One Up, One Down: Analyzing Patient Preference on Cryotherapy Machine Tubing Placement
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Tubing Direction.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cryotherapy Tubing Placement. Basic parameters: 10 years — 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of this research study is to better understand patient preference and their satisfaction rates with cryotherapy machines based on the direction of the tubing. This study will evaluate both satisfaction and pain of patients who use the cryotherapy machines in the two groups: tubing facing towards the head, and the other with tubing facing toward the feet.
Interventions
- Procedure Tubing Direction
We are studying the procedure of placing the Cryotherapy Tubing in two different directions: up vs down
Primary outcome measures
- Patients will prefer one direction of tubing placement over the other (up or down) by the end of 7 days post-op [Time frame: 7 days]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients scheduled for an arthroscopic ACL reconstruction (CPT 29888) or MPFL reconstruction/augmentation with internal brace (CPT 27422 or 27429)
- Ages 10-18 years old at the time of surgery
- Patients who have access to a cryotherapy unit at the time of surgery
Exclusion criteria
- No ACL reconstruction (CPT 29888) nor MPFL reconstruction/augmentation with internal brace (CPT 27422 or 27429) performed during knee arthroscopy (i.e., isolated meniscus repair, synovectomy/debridement, etc.)
- Patients do not have access to a cryotherapy unit
- Patients less than 10 or older than 18 at the time of surgery
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Children's Hospital of Orange County — Orange
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06772662 · 2410125