Clinical trials: Knee Surgeries
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.
Post-Operative Pain
A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of the Sufentanil NanoTab PCA System/15 mcg (Zalviso™)to Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia With Morphine for the Treatment of Acute Post-Operative Pain
The study is intended to show that the Sufentanil NanoTab PCA System is as effective as morphine intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) for treating pain after surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT01539538
- Testing
- Sufentanil NanoTab PCA System/15 mcg, morphine IV PCA
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 357 people
- Sponsor
- Talphera, Inc
Neuromuscular Blockade, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade With Sugammadex or Usual Care in Hip Fracture Surgery or Joint (Hip/Knee) Replacement (P07038)
This study will assess the effect of reversal of neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex compared with reversal according to usual care (neostigmine or spontaneous reversal) on the incidence of post-surgical bleeding events and on…
- Conditions
- Neuromuscular Blockade, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Blood Coagulation
- Trial name
- NCT01422304
- Testing
- Sugammadex, neostigmine and glycopyrrolate or atropine
- Volunteers
- 1,198 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Pain, Function
Preventing Persistent Post-Surgical Pain and Dysfunction
Primary Aim: To examine the superior efficacy of ACT versus Attention Control (AC) on postoperative pain intensity and functioning in at-risk Veterans undergoing TKA.
- Conditions
- Pain, Function, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- PrePARE (NCT03965897)
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attention Control (AC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 402 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Total Knee Arthroplasty (Postoperative Pain), Total Hip Arthroplasty(Postoperative Pain)
Dose Dependent Effects of tDCS on Post-Operative Pain
The proper control of acute and chronic pain is one of the most important areas in health care. Despite the profound advances in neuroscience over the past 20 years, the investigators still largely use opiate narcotics, much as…
- Trial name
- tDCS-TKA (NCT02241967)
- Testing
- 4 Real sessions of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, 2 Real Sessions of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, 1 Real Session of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Prevention of Skeletal Muscle Adaptations to Traumatic Knee Injury and Surgery
Traumatic knee injury is common and highly debilitating. Surgical reconstruction/repair improves knee biomechanics and function, but neuromuscular dysfunction persist for years despite rehabilitation, hindering resumption of…
- Trial name
- NCT02945553
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation, Microstimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Thromboembolism
Dabigatran Etexilate vs Enoxaparin in Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Post Total Knee Replacement
To determine the comparative efficacy and safety of two different doses (75mg day 1 followed by 150 mg day 2-completion, and 110 mg day 1 followed by 220 mg day 2-completion) of dabigatran administered orally (capsules), compared…
- Trial name
- NCT00152971
- Testing
- Dabigatran Dose 1 - day 2 to completion, Dabigatran Dose 1 - day 1, Dabigatran Dose 2 - day 2 to completion
- Where
- 94 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 2,615 people
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Elective Knee Surgery
Needle Guidance in Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks
An FDA-approved product, InfinitiPlus (TM), is a needle guidance system that has been recently developed to guide clinicians in performing ultrasound guided nerve blocks.
- Trial name
- NCT02080481
- Testing
- Infiniti Plus needle guidance system, Conventional block needle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 135 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I of Lower Limb
"Liposomal Encapsulated Vitamin C in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome"
Abstract: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a significant complication in operated osteoarticular pathology and may adversely affect patient's quality of life. Vitamin C is an anti-oxidant and a neuro-modulating agent.
- Trial name
- NCT04204200
- Testing
- liposomal vitamin C, standard vitamin C
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Ham
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
Wound Closure
Symmetric on Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
A post-marketing prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled study to evaluate the wound closure efficiency of STRATAFIX™ Symmetric PDS™ Plus Knotless Tissue Control Device (STRATAFIX Symmetric PDS Plus) compared to…
- Trial name
- SFX (NCT03305887)
- Testing
- "STRATAFIX™ Symmetric" Knotless Tissue, VICRYL® PLUS, "STRATAFIX Spiral" sutures
- Where
- 7 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 184 people
- Sponsor
- Johnson & Johnson Medical, China
Arthroplasty, Replacement
To Evaluate the Performance of the CORI™ KNEE TENSIONER as an Accessory to the CORI™ Surgical System.
To evaluate the performance of the CORI™ KNEE TENSIONER as an accessory to the CORI™ Surgical System.
- Conditions
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Trial name
- NCT04849884
- Testing
- CORI™ KNEE TENSIONER
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Knee Arthroplasty
Active Versus Passive Motion Device Following Knee Replacement Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine how well an active motion device, Camoped, works compared to a continuous passive motion device, CPM, for rehabilitation after partial or total knee replacement.
- Trial name
- NCT02339831
- Testing
- CAMOPED, CPM passive motion device
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Knee Arthroscopy
Chloroprocaine Spinal for Outpatient Knee Surgery
Outpatient knee surgeries with duration of less than one hour pose a challenge to the use of spinal anesthesia given that traditional agents remain in effect for 2-3 hours, thus creating a mismatch between length of surgery and…
- Trial name
- NCT03365752
- Testing
- Chloroprocaine, Mepivacaine, General Anesthetics
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Osteoarthritis, Knee, Osteoarthritis Knees Both
Astaxanthin for Management of Inflammation in Knee Osteoarthritis
Over 30 million Americans are currently affected by osteoarthritis (OA), with prevalence expected to increase 40% by 2025 as a result of the aging population and obesity epidemic.
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Knee, Osteoarthritis Knees Both, Joint Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT05138549
- Testing
- Astaxanthin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Midlands
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Arthroscopy in the Treatment of Degenerative Medial Meniscus Tear
Degenerative meniscal tears are the most common etiology for knee pain, swelling and loss of function. Partial arthroscopic meniscectomy is the most common orthopaedic procedure to treat meniscal tears.
- Trial name
- NCT00549172
- Testing
- Operative (partial arthroscopy), Conservative (diagnostic arthroscopy)
- Where
- 5 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 146 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Venous Thromboembolism
BIBR 1048 Dose Range Finding Study in Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Primary Elective Total Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery
The primary objective of this study is to establish the dose-response relationship with regard to efficacy and safety of BIBR 1048 (50 mg bis in die(b.i.d), 150 mg b.i.d, 225 mg b.i.d.
- Trial name
- NCT01225822
- Testing
- Enoxaparin, BIBR 1048
- Where
- 59 sites in Austria, Belgium and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 1,973 people
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Medacta NextAR TKA Pivotal Trial
The goal of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of a navigation system providing personalized soft tissue balance data in medially-stabilized total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
- Trial name
- NCT04844879
- Testing
- NextAR TKA system
- Where
- 4 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Medacta International SA
Cartilage or Osteochondral Defects in the Knee, Up to Moderate Osteoarthritis
Agili-C™ Implant Performance Evaluation
The current study compares the efficacy and safety of the Agili-C implant to Surgical Standard of Care treatment in patients suffering from joint surface lesions of the knee.
- Trial name
- NCT03299959
- Testing
- Agili-C implant, SSOC
- Where
- 26 sites in United States, Belgium and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 251 people
- Sponsor
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Knee Arthroscopy
Assessing the Effects of Sublingual Sufentanil 30 µg on Postoperative Recovery
A pilot study to evaluate the effect of incorporating sublingual sufentanil into our perioperative opioid regimen for ambulatory orthopedic surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT04561375
- Testing
- Sufentanil, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic