Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy of Intra-auricular Tranexamic Acid in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier de Montauban

Conditions:

Postoperative Hemorrhage

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Tranexamic acid an antifibrinolytic that develops its anti-haemorrhagic action by inhibiting fibrinolytic activities of plasmin and many studies confirms its effectiveness in decreasing blood loss. Th...

Detailed Description

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is widely used as an effective treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis and other joint diseases of the knee and it improvements in surgical materials and techniques have g...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- Adult patients undergoing unilateral total knee replacement

Exclusion

  • Absence of consent
  • Tranexamic acid allergy
  • Coagulopathy (preoperative platelet count \<150,000 / mm3, INR \[international normalized ratio\]\> 1.4, or prolonged partial thromboplastin time\> 1.4 times normal),
  • History of arterial or venous thromboembolic disease (cerebrovascular accident, deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary thromboembolism),
  • Hematological disorder (a hematopoietic, hemorrhagic or thrombogenic disease),
  • Retinopathy (severe limitation of the field of vision and / or color distortion),
  • Refusal to receive blood products
  • Pregnancy
  • History of convulsions
  • Participation in another clinical trial.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 9 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04085575

Start Date

January 1 2019

End Date

January 9 2020

Last Update

July 14 2020

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Edmundo Pereira de Souza Neto

Montauban, Tarn Et Garonne, France, 82000