Status:

COMPLETED

Pilot Study Evaluating Alterations in Thrombogenicity and Platelet Reactivity Following Lower Extremity Arthroplasty

Lead Sponsor:

LifeBridge Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

Haemonetics Corporation

Conditions:

Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This is a prospective, randomized study from pre-surgery to 6 weeks post-surgery designed to detect changes in coagulability following elective total knee and hip arthroplasty. Patients will be random...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men or women age ≥ 18 years old
  • Total knee or total hip arthroplasty planned in the 60 days following study enrollment

Exclusion

  • Pre-existing anti-coagulant therapy (Heparin, Lovenox, Arixtra, Warfarin, Xarelto, and all other non-mentioned anticoagulants) on admission
  • History of bleeding diathesis
  • Known active malignancy
  • Prothrombin time \>1.5 x control
  • Platelet count \< 100,000/mm3, hematocrit \< 30%, creatinine clearance \<30 mL/min
  • Immunosuppression, e.g., human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, Bacterial endocarditis
  • Major surgery within past 3 months of enrollment
  • Patients requiring bilateral arthroplasty
  • Body weight \<50 kg (venous thromboembolism prophylaxis only)
  • Unable to return to site for follow-up visit

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

54 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01809054

Start Date

April 1 2012

End Date

February 1 2013

Last Update

April 21 2014

Active Locations (2)

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Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21215

2

Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21215