Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:37 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:37 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00284661
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
-\*\* Canadians Only can be recruited for this trial
* History indicative of meniscal pathology (i.e. pain, locking, clicking or giving way of the knee) +/- ACL insufficiency
* On physical exam, evidence of a meniscal tear (i.e. a locked joint, joint line tenderness and pain on meniscal compression +/- evidence of an ACL tear
* Vertical tears in the peripheral 0-5mm of the meniscus that are reducible
Exclusion Criteria:
* Intraarticular/Extraarticular knee infection
* Metabolic bone, collagen, crystalline joint or neoplastic disease
* Previous meniscal repair
* Meniscal tears that are in the avascular zone
* Stable meniscal tears, i.e. tears \<10mm and displaced \< 3mm, partial tears
* Radial, horizontal or flap tears
* Unwillingness to comply with the rehabilitation protocol or to be followed for 2 years
* Inability or unwillingness of subject /legal guardian to give written informed consent
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
16 Years
Maximum Age:
50 Years
Study:
NCT00284661
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00284661