Arthroscopy Simulator Training vs OR Training Knee

Knee Arthroscopy Skills Clinical Trial

— ASTOR  

Official title:

The Benefit of Arthroscopic Simulator Training Versus Operating Room Training in Diagnostic Knee Arthroscopy for Residents With Basic Arthroscopic Skills

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02216448
• Other study ID #: SHEBA-14-1236-DP-CTIL
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 9, 2014
• Last updated: April 19, 2018
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: December 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Sheba Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare between two groups of residents with basic arthroscopic skills in diagnostic knee arthroscopy. The first group will train on a knee arthroscopic simulator in a lab, and the second group will perform diagnostic knee arthroscopy in the operating room. Both groups will be assessed by senior arthroscopy surgeon in the operating room based on selected competencies following the Global Rating System.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Orthopedic residents

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Knee Arthroscopy Skills

Intervention

Other:
• Training knee simulator
Training in a lab on a virtual reality knee arthroscopy simulator
• OR Training
Training on diagnostic knee arthroscopy in the OR

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Sheba Tel Hashomer	Ramat Gan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sheba Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Global rating scale	About 3 months will be needed for both study arms to complete the training in the arthroscopy lab and in the OR. Then, both will be assessed by the global rating scale for arthroscopy.	completion of training
Secondary	simulator parameters	Secondary outcome measures are technical parameters provided by the simulator for each trainee. At the end of the training sessions, about 3 months from the beginning of the study, this parameters can be collected.	Completion of training