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Single-Row Versus Double-Row Repair for Achilles Insertional Tendinopathy

NCT07323875 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 166

Last updated 2026-01-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Achilles insertional tendinopathy may require surgical debridement and tendon reattachment when non-operative treatment fails. Single-row and double-row repairs are used, with biomechanical studies favoring double-row, but clinical evidence of improved outcomes is lacking and costs are higher. This multi-center randomized trial will use the VISA-A score to compare outcomes and inform cost-effective, evidence-based surgical care.

Conditions

  • Achilles Insertional Tendinopathy
  • Achilles Tendinopathy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Single-row repair of the Achilles tendon at its calcaneal insertion

single-row (2 anchors)

PROCEDURE

Double-row repair of the Achilles tendon at its calcaneal insertion

double-row (4 anchors)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • Unity Health Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • Women's College Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Si-Hyeong Sam Park, MD, FRCPC · Women's College Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-28
Primary Completion
2028-02-29
Completion
2030-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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