Mechanical vs. Radiofrequency-Based Debridement in the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Lesions
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Official title
A Prospective, Double Blinded, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial to Evaluate Mechanical Debridement vs. Radiofrequency-Based Debridement in the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Lesions
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01803880
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Industry
- Enrollment
- 148 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Mechanical Debridement Device
- RF-Based Debridement Device
Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 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
- Mar 7, 2013
- Primary completion
- May 3, 2017
- Completion
- Jul 20, 2017
- Last update posted
- Mar 27, 2019
2013 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 7
- U.S. states
- 6
- U.S. cities
- 7
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson Orthopaedic Institute | Tucson | Arizona | 85712 | — |
| Andrews Research and Education Foundation, Inc. | Gulf Breeze | Florida | 32561 | — |
| Orthopaedic Research Foundation, Inc. | Greenwood | Indiana | 46143 | — |
| Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | 43221 | — |
| University Orthopedics Center | State College | Pennsylvania | 16801 | — |
| Methodist Center For Orthopedic Surgery | Houston | Texas | 77070 | — |
| Basin Orthopedic Surgical Specialists | Odessa | Texas | 79761 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Mar 27, 2019 · Synced Jul 21, 2026
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