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Operative Versus Non-operative Treatment of Achilles Tendon Rupture

NCT00284648 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2015-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is intended to determine whether the optimal treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures is surgical repair or functional bracing.

Our hypotheses are surgical repair will: 1) Result in a clinically relevant decrease in re-rupture rate and 2) Result in a clinically relevant improvement in disease specific quality of life and 3) A clinically relevant improvement in functional outcome measures

Conditions

  • Achilles Tendon Rupture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Surgical repair Achilles tendon rupture

PROCEDURE

Non-surgical repair Achilles tendon rupture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kevin Willits, MD · The University of Western Ontario

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-12-31
Primary Completion
2007-07-31
Completion
2007-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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