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A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial Evaluating the Non-Inferiority of Bridge-Enhanced Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair (BEAR) to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With an Autologous Tendon Graft (ACLR)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating BEAR Scaffold and Tendon Graft for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear. Active but no longer recruiting, targeting 100 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The goal of this trial is to compare the efficacy of the Bridge-Enhanced Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair (BEAR™) technique with the current method of treatment for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, ACL reconstruction.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
A sponge, or scaffold, which is surgically placed between the torn ligament ends and sutures are used to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament.
A graft of tendon (either two hamstring tendons from the back of the knee or bone-patellar tendon-bone graft from the front of the knee)