Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 16Years - 50Years
All Genders
NCT05053646

This is a Study to Verify if Marrow Venting Procedure Can Improve Meniscal Suture Healing

Led by Christian Candrian · Updated on 2025-08-06

80

Participants Needed

2

Research Sites

456 weeks

Total Duration

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AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

Meniscal suture represents the current surgical practice, and marrow venting is a low risk procedure. Bone venting may be able to improve the outcome of meniscal repair, allowing the patient a better recovery.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

This is a Study to Verify if Marrow Venting Procedure Can Improve Meniscal Suture Healing

Who Can Participate

Age: 16Years - 50Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Arthroscopic confirmed suturable meniscal tears
  • Meniscal tear affecting only one knee
  • Age between 18 and 45 years
  • Body mass index (BMI) greater than 18.5 and less than 35 kg/m2
  • Ability to provide informed consent by signing
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Meniscal tears in both knees requiring treatment
  • Ligament injuries needing treatment
  • Cartilage damage greater than Outerbridge grade 2
  • Knee axis deformities needing correction
  • Generalized ligament looseness
  • X-ray evidence of knee osteoarthritis
  • Other causes of knee pain
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Serious systemic diseases like heart, liver, or kidney failure, rheumatic diseases, uncontrolled diabetes, psychological or neurological diseases, and autoimmune disorders
  • Participation in another ongoing clinical trial

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 2 locations

1

Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale

Lugano, Switzerland, 6900

Actively Recruiting

2

Clinica Ars Medica

Lugano, Switzerland

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

C

Christian R Candrian, MD

CONTACT

G

Gabriela Induni-Lang

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

DOUBLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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