Clinical trials: Perioperative Care
Osteoarthritis
Tranexamic Acid in Knee Joint Surgery
Total knee joint replacement surgery can lead to significant blood loss, which can affect recovery after surgery. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a medication which stops the breakdown of blood clots and therefore prevents blood loss.
- Trial name
- TRACKS (NCT02278263)
- Testing
- Tranexamic Acid, Normal saline (0.9% NaCl)
- Where
- 5 sites in New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Andrew G Hill, MBChB, MD (Thesis), EdD, FACS, FRACS
Acupuncture, Ear
Battlefield Acupuncture and Its Use In Multimodal Perioperative Anesthesia Care
The study hypothesis is that perioperative Auricular (battlefield) acupuncture for general surgery and urology cases undergoing general anesthesia will decrease opioid requirements, postoperative pain, the incidence of PONV, and…
- Trial name
- BFA (NCT04615299)
- Testing
- Auricular acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anesthesiology WSU/DMC-NorthStar
Staphylococcus Aureus, Health Care Associated Infection
Reducing Perioperative S. Aureus Transmission
The purpose of this study is to prevent the spread of S. aureus, a dangerous bacterium, within the operating room and between patients undergoing surgery.
- Conditions
- Staphylococcus Aureus, Health Care Associated Infection, Health Care Worker Patient Transmission
- Trial name
- NCT03638947
- Testing
- Swab and decolonization using povidone-iodine cleansing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Randy Loftus