Status:

RECRUITING

A Study to Compare Different Ways of Steroid Administration After Total Knee Implantation

Lead Sponsor:

Christian Candrian

Conditions:

Total Knee Replacement

Eligibility:

All Genders

50-85 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

We are going to evaluate the difference between perioperative intravenous steroid supplementation, perioperative periarticular steroid supplementation, and standard anaesthesia protocols. We'll evalua...

Detailed Description

A total of 159 patients will be needed (53 patients per arm, 3 arms in total). Dexamethasone (brand name: Mephameson) is the steroid drug that we perioperative administer in two different ways: intra-...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients undergoing unilateral primary TKA at the Ospedale Regionale di Lugano.
  • Patients with a BMI \>18.5 and \<35.
  • Patients able to provide informed consent and follow all the study procedures as indicated by the protocol.
  • Informed Consent as documented by signature (Appendix Informed Consent Form).

Exclusion

  • Contraindications to steroids.
  • Revision TKA.
  • Active steroid therapy.
  • Women who are pregnant or breast feeding.
  • Presence of other clinically significant concomitant disease states (ASA IV).
  • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
  • Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse.
  • Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant.
  • Participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study.
  • Previous enrolment into the current study.
  • Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 30 2033

Estimated Enrollment :

159 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04432012

Start Date

July 1 2020

End Date

April 30 2033

Last Update

August 6 2025

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Ospedale Regionale di Lugano Civico e Italiano

Lugano, Switzerland, 6900