Clinical trials: Complications; Arthroplasty, Infection or Inflammation
Osteoarthritis, Hip Infection
Study of Antibiotic Spacer Design to Treat Infection After Hip Replacement
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…
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Hip Infection, Prosthetic Joint Infection, Complications; Arthroplasty, Infection or Inflammation
- Trial name
- SPACERHIP (NCT01373099)
- Testing
- Implantation of a static, non-articulating cement spacer., Implantation of an articulating spacer.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Complications; Arthroplasty, Infection or Inflammation, Wound Complication
Improvement in Wound Healing With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Postoperative Total Hip Arthroplasty
For the target population of adult patients following primary total hip arthroplasty, the randomized clinical trial will be used to evaluate the efficacy of the use of a mobile negative pressure wound therapy(NPWT) device…
- Trial name
- NCT02355691
- Testing
- PREVENA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Catheter Infections, Spinal Catheter (Epidural) (Subdural); Complications, Infection or Inflammation
Post-Operative Colonization Rates of Femoral Nerve Catheters Treated With Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Patch
Joint replacement is becoming an increasingly common procedure. In 2005, 534,000 total knee arthroplasties (TKA) were performed in the United States which is at a rate of 18.1 per 10,000 individuals, and the demand for primary…
- Trial name
- NCT01411891
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine impregnated patch (Biopatch)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Joint Prosthesis; Complications, Infection or Inflammation
Natural Course of Homocysteine After Uneventful Total Joint Arthroplasty
The goal of this observational study is to asses the natural course of blood homocysteine levels in patients who underwent primary total joint arthroplasty surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT05990816
- Testing
- Blood works for homocysteine levels
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
Osteoarthritis, Knee Infection
Articulating Versus Static Antibiotic Loaded Spacers for the Treatment of Prosthetic Knee Infection
Infection remains a difficult-to-treat complication of total knee arthroplasty. The gold standard treatment is two-stage removal of the prosthesis with later replacement of permanent implants.
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Knee Infection, Prosthetic Joint Infection, Complications; Arthroplasty, Infection or Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT01373112
- Testing
- Static Spacer, Articulating Spacer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center