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Surgery Versus no Surgery for OA of the Knee

NCT00158431 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 186

Last updated 2015-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of arthroscopy (lavage and debridement) in conjunction with the best available non-surgical treatment versus the best available non-surgical treatment alone (medication, health education and physical therapy) in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Arthroscopy plus Medical Management

Arthroscopic Surgery

OTHER

Medical Management

education, optimized medication, weight loss where needed, HA or cortisone injections if needed, physiotherapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter J Fowler, MD, FRCSC · Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2007-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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