Tendon-Bone Versus All-Soft-Tissue for ACL Reconstruction: A Patient-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial
NCT ID: NCT04039971
Last Updated: 2025-04-02
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Basic Information
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ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
NA
150 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-08-01
2029-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The present study seeks to compare the intraoperative, immediate perioperative, intermediate and long-term outcomes between tendon-bone and all-soft-tissue quadriceps tendon autograft in ACL reconstruction in adolescent patients. The investigators will analyze data on operative time, cost, complications, recovery of strength and range of motion, return to sports rates, patient reported outcomes, and failure rates. With this proposal the investigators hope to determine if there is a superior graft technique in this population. Both graft types are validated in the literature separately as options for ACL reconstruction in this age group. There has been no clinical research comparing the two graft types, and therefore no consensus is made among surgeons on whether to use tendon-bone or all-soft-tissue when it comes to the QT autograft. A secondary aim of this study is to obtain patient reported outcomes throughout the post-operative period to determine if the patient experience is different between the two graft types. This data may be used in guiding a surgeon's decision on which type to use with their patients.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Tendon-Bone Graft
Participants receive the Quadriceps Tendon Tendon-Bone Graft technique during ACL reconstruction.
ACL Reconstruction
Surgical techniques
All-Soft-Tissue Graft
Participants receive the Quadriceps Tendon All-Soft-Tissue Graft technique during ACL reconstruction.
ACL Reconstruction
Surgical techniques
Interventions
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ACL Reconstruction
Surgical techniques
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Patients ages 12 to 19 (inclusive)
* Patients undergoing primary ACL reconstruction
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients with lower extremity fractures, dislocations, or multi-ligamentous injuries, which required surgery, concurrent with or occurring two years or less prior to primary ACL injury.
* Patients with an underlying systemic or musculoskeletal diagnosis
12 Years
19 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Children's Hospital Colorado
OTHER
University of Colorado, Denver
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Stephanie Mayer, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Children's Hospital Colorado
Locations
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Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Countries
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References
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Middleton KK, Hamilton T, Irrgang JJ, Karlsson J, Harner CD, Fu FH. Anatomic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction: a global perspective. Part 1. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2014 Jul;22(7):1467-82. doi: 10.1007/s00167-014-2846-3. Epub 2014 Feb 5.
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Gorschewsky O, Klakow A, Putz A, Mahn H, Neumann W. Clinical comparison of the autologous quadriceps tendon (BQT) and the autologous patella tendon (BPTB) for the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2007 Nov;15(11):1284-92. doi: 10.1007/s00167-007-0371-3. Epub 2007 Aug 25.
Han HS, Seong SC, Lee S, Lee MC. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction : quadriceps versus patellar autograft. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Jan;466(1):198-204. doi: 10.1007/s11999-007-0015-4. Epub 2008 Jan 3.
Kim SJ, Lee SK, Choi CH, Kim SH, Kim SH, Jung M. Graft selection in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction for smoking patients. Am J Sports Med. 2014 Jan;42(1):166-72. doi: 10.1177/0363546513505191. Epub 2013 Oct 10.
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Other Identifiers
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19-1445
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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