Comparing Surgery Versus Standard Physical Therapy in Treating People With a Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritis
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Official title
Partial Meniscectomy Versus Nonoperative Management in Meniscal Tear With OA: A Randomized Controlled Trial (MeTeOR)
Brief summary
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There are two cartilage structures, called menisci, in each knee joint. A torn meniscus can be caused by a traumatic injury or aging-related degeneration. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a type of arthritis that is caused by the breakdown and eventual loss of another type of cartilage that covers the end of bones within a joint. In people who have knee OA, a meniscal tear can easily lead to disability. This study will compare the effectiveness of two recommended treatments, surgery and physical therapy, for people with a torn meniscus and knee OA.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00597012
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 351 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Arthroscopic partial menisectomy Procedure
- Standard physical therapy Other
- Postoperative rehabilitative physical therapy Other
Procedure · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 45 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 2008
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2012
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2025
- Last update posted
- May 17, 2026
2008 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 7
- U.S. states
- 7
- U.S. cities
- 7
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
| Washington University in St Louis, School of Medicine | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland | Ohio | 44195 | — |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
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- Last update posted May 17, 2026 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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