Using your own bone and cartilage to repair ankle damage
Part of Bones, joints & muscles clinical trials.
This trial tests a surgery that takes a small piece of bone and cartilage from your knee and transplants it to a damaged area in your ankle. It may help people with severe ankle cartilage injuries that haven't gotten better with other treatments.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have had ankle pain for a while and it's been diagnosed as a cartilage injury in the ankle bone (called OLT)
- The injury is either very large or a specific type that is hard to heal on its own
- You have tried at least 3 months of non-surgical treatments like rest, physical therapy, or bracing, but they didn't help
- You are willing to have surgery and follow a rehab program afterward
- You are not pregnant or planning to become pregnant soon
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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