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Conservative Versus Operative - First Time Patella Dislocations

NCT05533671 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2025-09-22

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Summary

There is no consensus regarding whether rehabilitation or surgical management is best for the management of a primary patellar dislocation. Consequently this prospective randomized controlled aims to compare the incidence of recurrent knee dislocations and patient reported outcomes of patients with primary patellar dislocations managed with surgery (medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction) compared to non-operative management (a standardized rehabilitation protocol, control group).

Conditions

  • Patella Dislocation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

medial patellofemoral reconstruction

Surgery to correct dislocated (knocked out of place) knee cap. This surgery anchors the kneecap back into the correct position and supports the kneecap.

PROCEDURE

Non-operative group

Physical therapy by following a specific regimen.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • David Trofa, MD · Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-30
Primary Completion
2032-09-30
Completion
2032-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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