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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR870
Date of registration: 15/01/2007
Primary sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics
Public title: Computer Assisted Surgery versus conventional arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction ? a prospective randomised clinical trial.
Scientific title: Computer Assisted Surgery versus conventional arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction ? a prospective randomised clinical trial. - CAS versus conventional ACL reconstruction
Date of first enrolment: 1/12/2006
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: recruiting
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=870
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: Single; Control: Active; Group: Parallel; Type: -  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: M.M.  Favejee
Address:  PO Box 2040, Erasmus MC, Department of Orthopaedics 3000 CA Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: 0031-10-4635088
Email: d.meuffels@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: D.E.  Meuffels
Address:  PO Box 2040, Erasmus MC, Department of Orthopaedics 3000 CA Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: 0031-10-4635088
Email: d.meuffels@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All patients with an ACL rupture who are indicated for a reconstruction;
2. Age >18 yrs.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are unable to understand Dutch written language;
2. Patients who are unable to follow the regular postoperative controls.


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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anterior cruciate ligament, Rupture

Intervention(s)
Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction, randomised in 45 conventional (usual care), and 45 CAS.
Primary Outcome(s)
Planned tunnel position versus actual achieved tunnel position of the ACL transplant (by CT)
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. difference in change in IKDC
2. difference in change in KOOS
3. difference in change in knee pain (VAS for pain)
4. difference in change in knee complaints (Lysholm score)
5. difference in change in sport activity (Tegner score)
6. difference in change in objective instability of the knee (KT1000)
7. difference in change in objective muscle strenght (Biodex)
8. difference satisfaction of the treatment
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN40231111
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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