Recruiting

Hip Arthroscopy vs. Conservative Management

Sponsor:

University of Western Ontario, Canada

Code:

NCT01621360

Conditions

Femoroacetabular Impingement

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Arthroscopic hip surgery

Physical therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

The objective of this study is to determine if patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) who undergo arthroscopic hip surgery experience similar outcomes at 2 years post-operative with respect to physical function, pain, and health related quality of life, compared to similar patients who receive conservative management, including medication and physiotherapy.

Conditions

Femoroacetabular Impingement

Study ID

NCT01621360

Start date

May, 2011

Status verified date

Feb, 2013

Completion date

May, 2014

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May, 2014

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients with femoroacetabular impingement of the hip
  • 18 years of age or older
  • grade 1, 2 or 3 radiographic severity of osteoarthritis as defined by the Tonnis classification scale.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • identified isolated labral tear
  • inflammatory or post-infectious arthritis
  • previous arthroscopic treatment for hip osteoarthritis
  • previous major hip trauma
  • Tönnis grade 4 osteoarthritis in two compartments in persons over 60 years of age.
  • patients with a major neurologic deficit, serious medical illness (life expectancy less than 2 years or high intraoperative risk) or those who are unable to provide informed consent or who are deemed unlikely to comply with follow-up.

Study Design

Enrollment

140 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Arthroscopic surgery

Arthroscopic surgery of the hip plus optimized medical management

active comparator: Conservative management

Physical therapy aimed at strengthening and stabilization of the hip and appropriate analgesic and anti-inflammatory medication.

Interventions

Arthroscopic hip surgery

Hip arthroscopy

Physical therapy

Physical therapy aimed at strengthening and stabilization of the hip and appropriate analgesic and anti-inflammatory medication.

Primary outcome measure

  • Hip Outcome Score (HOS) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Stacey Wanlin

519-661-2111swanlin@uwo.ca

Locations

London Health Sciences Center, University Hospital

Recruiting

London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 2K3

More Information

Sponsor

University of Western Ontario, Canada

Last update posted

Feb 8, 2013

Last verified

Feb, 2013

Keywords

  • Randomized controlled trial
  • Intention to treat

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Western Ontario, Canada on 2013-02-08.