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OsteoarthritisSPACERHIPNCT01373099

Study of Antibiotic Spacer Design to Treat Infection After Hip Replacement

A study testing Implantation of a static, non-articulating cement spacer. and Implantation of an articulating spacer. in people with Osteoarthritis and Hip Infection, run by Rush University Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Infection remains one of the most difficult-to-treat complications of total hip arthroplasty. The gold standard treatment is two-stage removal of the prosthesis with later replacement of permanent implants.The first stage consists of removal of the infected arthroplasty components and the surrounding devitalized… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 100 years
What is being tested?
Implantation of a static, non-articulating cement spacer. and Implantation of an articulating spacer.
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
80 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2011to Aug 2020
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 100 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 1) Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection of a primary total hip arthroplasty with a planned two-stage exchange procedure.

Who cannot join

  • Infection of a revision as opposed to a primary total hip arthroplasty
  • Medically unfit for operative intervention
  • Extensive bone loss preventing the use of an articulating spacer
  • Soft-tissue defects that prevent the use of an articulating spacer
  • Known allergy to polymethylmethacrylate, tobramycin or vancomycin.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

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About this study

Official title: Articulating Versus Static Antibiotic Loaded Spacers for the Treatment of Prosthetic Hip Infection

Infection remains one of the most difficult-to-treat complications of total hip arthroplasty. The gold standard treatment is two-stage removal of the prosthesis with later replacement of permanent implants.The first stage consists of removal of the infected arthroplasty components and the surrounding devitalized tissue, copious pulsed irrigation, and placement of a temporary antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer. This spacer is typically left in place six weeks, during which time the patient receives intravenous antibiotics. After the surgeon feels that the infection has been eradicated, or if a second debridement is required, a second operative procedure is performed. While the use of an antibiotic spacer is well accepted, whether the spacer should immobilize the hip (a so-called "static" spacer) or allow for range of motion (a so-called "articulating" spacer) is controversial. Proponents of static spacers argue that immobilization of the periarticular soft tissues aids in clearance of the infection and that these spacers are simpler to fashion intraoperatively. Proponents of articulating spacers argue that they improve hip function, prevent damage to the musculature surrounding the hip, allow easier reimplantation, improve hip function, and prevent dislocation following hip reimplantation. While good results have been described with both methods, comparative trials have been conflicting as to whether spacer design alters hip function, operative time, and dislocation rates. Equipoise exists within the literature, and no randomized clinical trial has been conducted to evaluate this issue.

The purpose of this study is to compare articulating and static antibiotic-impregnated spacers for the treatment of chronic periprosthetic infection complicating total hip arthroplasty through a prospective, randomized clinical trial. The goals of this trial are to determine the effect of spacer design upon eradication of infection, hip function, ease of reimplantation, and dislocation rates. The investigators hypothesize that articulating spacers will provide shorter operative times at replantation while improving hip function and hip dislocation rates following hip reimplantation.

Read the detailed description

After diagnosis of infection and informed consent, patients will be taken to the operating room. After anesthetization, patients will be randomized to either an articulating spacer or static spacer. Randomization will be performed by prepared opaque envelopes administered by a nonparticipant in the study. After a complete debridement of devitalized tissue, explantation of infected components and any associated cement, either an articulating or static spacer will be placed. All spacers will be formed using 3.0 g of Vancomycin and 1.0 g of Tobramycin for each 40 g packet of cement. Articulating spacers will be formed of antibiotic-impregnated cement using the Stage One system (Biomet, Warsaw, IN) sized to fit the endosteal and acetabular bone defect. Static spacers will be hand-made with a rod of antibiotic-impregnated cement and cement beads of sufficient quantity to fill the acetabulum.

Post-operatively, all patients will be made touch-down weight bearing protected with a walker or crutches. At the time of reimplantation, the joint will be aspirated and multiple cultures obtained along with intraoperative histopathological analysis to evaluate for persistent infection.

Data collected preoperatively will include age, gender, laterality, etiology of hip degeneration, comorbidities, Harris Hip score, infecting organisms and Paprosky femoral and acetabular bone loss classification. The Harris Hip score has been used extensively in the study of revision hip arthroplasty and has been found to be reliable and valid and will be determined preoperatively and at all follow-up visits.

Data collected at the time of implant removal and reimplantation will include operative time, blood loss, surgical approach, and need for an extended trochanteric osteotomy. Radiographs performed immediately following and just prior to reimplantation will be reviewed to determine if the spacer utilized has caused bone loss; bone loss to the cut bony surfaces will be confirmed intraoperatively. At each follow-up visits radiographic appearance, the Harris Hip Score, dislocation events, recurrence of infection, and the need for revision or reoperation of any kind on the hip will be determined.

All portions of this study will be part of conventional care except for randomization and collection of the Harris Hip Score. Which type of spacer is used currently depends upon the judgment of the attending surgeons and both are used routinely.

The primary outcome variable will be Harris Hip Score. A power analysis was conducted with the assistance of Dr. Mario Moric at Rush. Using the standard deviation of Harris Hip Scores from Hsieh and colleagues (2004) and Fehring and colleagues (1999), the largest previous studies reporting such data, Dr. Moric estimated 56 patients, 28 patients per group, would be needed to detect a clinically relevant difference of ten points. To account for attrition, our target total sample size will be 80 patients.

Being tested
Implantation of a static, non-articulating cement spacer., Implantation of an articulating spacer.
Keywords
arthroplasty, hip replacement, Osteoarthritis, knee Infection, Prosthetic Joint Infection, Complications; Arthroplasty, Infection or Inflammation, Complications; Arthroplasty
Medical subject headings
Osteoarthritis, Infections, Inflammation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Implantation of a static, non-articulating cement spacer.Procedure or surgery

    After diagnosis of infection and informed consent, patients will be taken to the operating room. After anesthetization, patients will be randomized to either an articulating spacer or static spacer. Randomization will be performed by prepared opaque envelopes administered by a nonparticipant in the study. After a complete debridement of devitalized tissue, explantation of infected components and any associated cement, either an articulating or static spacer will be placed. All spacers will be formed using 3.0 g of Vancomycin and 1.0 g of Tobramycin for each 40 g packet of cement. Static spacers will be hand-made with a rod of antibiotic-impregnated cement and cement beads of sufficient quantity to fill the acetabulum.

  • Implantation of an articulating spacer.Procedure or surgery

    After diagnosis of infection and informed consent, patients will be taken to the operating room. After anesthetization, patients will be randomized to either an articulating spacer or static spacer. Randomization will be performed by prepared opaque envelopes administered by a nonparticipant in the study. After a complete debridement of devitalized tissue, explantation of infected components and any associated cement, either an articulating or static spacer will be placed. All spacers will be formed using 3.0 g of Vancomycin and 1.0 g of Tobramycin for each 40 g packet of cement. Articulating spacers will be formed of antibiotic-impregnated cement using the Stage One system (Biomet, Warsaw, IN) sized to fit the endosteal and acetabular bone defect.

Study groups in NCT01373099
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Static SpacerExperimentalPatients in this group will be randomized to a static, nonarticulating, antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer.
Receives: Procedure: Implantation of a static, non-articulating cement spacer.
Articulating spacerExperimentalPatients in this group will be randomized to an articulating antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer.
Receives: Procedure: Implantation of an articulating spacer.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Harris Hip Score

    The Harris Hip score has been used extensively in the study of revision hip arthroplasty and has been found to be reliable and valid to determine hip arthroplasty outcomes.

    Measured: outcome will be collected until 2 years post-operatively

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Operative time

    Measured: at the time of spacer revision, which would be up to a maximumup to 2 years after patient enrollment

  2. Hip dislocation rates

    Measured: outcomes will be collected until 2 years post-operatively

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted14 Jun 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2011
  3. Primary completionAug 2020
  4. Study completionAug 2020

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
80 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01373099
Sponsor's protocol ID
SPACERHIP
Acronym
SPACERHIP
Status last verified
Oct 2020
First submitted
6 Jun 2011
Last updated
8 Oct 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Kurtz SM, Lau E, Schmier J, Ong KL, Zhao K, Parvizi J. Infection burden for hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States. J Arthroplasty. 2008 Oct;23(7):984-91. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.10.017. Epub 2008 Apr 10.

    PubMed 18534466
  • Peersman G, Laskin R, Davis J, Peterson M. Infection in total knee replacement: a retrospective review of 6489 total knee replacements. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2001 Nov;(392):15-23.

    PubMed 11716377
  • Della Valle CJ, Paprosky WG. The femur in revision total hip arthroplasty evaluation and classification. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2004 Mar;(420):55-62. doi: 10.1097/00003086-200403000-00009.

    PubMed 15057079
  • Biring GS, Kostamo T, Garbuz DS, Masri BA, Duncan CP. Two-stage revision arthroplasty of the hip for infection using an interim articulated Prostalac hip spacer: a 10- to 15-year follow-up study. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2009 Nov;91(11):1431-7. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B11.22026.

    PubMed 19880885
  • Hsieh PH, Shih CH, Chang YH, Lee MS, Shih HN, Yang WE. Two-stage revision hip arthroplasty for infection: comparison between the interim use of antibiotic-loaded cement beads and a spacer prosthesis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2004 Sep;86(9):1989-97.

    PubMed 15342762
  • Younger AS, Duncan CP, Masri BA, McGraw RW. The outcome of two-stage arthroplasty using a custom-made interval spacer to treat the infected hip. J Arthroplasty. 1997 Sep;12(6):615-23. doi: 10.1016/s0883-5403(97)90133-9.

    PubMed 9306211
  • Anagnostakos K, Wilmes P, Schmitt E, Kelm J. Elution of gentamicin and vancomycin from polymethylmethacrylate beads and hip spacers in vivo. Acta Orthop. 2009 Apr;80(2):193-7. doi: 10.3109/17453670902884700.

    PubMed 19404802
  • Fink B, Rechtenbach A, Buchner H, Vogt S, Hahn M. Articulating spacers used in two-stage revision of infected hip and knee prostheses abrade with time. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Apr;469(4):1095-102. doi: 10.1007/s11999-010-1479-1. Epub 2010 Jul 28.

    PubMed 20665141
  • Lewis G. Alternative acrylic bone cement formulations for cemented arthroplasties: present status, key issues, and future prospects. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2008 Feb;84(2):301-19. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.30873.

    PubMed 17588247
  • Affatato S, Mattarozzi A, Taddei P, Robotti P, Soffiatti R, Sudanese A, Toni A. Investigations on the wear behaviour of the temporary PMMA-based hip Spacer-G. Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2003;217(1):1-8. doi: 10.1243/095441103762597665.

    PubMed 12578213
  • Gooding CR, Masri BA, Duncan CP, Greidanus NV, Garbuz DS. Durable infection control and function with the PROSTALAC spacer in two-stage revision for infected knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Apr;469(4):985-93. doi: 10.1007/s11999-010-1579-y.

    PubMed 20878287
  • Haddad FS, Masri BA, Campbell D, McGraw RW, Beauchamp CP, Duncan CP. The PROSTALAC functional spacer in two-stage revision for infected knee replacements. Prosthesis of antibiotic-loaded acrylic cement. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2000 Aug;82(6):807-12. doi: 10.1302/0301-620x.82b6.10486.

    PubMed 10990301
  • Wentworth SJ, Masri BA, Duncan CP, Southworth CB. Hip prosthesis of antibiotic-loaded acrylic cement for the treatment of infections following total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2002;84-A Suppl 2:123-8. doi: 10.2106/00004623-200200002-00017. No abstract available.

    PubMed 12479350
  • Fehring TK, Odum S, Calton TF, Mason JB. Articulating versus static spacers in revision total knee arthroplasty for sepsis. The Ranawat Award. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2000 Nov;(380):9-16. doi: 10.1097/00003086-200011000-00003.

    PubMed 11064968
  • Paprosky WG, Perona PG, Lawrence JM. Acetabular defect classification and surgical reconstruction in revision arthroplasty. A 6-year follow-up evaluation. J Arthroplasty. 1994 Feb;9(1):33-44. doi: 10.1016/0883-5403(94)90135-x.

    PubMed 8163974

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Implantation of a static, non-articulating cement spacer. and Implantation of an articulating spacer. in people with Osteoarthritis and Hip Infection, run by Rush University Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Oct 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Harris Hip Score (time frame: outcome will be collected until 2 years post-operatively). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01373099, which also lists 19 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Oct 2020.

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