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
Active Locations (1)
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VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108-1532