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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Recovery With Virtual Psychological Intervention

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Henry Ford Health

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Mental Health Issue
Depression

Treatments

Behavioral: Virtual Psychological Intervention: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this parallel arm prospective randomized control trial study is to compare outcomes in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) Surgery patients after exposure to a virtual psychological intervention (VPI) versus standard care. The main question the investigators are asking is if virtual administration of psychological CBT modules will be an accessible and convenient vehicle to improve ACLR outcomes. Participants will be placed either into a treatment group receiving virtual modules of cognitive behavioral therapy in addition to standard of care ACLR surgery or the control group receiving only the standard of care ACLR surgery. The investigators hypothesize that ACLR patients in the VPI cohort will have improved return to sport and post operative outcomes compared to controls.

Full description

This study is a parallel arm prospective randomized-controlled trial. The expected duration of the study is two years. Participants will be placed either into a treatment group receiving virtual modules of cognitive behavioral therapy in addition to standard of care ACLR surgery or the control group receiving only the standard of care ACLR surgery. Trial eligibility criteria are as follows: patients over the age of 12 undergoing first time ACLR with a HFH Sports Orthopedic surgeon. Eligible participants will be randomized using computerized random number generation into two groups: Group A and Group B. Both groups will receive the same standard post-operative rehabilitation protocol. An asynchronous course of pre- and post-operative CBT modules (VPI) will be delivered to patients in Group A as an adjuvant treatment to standard-of-care rehabilitation. Each session is designed to provide patients with different CBT strategies to augment their recovery. Sessions will be delivered virtually by trained health professionals. Participants in Group B will receive standard-of-care rehabilitation only. Demographic information and additional protected health information will be handled securely in a securedatabase. Pre-operative PROMIS and PHQ-2 scores will be obtained for both groups via electronic medical record abstraction. Primary endpoints are as follows: Return to sport, defined as return to pre-injury involvement in the patient's respective sport at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months. Secondary outcomes are as follows: Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) scores, a validated patient reported outcome instrument, Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) scores, a validated depression screening questionnaire, ACL-Return to Sport after Injury (ACL-RSI) scores, a validated scale to measure the psychological impact of returning to sport following ACLR3, Post-operative opioid usage and Utilization of additional counseling options (i.e., referral to behavioral health services)

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

13+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients over the age of 12 with ACL injuries undergoing ACLR with a Henry Ford Sports Orthopedic Surgeon
  • First time ACLR on the injured knee

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing revision ACL surgery
  • Concomitant posterior cruciate ligament injury of the involved knee
  • Systemic or local infection pre-operatively
  • Systemic administration of any type of corticosteroid or immunosuppressive agents within 30 days of surgery
  • History of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory arthritis, or autoimmune diseases
  • Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

60 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Post-Operative Rehabilitation
No Intervention group
Description:
No intervention, patients will receive the standard level of care.
Virtual Psychological Intervention
Active Comparator group
Description:
An asynchronous course of pre- and post-operative CBT modules (VPI) will be delivered to patients in Group A as an adjuvant treatment to standard-of-care rehabilitation.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Virtual Psychological Intervention: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Trial documents
2

Trial contacts and locations

1

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Central trial contact

Brittaney Pratt

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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