Status:
TERMINATED
Steroids in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Lead Sponsor:
Thomas L Bradbury
Conditions:
Postoperative Pain
Inflammation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-100 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the use of two small doses of intravenous (IV) steroids around the time of knee replacement surgery decrease a patient's pain or use of pain medication. The...
Detailed Description
Adequate pain control after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is of great importance not only to maximize patient comfort, but also to ensure optimal outcomes after surgery. This study is designed to asse...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients undergoing primary total joint arthroplasty of the knee
- Adult patients ages 18-100 years
- Patients must have smart phone and/or device for app usage
Exclusion
- Current chronic steroid use
- Patients undergoing revision knee surgery
- Patients ambulating preoperatively with assistive devices
- Patients with avascular necrosis of the operative knee
- Patients with a history of an adverse reaction to glucocorticoid steroids
- Patients unable to provide informed consent
- Patients with inflammatory arthritis
- Prisoners
- Current smokers
- Patients \<18 years of age
- Any patient with a complicated postoperative course that requires transfer to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or to another facility for further management will be removed from the study.
- Any contraindication that would prevent the patient from being treated with the standard multimodal postoperative pain management regimen History of infection of surgical knee.
- Patients with diabetes.
- Patients that have an intolerance to Toradol.
- Patients that do not have smart phone and/or device for app usage
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 16 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
1 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02219581
Start Date
October 16 2014
End Date
December 1 2015
Last Update
October 4 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Emory Orthopedic and Spine Hospital
Tucker, Georgia, United States, 30084