disabilities or cognitive impairment that would limit the patient's ability to take part in the rehabilitation protocol.
* Planned anterior-only scoliosis correction surgery.
* Patients that are unable to understand verbal instructions or written information given in English.
* Patients involved in any other research trials.
Minimum Eligible Age
11 Years
Maximum Eligible Age
18 Years
Eligible Sex
ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Sponsors
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The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
OTHER
Sponsor Role
lead
Responsible Party
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Responsibility Role
SPONSOR
Principal Investigators
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Jodie Walters
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Physiotherapist
Locations
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The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Site Status
Countries
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United Kingdom
References
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BACKGROUND
Chan CYW, Aziz I, Chai FW, Kwan MK. A Silver Medal Winner at the 13th World Wu Shu Championship 2015 17 Months After Selective Thoracic Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Case Report. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Feb 15;42(4):E248-E252. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001748.
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BACKGROUND
Danielsson AJ, Wiklund I, Pehrsson K, Nachemson AL. Health-related quality of life in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a matched follow-up at least 20 years after treatment with brace or surgery. Eur Spine J. 2001 Aug;10(4):278-88. doi: 10.1007/s005860100309.
Reference Type
BACKGROUND
Fabricant PD, Admoni S, Green DW, Ipp LS, Widmann RF. Return to athletic activity after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: analysis of independent predictors. J Pediatr Orthop. 2012 Apr-May;32(3):259-65. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31824b285f.
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BACKGROUND
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BACKGROUND
Kim YJ, Lenke LG, Kim J, Bridwell KH, Cho SK, Cheh G, Sides B. Comparative analysis of pedicle screw versus hybrid instrumentation in posterior spinal fusion of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Feb 1;31(3):291-8. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000197865.20803.d4.
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BACKGROUND
Lehman RA Jr, Kang DG, Lenke LG, Sucato DJ, Bevevino AJ; Spinal Deformity Study Group. Return to sports after surgery to correct adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a survey of the Spinal Deformity Study Group. Spine J. 2015 May 1;15(5):951-8. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.06.035. Epub 2013 Oct 5.
Reference Type
BACKGROUND
Snowdon M, Peiris CL. Physiotherapy Commenced Within the First Four Weeks Post-Spinal Surgery Is Safe and Effective: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 Feb;97(2):292-301. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Sep 25.
Reference Type
BACKGROUND
Tones M, Moss N, Polly DW Jr. A review of quality of life and psychosocial issues in scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Dec 15;31(26):3027-38. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000249555.87601.fc.
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Tsutsui S, Pawelek J, Bastrom T, Lenke L, Lowe T, Betz R, Clements D, Newton PO. Dissecting the effects of spinal fusion and deformity magnitude on quality of life in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Aug 15;34(18):E653-8. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b2008f.
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Reference Type
BACKGROUND
Other Identifiers
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ROH18ORTH07
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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