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Bracing and Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament for Efficacy Trial
Led by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Updated on 2026-04-01
96
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
168 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Several attempts have been made to reduce these failure rates and improve return to sports rates in high-risk populations, and one of these approaches has been postoperative bracing. A recent survey of the Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Study Group has shown that 53% of surgeons prefers functional bracing following ACL reconstruction. Currently, however, there is no clear consensus on whether functional bracing following ACL reconstruction leads to lower failure rates, improved stability or better patient-reported outcomes when compared to ACL reconstruction without bracing.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Bracing and Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament for Efficacy Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients with unilateral complete ACL injury
- Patients involved in sports and wishing to return to sports
- Patients undergoing quadriceps autograft ACL reconstruction
- Age between 14 and 39 years old
You will not qualify if you...
- Multiligamentous knee injuries requiring surgical stabilization of two ligaments
- Concomitant suture tape augmentation, extra-articular tenodesis, or anterolateral ligament reconstruction
- Concomitant femoral, tibial, or patellar fractures
- Significant osteoarthritis
- Ipsilateral knee dislocation or patellar dislocation
- Significant lower leg malalignment needing corrective osteotomies
- Prior ACL surgery on either knee
- Pregnancy during injury or surgery
- Inability to provide consent
- Prolonged use of prednisolone or cytostatics
- Comorbidities affecting rehabilitation such as muscular, neurological, or vascular disorders
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Katherine Leonard
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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