Evaluation of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears Using Diffusion Tractography (TRACTOLCA)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: MRI; ACL Injury; Tractography

Treatments: Other: tractography MRI sequence protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05806034

PI2022_843_0098

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knees injuries commonly affect the ACL. French current methodology is based on MRI focused on the knee with morphological sequences (T1, DP fat sat) allowing the study of ACL as follows: No lesion / Partial tear / Complete tear.

The treatment (kinesitherapy, surgery, no intervention) is defined taking into account several factors such as age, knee laxity, physical activity and outcome of the radiology analysis (partial or complete tear). However, if the classification is straightforward in case of complete tear, it is not possible to establish a quantitative impact on the ACL in case of partial tear. As a consequence, the investigators will analyze the anisotropy coefficient with diffusion tractography. Any patient who undergo a posttraumatic knee MRI at the CHU Amiens Picardie will have an appointment at the 3T "Signa" MRI that has the knee-centric diffusion tractography sequence.

Enrollment: 297 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years old,
• Patient referred for non-enhanced knee MRI for traumatism.
• Affiliation to a social security program,

Exclusion criteria

• Person under guardianship or curators,
• Any contraindications to MRI

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)