Gelfer, Y; Cavanagh, SE; Bridgens, A; Ashby, E; Bouchard, M; Leo, DG; Eastwood, DM
(2024)
The Core outcome Clubfoot (CoCo) study: relapse, with poorer clinical and quality of life outcomes, affects 37% of idiopathic clubfoot patients.
Bone Joint J, 106-B (7).
pp. 735-743.
ISSN 2049-4408
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.106B7.BJJ-2023-1258.R1
SGUL Authors: Gelfer, Yael
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Abstract
AIMS: There is a lack of high-quality research investigating outcomes of Ponseti-treated idiopathic clubfeet and correlation with relapse. This study assessed clinical and quality of life (QoL) outcomes using a standardized core outcome set (COS), comparing children with and without relapse. METHODS: A total of 11 international centres participated in this institutional review board-approved observational study. Data including demographics, information regarding presentation, treatment, and details of subsequent relapse and management were collected between 1 June 2022 and 30 June 2023 from consecutive clinic patients who had a minimum five-year follow-up. The clubfoot COS incorporating 31 parameters was used. A regression model assessed relationships between baseline variables and outcomes (clinical/QoL). RESULTS: Overall, 293 patients (432 feet) with a median age of 89 months (interquartile range 72 to 113) were included. The relapse rate was 37%, with repeated relapse in 14%. Treatment considered a standard part of the Ponseti journey (recasting, repeat tenotomy, and tibialis anterior tendon transfer) was performed in 35% of cases, with soft-tissue release and osteotomies in 5% and 2% of cases, respectively. Predictors of relapse included duration of follow-up, higher initial Pirani score, and poor Evertor muscle activity. Relapse was associated with poorer outcomes. CONCLUSION: This is the first multicentre study using a standardized COS following clubfoot treatment. It distinguishes patients with and without relapse in terms of clinical outcomes and QoL, with poorer outcomes in the relapse group. This tool allows comparison of treatment methods and outcomes, facilitates information sharing, and sets family expectations. Predictors of relapse encourage us to create appropriate treatment pathways to reduce relapse and improve outcome.
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Additional Information: | © 2024 The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery | ||||||
Keywords: | Humans, Clubfoot, Quality of Life, Male, Female, Recurrence, Child, Child, Preschool, Treatment Outcome, Casts, Surgical, Infant, Tenotomy, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Clubfoot, Recurrence, Treatment Outcome, Follow-Up Studies, Casts, Surgical, Quality of Life, Child, Child, Preschool, Infant, Female, Male, Tenotomy | ||||||
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education (IMBE) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Bone Joint J | ||||||
ISSN: | 2049-4408 | ||||||
Language: | eng | ||||||
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PubMed ID: | 38945546 | ||||||
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URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/116613 | ||||||
Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.106B7.BJJ-2023-1258.R1 |
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