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The Arthroscopic Labral Excision or Repair Trial (ALERT)

NCT03257709 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2017-08-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study compares two established surgical treatments for acetabular labral tears. Patients will be prospectively recruited and randomised to either labral repair or debridement. All patients will be followed for 2 years after intervention with a primary outcome assessment at 6 months.

Conditions

  • Acetabular Labrum Tear

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Arthroscopic acetabular labral repair

Acetabular labral tear will be identified and reattached using suture anchors until a stable repair is achieved. If evidence of FAI is present ie: a cam or pincer lesion is identified then this will be treated with osteochondroplasty (cam) or acetabular rim recession (pincer).

PROCEDURE

Arthroscopic acetabular labral resection

The acetabular labral tear will be identified and its' limits defined. The torn portion of labrum will be resected to a stable edge. As with arm 1 there will be treatment of FAI if identified.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Arthritis Research UK

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Royal College of Surgeons of England

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sion Glyn-Jones · University of Oxford

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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