Impact of Conservative Treatment by Custom-made Orthoses in Patients With Haemophilic Ankle Arthropathy

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Haemophilia B; Haemophilia A

Treatments: Device: custom-molded insoles and custom-molded shoes

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00638001

READ-LOBET-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study intend to evaluate the effectiveness of functional orthoses (including custom-made insoles and shoes) for preventing and controlling repetitive haemarthrosis in patients suffering of haemophilic ankle arthropathy, as well as the orthoses' impact on foot health-related quality of life.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 13 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• haemophilia A or B, aged more than 13 years

Exclusion criteria

• impossibility to walk on a treadmill
• recent joint haemarthrosis or muscle haematoma

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)