Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty vs. High Tibial Osteotomy for Medial Knee Osteoarthritis (UNIKORN): a Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial
UNIKORN
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Brief Summary
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and High Tibial Osteotomy are both valid treatment options for isolated medial knee osteoarthritis. Literature to date is lacking high grade evidence of the outcomes between these procedures. This is a study protocol for randomized controlled trial comparing UKA vs HTO in late stage medial knee osteoarthritis.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable knee-osteoarthritis
Started Nov 2022
Longer than P75 for not_applicable knee-osteoarthritis
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 28, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 1, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2025
CompletedJuly 6, 2022
July 1, 2022
2.1 years
June 28, 2022
July 1, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
KOOS
1- year
Study Arms (2)
Unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis
ACTIVE COMPARATORHigh tibial osteotomy
ACTIVE COMPARATORInterventions
Medial Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Isolated KL 3-4 medial knee arthrosis
- Varus \> 3 degrees
- Age 45-65 years
You may not qualify if:
- Post-traumatic arthrosis
- Arthrosis in the lateral compartment more than KL grade I in MRI
- Post- traumatic arthrosis
- Instability
- Malignancy Obesity
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Töölö Hospitallead
Related Publications (1)
Siren J, Ramo L, Rantasalo M, Komulainen O, Skants N, Reito A, Kosola J, Lindahl J. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty vs. high tibial osteotomy for medial knee osteoarthritis (UNIKORN): a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2023 Apr 5;24(1):256. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07263-7.
PMID: 37016454DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 28, 2022
First Posted
July 1, 2022
Study Start
November 1, 2022
Primary Completion
December 1, 2024
Study Completion
December 1, 2025
Last Updated
July 6, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share