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ACL InjuryNCT05578248

Andrews Return to Sport ACL Score

An observational study of ACL Injury, run by Andrews Research & Education Foundation at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This project will develop a data-driven decision making model to assess a competitive athlete's readiness to return to sport after ACL injury and surgery safely. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 14 to 24 years
Conditions the study is for
ACL Injury
What is being tested?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and ACL reconstruction
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
100 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
3 Feb 2022to Jun 2023
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 14 to 24 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Study population: 100 competitive pre-collegiate or collegiate athletes who have recently suffered from an ACL injury that requires reconstructive surgery

Who may be able to join

  • Age 14-24 years
  • Require ACL reconstruction surgery
  • No other ligament injury which would require repair or reconstruction to lower extremity is present as assessed by treating physician
  • Exhibits desire to return to pre-injury competitive level
  • Assessed to be in good physical health condition by the treating physician

Who cannot join

  • Requires more than one ACL reconstruction surgery at time of screening
  • Has comorbid lower extremity diagnoses which would impede return to sport as assessed by the treating physician
  • Does not desire to return to pre-injury competitive sport level

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Andrews Research and Education Foundation

    Gulf Breeze, Florida, 32561

    Jessi Truett, MA, BCBA, 850-916-8570, jessica.truett@andrewsref.org

    Chandler Bridges, MS, 8509168584, chandler.bridges@andrewsref.org

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: The Andrews Return to Sport ACL Score: A Developmental Study

This project will develop a data-driven decision making model to assess a competitive athlete's readiness to return to sport after ACL injury and surgery safely.

Read the detailed description

One hundred pre-collegiate or collegiate athlete participants will be recruited for this study. The duration of the treatment plan will be 24 months. Each of the participants will be qualified for the study due to falling within all inclusion criterion and no exclusion criterion. The screening of the inclusion criterion will occur at visit one of the study. At this time, the AREF Research Team will review and collect informed consent from each participant. Visit two will occur three (3) months after each participant's ACL reconstruction surgery. At this time, an evaluation by the treating physician will occur along with functional movement assessment and MRI. Visit three will occur six (6) months after each participant's ACL reconstruction surgery. At this time, an evaluation by the treating physician will occur along with functional movement assessment and MRI. Visit four will occur nine (9) months after each participant's ACL reconstruction surgery. At this time, an medical evaluation by the treating leading physician will occur along with functional movement assessment and MRI. Visit five will occur twelve (12) months after each participant's ACL reconstruction surgery. At this time, an evaluation by the treating physician will occur along with functional movement assessment and MRI. Visit six will occur eighteen (18) months after each participant's ACL reconstruction surgery. At this time, an evaluation by the treating physician will occur along with functional movement assessment and MRI. Visit seven will occur twenty-four (24) months after each participant's ACL reconstruction surgery. At this time, an evaluation by the treating physician will occur along with functional movement assessment and MRI. At each time point, the treating physician or the therapist performing the functional movement assessment can choose to limit the functional movement assessment if there are concerns that the patient may not be ready for the expected load of one or more elements of the functional movement assessment.

At each monthly time point after ACL reconstruction, patient reported outcomes will be collected by the research team to assist in assessing the overall health and confidence in return to sport for each athlete. The following patient reported outcomes will be collected in written or electronic format after informed consent has been obtained from each participant: Sports Participation, Reinjury, Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale, IKDC, PROMIS, SANE.

Conditions
ACL Injury
Being tested
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), ACL reconstruction
Keywords
Cohort, return to sport
Medical subject headings
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)Diagnostic test

    Non-invasive imaging technology that produces three-dimensional detailed anatomical images

  • ACL reconstructionProcedure or surgery

    Surgical procedure to repair damaged or severed anterior cruciate ligament in the knee

Study groups in NCT05578248
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Collegiate AthletesGroup designated for collegiate athletes; see protocol for treatment plan
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Procedure: ACL reconstruction
Pre-collegiate AthletesGroup designated for pre-collegiate, or high school-age, athletes; see protocol for treatment plan
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Procedure: ACL reconstruction

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia

    Measurement to determine the physical and pyschological effects on the rehabilitation of an injured athlete; 17-question survey with a total score calculated after inversion of the individual scores of items 4, 8, 12, and 16 (all questions are scored on a scale of 1-4 points).

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  2. Sports Participation Assessment

    Quantifies the participant's participation in sports activity during the rehabilitation period

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  3. Reinjury Assessment

    Monthly questionnaire to assess the rate of reinjury during rehabilitation process

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  4. International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Evaluation Form (IKDC)

    19-question form that will contribute to comprehensive data set by evaluating confidence in perfomance

    Measured: Every month, up to 1 year; assessing for change

  5. Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS)

    Assesses overall health functioning and rehabilitation levels of each participant; required to ensure that a comprehensive assessment of overall functioning is reviewed. Scores range from 20 to 80, with 50 representing the average for the general population, and increases in this number over 50 represent standard deviation, and thus represent slow recovery progress in this study

    Measured: Every month, up to 1 year; assessing for change

  6. Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE)

    Single question PRO with a rating of 0-100 for each participant to score their current functioning in comparison to their pre-injury level of function

    Measured: Every month, up to 1 year; assessing for change

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Oct 2022
  2. Study start3 Feb 2022
  3. Primary completionJun 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2023 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
100 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05578248
Sponsor's protocol ID
Return to Sport
Status last verified
Oct 2022
First submitted
30 Sep 2022
Last updated
13 Oct 2022
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Ardern CL, Taylor NF, Feller JA, Webster KE. Fifty-five per cent return to competitive sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis including aspects of physical functioning and contextual factors. Br J Sports Med. 2014 Nov;48(21):1543-52. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093398. Epub 2014 Aug 25.

    PubMed 25157180
  • Bodor M. Quadriceps protects the anterior cruciate ligament. J Orthop Res. 2001 Jul;19(4):629-33. doi: 10.1016/S0736-0266(01)00050-X.

    PubMed 11518272
  • Brodke DJ, Saltzman CL, Brodke DS. PROMIS for Orthopaedic Outcomes Measurement. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2016 Nov;24(11):744-749. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-15-00404.

    PubMed 27661391
  • Boyle, M. & Galway, B.(n.d.). Evidence-based Clinical Protocols: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury & Reconstruction. Biodex Medical Systems, Inc.

  • Creighton DW, Shrier I, Shultz R, Meeuwisse WH, Matheson GO. Return-to-play in sport: a decision-based model. Clin J Sport Med. 2010 Sep;20(5):379-85. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181f3c0fe.

    PubMed 20818198
  • Davies GJ, McCarty E, Provencher M, Manske RC. ACL Return to Sport Guidelines and Criteria. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2017 Sep;10(3):307-314. doi: 10.1007/s12178-017-9420-9.

    PubMed 28702921
  • Gianotti SM, Marshall SW, Hume PA, Bunt L. Incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury and other knee ligament injuries: a national population-based study. J Sci Med Sport. 2009 Nov;12(6):622-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.07.005. Epub 2008 Oct 2.

    PubMed 18835221
  • Griffin LY, Agel J, Albohm MJ, Arendt EA, Dick RW, Garrett WE, Garrick JG, Hewett TE, Huston L, Ireland ML, Johnson RJ, Kibler WB, Lephart S, Lewis JL, Lindenfeld TN, Mandelbaum BR, Marchak P, Teitz CC, Wojtys EM. Noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries: risk factors and prevention strategies. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2000 May-Jun;8(3):141-50. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200005000-00001.

    PubMed 10874221
  • Grindem H, Snyder-Mackler L, Moksnes H, Engebretsen L, Risberg MA. Simple decision rules can reduce reinjury risk by 84% after ACL reconstruction: the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study. Br J Sports Med. 2016 Jul;50(13):804-8. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096031. Epub 2016 May 9.

    PubMed 27162233
  • Gokeler A, Welling W, Zaffagnini S, Seil R, Padua D. Development of a test battery to enhance safe return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jan;25(1):192-199. doi: 10.1007/s00167-016-4246-3. Epub 2016 Jul 16.

    PubMed 27423208
  • Jordan MJ, Morris N, Lane M, Barnert J, MacGregor K, Heard M, Robinson S, Herzog W. Monitoring the Return to Sport Transition After ACL Injury: An Alpine Ski Racing Case Study. Front Sports Act Living. 2020 Mar 3;2:12. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2020.00012. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 33345007
  • Lohmander LS, Englund PM, Dahl LL, Roos EM. The long-term consequence of anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus injuries: osteoarthritis. Am J Sports Med. 2007 Oct;35(10):1756-69. doi: 10.1177/0363546507307396. Epub 2007 Aug 29.

    PubMed 17761605
  • Lundberg M, Styf J, Jansson B. On what patients does the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia fit? Physiother Theory Pract. 2009 Oct;25(7):495-506. doi: 10.3109/09593980802662160.

    PubMed 19925172
  • Manske, R. & Reiman, M. (2013). Functional Performance Testing for Power and Return to Sport. Athletic Training. Functional Testing in Human Performance. DOI: 10.1177/1941738113479925

  • Miller RP, Kori S, Todd D. The Tampa Scale: a measure of kinesiophobia. Clin J Pain. 1991;7(1):51-52.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of ACL Injury, run by Andrews Research & Education Foundation at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Oct 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Jessi Truett, MA, BCBA ((850) 916-8570, jessica.truett@andrewsref.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05578248, which also lists 17 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Oct 2022.

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