Actively Recruiting
New Care Pathway Using Automated Dynamic Laximetry
Led by University Hospital, Angers · Updated on 2026-03-13
80
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
103 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Today, in the event of a knee sprain with suspected cruciate ligament damage, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is generally prescribed to confirm or refute the diagnosis and assess its severity. Once the MRI has been performed, the patient's care is organized by the doctor of his or her choice, depending on the diagnosis. Previous studies have shown that Automated Dynamic Laximetry (ADL) performs identically to MRI in helping to diagnose a knee sprain as a complementary examination and in assessing its severity. Performing LDA at the start of the patient's care pathway, i.e. immediately after the emergency room visit for a suspected severe sprain, could bring significant benefits by shortening the diagnostic confirmation time and consequently the immobilization period, and by reducing the cost of care compared with the conventional MRI-based care pathway. The new LDA-based care pathway would enable MRI to be reserved for very specific cases, such as the scheduling of surgery for suspected meniscus or osteochondral lesions, as currently recommended by the HAS.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
New Care Pathway Using Automated Dynamic Laximetry
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patient admitted to an emergency department participating in the study
- Age 18 years or older
- Consulted following knee trauma with clinical suspicion of partial or complete ACL lesion without bone fracture
- Signed consent to participate in the study
- Affiliated to a social security scheme
You will not qualify if you...
- Contraindication to MRI (such as pacemaker fitted before 2010) or to Automated Dynamic Laximetry
- Need for emergency or semi-emergency trauma surgery within 3 weeks (e.g., suspected unstable meniscal lesion, fracture)
- Unable or unwilling to follow up at the investigating center's sports medicine department
- Poor understanding of the French language
- Pregnant, breastfeeding, or recently gave birth
- Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
- Under compulsory psychiatric care
- Subject to a legal protection measure
- Unable to give consent
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
Chu Angers
Angers, France, 49933
Not Yet Recruiting
2
CH LAVAL
Laval, France, 53000
Not Yet Recruiting
3
Chu Nantes
Nantes, France, 44093
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
R
Raphaël GODET, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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