Long-term Evaluation of Sports Activity in Patients Whose Ankle Was Treated by Anatomical Reconstruction or Arthroscopic Repair Following Chronic Lateral Instability

NCT ID: NCT06945198

Last Updated: 2025-09-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2031-12-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare at 5 years the sporting activity of patients whose ankle had been treated by reconstruction or repair following chronic lateral instability. The main question it aims to answer is:

What is the long-term sporting activity status of patients whose ankle had been treated by reconstruction or repair following chronic lateral instability ?

Participants will visit the clinic once every year during 5 years for clinical checkup.

Conditions

Ankle Instability

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Broström's anatomical repair group

Broström's anatomical repair is performed under arthroscopy. The principle of this method is to tighten and reattach the LTFA using very small anchors, when it is detached from the fibula but not too retracted and still of good quality. If necessary, this may also be accompanied by ligament reinforcement ('gould'), using a fragment of a fibrous structure in the ankle, the extensor retinaculum

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Broström anatomical repair

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Broström's anatomical repair is performed under arthroscopy. The principle of this method is to tighten and reattach the LTFA using very small anchors, when it is detached from the fibula but not too retracted and still of good quality. If necessary, this may also be accompanied by ligament reinforcement ('gould'), using a fragment of a fibrous structure in the ankle, the extensor retinaculum

Anatomical reconstruction group

Anatomical ligamentoplasty or anatomical reconstruction is performed under arthroscopy. The principle of this method, which lasts around 40 minutes under spinal anaesthetic or general anaesthetic, is to reconstruct the LTFA and sometimes also the LCF, if it has been damaged, using a fragment of the tendon gracilis, located in the thigh, removed through an incision under the knee

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Anatomical reconstruction

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Anatomical ligamentoplasty or anatomical reconstruction is performed under arthroscopy. The principle of this method, which lasts around 40 minutes under spinal anaesthetic or general anaesthetic, is to reconstruct the LTFA and sometimes also the LCF, if it has been damaged, using a fragment of the tendon gracilis, located in the thigh, removed through an incision under the knee

Interventions

Anatomical reconstruction

Anatomical ligamentoplasty or anatomical reconstruction is performed under arthroscopy. The principle of this method, which lasts around 40 minutes under spinal anaesthetic or general anaesthetic, is to reconstruct the LTFA and sometimes also the LCF, if it has been damaged, using a fragment of the tendon gracilis, located in the thigh, removed through an incision under the knee

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Broström anatomical repair

Broström's anatomical repair is performed under arthroscopy. The principle of this method is to tighten and reattach the LTFA using very small anchors, when it is detached from the fibula but not too retracted and still of good quality. If necessary, this may also be accompanied by ligament reinforcement ('gould'), using a fragment of a fibrous structure in the ankle, the extensor retinaculum

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient, male or female, aged ≥ 18 years
• Patient with chronic ankle instability defined by:
• A history of trauma including a severe ankle sprain.
• Clinical symptoms persisting for at least 3 months at the time of inclusion: pain, swelling, sensation of 'giving way', sensation of instability, recurrent sprains; Clinical tests (drawer test, varus provocation test) confirming grade III laxity; Imaging results (MRI) confirming clinically suspected ligament damage.
• Patient affiliated to or benefiting from a social security scheme
• French-speaking patient who has signed an informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient with deltoid ligament injury, severe fracture or open trauma
• Patient with insufficient ligament remnant and/or in too poor a condition to allow Broström-type repair.
• Patient with a symptomatic osteochondral lesion
• Patient with ankle hyperlaxity (Beighton score > 3)
• Patient with early ankle arthropathy (Takakura arthritis classification ≥ stage 3)
• Patient with neuromuscular disorders, systemic inflammatory disorders or tumours.
• Patient requiring surgery on both ankles
• Patients with a bony deformity of the ankle or foot on the affected side;
• Patients with professional athlete status
• Patient already included in another study
• Protected patient: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz

Lyon, , France

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Ronny LOPES, MD

Role: CONTACT

docteurronnylopes@gmail.com

+33 6 03 70 60 87

Facility Contacts

Ronny LOPES, MD

Role: primary

docteurronnylopes@gmail.com

+33 6 03 70 60 87

Other Identifiers

2024-A02345-42

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2024-A02345-42

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id