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This is a Study to Verify if Marrow Venting Procedure Can Improve Meniscal Suture Healing

NCT05053646 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-08-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Meniscal suture represents the current surgical practice, and marrow venting is a low risk procedure. Bone venting may be able to improve the outcome of meniscal repair, allowing the patient a better recovery.

Conditions

  • Meniscal Tear

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Meniscal repair

The meniscus is trimmed with an arthroscopic punch followed by an electric shaver to expose the margins of the tear and remove damaged tissue. Vertical sutures are made using TRUESPAN™ Meniscal Repair System (DePuy Synthes) to approximate both the femoral and tibial surfaces of the torn meniscus.

PROCEDURE

Marrow venting procedure

After meniscal repair, a bone marrow venting procedure will be performed: a 45° micro-fracture awl is repeatedly penetrated through the bone of the intercondylar notch at the PCL origin until marrow elements are seen to enter the joint.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Christian Candrian

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christian Candrian, MD · Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-29
Primary Completion
2030-10-01
Completion
2030-10-01

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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