Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Treatment Outcomes for Ankle Arthritis

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Collaborating Sponsors:

Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan (Grand Rapids, MI)

Orthopedic + Fracture Specialists, Portland, OR

Conditions:

Osteoarthritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-89 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine any functional outcome differences in patients who have undergone surgical treatment for ankle osteoarthritis using surveys, step counts, and laboratory gait ...

Detailed Description

Project Objective: Ankle osteoarthritis is characterized by joint pain, tenderness, limitation of movement, and variable degrees of inflammation. These factors combined and left untreated will severe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ankle arthritis subjects will be recruited from patients at
  • VA Puget Sound Health Care System (Seattle, WA)
  • Harborview Medical Center (Seattle, WA)
  • Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan (Grand Rapids, MI)
  • Orthopedic + Fracture Specialists (Portland, OR)
  • Twin Cities Orthopedics (Edina, MN)
  • who have been diagnosed with end stage ankle arthrosis
  • are ambulatory
  • speak English
  • are cognitively intact
  • between the ages of 18-89
  • and have elected to undergo surgical correction (arthrodesis or arthroplasty) for end-stage ankle arthritis

Exclusion

  • Suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis or other systemic arthritis
  • Have any other diseased lower extremity joints or traumatic lower extremity injury that grossly inhibits normal gait

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2005

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

368 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00391365

Start Date

March 1 2005

End Date

December 31 2025

Last Update

March 11 2025

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VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108-1532