Title
Canadian Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society Randomized Clinical Study of Surgical Treatment of Ankle Arthritis Outcome Study/Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (COFAS) Data Registry
Last updated:March 22/2017
Description/level of evidence
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 55-85 years
- Symptomatic Ankle Artritis
- Skeletal maturity
- Able to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Obesity (BMI >30)
- Prior Ankle fusion or arthroplasty
- Active or prior infection within 12 months
- Medical condition precluding major surgery
- Severe ipsilateral mid or hind foot deformity
- Severe osteoporotic or osteopenic bone
- Neuromuscular impairment
- Cognitive or psychiatric impairment prohibiting accurate follow-up
- Pregnancy
- Workers compensation board patients
- Unable to communicate due to language barrier
- Avascular Necrosis of Talus
Sample size
Enrollment
Local enrollment = 200(RSA=24) global=1000
Randomized: local enrollment=28 global=5
Status-currently enrolling
- Total Ankle Arthroplasty / Ankle Arthrodesis over a period of 15 years
Contact
- Trish Francis, 902-473-5993, Pager 902-458-0213 Trish.Francis@nshealth.ca
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr Mark Glazebrook
Funding
Partially funded by Johnson and Johnson Investigator initiated
Closing Date: March 15/2022
Authors:Mark Glazebrook/Alistair Younger/Tim Daniels/Murray Penner/Kevin Wing/Peter Dryden/Karl Lalonde
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