Assessing Intratendinous Pressure and Its Correlation With Tendon Structure, Patient Characteristics, and Pain Symptoms in Individuals With and Without Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy
NCT07924878, Not yet recruiting, University Hospital, Ghent
Trial 9
As registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, in the graph's capture of the registry.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Assessing Intratendinous Pressure and Its Correlation With Tendon Structure, Patient Characteristics, and Pain Symptoms in Individuals With and Without Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| NCT number | NCT07924878 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Status | Not yet recruiting | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Enrollment | 60 participants, estimated | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Lead sponsor | University Hospital, Ghent | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Conditions | Achilles Tendinopathy (AT) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Interventions | Intratendinous pressure measurement | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| First posted | 2026-11-09 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Last updated | 2026-11-09 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Registered outcomes 18
Each outcome the trial registered, primary first, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.
| List | Outcome | Time frame | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Intratendinous pressure | Single measurement at baseline | Intratendinous pressure in the achilles tendon (mm Hg) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient reported outcome measures | Single measurement at baseline | VISA-A (Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment - Achilles) questionnaire ; score from 0-100 (higher score is better with 100 = no dysfunction, no pain) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient reported outcome measures | Single measurement at baseline | TENDINS-A (TENDINopathy Severity Assessment - Achilles) questionnaire ; score ranging from 0-100 (higher score is worse with 0 = no dysfunction, no pain) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient characteristics | Recorded at baseline | Collection of demographic and clinical variables including: age in years | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient characteristics | Recorded at baseline | Collection of demographic and clinical variables including: sex (M/V/X) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient characteristics | Recorded at baseline | Collection of demographic and clinical variables including: height in cm | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient characteristics | Recorded at baseline | Collection of demographic and clinical variables including: weight in kg | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient characteristics | Recorded at baseline | Collection of demographic and clinical variables including: weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m² | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient characteristics | Recorded at baseline | Collection of demographic and clinical variables including: profession | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient characteristics | Recorded at baseline | Collection of demographic and clinical variables including: physical activity level (using a 6-point likert scale) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Patient characteristics | Recorded at baseline | Collection of demographic and clinical variables including: duration of symptoms in weeks | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Tendon structure | Single measurement at baseline | Assessment of tendon characteristics using ultrasound including: tendon thickness (anteroposterior diameter in cm) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Tendon structure | Single measurement at baseline | Assessment of tendon characteristics using ultrasound including: cross-sectional area (cm²) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Tendon structure | Single measurement at baseline | Assessment of tendon characteristics using ultrasound including: vascularity (color and power doppler signal) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Tendon structure | Single measurement at baseline | Assessment of tendon characteristics using ultrasound including: tendon thickening (= anteroposterior diameter at thickest part of the tendon (cm) - anteroposterior diameter at 2cm proximal from calcaneal notch (cm)) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Tendon structure | Single measurement at baseline | Assessment of tendon characteristics using MRI including: tendon volume (cm²) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Tendon structure | Single measurement at baseline | Assessment of tendon characteristics using MRI including: T2/T2\* mapping | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Secondary | Perfusion pressure | Single measurement at baseline | Assessment of blood pressure to calculate perfusion pressure: ((diastolic pressure + 1/3 × \[systolic pressure - diastolic pressure\]) - intratendinous pressure) | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Outcomes 0
Each outcome the trial posted results for, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.
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Results by group 0
Each measurement the trial posted, group by group, in the words and numbers it posted.
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Participant flow 0
How many started, completed or left each group, period by period.
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Adverse events 0
Each adverse event the trial posted, group by group: the participants affected out of those at risk.
| Type | Event | Organ system | Group | Affected | At risk | Events | Source |
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Adverse event totals 0
The totals the trial posted for each group.
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Papers 0
The papers the trial lists on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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Grants 0
The grants NIH RePORTER links to the trial, newest funded first: NIH's, and some of AHRQ's, CDC's, FDA's and VA's. Each shows its title, principal investigators, organization and funder in its newest year.
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Trial comparisons 0
Comparisons of the trial's two groups, calculated by ConductScience from the counts it posted.
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Tests 0
The ConductCognition tests this trial's registered outcomes name, as ScienceGraph matched them in trial-tests-2026-11-12-0.2.1.
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Source 5
| Field | Value | Source |
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| Release | trials-2026-11-12-0.4.0 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Release manifest SHA-256 | 0f4a8d8c48aee2a7573ae0fa94ecbeab70c1adbe449bbc95c424bc7d3e97b9d4 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Registry capture | 2026-11-12 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Results copy, AACT | 2026-03-23 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| NIH clinical studies file | 2026-11-13 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Release trials-2026-11-12-0.4.0
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