Clinical trials: Knee Surgery
ACL, ACL Injury
Acupuncture ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)
Acupuncture research in regards to PONV has been fairly well established, however, studies about perioperative pain control and acupuncture are a little more murky.
- Conditions
- ACL, ACL Injury, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture
- Trial name
- NCT03711734
- Testing
- Acupuncture + Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Postoperative Pain
A Retrospective Investigation of Local Anesthetic Concentrations in Femoral Nerve Block
The purpose of this study is to retrospectively compare perioperative pain relief and safety in pediatric patients who have received a femoral nerve block with varying concentrations of local anesthetic.
- Trial name
- NCT02501135
- Testing
- Femoral nerve block with ropivacaine or bupivacaine
- Volunteers
- 281 people
- Sponsor
- Giorgio Veneziano
Osteoarthritis
Proprioception of the Knee Post MIS TKA and MIS-QS TKA
If the proprioception of the affected knee post total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can recover earlier, it will accelerate the regaining of motion control ability and motion control accuracy of the TKA patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02160977
- Testing
- total knee arthroplasty
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Jia-kuo yu
Total Knee Arthroplasty, Arthroplasty of Knee
Navio With Total Knee Arthroplasty
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate superior accuracy with the Navio ™ Robotic-assisted Surgical System in achieving desired post-operative mechanical alignment, compared to TKA procedures using standard instruments.
- Trial name
- NCT03317834
- Testing
- Navio ™ Robotic-assisted Surgical System
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 122 people
- Sponsor
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Knee Arthroplasty, Total
Manual Lymphatic Drainage Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of manual lymphatic drainage to decrease the swelling of the knee after total knee replacement surgery
- Trial name
- NCT00711711
- Testing
- Manual lymphatic drainage, relaxation
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture
Initial Graft Tension and ACL Surgery
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four strong ligaments connecting the bones of the knee joint. If overstretched, the ACL can tear. Reconstruction of a torn ACL is now a common surgical procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT00434837
- Testing
- Initial graft tension during ACL reconstruction surgery
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Strength, Range of Motion
Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction Training vs Traditional Resistance Training Exercises Following ACLR Surgery
The main objective/s of the study is to compare the effectiveness of low load blood flow restriction training (LL-BFR) with traditional resistance training exercises (T-RT) at improving skeletal muscle hypertrophy, strength…
- Conditions
- Strength, Range of Motion, Pain-Knee, Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy
- Trial name
- NCT06480032
- Testing
- Blood Flow Restriction band
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abasyn University Peshawar
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Clinical Comparison of Femoral Nerve Versus Adductor Canal Block Following Anterior Ligament Reconstruction
This study will examine the potential differences between femoral nerve blockade (FNB) and adductor canal blockade (ACB) for pain control and quadriceps muscle activation for patients following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)…
- Trial name
- FNB vs ACB (NCT03704376)
- Testing
- 30 ml of 0.2% ropivacaine, 15 ml of 0.2% ropivacaine, 100 mcg clonidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Conventional Alignment System Versus Surgical Navigation System in Total Knee Arthroplasty
This is a randomized, controlled, blinded prospective study comparing the use of the usual cutting guides with a palm-sized digital surgical navigation system in unilateral total knee arthroplasty.
- Trial name
- NCT01797731
- Testing
- Digital hand-held surgical navigation system, Conventional tibial extramedullary alignment system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Blood Loss
The Use of FLOSEAL to Reduce Bleeding in Total Knee Replacement Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine if the agent, Floseal, can decrease the amount of blood patients lose after total knee replacement (TKR) surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT00990288
- Testing
- Hemostatic Matrix
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Degenerative Arthritis of Knee
Visionaire™ Versus Standard Instrumentation Safety and Efficacy in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
The objective of this study is to assess outcomes following TKA, utilizing two surgical techniques. Patients will be randomized to one of two arms: TKA with standard instrumentation and TKA with VISIONAIRE™ patient-matched…
- Trial name
- NCT01084772
- Testing
- VISIONAIRE Total Knee Arthroplasty, Standard Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Patellar (or Kneecap) Instability and Mal-alignment
CT Analysis of the Patellofemoral Joint in Patients Having Knee Surgery
The primary hypothesis is that measures of patellofemoral alignment obtained from the investigational cone beam CT scanner will be reduced, but still correlated to those obtained from the conventional CT scan.
- Trial name
- PF (NCT02257099)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Osteo Arthritis Knee, Total Knee Arthroplasty
Comparing Surgical and Economical Parameters of Total Knee Replacement.
Randomized study comparing surgical and economic parameter of Total Knee Arthroplasty performed using two different specific surgical techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT03427047
- Testing
- MyKnee with single use Efficiency Instrument, Stryker Navigational with conventional metal instruments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medacta USA