Distal Rectus Femoris Transfer as a Part of Multilevel Surgery in Children With Spastic Diplegia (RectusTrans)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
University of Heidelberg
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01381198
First received: June 21, 2011
Last updated: July 8, 2011
Last verified: January 2011

June 21, 2011
July 8, 2011
June 2007
April 2011   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Range of knee flexion in swing phase [ Time Frame: prior intervention (baseline) and 1 year post intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01381198 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
Peak knee flexion in swing phase [ Time Frame: prior to intervention (basline) and 1 year post intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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Distal Rectus Femoris Transfer as a Part of Multilevel Surgery in Children With Spastic Diplegia
Distal Rectus Femoris Transfer as a Part of Multilevel Surgery in Children With Spastic Diplegia - a Randomized Clinical Trial

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an additional distal rectus femoris transfer carried out as a part of single-event multilevel surgery in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.

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Interventional
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Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Cerebral Palsy
Procedure: Distal rectus femoris transfer
Transfer of the distal rectus femoris tendon to the semitendinosus tendon.
Other Names:
  • rectus tendon transfer
  • rectus femoris transfer
  • rectus transposition
  • Active Comparator: Distal rectus femoris transfer
    Single-event multilevel surgery with a concomitant distal rectus femoris transfer
    Intervention: Procedure: Distal rectus femoris transfer
  • No Intervention: No distal rectus femoris transfer
    Single-event multilevel surgery without distal rectus femoris transfer
Dreher T, Götze M, Wolf SI, Hagmann S, Heitzmann D, Gantz S, Braatz F. Distal rectus femoris transfer as part of multilevel surgery in children with spastic diplegia--a randomized clinical trial. Gait Posture. 2012 Jun;36(2):212-8. Epub 2012 Mar 15.

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Completed
36
May 2011
April 2011   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • cerebral palsy
  • spastic diplegia
  • ambulatory
  • stiff knee gait

Exclusion Criteria:

  • relevant previous surgery at the legs
  • Botulinum-toxin-injections 6 months prior surgery
Both
6 Years to 16 Years
No
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Germany
 
NCT01381198
RecRan271/2006
No
Dr. Thomas Dreher, MD, Orthopaedic Department, Universitiy of Heidelberg
University of Heidelberg
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University of Heidelberg
January 2011

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