A Study to Evaluate the Incrediwear Products Immediately After ACL Repair

Texas Bone and Joint

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear; Medial Collateral Ligament

Treatments: Device: Leg Sleeve; Device: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT06668376

IRBNet 2205451-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the benefits of using the Incrediwear knee products after ACL or ACL+MCL arthroscopic surgery, on the postoperative pain, range of motion and effusion. The study team will compare patients with Incrediwear products, or placebo Incrediwear products, or no products during the first 6-month postoperative period. The group that does not wear the Incrediwear or placebo products is considered the standard of care control group and will proceed with the normal standard of care compression hose.

Full description

After knee surgery, the participant will be randomly assigned to one of the three groups. The participant will have a 1-in-3 chance of being assigned to each group. The products will be placed on the participant by the hospital staff according to the random assignment sent with the surgical packet.

Study Screening/pre-operative appointment

• The surgeon confirms the participant meets the inclusion criteria and are scheduled for surgery in the next few weeks, and how the participant may be eligible to participate in the study.

• The surgeon will discuss the study and possible risks/benefits of being in the research.

  • Day of surgery

• The study packet will be sent to the hospital by the clinical staff. The packet will include a study number assignment, the products assigned the study number, and the patient study journal. The participant, surgeon, and hospital staff will not know which group the participant are in, with the exception of the standard of care control group, as this group will wear the hospital-issued compression hose.

  • Postoperative Recovery

• Subjective: Patient rates surgical site pain, on a 0-10 VAS pain scale. Patients will record pain medication type and quantity taken in a daily pain diary.

• Objective: Surgical extremity range of motion, and surgical extremity knee effusion, measured by either the Physical Therapist or the surgeon at the postop appointment.

• Measurements will be taken at; Preop appointment, Postop Day 0, Day 3, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, Day 30 (1 month), Day 45, Day 60 (2 month), Day 100 (3 month), and Day 180 (6 month).

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Consented to protocol
• Compliant protocol
• BMI less than 35
• Undergoing ACL or ACL+MCL within 30 days

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Poorly controlled diabetes (HgA1c > 7.5)
• Previous blood clots
• BMI greater than 35
• Varicosities on operative leg
• Pain management patient
• Prior knee surgery to the operative / study knee
• Worker's Comp patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Placebo Product

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Once the informed consent has occurred, the patient will be invited to enroll in the study. The patient will be shown the Incrediwear products and given instructions. Participants will randomly be assigned treatment type in addition to the standard of care procedure they will be instructed to follow (active vs. placebo vs standard of care alone) based on surgery type. An equal number of patients from each primary condition type (ACL or ACL+MCL) will be assigned to each treatment type. The study will be double blinded as to the active vs placebo groups.

Treatment:

Device: Placebo

Incrediwear Product

Active Comparator group

Description:

Once the informed consent has occurred, the patient will be invited to enroll in the study. The patient will be shown the Incrediwear products and given instructions. Participants will randomly be assigned treatment type in addition to the standard of care procedure they will be instructed to follow (active vs. placebo vs standard of care alone) based on surgery type. An equal number of patients from each primary condition type (ACL or ACL+MCL) will be assigned to each treatment type. The study will be double blinded as to the active vs placebo groups.

Treatment:

Device: Leg Sleeve