The ChAMP (Chondral Lesions And Meniscus Procedures) Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the effectiveness of treating cartilage lesions found during knee arthroscopy.

Clinical Trial Description

Normal wear-and-tear on the knee can cause tissue, or cartilage, in the knee to soften over time forming chondral lesions. Worn out cartilage is often found during knee surgery for other conditions. Typically, surgeons will remove any worn out cartilage that is found using a procedure called debridement. However, the investigators do not know if surgically treating the worn out cartilage is better than leaving the tissue untreated, so it is necessary to compare the two. Patients who are found to have worn out cartilage during arthroscopy, will be randomly assigned to either receive treatment (debridement) or non-treatment (observation) of their cartilage. Patients without worn out cartilage will also be included in this study and observed postoperatively. The primary objective of this study is to examine the effects of treatment of worn out cartilage (versus non-treatment of worn out cartilage and versus patients without worn out cartilage), on self-reported knee pain following arthroscopic meniscectomy using a double-blinded randomized controlled trial design. Secondary objectives of this study include examining the effects of treating worn out cartilage on other outcomes (subjective knee and general health scores and knee measurements including range of motion, presence of effusion and quadriceps circumference) and also to calculate the intra-operative costs associated with treatment, including the amount of time and instruments needed for debridement. ;

Study Design

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01527201
Study type	Interventional
Source	State University of New York at Buffalo
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	January 2012
Completion date	July 2016

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