Trial for Femoroacetabular Impingement Treatment (FAIT)

University of Oxford

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Femoroacetabular Impingement

Treatments: Other: Physiotherapy and activity modification; Procedure: Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01893034

FAIT

Details and patient eligibility

About

Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) describes a condition of the hip where additional bone results in the abutment of the femoral neck against the rim of the acetabulum. This gives rise to localised cartilage damage and pain, but also increases the risk of developing osteoarthritis. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of arthroscopic surgery versus physiotherapy and activity modification for the treatment of this condition.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Symptomatic patients
• Age 18-60 years
• Clinical and radiological evidence of FAI
• Competent to consent

Exclusion criteria

• Prior hip surgery
• Established osteoarthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence >/= 2)
• Hip dysplasia (Centre-Edge angle < 20 degrees on radiograph)
• Completion of physiotherapy programme targeting FAI within past year
• Co-morbidities that mean surgical intervention is not possible/safe
• Contraindication to MRI
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Conservative treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physiotherapy and activity modification

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy and activity modification

Surgical treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement

Treatment:

Procedure: Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement